San Francisco, CA—Sorafenib added to standard therapy significantly im­­proves event-free survival (EFS) and relapse-free survival compared with standard chemotherapy alone in younger patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
San Francisco, CA—Monoclonal antibodies may be to multiple myeloma what rituximab has been to lymphoma, according to myeloma experts who expressed enthusiasm over these emerging agents at an education session at ASH 2014.
San Francisco, CA—Pomalidomide plus low-dose dexamethasone is “likely to be a cost-effective use of healthcare resources,” according to researchers from the United Kingdom, who presented a pharmacoeconomic analysis at ASH 2014.
San Francisco, CA—The weekly administration of carfilzomib may be equivalent to the current practice of twice-weekly injections, according to an abstract presented at ASH 2014 by Antonio Palumbo, MD, of the University of Turin, Italy, and colleagues.
San Francisco, CA—The oral anti­myeloma proteasome inhibitor oprozomib, given as a single agent in a dose-escalation study, “showed promising antitumor activity,” which included responses even in patients with carfilzomib-refractory multiple myeloma, according to Ravi Vij, MD, of Washington University in St Louis, MO.
San Francisco, CA—Data from a phase 1/2 clinical trial support further evaluation of the investigational oral proteasome inhibitor ixazomib in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Approval of this drug would introduce an all-oral treatment regimen for this disease.
San Francisco, CA—In the treatment of patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma, medical, nondrug costs, particularly outpatient costs, account for approximately 75% of the total expenditures for the first 2 years after diagnosis, according to a new analysis of a large US claims database presented at ASH 2014.
San Francisco, CA—Nearly 50% of elderly patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who received pracinostat, an investigational HDAC (histone deacetylase) inhibitor, in combination with azacitidine had responses in an ongoing phase 2 clinical trial.
San Francisco, CA—The use of brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) to prevent progression after autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma is expected to increase survival and be cost-effective, according to a cost-effectiveness analysis presented at ASH 2014.
San Francisco, CA—Patients with HIV-­related lymphoma should not be excluded from clinical trials of autol­ogous hematopoietic-cell transplant (AHCT). Moreover, they should be offered AHCT as a standard treatment option, according to the results of a phase 2 trial reported at the 2014 American Society of Hematology meeting.
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