CTCL Treatments - The Old and New - Part 1

The FDA has approved the non-covalent BTK inhibitor, pirtobrutinib, to treat patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma who have already undergone 2 lines of therapy.

Laura Zitella, MS, RN, ACNP-BC, AOCN, discusses how newly approved bispecific antibodies are expanding third-line treatment options for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The combination of lenalidomide and rituximab led to a median progression-free survival of 9 years—with 17 ongoing responses—among patients with mantle cell lymphoma.

Beth Faiman, PhD, CNP, discusses reclassifying patients with multiple myeloma, the accelerated approval of teclistamab, and the removal of belantamab mafodotin from the US market.

Lisocabtagene maraleucel is under consideration as a potential treatment option for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

The 3-year progression-free survival rate was 94% and the 3-year overall survival rate was 97%.