B-Cell Malignancies

In an updated analysis of the phase III MM-003 trial, Celgene International Sarl, the makers of pomalidomide, reported on a new progression-free survival (PFS) analysis and final overall survival (OS) in September 2013.

The long-term prognosis for most patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is poor, with median overall survival rates of 3 to 5 years. Because treatment is not curative, almost all patients will experience a relapse or find that their disease is refractory to treatment.

Ari M. Melnick, MD, from Weill Cornell Medical College, comments on emerging therapies for the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma.

Phase III trials in multiple myeloma, including plitidepsin, elotuzumab, carfilzomib, masitinib, and panobinostat.

A Q&A with Jennifer Brown MD, PhD, director of the Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.

Mark Weiss, MD, from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, gives an overview of agents in development for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

With the arrival and incorporation into clinical practice of immunomodulatory drugs and proteasome inhibitor therapy, patients with multiple myeloma patients are achieving deep, durable responses and disease control, and are living longer

Several oral drugs are in development for both non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). “There is different activity in different lymphoma types with different oral drugs and antibodies in development,” said Andrew D. Zelenetz, MD, PhD.

Manish Sharma, MD, from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, comments on the use of pomalidomide in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

A Q&A with Andrew D. Zelenetz, MD, PhD, medical oncologist specializing in lymphoma at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City.