Unmet Needs and Emerging Trends in Hematologic Cancer Management Around ASH 2024

Findings suggest bispecific CD3xCD20 therapy may offer an option for patients with Richter syndrome who are ineligible for transplant or CAR T-cell Therapy.

Three abstracts presented at the 2024 American Society of Hematology annual meeting focused on patient preferences and treatment choices in blood cancers.

As oncology continues to move more toward precision medicine, tools like EVOFLUx may offer a more personalized roadmap from diagnosis to treatment.

Positive topline data from the phase 3 BRUIN CLL-313 showed pirtobrutinib's efficacy in the frontline setting.

Drug interactions with ibrutinib may not shorten survival when managed carefully, though the significant increase in infection-related hospitalizations tied to CYP3A inhibitors signals an urgent need for closer monitoring, dose adjustment, and proactive infection prevention strategies.

Among patients with hematologic malignancies who were diagnosed with COVID-19, about one-quarter experienced critical illness, and most of those patients died.