Alan F. List, MD, on the CC-5013-MDS-005 Study

2014 ASH Annual Meeting

Alan F. List, MD, of Moffitt Cancer Center, offers his thoughts on abstract 409, “Efficacy and Safety of Lenalidomide vs Placebo in RBC Transfusion–Dependent Patients With IPSS Low-/Intermediate-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes Without Del(5q) and Unresponsive or Refractory to Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents: Results From a Randomized Phase III Study (CC-5013-MDS-005),” presented by Valeria Santini, MD.

Matthew Lunning, DO, on Ublituximab Plus TGR-1202 in Lymphoma

Matthew Lunning, DO, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, on abstract 801, “Ublituximab, a Novel Glycoengineered Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody, in Combination with TGR-1202, a Next-Generation Once Daily PI3kδ Inhibitor, Demonstrates Activity in Heavily Pretreated and High-Risk Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and B-Cell Lymphoma.”

Lymphoma

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Laurie Sehn, MD, of the BC Cancer Agency, on abstract 629, “Brentuximab Vedotin Monotherapy in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Patients With Undetectable CD30: Preliminary Results From a Phase II Study.”

Hematologic Malignancies

Linda J. Burns, MD

Linda J. Burns, MD, on a Phase II Study of ACE-536 in Beta-Thalassemia

2014 ASH President Linda J. Burns, MD, of the University of Minnesota, offers her thoughts on abstract 53, “ACE-536 Increases Hemoglobin and Decreases Transfusion Burden and Serum Ferritin in Adults With Beta-Thalassemia: Preliminary Results From a Phase II Study,” presented by Antonio G. Piga, MD.

Leukemia

Myelodysplastic Syndromes

James O. Armitage, MD, FACP, FRCP, and Richard M. Stone, MD

James O. Armitage, MD, FACP, FRCP, and Richard M. Stone, MD, on Clinical Trial Results for AML, MDS, and CMML Treatment

James O. Armitage, MD, FACP, FRCP, of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Richard M. Stone, MD of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discuss three clinical trials: different doses of daunorubicin for AML; comparing azacitidine plus lenolidomide to vorinostat vs azacitidine monotherapy in MDS and CMML; and sorafenib vs placebo in addition to standard treatment for AML.

Hematologic Malignancies

Keith McCrae, MD

Keith McCrae, MD, on Splenectomy in Immune Thrombocytopenia

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