Lymphoma

The FDA has approved the CAR T-cell therapy brexucabtagene autoleucel (Tecartus; formerly KTE-X19) as a treatment for adult patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).

The FDA has approved selinexor as a treatment for adult patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified, who have received ≥2 prior therapies.

The FDA approved tazemetostat to treat relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma in 2 different indications.

The FDA has granted a Fast Track designation to CLR 131 for use as a treatment for patients with lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL)/Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (WM) who have received at least 2 prior treatment regimens.

While aggressive lymphoma such as mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) typically end in relapse, precision medicine and cellular therapies are improving outcomes for patients, according to Michael Wang, MD.

The FDA has added 3 months to the review period for a biologics license application (BLA) for lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) after at least 2 prior therapies. The extension will allow the agency to review additional data provided by Bristol Myers Squibb, the manufacturer of the anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy.

Combined treatment with brentuximab vedotin and nivolumab could provide a more tolerable option for older patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

The FDA has granted a priority review designation to a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for selinexor (Xpovio) as a treatment for adult patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), not otherwise specified, who have received ≥2 prior therapies.

The FDA granted a priority review for the biologics license application for lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel), to treat adults with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

The biologic license application is supported by data from the phase II ZUMA-2 trial, which is currently assessing the CAR T-cell therapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved rituximab-pvvr (Ruxience), a biosimilar to rituximab (Rituxan) for the treatment of blood cancers.

Patients with high-risk mantle cell lymphoma are likely to have their disease relapse, making investigations into novel treatments, such as CAR T-cell therapy, important.

CLR 131, a targeted, molecular radiotherapy, showed a 33% overall response rate in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Now that the CD19-targeted CAR T-cell therapies axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel; Yescarta) and tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) have shown durable responses in the relapsed/refractory settings of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, researchers are hopeful that earlier exposure may heighten the curative potential of the modality, explained Mazyar Shadman, MD, MPH.

The FDA has approved the R2 regimen of lenalidomide (Revlimid) plus rituximab (Rituxan) for use in patients with previously treated follicular lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma (MZL).

The FDA has approved the combination of venetoclax (Venclexta) and obinutuzumab (Gazyva) for the frontline treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).

Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) significantly lowered the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) or death due to VTE during the intervention period with the agent in patients with solid tumors or lymphoma, according to results from the CASSINI trial.

The FDA granted a priority review to polatuzumab vedotin in combination with bendamustine plus rituximab (Rituxan) for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

The FDA has approved the combination of ibrutinib (Imbruvica) and obinutuzumab (Gazyva) for the first-line treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).

The FDA has granted umbralisib (TGR-1202) a breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of adult patients with marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) who have received 1 prior anti-CD20 regimen, according to TG Therapeutics, Inc., the developer of the PI3K-delta inhibitor.

The FDA has approved the first rituximab (Rituxan) biosimilar, CT-P10 (Truxima; rituximab-abbs), for the treatment of adult patients with CD20-positive, B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) as a single agent or in combination with chemotherapy.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) in combination with chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of patients with CD30-expressing peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL).

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) for use in combination with chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of CD30-expressing peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL).

Adverse events (AEs) associated with brentuximab vedotin (BV; Adcetris) - used to treat hematological malignancies - may be serious, and nurses need to understand what they are, monitor for them, and treat them promptly.

Adding nelarabine to escalating-dose methotrexate increased the 4-year disease-free survival rate to 91% in pediatric and young adult patients with newly diagnosed T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia or T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma, according to results from the phase III AALL0434 trial.

Radiotherapy treatments for Hodgkin lymphoma may raise the risk of certain breast cancer subtypes, a study of data on women survivors from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registries revealed.

Despite peripheral neuropathy associated with brentuximab vedotin in patients with lymphoma, patients believe the better outcomes are worth the risk of neuropathy.

A navigator-designed, proactive, weekly, telephone support call to help patients with blood cancers manage their symptoms between appointments was able to significantly reduce unplanned hospitalizations at a Colorado cancer center.