October 17th 2024
The FDA granted galinpepimut-S a rare pediatric disease designation for the treatment of pediatric patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
Ivosidenib Plus Azacitidine Shows EFS Benefit in IDH1+ Acute Myeloid Leukemia
August 2nd 2021Treatment with ivosidenib tablets in combination with azacitidine led to improvement in event-free survival in patients with previously untreated IDH1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 AGILE study.
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Eprenetapopt With Azacitidine Demonstrates Efficacy in TP53-Positive MDS and AML
July 23rd 2021Eprenetapop combined with azacitidine has shown positive efficacy as post-transplant maintenance therapy for patients with TP53-mutant myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia treated in a phase 2 study.
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FDA Lifts Partial Clinical from Study of RVU120 in Relapsed/Refractory AML and MDS
July 15th 2021The FDA has lifted its partial clinical hold on a phase 1B study of RVU120, which is an investigation of the agent for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia and high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.
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Early Study of CYNK-001 Expands to Include R/R Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cohort
June 29th 2021Patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia will now be assesses with the off-the-shelf cell therapy CYNK-001 after a case of conversion to minimal residual disease negativity at its highest dose level.
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Early Trial Targeting CLL1-Positive Cells Demonstrates Efficacy in Pediatric AML
June 6th 2021A small clinical trial of pediatric patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia showed efficacy and safety with anti-C-type lectin-like molecule-based chimeric antigen receptor T cells.
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Remissions in Newly Diagnosed, High-Risk/Secondary AML Appear Deeper With CPX-351
May 25th 2021Deeper remissions in patients with newly diagnosed, high-risk/secondary acute myeloid leukemia may be achieved with CPX-351 treatment and lead to improvement in overall survival, according to post hoc analyses of a phase 3 study.
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Prognostic Biomarkers for Venetoclax and Hypomethylating Agents Therapy for AML
April 9th 2021Danielle Hammond, MD, discusses prognostic factors indicating therapy success for patients with acute myeloid leukemia treated with a combination of venetoclax (Venclexta) and either decitabine or azacitadine.
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Enrollment Milestone Reached for Phase 3 Study of Devimistat in AML
April 2nd 2021The phase 3 ARMADA 2000 trial, which aims to determine the efficacy and safety of devimistat in combination with high-dose cytarabine and mitoxantrone compared to controls for older patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia, has crossed the enrollment of 150 participants.
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FDA Approves a Revised Indication for Daunorubicin/Cytarabine for the Treatment of Pediatric AML
March 31st 2021The FDA has revised the approval of daunorubicin and cytarabine to add 2 new indications for the treatment of newly diagnosed therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia or for AML with myelodysplasia-related changes in pediatric patients aged 1 year and older.
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Gilteritinib Prolongs OS Over Chemotherapy in FLT3 + Acute Myeloid Leukemia
March 30th 2021Gilteritinib showed improvement in overall survival in patients with relapsed or refractory FLT3 mutation-positive acute myeloid leukemia compared with chemotherapy, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 COMMODORE confirmatory trial.
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Aiming for OS Improvement in AML With Venetoclax Plus FLAG-IDA Induction/Consolidation
March 8th 2021Curtis Lachowiez, MD, discusses the interim analysis of the phase 1b/2 study of venetoclax in combination with standard intensive acute myeloid leukemia induction plus consolidation therapy with the FLAG-IDA regimen as treatment of patients with newly diagnosed or relapsed/refractory AML
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Novel T-Cell Based Immunotherapy Dosed Phase 2 Study of Patients With AML
March 3rd 2021The first patient with acute myeloid leukemia in a phase 2 trial of the MultiTAA-specific T cell, MT-401 followed stem-cell transplant has been dosed with the agent, according to a press release by Marker Therapeutics, Inc.
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Iomab-B Conditioning Therapy Leads to Successful HCT in Active AML
February 11th 2021Targeted radioimmunotherapy to the marrow with apamistamab conditioning therapy led to high rates of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant in patients with active, relapsed, or refractory acute myeloid leukemia, according to interim data from the phase 3 SIERRA trial.
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JSP191 With Low Dose Irradiation and Chemotherpy Demonstrates Efficacy and Safety in MRD+ AML/MDS
February 9th 2021A phase 1 study is the first to demonstrate that JSP191 is safe and effective in older patients with MRD-positive acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome who are undergoing nonmyeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation.
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Combination of Venetoclax and Hypomethylating Agents Show Efficacy in AML
February 1st 2021Danielle Hammond, MD, discusses the results from a retrospective review of patients with acute myeloid leukemia treated over the last 6 years with a combination of venetoclax and either decitabine or azacitadine.
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