American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting & Exposition

Adding daratumumab to bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone showed meaningful improvements in patient-reported outcomes in the phase 2 GRIFFIN trial.

A comparative analysis indicated that lisocabtagene maraleucel generated superior quality of life in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma compared with the current standard of care.

Patients with high levels of amphiregulin were at a higher risk of an early death in acute graft-versus-host-disease, according to a presentation at the 2021 ASH Annual Meeting.

Belantamab mafodotin is an antibody-drug conjugate that functions by targeting BCMA and has demonstrated clinically meaningful activity in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Acalabrutinib was linked to a lower incidence of cardiovascular-related toxicities and overall toxicity burden compared with ibrutinib in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Axicabtagene ciloleucel improved the quality of life in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma receiving the agent as a second-line therapy.

A presentation at the 2021 ASH Annual Meeting revealed a significant association between elevated white blood counts and thrombotic events among patients with polycythemia vera and controlled hematocrit levels.

Ibrutinib, both in the frontline setting and in the form of continuous treatment, was associated with improved quality of life over chemoimmunotherapy for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Tisagenlecleucel evoked similar efficacy and a preferrable safety profile in children and adults with B-ALL being treated in a real-world analysis, compared with the clinical trial ELIANA.

In comparison to physicians’ choice of treatment, ciltacabtagene autoleucel demonstrated significant advantages in progression-free and overall survival, time to next treatment, and overall response rate.

Combining ibrutinib with rituximab resulted in improved 2-year progression-free survival among elderly patients with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Mendel Goldfinger, MD, discusses some of the key points of the ECHELON-1 trial data.

Data from a recent analysis demonstrated that more than one in five people experienced depression or anxiety, either before or not long after receiving a blood cancer diagnosis, highlighting the need for further mental health screening in these individuals.

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who received treatment with single-agent acalabrutinib experienced a low incidence of cardiac toxicities leading to treatment discontinuation.

Oral azacitidine improved overall survival and relapse-free survival, while maintaining health-related quality of life in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Patients with aggressive lymphomas had a sharp increase in quality of life from time of diagnosis until 1 year later.

A recent study analyzed nurse and patient preference when it came to the administration of rituximab in patients with blood cancer.