Biggest Challenges in MDS

The FDA has accepted the resubmitted application of remestemcel-L, a potential first-of-its-kind treatment for pediatric patients following stem cell transplants.

Juneko Grilley-Olson, MD, discussed findings from a phase 2 study investigating the addition of immunotherapy to chemotherapy for the treatment of advanced angiosarcoma.

Mark D. Tyson, II, MD, MPH, discussed treatment with cretostimogene grenadenorepvec in high-risk Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with carcinoma in situ and data from the BOND-003 trial.

The FDA has granted a rare pediatric disease designation to SLS009 for treating pediatric acute myeloid leukemia.

In an interview, Aniket Bankar, MD, discussed the background, design, and goals of the phase 3 VERIFY trial of the hepcidin mimetic rusfertide for the treatment of patients with polycythemia vera.

Following the report of a serious and unexpected grade 4 adverse effect, a partial clinical hold has been placed on the phase 1 trial evaluating seclidemstat with azacitidine in myelodysplastic syndrome and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.