ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition: Leukemia

Combining olverembatinib with blinatumomab appears to produce high complete molecular remission rates in patients with newly diagnosed, Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia, says Elias Jabbour, MD.

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the ALPINE study previously treated with BTK inhibitors are likely to remain sensitive to other BTK-targeting agents, says Jennifer Brown, MD, PhD.

Pirtobrutinib produces a high rate of responses in patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia harboring baseline BTK mutations, according to findings from the phase 1/2 BRUIN trial.

Data from the phase 3 SEQUIOA trial may support zanubrutinib as a best-in-class Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor in the frontline management of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Fixed-dose ibrutinib plus venetoclax produces limited second malignancies among patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, says Paolo Ghia, MD, PhD.

Treatment with lisocabtagene maraleucel in the TRANSCEND CLL 004 study raises no new safety concerns in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia, says Tatyana Feldman, MD.

Asciminib results in greater efficacy, safety, and tolerability compared with bosutinib in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, according to findings from the phase 3 ASCEMBL study.

Ibrutinib plus venetoclax appears to be effective across the overall chronic lymphocytic leukemia population in the CAPTIVATE study, although progression-free survival is shorter for those with TP53 mutations.

Revumenib treatment results in durable MRD-negative remissions in pediatric and adult patients with relapsed/refractory KMT2A rearranged acute leukemia in the phase 2 Augment-101 study.

Acalabrutinib on its own or in combination with obinutuzumab increases PFS and ORR in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia regardless of mutation status, according to follow-up data from the ELEVATE-TN trial.

Patients with NPM1-mutated acute monocytic leukemia who are minimal residual disease negative do not appear to benefit from allogeneic stem cell transplant after chemotherapy induction, even with a FLT3 ITD co-mutation.

Treatment outcomes with obecabtagene autoleucel in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia appear to be better in those with lower leukemia burden at lymphodepletion in the FELIX study.

Data from the phase 1/2 BRUIN study support continuous BTK pathway inhibition as an important sequencing approach in chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma, says Jennifer A. Woyach, MD.

Treatment with zanubrutinib also appears to improve overall survival compared with ibrutinib among patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma in the phase 3 ALPINE trial.

Treatment with venetoclax appears to be well-tolerated in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma, says Nilanjan Ghosh, MD, PhD.

Results from the phase 1/2 SAVE trial demonstrated an improved objective response rate when revumenib was added to decitabine/cedazuridine, and venetoclax for patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

Patients with promyelocytic leukemia saw an improved overall survival and relapse-free survival when treated with an all-oral regimen of arsenic trioxide, all-trans retinoic acid, and ascorbic acid.

Matthew S. Davids, MD, MMSc, spoke about the benefit of venetoclax combinations in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Lindsey Roeker, MD, spoke about identifying the correct population of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who will benefit from umbralisib and ublituximab plus ibrutinib.

Matthew S. Davids, MD, MMSc, spoke about using venetoclax plus acalabrutinib in the phase 3 MAJIC study for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Lindsey Roeker, MD, spoke about phase 2 trial results which demonstrated efficacy of the combination of umbralisib and ublituximab added to ibrutinib for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The combination of acalabrutinib, with or without obinutuzumab, produced a strong survival benefit for patients with treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia over treatment with ibrutinib or venetoclax plus obinutuzumab.

Preclinical evidence supports further research in combining a menin inhibitor plus targeted therapies, as this may result in superior efficacy for patients with KMT2A-rearranged and NPM1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia.

Lindsey Roeker, MD, spoke about using a combination that includes a Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, and an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

A non inferiority design was presented at ASH 2021 for acalabrutinib plus venetoclax in treatment-naive chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic leukemia.

Jennifer A. Woyach, MD, spoke about why it’s important to use newer therapies instead of chemoimmunotherapy for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Maintenance oral azacitidine produced a sustained survival benefit over placebo for patients with acute myeloid leukemia in first remission.

Jennifer A. Woyach, MD, spoke about the results of a study conducted in elderly patients treated with an ibrutinib-containing regimen for chronic lymphocytic leukemia at 55 months of follow-up.

The combination of high-frequency and low-dose acalabrutinib and rituximab demonstrated a 100% overall response rate in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Acalabrutinib produced positive quality-adjusted survival benefits over other treatment options for patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.