Myelodysplastic Syndromes
The agent recalibrates the immune system to attack tumors and increases cancer susceptibility to standard of care therapy.
Investigational T-Cell Immunotherapy Superior to Standard HSCT in Rate of Survival Plus GvHD Freedom
A phase 3 study comparing the treatments in multiple hematologic malignancies also saw greater overall survival at one year.
Imetelstat is indicated for patients with lower-risk MDS who had an unsatisfactory response to or are ineligible to ESAs.
Detectable MRD before HSCT is associated with worse survival in patients with MDS/MPN compared with undetectable MRD.
Overall survival, nonrelapse mortality, and relapse rates were also assessed in the phase 2 trial which had these results.
The new indication is for use of the alkylating agent with fludarabine in a preparatory combination for allogeneic HSCT.
Juan Jose Rodriguez-Sevilla, MD, PhD, summarizes current clinical knowledge about inflammation within MDS pathobiology.
An MDS HSPC signature generated from the model presents possible targets for treatment in patients with low-risk disease.
The study's results especially highlight potential aberrant gene regulation by ZMAT2 and SMARCD3.
The study showed a mortality risk reduction benefit in certain mutations while for others larger studies are needed.
Researchers noted that confirmation of this relationship in lower-risk disease would require a larger study.
Researchers argue from their findings that the 2023 criteria more accurately present the performance of ivosidenib in MDS.
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