Lymphoma

Data suggest that frontline treatment brentuximab vedotin elicits superior outcomes in patients with Hodgkin Lymphoma, regardless of PET2 results.

Patients with high-risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma who experience a slow early response to frontline chemotherapy may benefit from the addition of pembrolizumab to COPDAC-28 consolidation.

Patients with relapsed/refractory primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma achieved antitumor responses with pembrolizumab.

CB-010 led to a 94% overall response rate among 16 patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Third-line lisocabtagene maraleucel induced a response in 97% of patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma.

Intensified doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine, and granulocyte colony–stimulating factor (ABVD) was associated with a 56% reduction in the relative risk of 3-year progression, relapse, or death.

Pirtobrutinib was associated with a 19.6-month median progression-free survival in patients with heavily pretreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has updated their guidelines on high-dose methotrexate and glucarpidase.

The phase 1/2 TRANSCEND CLL 004 trial met its primary end point by demonstrating that lisocabtagene maraleucel elicited responses in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Glofitamab has received accelerated approval for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified, or large B-cell lymphoma arising from follicular lymphoma.

Omitting radiotherapy did not compromise overall survival rates for patients with primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma.

Axicabtagene ciloleucel delivered superior overall survival compared with standard of care in patients with early relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

Patients with advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma who received nivolumab plus AVD experienced a 1-year estimated progression-free survival rate of 94% meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 SWOG S1826 trial.

Jessica MacIntyre, DNP, MBA, APRN, NP-C, AOCNP, describes how nurses used an app imbedded in the electronic medical record to refer patients to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

The FDA has granted epcoritamab accelerated approval for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The prescribing label comes with boxed warnings for cytokine release syndrome and neurologic problems.

Jessica MacIntyre, DNP, MBA, APRN, NP-C, AOCNP, discusses ways to standardize the process of referring patients to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Polatuzumab vedotin has been approved in combination with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone for previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

AbbVie has withdrawn the indications for previously pretreated patients with mantle cell lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma.

The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 11 to 2 in support of the benefit-risk profile displayed by polatuzumab vedotin-piiq in patients with previously untreated large B-cell lymphoma, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma not otherwise specified.

Leslie Smith, DNP, RN, APRN-CNS, BMTCN, AOCNS, highlights the pirtobrutinib approval for mantle cell lymphoma, and what she anticipates will encompass best nursing practices with the newly approved agent.

Kathryn Maples, PharmD, BCOP, highlights recent approvals, and updated labeling, along with drug removals, across leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma.

At 11.3 months of follow-up, magrolimab, rituximab, gemcitabine, and oxaliplatin yielded an overall response rate of 51.5%, including a complete response rate of 39.4%, among patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The FDA has approved zanubrutinib for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma. The prescribing label comes with warnings for hemorrhage, infections, cytopenias, second primary malignancies, and cardiac arrythmias.

Among 17 patients with mantle cell lymphoma, the complete remission rate with first-line treatment with zanubrutinib plus rituximab followed by short-course rituximab plus dexamethasone, high-dose cytarabine, and oxaliplatin was 88.2%.

Adding induction to standard chemoimmunotherapy followed by autologous stem cell transplantation and maintenance ibrutinib was highly effective in patients with mantle cell lymphoma.