Aggressive Lymphomas
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Doc reports favorable results from trial on hold
STOCKHOLM—Interim trial results suggest the EZH2 inhibitor tazemetostat can produce durable responses in patients with relapsed or refractory...
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Group updates guidelines on CLL
Recent advances in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) have prompted an update to the 2008 International Workshop in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (...
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CPI-613 receives orphan designation for BL
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to CPI-613 for the treatment of Burkitt lymphoma (BL). CPI-613 is a...
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CAR T in DLBCL: Liso-cel has ‘remarkable’ efficacy in cohort
CHICAGO – Could liso-cel be the next CAR T-cell therapy to compete in DLBCL?
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Ibrutinib sNDA receives priority review
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for priority review a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for ibrutinib (Imbruvica®)...
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T-cell therapy induced CMRs with no CRS
CHICAGO—A novel CD19-targeted T-cell therapy induced complete metabolic responses (CMRs) and no cytokine release syndrome (CRS) in patients with B...
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Inhibitor exhibits activity in B- and T-cell NHLs
STOCKHOLM—The dual SYK/JAK inhibitor cerdulatinib has demonstrated efficacy in a phase 2 trial of patients with heavily pretreated B- and T-cell...
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Combo proves ‘beneficial’ for ‘unfit’ CLL patients
STOCKHOLM—Obinutuzumab plus chlorambucil (G-Clb) is a “valid and beneficial” frontline treatment option for “unfit” patients with chronic...
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FDA places SB-generated CAR T-cell therapy on clinical hold
The US Food and Drug Administrated (FDA) placed a clinical hold on the phase 1 trial of the Sleeping Beauty (SB)-generated CAR T-cell therapy in...
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Peripheral blood MRD correlates with treatment benefit in CLL
CHICAGO—Minimal residual disease (MRD) kinetics confirms the high, durable MRD-negativity with venetoclax plus rituximab in relapsed/refractory...
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DLBCL survival improved with novel antibody-drug conjugate
Big survival gains were reported in patients with relapsed/refractory DLBCL treated with polatuzumab vedotin, bendamustine, and rituximab.