ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition | Conference

Dr. Maciejewski on Impact of Eltrombopag on Expansion of Clones in Refractory Aplastic Anemia

February 1st 2016

Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski, MD, PhD, chair, Department of Translational Hematology and Oncology Research, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the impact of eltrombopag on an expansion of clones with somatic mutations in patients with refractory aplastic anemia.

Dr. Hamilton on Prognostic Impact of Molecular Mutations in AML and MDS on HCT Outcomes

January 29th 2016

Betty Hamilton, MD, associate staff physician, Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders and Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, discusses the prognostic impact of molecular mutations in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes on allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant outcomes and the adverse impact of TET2 mutations.

Dr. Park on Alisertib in Myc-Overexpressing Lymphoma Cells

January 28th 2016

Steven I. Park, MD, director, Lymphoma Program, associate professor of Medicine, Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clinical Research, discusses how alisertib induces synthetic lethality and overcomes chemoresistance in Myc-overexpressing lymphoma cells.

Dr. Yazbeck on Idelalisib Plus BR in Relapsed/Refractory CLL

January 25th 2016

Victor Y. Yazbeck, MD, assistant professor, Hematology-Oncology, Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine, VCU Massey Cancer Center, discusses a phase III study examining idelalisib plus bendamustine rituximab in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Dr. Sekeres on Combination Therapies With Azacitidine in CMML and MDS

January 21st 2016

Mikkael A. Sekeres, MD, MS, professor of Medicine, director, Leukemia Program, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, discusses a study examining azacitidine combined with lenalidomide or with vorinostat versus azacitidine monotherapy in higher-risk patients with myelodysplastic syndromes and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.

Dr. Mukherjee on Radioactive Iodine Treatment of Thyroid Cancer and Risk of MDS

January 20th 2016

Sudipto Mukherjee, MD, associate staff, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, discusses a study examining the association between radioactive iodine treatment of thyroid cancer and the risk for developing myelodysplastic syndromes.

Dr. Frederick Locke on KTE-C19 for Refractory NHL

January 13th 2016

Frederick Locke, MD, a medical oncologist in the Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant at Moffitt Cancer Center, and an assistant professor of Oncology at the University of South Florida, discusses KTE-C19 for the treatment of refractory aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

Dr. Komanduri on Emerging Therapies for Patients With Hematologic Malignancies

January 8th 2016

Krishna Komanduri, MD, professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology, director, Sylvester Adult Stem Cell Transplant Program, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, discusses future treatments for patients with hematologic malignancies.

Dr. Moreau on Tourmaline-MM1 Study for Multiple Myeloma

January 7th 2016

Philippe Moreau, MD, head of Department of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire, Nantes, France, discusses the phase III Tourmaline-MM1 study for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Dr. Swords on Anti-Tumor Effects of IMG-98 in AML

January 6th 2016

Ronan T. Swords, MD, discusses preclinical findings demonstrating that the small-molecule inhibitor IMG-98 effectively augments pro-differentiation effects of all-trans-retinoic acid–based therapies in acute myeloid leukemia.

Dr. Stein on Blinatumomab for Relapsed/Refractory ALL

December 22nd 2015

Anthony S. Stein, MD, professor and staff physician, Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplantation Institute, City of Hope, discusses a phase II study examining blinatumomab in relapsed/refractory patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Dr. Visani on Tosedostat and Cytarbine in Elderly Patients With AML

December 21st 2015

Guiseppe Visani, MD, director, Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Center at AORMN, Pesaro, Italy, discusses a phase II study examining the efficacy of tosedostat plus low-dose cytarabine in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Dr. Sharman on Entospletinib in Patients With CLL

December 18th 2015

Jeff Sharman, MD, director of Research with Willamette Valley Cancer Institute and Research Center, medical director of Hematology Research for The US Oncology Network, discusses clinical activity of entospletinib in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) who were previously treated with a B-cell receptor pathway signaling inhibitor.

Dr. Saunthararajah on Mechanisms of Resistance to 5-Azacytidine /Decitabine in MDS-AML

December 10th 2015

Yogenthiran Saunthararajah, MD, Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders at Cleveland Clinic, professor of Medicine, co-leader, Developmental Therapeutics Program of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses mechanisms of resistance to 5-azacytidine and decitabine in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes-acute myeloid leukemia.

Dr. Goy on John Theurer Cancer Center Milestone

December 9th 2015

Andre Goy, MD, MS, chairman and director, chief of Lymphoma, director, Clinical and Translational Cancer Research, discusses an upcoming event at John Theurer Cancer Center in honor of the institution's 25th anniversary of its first bone marrow transplant.

Blinatumomab Shows High CR Rates Across Two ALL Studies

December 9th 2015

Monotherapy with blinatumomab demonstrated high complete remission or CR with partial hematological recovery rates in adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive and -negative B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Response Rates Near 100% for CAR T-cell Therapies in ALL

December 8th 2015

Two CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor-modified T-cell therapies demonstrated complete response rates ranging from 90% to 100% in patients with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Dr. Kipps on Ibrutinib Versus Chlorambucil in Treatment-Naïve CLL/SLL

December 8th 2015

Thomas J. Kipps, MD, PhD, deputy director of Research, Moores University of California, San Diego Cancer Center, professor of Medicine, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, discusses results of the RESONATE-2 study, which compared ibrutinib versus chlorambucil in elderly patients with treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL).

No Safety Concerns in Trial of Ibrutinib to Early-Stage CLL

December 8th 2015

Preliminary data from an ongoing clinical trial suggest ibrutinib has an acceptable safety profile when used to prevent disease progression in patients with asymptomatic, early-stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Next-Generation BTK Inhibitor Taking on Ibrutinib in CLL

December 8th 2015

Acalabrutinib has demonstrated a 95% response rate and durable remissions with a favorable safety profile in a phase I/II study for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

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