HEMATOLOGY

Dr. Bose shares his perspective on the factors he considers when deciding on initial therapy for myelofibrosis, including his approach to timing of treatment initiation and how splenomegaly influences his choice of JAK inhibitors.

Dr. Bose discusses his initial impressions of the case and how it compares to typical myelofibrosis cases seen in his practice.

John M. Burke, MD, discusses results from a phase 2 study which evaluated brentuximab vedotin, nivolumab, doxorubicin, and dacarbazine for the treatment of early-stage and advanced classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

Amer Zeidan, MBBS, discusses the primary end point and subgroup analyses performed on the COMMANDS trial of luspatercept-amt for treating anemia in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

Dr. Schiller will discuss the limitations of current treatment options for BPDCN in elderly transplant-ineligible patients and the emerging BPDCN research and data that they are most interested in to improve outcomes in this specific patient population.

Dr. Schiller will discuss how their treatment approach would differ for a 74-year-old BPDCN patient with only well-controlled type 2 diabetes as a comorbidity and an ECOG performance status of 0.

Dr. Schiller will discuss the red flag symptoms that increase suspicion of BPDCN, the process for diagnosis, and any challenges with differential diagnosis. Dr. Schiller will also provide strategies and resources to improve community recognition and diagnosis of this rare disease.

Dr. Schiller will discuss the limitations of currently available BPDCN treatments, the historical use of chemotherapy regimens and their potential to address unmet needs, and effective strategies for managing the financial burden and ensuring access to tagraxofusp for BPDCN patients.

Dr. Schiller will discuss the key factors that make the transplant ineligible BPDCN patient population more difficult to treat, the major goals of therapy for these patients, and how the mechanism of action of tagraxofusp suggests potential efficacy in BPDCN.

Dr. Schiller will discuss the key clinical and pathologic features that distinguish BPDCN from other malignancies, as well as the potential differential diagnoses that share a similar immunophenotype.

This segment explores the management of steroid-refractory cGvHD, highlighting the data from clinical trials on agents like ibrutinib and ruxolitinib. The discussion delves into the potential benefits, risks, and optimal patient selection for these novel therapies.

This segment focuses on the key considerations for diagnosing cGvHD and the initial treatment approaches, including the use of corticosteroids and combination therapies. The discussion covers factors that guide the decision-making process, such as organ involvement, severity of symptoms, and response to initial therapy.

Adam de Smith, PhD, discussed findings from a study investigating a genetic variant that increases the risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Hispanic/Latino pediatric patients. 

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Doris Hansen, MD, delved into the background, methods, design, and results from 3 recent myeloma studies.

Amer Zeidan, MBBS, explains how the approval of imetelstat may impact patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

Amer Zeidan, MBBS, discusses the recent expansion of the indication for luspatercept-amt to the frontline setting to treat anemia in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes.

Amer Zeidan, MBBS, discusses the unmet needs that exist for myelodysplastic syndromes and how imetelstat may help fill these needs.

Amer Zeidan, MBBS, discusses how imetelstat compares with other treatments for patients with low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes with anemia who are transfusion-dependent and ineligible for erythropoiesis stimulating agents.

Amer Zeidan, MBBS, discusses imetelstat and the IMerge/MDS3001 study of the agent in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes with anemia who are transfusion-dependent and ineligible for erythropoiesis stimulating agents.

Stephen T. Oh, MD, PhD, concludes with thoughts on the future treatment landscape for myelofibrosis.

Dr Oh discusses emerging JAK inhibitors in the myelofibrosis treatment landscape, highlighting clinical evidence that supports their use.

An overview of how toxicity concerns are balanced with the goal of achieving adequate response in patients with myelofibrosis who receive sequential therapies such as JAK inhibitors.

Stephen T. Oh, MD, PhD, discusses patients who would be suitable to receive pacritinib for myelofibrosis, highlighting data showing correlation between transfusion independence and reduction in bone marrow reticulin fibrosis.

A myelofibrosis specialist discusses his approach to monitoring treatment response in patients with myelofibrosis.

Dr Oh provides clinical insights on sequencing therapies for patients with myelofibrosis and discusses the sequential use of JAK inhibitors.

An expert on myelofibrosis discusses how to determine whether a patient is experiencing ruxolitinib failure or disease progression and provides insights on when to intervene or change therapy.

Stephen T. Oh, MD, PhD, presents the case of a 63-year-old man previously diagnosed and treated with primary myelofibrosis.

Guenther Koehne, MD, PhD, highlights the importance of and the key takeaways from the Fifth Annual Miami Cancer Institute Global Summit on Immunotherapies for Hematologic Malignancies.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Curtis Lachowiez, MD, discussed targeted therapy for blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm and its role in patients who could receive allogeneic stem cell transplant.

The frontline standard-of-care regimen for patients with higher-risk MDS and some with lower-risk MDS remain hypomethylating agents, such as azacitidine, decitabine, and decitabine/cedazuridine.