Rami Komrokji, MD

Articles

Adverse Event Management and Patient Safety With Revumenib

January 22nd 2025

Panelists discuss the most commonly seen adverse effects (AEs) in menin inhibitor treatment, strategies for managing and mitigating these AEs to optimize outcomes, and how they compare across approved and pipeline menin inhibitors, along with best practices for clinicians to manage differentiation syndrome, a critical safety concern.

Efficacy and Potential of Revumenib in KMT2A-Translocated Leukemia

January 22nd 2025

Panelists discuss the data updates from the AUGMENT-101 trial, the potential of revumenib to reshape the treatment landscape for patients with heavily pretreated KMT2A-rearranged acute leukemia, including its observed objective response rate (ORR) and complete remission (CR)/ CR with partial recovery of peripheral blood counts (CRh) rate, and the clinical implications of revumenib in the context of bridging to stem cell transplantation.

MDS Treatment Strategies: From Risk Assessment to Transplantation

January 17th 2025

Panelists discuss how the primary therapeutic goals for patients with intermediate- to high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) focus on extending survival and modifying disease course through intensive treatments like hypomethylating agents or stem cell transplantation while addressing unique challenges such as treatment resistance, poor response durability, and limited options after hypomethylating agents failure.

Revumenib’s FDA Approval and Clinical Implications

January 10th 2025

Panelists discuss the FDA approval of revumenib for relapsed/refractory acute leukemia (R/R AML) with KMT2A translocation, reviewing the eligible patient population and the mechanism of action of this menin inhibitor, while exploring key findings from the AUGMENT-101 trial and how this approval may impact treatment approaches in both the R/R and broader AML settings.

Navigating Challenges in Second- and Third-Line AML Therapy

January 10th 2025

Panelists discuss how treatment goals in the second- and third-line settings for relapsed/refractory acute monocytic leukemia (R/R AML) now focus more on disease control, quality of life, and prolonging survival, and explore the most significant unmet needs in R/R AML, particularly in addressing drug resistance and optimizing therapeutic strategies.

Treatment Goals and Unmet Needs in R/R AML

January 3rd 2025

Panelists discuss how achieving responses with second-line treatment options after venetoclax-based regimens remains challenging, and explore strategies for bridging therapy to allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) in patients who relapse post venetoclax while also addressing the evolving management of patients following transplant.

Evolving Horizons: MDS Diagnosis and Risk Stratification in 2024

December 20th 2024

The panelists discuss the newest risk stratification tool, IPSS-M.

Treatment Strategies for Relapsed/Refractory AML Patients

December 20th 2024

Panelists discuss how the latest NCCN guidelines for relapsed/refractory acute monocytic leukemia (R/R AML) outline targeted therapy options outside clinical trials, and explore treatment approaches based on patient fitness, actionable biomarkers, and prior therapies, highlighting the impact of first remission duration and genetic abnormalities on treatment sequencing.

Final Thoughts on EHA 2024 Data for Lower-Risk MDS

August 16th 2024

Key opinion leaders summarize their main insights and key takeaways from the EHA 2024 conference regarding advances in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome treatment.

EHA 2024 Future Directions in Lower-Risk MDS Treatment: Emerging Data, Approvals, and Guideline Updates

August 16th 2024

The expert panel explores the future landscape of lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome treatment, considering recent approvals and emerging clinical data.

Real-World Evidence and Emerging Therapies in Lower-Risk MDS: Insights from EHA 2024

August 10th 2024

Key opinion leaders (KOLs) examine real-world evidence and draw on their clinical experiences to inform their practice, discussing real-world dose escalations and key insights gained from practical application.

Perspectives of IMerge Study

August 10th 2024

Medical professionals deliberate on patient selection criteria for second-line imetelstat treatment in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes, incorporating findings from the IMerge study into their considerations.

Sequencing Second-Line Treatments for LR-MDS

August 2nd 2024

Medical experts discuss sequencing strategies for second-line and later treatments in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes, examining how recent data, including insights from the MEDALIST trial, influence treatment selection and sequencing decisions.

1L treatment of lower-risk MDS beyond luspatercept

August 2nd 2024

Medical experts explore alternative treatment options for lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (LR-MDS) patients who are not suitable candidates for first-line luspatercept therapy.

Safety Profile of Available Frontline Treatments LR-MDS

July 29th 2024

Key opinion leaders evaluate the safety profiles of available frontline treatments for patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes, including observed adverse reactions.

Dr.'s Cluzeau and Komrokji on Utilization Patterns of luspatercept in LR-MDS EHA 2024 Data

July 29th 2024

Medical professionals examine the utilization patterns of luspatercept in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (LR-MDS) and their impact on patient treatment strategies.

Exploring Biomarker Analysis, Real-World Data, and Quality of Life in LR-MDS: Insights from EHA 2024

July 23rd 2024

Experts in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes analyze and interpret the comparative biomarker data on ring sideroblasts in LR-MDS patients from the COMMANDS study.

Treatment Decision-Making Based on the COMMANDS Trials

July 23rd 2024

The panel examines the COMMANDS trial results, focusing on luspatercept's effects across erythroid, neutrophil, and platelet lineages and their implications for treatment decisions, while also exploring how genomic factors and mutational burden influence the drug's clinical outcomes in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes.

Clinical Implications of COMMANDS Trial in Clinical Practice

July 12th 2024

The experts examine the COMMANDS trial, which assessed luspatercept in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome patients, detailing the trial's design, participant groups, and key outcome measures.

Perceptions of the EHA 2024 Full Analysis of the COMMANDs Trial

July 12th 2024

A key opinion leader offers insights and analysis on the recently presented COMMANDS trial data from the European Hematology Association 2024 conference.