Lymphoma

An oral tablet formulation of zanubrutinib was approved for use in patients with certain lymphomas or leukemia and Waldenström macroglobulinemia.

The ROR1-targeted ADC plus R-GemOx led to a 56.3% ORR in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in waveLINE-003.

Patients with mantle cell lymphoma and large clonal hematopoiesis clones had shorter progression-free and overall survival compared with those without clones.

Three of 18 patients had remissions lasting over 2 years in a study of ibrutinib plus nivolumab for relapsed/refractory CNS lymphoma.

Cema-cel was associated with largely durable CRs in patients with CD19 CAR T-cell therapy-naïve relapsed/refractory LBCL.

The FDA has accepted the resubmission of a BLA for odronextamab for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.

Lisocabtagene maraleucel demonstrated a statistically significant overall response rate in adults with relapsed/refractory marginal zone lymphoma.

Findings from the ECHELON-3 trial supported the approval of brentuximab vedotin plus lenalidomide and rituximab for relapsed/refractory LBCL.

January's FDA oncology approvals offer new treatment options for breast cancer, mantle cell lymphoma, and other malignancies.

The association of CAR T-cell therapies with second primary cancers warrants the development and examination of mitigation strategies for these toxic effects.

The FDA approved acalabrutinib in combination with bendamustine and rituximab for adults with previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant.

NCCN guidelines now recommend ctDNA testing for MRD assessment for patients with PET-positive DLBCL after treatment.

New data from the ZUMA-2 trial of brexu-cel showed an ORR of 91% in patients with relapsed/refractory MCL who were naive to BTK inhibitors.

Sattva S. Neelapu, MD, notes that axi-cel is a highly effective therapeutic approach for patients with relapsed/refractory indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Treatment with zanubrutinib, compared with bendamustine plus rituximab, reduced the risk for disease progression or death by 71% in patients with CLL/SLL, according to 5-year follow-up.

Patients administered lymphodepletion prior to brexu-cel in the outpatient setting experienced a 60-day non-relapse mortality rate of 3.6% in B-ALL and MCL.

The addition of tafasitamab to lenalidomide and rituximab reduced the risk for disease progression or death by 57% in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.

Second-generation BTK inhibitors exhibited a significantly lower incidence of cardiac adverse effects in B-cell malignancies, according to a meta analysis.

Patients with mantle cell lymphoma in first complete response with undetectable MRD did not benefit from consolidative autologous transplant, according to results from the ECOG-ACRIN EA4151/BMT-CTN 1601 trial.

Treatment with tafasitamab for relapsed/refractory DLBCL in the United States was supported by data from a retrospective analysis.

Real-world treatment with liso-cel showed a broad spectrum of outcomes that were comparable to those in the pivotal TRANSFORM and PILOT trials in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

The FDA set a PDUFA date for glofitamab in relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma for July 20, 2025.

Bendamustine plus obinutuzumab outperformed historical data of bendamustine plus rituximab for patients with treatment naïve mantle cell lymphoma.

Real-world data showed differences in outcomes by race/ethnicity in elderly patients.

Nivolumab plus AVD outperformed brentuximab vedotin plus AVD in patients with advanced-stage classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

An analysis of 16 studies showed that CAR T-cell therapy is safe and effective for relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma.

NT-17, a long-acting IL-7 agent, enhances CAR T-cell factors associated with efficacy in patients with relapsed/refractory DLBCL when administered 21 days post-CAR T infusion.

The FDA granted a priority review to acalabrutinib for the treatment of previously untreated adults with mantle cell lymphoma.

The FDA approved Boruzu, a new presentation of bortezomib, for subcutaneous or intravenous administration in patients with multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma.

Throughout August, the FDA approved drugs for the treatment of diseases including non-small cell lung cancer, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, astrocytoma/oligodendroglioma, and endometrial cancer.