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

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 treatmentAbstract 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 therapyAbstract 5: Deciphering the dilemma: intravenous (IV) iron use in iron deficiency anemia during acute infectionsAbstract 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 diseaseAbstract 841: Immune thrombocytopenia in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitorsPresenter:Hanny Al-Samkari, MDThe Peggy S. Blitz Endowed Chair in Hematology/OncologyCo-Director, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Center of ExcellenceMassachusetts General HospitalAssociate Professor of MedicineHarvard Medical SchoolBoston, MassachusettsContent 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 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.