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Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma treated with cabozantinib had higher alpha-fetoprotein response rates versus those treated with placebo, according to findings of a subanalysis of the phase III CELESTIAL trial.

In an interview with <em>Targeted Oncology</em>, Katherine A. McGlynn, PhD, MPH, discussed the population attributable fraction of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in developing hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as related disorders, in the United States that contribute to the risk of mortality.<br /> &nbsp;

For those with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, the CheckMate 040 study found that the combination can be effective. Information from that study found that the combination can also yield a favorable safety profile, said Anthony B. El-Khoueiry, MD, in his presentation at the 2019 ILCA Annual Conference.

Richard S. Finn, MD, discusses the considerations he makes when selecting frontline treatment for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

Selinexor plus lenalidomide and dexamethasone, an all-oral triplet, was found to be highly active in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, according to results of the multi-arm STOMP study that were presented during the 17th International Myeloma Workshop. The regimen is also well tolerated and especially active in patients who did not receive lenalidomide prior to the trial.

Simon J. Harrison, MD, gives key takeaways from his presentation on the ICARIA-MM study, which he recently presented at the 2019 International Myeloma Workshop.<br /> &nbsp;

The combination of melflufen and dexamethasone showed antitumor activity in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, both in those with and those without extramedullary disease, according to data from the phase II HORIZON study presented&nbsp;at the 17th International Myeloma Workshop.

The GRIFFIN study showed that the addition of daratumumab to bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone, improved stringent complete response in transplant-eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma without affecting stem cell mobilization or hematopoietic reconstitution, according to results presented at the 17th International Myeloma Workshop.

Novel agent iberdomide in combination with&nbsp;dexamethasone was safe and demonstrated antitumor activity in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma who were heavily pretreated, according to findings from a phase Ib/IIa trial presented at&nbsp;the 17th International Myeloma Workshop.

In a prospective postmarketing assessment, the use of tisagenlecleucel for treatment of adult patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, lead to responses that were similar to studies of children and adolescents with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

In an interview with&nbsp;<em>Targeted Oncology</em>&nbsp;during the 17th IMW Scientific Program, Simon J. Harrison, MBBS, PhD, discussed the subgroup findings from the ICARIA-MM study in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Paul G. Richardson, MD, clinical program leader and director of clinical research of the Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and RJ Corman Professor of Medicine, Harvard School of Medicine, discusses the interesting safety and efficacy profiles of the HORIZON trial.

In an interview with&nbsp;<em>Targeted Oncology&nbsp;</em>during the 2019 SOHO Annual Meeting, <mark style="background-color:inherit; color:inherit; font-size:14px">Laura C. Michaelis, MD,&nbsp;</mark>discussed the currently approved JAK inhibitors and the future landscape for myelofibrosis, as well as treatment considerations for graft-versus-host disease.

The addition of isatuximab to&nbsp;carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone led to a response rate in all 10 patients included in a safety run-in cohort&nbsp;of the phase II, multicenter GMMG-CONCEPT trial.

Daratumumab in combination with&nbsp;bortezomib, thalidomide, and dexamethasone demonstrated benefit compared with VTd alone in subgroup analyses of patients with high-risk multiple myeloma from the&nbsp;phase III CASSIOPEIA trial.

Prithviraj Bose, MD, discusses differences in the safety profiles of ruxolitinib and fedratinib in the treatment of myelofibrosis.

Recent updates to the JULIET study, presented at the 2019 SOHO Annual Meeting, show that tisagenlecleucel has sustained benefit throughout the course of the trial with high response rates, and long duration in adults with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

In a retrospective study of patients with replaced or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma, checkpoint inhibition prior to haploidentical stem cell transplantation improved progression-free survival and risk for relapse, based on results presented at the 2019 SOHO Annual Meeting.

In an interview with&nbsp;<em>Targeted Oncology&nbsp;</em>during the 2019 SOHO Annual Meeting, Ruben Mesa, MD, discussed the JAKARTA and JAKARTA-2 studies and the implications their data have on the field of myelofibrosis.

David S. Snyder, MD, discusses using ruxolitinib to prevent patients receiving stem cell transplantation from developing graft versus host disease.

Naveen Pemmaraju, MD, discussed potential combination regimens with ruxolitinib (Jakafi) being explored to improve outcomes for patients with myelofibrosis at the 2019 SOHO Annual Meeting.&nbsp;

To improve the efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies, Nirali N. Shah, MD, MHSc, suggested including new constructs that target more than 1 antigen in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, during a presentation at the 2019 SOHO Annual Meeting.<br /> &nbsp;

Two analyses of the phase II DUO trial show that modifying the dosage of duvelisib or interrupting treatment in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, does not compromise outcomes or increase toxicity.

Larotrectinib demonstrated efficacy across analyses for both pediatric patients and those with brain metastases or primary central nervous system tumors, whether pediatric or adult, with TRK fusions.

Neoadjuvant&nbsp;talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) led to a significant improvement in the 1-year recurrence-free survival rate in patients with resectable advanced melanoma compared with surgery alone, according to a randomized trial presented at the 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Combining neratinib with capecitabine showed a 24% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death compared with lapatinib plus capecitabine in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer who had previously received 2 lines of HER2-targeted therapy,&nbsp;according to the results of the phase III NALA trial presented at the 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting.

In the placebo-controlled phase II FAKTION trial, a combination of capivasertib and fulvestrant showed a significant increase in progression-free survival compared to the use of fulvestrant alone in patients with endocrine-resistant estrogen receptor-positive advanced breast cancer.

The investigational PD-1 inhibitor spartalizumab demonstrated a high rate of complete responses in combination with&nbsp;dabrafenib and trametinib in&nbsp;patients with previously untreated advanced&nbsp;<em>BRAF&nbsp;</em>V600&ndash;mutant melanoma. Patients pooled from 2 parts of the 3-part COMBI-i study demonstrated a CR rate of more than 40%.

Compared to chemotherapy, treatment with the PARP inhibitor olaparib reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 38% in patients with platinum-sensitive, relapsed, germline&nbsp;<em>BRCA1/2</em>-mutated ovarian cancer who had received at least 2 prior chemotherapy regimens, based on topline findings from the confirmatory phase III SOLO3 trial.

According to the pivotal phase III CLL14 study presented during the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, venetoclax plus obinutuzumab demonstrated a lengthening in progression-free survival time for patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia compared with obinutuzumab plus chlorambucil. Trial results show that the chemotherapy-free combination reduced the risk for disease worsening or death by 65% compared with obinutuzumab plus chlorambucil.