Articles related to Hematology/Oncology

Published in Clinical Advances in Hematology & Oncology, this article presents an overview of the currently available monoclonal antibody treatments in multiple myeloma (MM), discussing  the clinical value, significant potential, and possible limitations of these immunotherapeutic approaches to driving deeper responses and achieving longer overall survival among patients with a challenging disease.

Are traditional cytotoxic chemotherapies becoming a thing of the past? This study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows a move toward targeted agents, as a combination of obinutuzumab, ibrutinib, and venetoclax induced deep remissions in patients with treatment-naive or relapsed/refractory (R/R) chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Older adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) represent a vulnerable population in whom disease-based and clinical risk factors, patient goals, prognosis, and practitioner- and patient-perceived treatment risks and benefits influence treatment recommendations. Discover what the American Society of Hematology (ASH) recommends for your older adult AML patients.

This question is answered in Blood Advances, which features a visual abstract on how ex vivo drug screening was performed within a clinically actionable time frame (median 15 days) and predicted clinical responses in vivo.

The FDA granted selinexor (Xpovio, Karyopharm Therapeutics), a nuclear transport inhibitor, accelerated approval for this indication based on the response rate seen in the SADAL trial, a phase 2, single-arm, open-label study of patients with DLBCL who had previously received two to five systemic regimens.

Although researchers emphasized more research is necessary, a study in Blood Advances demonstrated that tocilizumab may be an effective treatment for patients with COVID-19 and hematologic malignancies.