Jabbour Highlights New Data With Asciminib and Ponatinib in CML

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In today’s episode, sponsored in part by Takeda, we had the pleasure of hearing from Elias Jabbour, MD, a professor in the Department of Leukemia and Division of Cancer Medicine at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr Jabbour joined us to discuss updates from the 2021 ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), including findings from the phase 3 ASCEMBL trial (NCT03106779) evaluating asciminib (Scemblix) vs bosutinib (Bosulif) and data with ponatinib (Iclusig) from a post hoc analysis of the phase 2 OPTIC trial (NCT02467270).

In October 2021, the FDA granted an accelerated approval to asciminib for the treatment of patients with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)–positive CML in chronic phase who were previously treated with at least 2 TKIs. The agent also received full approval for patients with Ph-positive CML in any phase who present with a T315I mutation. Ponatinib is approved for the same indications.

In this episode, Dr Jabbour reviewed new data with asciminib and ponatinib in the post–second generation TKI setting.

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