Health Care Delivery

Elli Papaemmanuil, PhD, assistant professor in computational oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, spoke on current methods of classification and stratification for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and the applicability of a novel scoring system, presented during her plenary session at EHA2022, that aims to improve and refine MDS risk estimation.

John Mascarenhas, MD, director of the Adult Leukemia Program at The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai, spoke on preliminary data findings of the phase 2 MANIFEST study investigating the efficacy and safety profile of pelabresib, ruxolitinib combination therapy in JAK inhibitor-naive patients with myelofibrosis and those with suboptimal response to ruxolitinib monotherapy.

The study suggests standardized uptake values may be a useful marker to predict treatment response and prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma.

Mandy Lauw, MD, PhD, physician scientist and chair of the YoungEHA committee, discussed the content presented at the YoungEHA Research Meeting at the 2022 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress and core themes of the session she cochaired on the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) and science in hematology.

Swaminathan P. Iyer, MD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, explains the mechanism of action and efficacy/safety observed in phase 1 results of CTX130, a CD70-targeted allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, in the treatment of relapsed/refractory T-cell lymphoma.

The investigators cautioned, however, that the factors identified had only modest predictive power.

Amanda Ely is CEO of the Children’s HIV Association (CHIVA), an organization that provides support to children living with HIV in the United Kingdom and Ireland and their families.

Constantine S. Tam, MBBS, MD, consulting hematologist and associate professor, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, explains findings of his abstract at EHA2022 showing the impact of Australia’s pharmaceuticals benefit scheme on the rise of Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor prescriptions for the treatment of relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (R/R CLL), as well as reasons behind the decrease in fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab combination therapy usage for first-line CLL.

The results, say the study researchers, offer new insights into patient experiences during spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) clinical trials

A systematic review and meta-analysis found no clear advantage for automated red cell exchange.

Mazyar Shadman, MD, MPH, of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington, discussed positive health-related quality of life (HRQOL) findings of the SEQUOIA trial investigating zanubrutinib vs bendamustine/rituximab in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL).

Study data are mixed, but some evidence suggests the administration of vitamin D may work as a low-risk prophylactic against graft-versus-host disease (GVHD).

A new model may be able to better identify which patients will respond to immunotherapy.

This new study, which the authors claim is the first to do so, investigated the relationship between COVID-19 vaccination status and survival outcomes among individuals with heart failure.

The study, based on 33 years of data, also explored auto-antibody production in the rare patient group.

Findings presented at the 82nd Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association support the safety and efficacy of open-source automated insulin delivery (AID) systems among children and adults living with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Ashok Subramanian, MBA, founder and chief executive officer, Centivo, speaks on the limitations of traditional employer-based health benefit plans in the pursuit of value-based care and what employers should consider in designing these incentives on a community level.

Dupilumab-induced increases in mean eosinophil counts were shown to wane over time in patients with asthma, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), and atopic dermatitis (AD), with incidence of eosinophilia not shown to reduce efficacy of the biologic.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched an inquiry into the practices of pharmacy benefit managers; FDA advisers overwhelmingly support approval of Novavax, a new COVID-19 vaccine; drug prices soar to 20% annual inflation.

This article presents a single-organization qualitative case description of the perspectives of patients with high-need, high-cost illnesses who participated in care management programs.

A study of UK electronic health record data indicated patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) showed an increased risk of dementia compared with the general population.

Medication therapy management (MTM) services were performed with a cohort of Medicaid patients, and their satisfaction with the program was assessed as part of a quality improvement initiative.

A study found that patients in the Comprehensive End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Care Model saw a decrease in hospitalizations and readmissions compared with the accountable care organization (ACO) model.

Efficacy of biologics was observed in both men and women with psoriasis, although female patients reported a greater impact from the disease on quality of life (QOL) and lower treatment satisfaction.

Kim A. Reiss, MD, assistant program director of the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program and assistant professor of medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses pancreatic cancer research she presented at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.

Joel W. Neal, MD, PhD, associate professor, Division of Oncology, Stanford Cancer Institute, is lead investigator on the COSMIC-021 trial, which is investigating cabozantinib plus atezolizumab vs cabozantinib alone in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as a possible second-line treatment beyond chemotherapy.

Thanos Zomas, MD, global medical lead, Lymphoma and Leukemia, and global medical lead, Adcetris Program, at Takeda Oncology discusses updated results from the ECHELON-1 study.

David R. Penberthy, MD, MBA, is medical director, Radiation Oncology, Bon Secours-Southside Medical Center in Petersburg, Virginia, and president of the Association of Community Cancer Centers for the 2022-2023 term.

Asthma history and olfactory, rhinorrhea, and nasal polyp endoscopy scores were identified as independent predictors of eosinophilic disease in Chinese patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

Kashyap Patel, MD, CEO of Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates, current president of the Community Oncology Alliance, and associate editor of Evidence-Based Oncology™, discusses his partnership with Sema4 and LabCorp and their joint goal to advance whole-exome sequencing (WES) for targeted oncology treatment.