Decera Clinical Education Oncology Podcast

PulseCast: Highlights in Nonmalignant Blood Disorders From the 2025 ASH Annual Meeting

Episode Summary

Listen to Hanny Al-Samkari, MD, discuss key findings from select studies in nonmalignant hematologic disorders presented at the 2025 ASH Annual Meeting, including perspectives on the clinical implications of the data for patients with ITP and vWD.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Hanny Al-Samkari, MD, gives his thoughts on 5 key presentations from ASH 2025, and provides perspectives on the clinical implications of these data for patients with nonmalignant hematologic disorders such as ITP and vWD, including: 

• LBA-2: Primary results from VAYHIT2, a randomized, double-blind, phase III trial of ianalumab plus eltrombopag vs placebo plus eltrombopag in patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) who failed first-line corticosteroid treatment
• Abstract 844: Secondary analysis results from VAYHIT3, a phase II study of ianalumab in patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia previously treated with at least 2 lines of therapy
• Abstract 5: Deciphering the dilemma: intravenous (IV) iron use in iron deficiency anemia during acute infections
• Abstract 308: Subcutaneous, every-4-week maintenance dosing of a novel protein S antibody is well tolerated and substantially reduces bleeding rates: results from a phase I/II multidose study of VGA039 in patients with von Willebrand disease
• Abstract 841: Immune thrombocytopenia in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors

Presenter:
Hanny Al-Samkari, MD
The Peggy S. Blitz Endowed Chair in Hematology/Oncology
Co-Director, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Center of Excellence
Massachusetts General Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Content based on an online CME program supported by educational grants from AstraZeneca, BeOne Medicines, Genentech, Geron Corporation, Incyte, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.

Link to full program:
https://bit.ly/48Ye45N