What the trial was testing
The trial enrolled 138 patients with lymphoma. The study was sponsored by Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. and tracked outcomes across the full group of patients who matched the trial's eligibility profile.
It was an early-stage trial — researchers are still confirming safety and getting an early look at how well the treatment works. Trials at this stage are designed to produce evidence regulators and physicians can act on — not just observations to follow up later.
What the results showed
72% of previously untreated patients achieved complete or near-complete remission with tagraxofusp.
The New England journal of medicine · 2019 · NCT02113982
These findings — that achieved complete or near-complete remission — were published in the The New England journal of medicine and represent the headline result of the study.
Researchers tracked outcomes across 138 patients enrolled in the trial. The result was consistent enough across the group that the team felt confident reporting it.
What this means for patients
For patients with lymphoma, this result changes the calculus on what to ask their care team about. Whether it changes day-to-day care depends on factors like disease subtype, prior treatments, and where the patient is in their care journey.
What you can do now
Tagraxofusp received FDA approval for BPDCN in December 2018 and is now available as a treatment option. The drug works by targeting a protein that BPDCN cells overexpress. Serious side effects including capillary leak syndrome and liver problems can occur, so close monitoring is required. Talk to your doctor about whether this treatment is right for you.
Eligibility for the treatments mentioned above depends on specific test results and clinical history. Bring this summary, the trial name, and your most recent labs or pathology report to your next visit.
Open lymphoma trials
A Study Testing the Combination of Dasatinib or Imatinib to Chemotherapy Treatment With Blinatumomab for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Philadelphia Chromosome Positive (Ph+) or ABL-Class Philadelphia Chromosome-Like (Ph-Like) B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL)
This pilot trial assesses the effect of the combination of blinatumomab with dasatinib or imatinib and standard chemotherapy for treating patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+) or ABL-class Philadelphia chromosome-like (Ph-like) B-Cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). Blinatumomab is a bispecific antibody that binds to two different proteins-one on the surface of cancer cells and one on the surface of cells in the immune system. An antibody is a protein made by the immune system to help fight infections and other harmful processes/cells/molecules. Blinatumomab may bind to the cancer cell and a T cell (which plays a key role in the immune system's fighting response) at the same time. Blinatumomab may strengthen the immune system's ability to fight cancer cells by activating the body's own immune cells to destroy the tumor. Dasatinib and imatinib are in a class of medications called tyrosine kinase inhibitors. They work by blocking the action of an abnormal protein that signals cancer cells to multiply, which may help keep cancer cells from growing. Giving blinatumomab and dasatinib or imatinib in combination with standard chemotherapy may work better in treating patients with Ph+ or Ph-like ABL-class B-ALL than dasatinib or imatinib with chemotherapy.
Clinical Study of Hospital-manufactured CD19 CAR-T in Children and Adolescents With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T cells) have been developed to treat relapsed and refractory hematological malignancies with promising outcome in patients with very poor prognosis. The purpose of this clinical study is to produce the CD19\[cluster of differentiation antigen 19\] CAR-T (SNUH-CD19-CAR-T) at the investigational site and to evaluate safety and efficacy of SNUH-CD19-CAR-T in children and adolescent with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.