Hear, watch, or read the top-line observations from a Harris Poll that included more than 360 patients and 120 caregivers on the impact of symptomatic neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (nOH). Suffice, many described severe limitations to their ability to perform activities that are necessary for day-to-day living.

A follow-up to the discussion we recently presented, this article asks doctors to look beyond the physical health of the patient to recognize and potentially treat muscle dysmorphia, the notion in which an individual is preoccupied with the idea that his or her body build is too small or insufficiently muscular.

This report includes 3-year follow-up of the pivotal ZUMA-2 study of KTE-X19 in relapsed/refractory MCL. At a median follow-up of 35.6 months, the objective response rate among all 68 treated patients was 91%, with 68% complete responses. Medians for duration of response, progression-free survival, and overall survival were 28.2 months, 25.8 months, and 46.6 months, respectively. “These data, representing the longest follow-up of CAR T-cell therapy in patients with MCL to date, suggest that KTE-X19 induced durable long-term responses with manageable safety in patients with relapsed/refractory MCL and may also benefit those with high-risk characteristics.”

Srdan Verstovsek, MD, PhD of MD Anderson Cancer Center, is interviewed for answers to the questions of when to start treatment in a patient with myelofibrosis, an update on current treatment options, considerations for selecting treatment, dose optimization, sequencing of therapy, and more.

Dr. Mohyudding summarizes key findings ASCO reports, including updates on teclistamab in CAR-T, the DETERMINATION trial assessing auto-transplantation, cilta-cel (covered by HCN here), and the ATLAS study evaluating carfilzomib with lenalidomide and dexamethasone as maintenance vs. lenalidomide alone.

This report provides longer-term results from the CARTITUDE-1 trial of ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel) in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. This update covers 97 patients at a median follow up of ~28 months. The overall response rate was 97.9%, with an 82% stringent complete response across both standard and high-risk subgroups. These longer-term data from CARTITUDE-1 in triple-class exposed patients with RRMM demonstrate deep and durable responses to cilta-cel over time, including in high-risk subgroups.