One Arm of SEQUOIA Trial Shows 100% Response in High-Risk CLL/SLL
August 15th 2024Zanubrutinib with venetoclax led to an overall response rate of 100% when used for treating patients with treatment-naive chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma with 17p deletions and/or TP53 mutations.
Ruxolitinib Treatment in Myelofibrosis Still Effective, Regardless of Anemia
June 21st 2024New or worsening anemia did not appear to reduce the clinical benefit of ruxolitinib in myelofibrosis patients, and the median overall survival was similar between patients with and without new or worsening anemia.
UGN-102 +/- TURBT Effective in Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Low-Grade NMIBC
May 5th 2024A study found that UGN-102, used alone or combined with TURBT, resulted in comparable duration of response and disease-free survival rates in both patients newly diagnosed with and those with recurrent low-grade/intermediate non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
ADC Choices Require Discretion in HER2-Negative MBC
January 4th 2024As clinicians navigate the array of available antibody-drug conjugates for HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer, Joshua Z. Drago, MD, MS, emphasizes the importance of considering various factors in therapy selection and sequencing.
Zanubrutinib Preferred Over Bendamustine/Rituximas Across CLL/SLL Subgroups
December 15th 2023Treatment with zanubrutinib conferred a PFS benefit vs bendamustine plus rituximab across most biomarker subgroups of patients with treatment-naive chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma without del(17p), according to findings from the phase 3 SEQUOIA trial.
Pirtobrutinib Shows Activity in Relapsed/Refractory MCL After Covalent BTK Inhibitor Therapy
December 12th 2023Pirtobrutinib demonstrated promising efficacy and a tolerable safety profile in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma who received prior therapy with a covalent BTK inhibitor.
Longer PFS with Dato-Dxd in HR+/HER2- Inoperable or Metastatic Breast Cancer
December 7th 2023Datopotamab deruxtecan demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy in patients with previously treated, hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative inoperable or metastatic breast cancer.