ASH Annual Meeting

Quizartinib, a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor, demonstrated a clinical benefit in patients with a particularly deadly form of acute myeloid leukemia in results of a phase II study presented during the 54th Annual ASH Meeting.

Michelle A. Fanale, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses brentuximab vedotin in CD30-positive lymphomas.

An investigational, selective JAK2 inhibitor known as SAR302503 reduced spleen size in patients with myelofibrosis, according to phase II data presented at the 2012 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Two studies presented at the 54th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition, highlighted the possible use of panobinostat in combination with proteasome inhibitors for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

The novel targeted agent ibrutinib has demonstrated dramatic activity in hard-to-treat patients with CLL when used alone and in combination with rituximab, raising the prospect of a promising new therapy for elderly and frail patients who currently have few viable options.

Mark J. Levis, MD, PhD, discusses the design and results of a phase II trial of quizartinib in patients with FLT3-ITD positive or negative relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

MLN9708 has shown comparable efficacy and greater convenience and tolerability than bortezomib, for patients with multiple myeloma.

Meletios A. Dimopoulos, MD, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece, explains a phase III study that analyzed pomalidomide in combination with low-dose dexamethasone in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Jorge E. Cortes, MD, Department of Leukemia, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, describes the methods and results of a phase II study examining ponatinib.

The combination of pomalidomide and a steroid significantly improved outcomes for patients with multiple myeloma, marking what researchers say is a notable advancement for a sizable proportion of those treated for the disease.

Researchers have demonstrated that ponatinib can overcome a wide range of mutations that cause treatment resistance—including the stubborn T315I mutation—in all stages of CML and Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL).