New Research from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to Transform Standard of Care Across the Globe for Newly Diagnosed Children with B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Dec 7, 2024
Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) announced the results of a Phase 3 study that demonstrated adding the bi-specific T-cell engager, blinatumomab, to chemotherapy for newly diagnosed National Cancer Institute (NCI) standard risk (SR) B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) pediatric patients significantly improves survival outcomes. The results were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine and will be presented at the 66th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting & Exposition on December 8.