Acute Myeloid Leukemia

From Trump’s executive order regarding drug prices to today’s top performers and athletes, here’s what is making headlines in the cancer space this week.

In a talk about her new book, Vanessa Bayer explains how leukemia contributed to her comic perspective and sense of empathy.

The Food and Drug Administration’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted against approving a new drug application for quizartinib for adult patients with relapsed/refractory FLT3-ITD–positive AML.

The FDA has approved a supplemental new drug application for Tibsovo as a single agent for the first-line treatment of adult patients with IDH1-mutant acute myeloid leukemia who are 75 years and older or are ineligible to receive intensive chemotherapy.

The Food and Drug Administration granted a priority review to Tibsovo (ivosidenib) for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with an IDH1 mutation who are not eligible for standard therapy.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Xospata (gilteritinib) for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who have a FLT3 mutation that is detected by an FDA-approved test, according to the agency.

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The Food and Drug Administration approved Nivestym (filgrastim-aafi), a biosimilar to Neupogen (filgrastim), for five eligible indications.

Today's approval of Tibsovo, along with the diagnostic tool to determine who should get it, brings a new type of treatment for patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

While there are known risk factors of developing acute myeloid leukemia (AML) – such as a myelodysplastic syndrome diagnosis and receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy – a diagnosis can still stun and individual. But researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian recently discovered a genomic pre-malignant biomarker of the disease that can identify people who are at a greater risk for AML.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a priority review to a new drug application (NDA) for glasdegib to treat patients with previously untreated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in combination with low-dose cytarabine (LDAC), which is a type of chemotherapy, according to Pfizer, the manufacturer of the drug.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a priority review to a new drug application (NDA) for gilteritinib for the treatment of adult patients with FLT3 mutation–positive relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to Astellas Pharma, the manufacturer of the FLT3 inhibitor.

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New drugs bring advancements to acute myeloid leukemia after 40 years.

Ivosidenib (AG-120) was granted a priority review designation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory IDH1-mutant acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to a statement from Agios Pharmaceuticals, the company developing the targeted therapy.

Older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) often face a difficult choice: risky, intensive chemotherapy that offers a small chance of a cure versus non-intensive chemotherapy meant to improve physical comfort and quality of life.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Rydapt (midostaurin) for acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

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Researchers at UAB found that patients aged younger than 65 who were unmarried, lived in lower-income areas, and who were uninsured or Medicaid beneficiaries were at significantly higher risk of premature mortality.

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A navigator-designed, proactive, weekly, telephone support call to help patients with blood cancers manage their symptoms between appointments was able to significantly reduce unplanned hospitalizations at a Colorado cancer center.

The Food and Drug Administration granted a Fast Track Designation to CPX-351 for the treatment of elderly patients with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

In a first-in-human study, the drug AG-221 generated long-lasting remissions in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Updates from the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology.

Liposomal anthracycline may allow for higher dosing with less cardiotoxicity in childhood AML patients.

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