Using Biology to Determine Type and Duration of Treatment in Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (SOHO 2022)
Therefore, and based on the above, BTK inhibitor monotherapy is preferred in patients with MYD88MUT/CXCR4WT disease, while the addition of rituximab to ibrutinib or zanubrutinib can be considered in patients with MYD88MUT/CXCR4MUT or MYD88MUT/ CXCR4WT disease. Rituximab-containing regimens such as bendamustine and rituximab, or bortezomib, dexamethasone and rituximab are safe and highly effective options in WM patients regardless of MYD88 or CXCR4 mutational status13,14. The BCL2 antagonist venetoclax is another option in the relapsed setting...Ongoing clinical trials are investigating triple, fi xed-duration BTK inhibitors-containing regimens as well as non-covalent BTK inhibitors and immunotherapeutic agents such as the phospholipiddrug conjugate CLR-131, the anti-CD19 antibody-drug conjugate loncastuximab, and chimeric antigen receptor T-cells. It would be of great interest to investigate the impact that the genomic profi le of patients WM might have on these novel agents. Also, additional research is needed to standardize MYD88 and CXCR4 mutational testing to further optimize the applicability of genomic profi le in the management of patients with WM.