«We discovered that
lymphoma cells with high levels of MYC can be killed by disabling a protein called MCL - 1.
Not exact matches
In clinical trials the treatment — which involves extracting individual patients» immune T -
cells, modifying them to seek out tell - tale biological markers associated
with blood cancers like aggressive
lymphoma, and then pumping those modified killer
cells back into the body — has shown major promise, in some cases eliminating all signs of the cancer in patients six months after treatment.
KTE - C19 spurred either a complete or partial response in 13 out of 19 patients
with large B -
cell lymphomas.
The new indication puts Kymriah in direct competition
with Gilead Sciences» Yescarta, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in October for treatment of adults
with diffuse large B -
cell lymphoma who have failed to respond to other treatments.
Announced a clinical trial collaboration
with Pfizer, Inc. (Pfizer) to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the investigational combination of Yescarta and Pfizer's utomilumab, a fully humanized 4 - 1BB agonist monoclonal antibody, in patients
with refractory large B -
cell lymphoma.
The drug, which was first approved last August for patients under 25
with B -
cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia, is now OK» ed to treat large B -
cell lymphoma.
One of Juno's rivals, Kite Pharma, yesterday said it had completed its enrollment of 72 patients
with diffuse large B -
cell lymphoma in the Phase II portion of the ZUMA - 1 trial, designed to assess KTE - C19.
Juno is developing its immunotherapy product candidate, JCAR017, which is in a Phase I trial, studying patients
with B -
cell Non-Hodgkin
Lymphoma [NHL].
Dr. Newman added that rival CAR T
cell therapy developer Kite Pharma was still likelier to generate more revenue than Juno
with KTE - C19, which last week completed patient enrollment in the Phase II portion of the ZUMA - 1 trial in patients
with diffuse large B -
cell lymphoma.
However, for patients
with lymphoma, it may be a rather different story, as new research from the University of Copenhagen shows that toxins in the staphylococcus bacteria help cancer
cells gain control over healthy
cells.
The study included Scottish terriers
with bladder transitional
cell carcinoma, golden retrievers
with lymphoma, American cocker spaniels
with melanoma, and a fourth group of dogs open to all cancer types.
The researchers also affected mouse models
with Mantle
Cell Lymphoma, using the new platform to target cancer cells, induce cell death and dramatically improve overall survi
Cell Lymphoma, using the new platform to target cancer
cells, induce
cell death and dramatically improve overall survi
cell death and dramatically improve overall survival.
FDA approves CAR - T
cell therapy to treat adults
with certain types of large B -
cell lymphoma.
In fact, preliminary evidence already exists that HHV - 6 may be associated
with some
lymphomas, a diverse set of cancers affecting the
cells of the immune system.
The Penn team, in collaboration
with Alain Rook, MD, director of the Cutaneous T -
cell Lymphoma Program and a professor of Dermatology, aims to develop a molecular taxonomy for mutations in SS patients.
With that idea in mind, Karmali is leading an innovative Phase II clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of combining the diabetes medication metformin with standard chemotherapy to treat patients with diffuse large B - cell lymph
With that idea in mind, Karmali is leading an innovative Phase II clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of combining the diabetes medication metformin
with standard chemotherapy to treat patients with diffuse large B - cell lymph
with standard chemotherapy to treat patients
with diffuse large B - cell lymph
with diffuse large B -
cell lymphoma.
The targeted therapy everolimus may be safely combined
with R - CHOP for new, untreated diffuse large B -
cell lymphoma according to the results of a pilot study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in the Lancet Haematology.
Breast implant - associated anaplastic large
cell lymphoma — or BIA - ALCL — is a rare peripheral T -
cell lymphoma that may develop in patients
with breast implants.
He is using the virus to cure a rare form of blood cancer called EBV
lymphoma, caused when B lymphocyte immune
cells get infected
with the Epstein - Barr virus (EBV).
Treatment
with an investigational CAR T -
cell therapy induced complete remission of a brain metastasis of the difficult - to - treat tumor diffuse large - B -
cell lymphoma (DLBCL), which had become resistant to chemotherapy — the first report of a response to CAR T -
cells in a central nervous system
lymphoma.
A clinical trial has shown that patients
with a specific molecular subtype of diffuse large B -
cell lymphoma (DLBCL) are more likely to respond to the drug ibrutinib (Imbruvica) than patients
with another molecular subtype of the disease.
While the disease can take many forms, recent advances have better characterized how
lymphoma cells proliferate and interact
with other
cells and tissues, leading to the development of powerful, targeted therapies
with fewer side effects than traditional approaches.
Multiplexed genetic screening for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and anaplastic
lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene rearrangements and subsequent biomarker - guided treatment is cost - effective compared
with standard chemotherapy treatment without any molecular testing in the metastatic non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC) setting in the United States.
