LYMPHOMAS

Investigators report that response-adapted trials utilizing novel combination regimens appear to be safe and feasible in a population of patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Updated safety and subgroup analyses appear consistent with previously reported results from the phase 2 ZUMA-12 study of axicabtagene ciloleucel for patients with high-risk large B-cell lymphoma.

Pirtobrutinib demonstrated promising efficacy and a tolerable safety profile in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma who received prior therapy with a covalent BTK inhibitor.

The ongoing LuminICE phase 2 study demonstrated that AFM13 in combination with AB-101 may hold promise for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory CD30-positive lymphomas.

Treatment with the oral BTK inhibitor ibrutinib in combination with venetoclax led to a statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival and complete response rate.

Habte Yimer, MD, discusses findings from follow-up data of the phase 3 ALPINE study that were presented at the 2023 ASH Annual Meeting.

Treatment with zanubrutinib, obinutuzumab, and venetoclax, also known as BOVen, showed promising safety and efficacy in treatment-naive patients with TP53-mutant mantle cell lymphoma.

Treatment with single-agent pirtobrutinib showed encouraging efficacy with a tolerable safety profile in a cohort of heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.

Investigators report no new safety signals in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma following treatment with tisagenlecleucel infusion.

Brentuximab vedotin plus nivolumab, doxorubicin, and dacarbazine appears to be well tolerated in patients with advanced stage classical Hodgkin lymphoma, according to data from the phase 2 SGN35-027 trial.

An ongoing phase 1a/1b trial is set to evaluate NX-1607-101, an oral small-molecule inhibitor of casitas B-lineage lymphoma B designed to enhance innate and adaptive immune responses and demonstrate antitumor activity and long-term survival in patients with persistent lymphoma including those with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

In the final analysis of the phase 2 ELM-2 trial, odronextamab monotherapy showed encouraging efficacy, with a manageable safety profile in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Compared with CAR T-cell therapy, autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation resulted in lower relapse rates and improved progression-free survival in patients with relapsed large B-cell lymphoma while they were in complete response.

The JAK1 inhibitor golidocitinib led to responses in the challenging disease setting of relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma, as well as manageable hematologic toxicity, in the phase 2 JACKPOT8 study.

Four outpatient chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy programs utilized a virtual care program including remote patient monitoring following T-cell infusion, reducing hospital admissions and helping patients contact nurses during non-clinical hours.

According to extended follow-up of the phase 3 ALPINE trial, treatment with zanubrutinib continued to demonstrate improved progression-free survival in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Although the use of bridging therapy prior to treatment with axicabtagene ciloleucel did not improve efficacy or safety outcomes for patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma, responses to bridging therapy may be prognostic of favorable outcomes after axi-cel administration.

Brexucabtagene autoleucel is safe and effective in real-world patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma, regardless of the presence of high-risk features.

A comprehensive overview of third-line relapsed/refractory DLBCL treatment options, including CAR T-cell therapy and bispecific antibodies.

Expert Matthew Lunning, DO, FACP, reviews the case of a 73-year-old woman with R/R DLBCL, considering current and emerging treatment strategies in this setting.

Jeremy Abramson, MD, discusses what the findings from the phase 3 TRANSFORM study of lisocabtagene maraleucel mean for patients with relapsed large B-cell lymphoma.

The FDA has granted accelerated approval to pirtobrutinib for the treatment of patients with previously treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Combining the glutaminase-1 inhibitor CB-839 and BCL-2 inhibitor venetoclax could be a new avenue for the treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The FDA breakthrough drug designation for epcoritamab in follicular lymphoma was supported by findings from the phase 1/2 EPCORE NHL-1 study.

The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee discussed delays that can occur when drugs are granted accelerated approval, and the post-approval confirmatory trials of pralatrexate and belinostat for peripheral T-cell lymphoma.