Some patients
with non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have changes in the anaplastic
lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene, which can drive the development of their cancer.
«Patients
with non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC) should receive front line therapy
with the anaplastic
lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor crizotinib,» said lead author Professor Giorgio Scagliotti, head of the Department of Oncology, University of Turin, Italy.
Experience
with lymphoma patients, who receive a transplant of their own blood or bone
cells after radiation to wipe out their cancer, has shown «there's no doubt it helps,» says bone marrow transplant expert Nelson Chao of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
Excitingly, when compared
with healthy
cells, the
lymphoma cells were considerably more sensitive to a reduction in MCL - 1 function.
To block this signal, recent clinical studies have focused on inhibiting the activation of the B -
cell receptor as a treatment for non-Hodgkin
lymphoma patients, but
with variable success.
Professor Gandhi said results from a landmark study regarding the tool would help clinicians identify the best course of action for patients
with Diffuse Large B -
Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL).
Rituximab, a monoclonal antibody that attacks cancer
cells in patients
with a certain subtype of B -
cell lymphoma, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1997.
The research team selected three different dog breeds, all
with an increased risk of developing
lymphoma, but
with differential risk for
lymphomas arising from either B - or T -
cells.
1965 — The Epstein - Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis, is found in the cancerous lymph node
cells of children
with Burkitt's
lymphoma, making it the first known human cancer virus.
The approach, which is described in a paper to be published September 7 in The Journal of Experimental Medicine, could allow those in need of such transplants, including leukemia and
lymphoma patients, to be treated
with fewer donor stem
cells while limiting potential adverse side effects.
However, some
lymphomas are associated
with activated Foxo1, and Kurosaki and his team observed that inside germinal centers, B
cells with Foxo1 suppressed will actually lower in numbers.
And when these mice were infected
with the malaria parasite, they developed
lymphomas specifically in mature B
cells, similarly to what happens in Burkitt's
lymphoma.
In recent clinical trials, CAR T
cell therapy has dramatically improved the outcomes of blood cancer patients
with advanced, otherwise untreatable forms of leukemia and
lymphoma.
Results of a phase one trial show that an investigational topical drug, resiquimod gel, causes regression of both treated and untreated tumor lesions and may completely remove cancerous
cells from both sites in patients
with early stage cutaneous T
cell lymphoma (CTCL)-- a rare type of non-Hodgkin
lymphoma that affects the skin.
«Topical gel proves safe, effective treatment for patients
with skin t
cell lymphoma.»
Additionally, a form of indolent B
cell lymphoma, which progresses slowly
with only mild symptoms, can transform without warning into an aggressive form of the disease.
A unique approach to targeting the abnormal T -
cells that cause T -
cell lymphomas could offer hope to patients
with the aggressive and difficult - to - treat family of cancers, finds a study involving researchers from Cardiff University.
The therapy is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for relapsed or treatment - resistant Hodgkin
lymphoma, and it is commonly prescribed to patients whose disease has progressed after autologous stem
cell transplant, a procedure that replenishes the bone marrow
with the patient's own healthy stem
cells after therapy.
High Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Level Is An Adverse Prognostic Factor In High Risk Diffuse Large B -
Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Patients Treated
with Dose - Dense Chemoimmunotherapy and Systemic CNS Prophylaxis.
Pattern of employment and associated factors in long - term
lymphoma survivors 10 years after high - dose chemotherapy
with autologous stem
cell transplantation.
«Autologous stem
cell transplant should be standard care for HIV - associated
lymphoma: Multicenter, Phase II trial suggests autologous transplant should be standard of care for HIV patients
with relapsed / treatment - resistant
lymphoma.»
(18) FDG PET / CT AFTER INTENSIFIED CHEMO - IMMUNOTHERAPY IN DIFFUSE LARGE B -
CELL LYMPHOMA (DLBCL), AGED 18 - 65 YEARS
WITH AAIPI 2 - 3.
Based on our data, autologous stem
cell transplant should be considered the standard of care for patients
with HIV - related
lymphomas for the same indications and under the same circumstances that we would use it in patients without HIV infection.»
Exon - Based Transcriptome Profiling Reveals Genes That Have Prognostic Impact on the Survival of Young High Risk Diffuse Large B -
Cell / Follicular Grade 3
Lymphoma Patients Treated
with Dose - Dense Chemoimmuno - therapy and CNS Prophylaxis.
A national study on conditional survival, excess mortality and second cancer after high dose therapy
with autologous stem
cell transplantation for non-Hodgkin
lymphoma.
The authors say it is possible that the combination of having an older father and no siblings may promote
cell proliferation in those individuals
with an underdeveloped immune system and, as such, favors the development of cancers related to the immune system, like
lymphoma.
High serum vascular endothelial growth factor level is an adverse prognostic factor for high - risk diffuse large B -
cell lymphoma patients treated
with dose - dense chemoimmunotherapy.