{"title":"Therapeutic advances in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A focus on molecular pathogenesis, targeted therapies, and supportive care.","authors":"Clement Chung","doi":"10.1093/ajhp/zxaf058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxaf058","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Disclaimer: </strong>In an effort to expedite the publication of articles, AJHP is posting manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been peer-reviewed and copyedited, but are posted online before technical formatting and author proofing. These manuscripts are not the final version of record and will be replaced with the final article (formatted per AJHP style and proofed by the authors) at a later time.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This article concisely evaluates current targeted therapies that have received regulatory approval for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Mechanisms of molecular pathogenesis and their therapeutic implications, current and novel targeted therapies, and supportive care are discussed.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>CLL is a common lymphoproliferative neoplasm of mature but immunologically incompetent B cells in older adults. Over the past 2 decades, robust research has shown that CLL pathogenesis is a multistep process that includes, but is not limited to, (1) clonal selection, expansion, and transformation; (2) an aberrant B cell signaling pathways; (3) sequence heterogeneity in the gene encoding the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (IGHV); (4) impaired apoptosis; and (5) interactions between CLL cells and their microenvironment. The development of oral targeted therapies against some of these molecular abnormalities has led to improved survival outcomes over traditional chemoimmunotherapy. Current oral targeted therapies that have received regulatory approval include continuous therapy with Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors (BTKis) and fixed-duration therapy with the B cell leukemia/lymphoma-2 inhibitor (BCL-2i) venetoclax. These agents may be used either alone or in combination in the treatment-naive setting, as well as in relapsed or refractory disease. This review contributes to understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of CLL with therapeutic implications. It summarizes key advances in oral targeted therapies and emerging innovative targeted therapies (eg, novel BTKis, BTK degraders, and novel BCL-2is) and highlights supportive care in optimizing treatment-related adverse effects.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Treatment options for CLL continue to evolve. Current treatment selection is based on clinical and patient-specific considerations. Emerging novel therapies to overcome treatment resistance and strategies to optimize supportive care generate opportunities for pharmacists to advance practice and improve patient safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":7577,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143603313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leading through vulnerability: How psychotherapy made me a better pharmacy leader.","authors":"Ashley Duty","doi":"10.1093/ajhp/zxaf064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxaf064","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In an effort to expedite the publication of articles, AJHP is posting manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been peer-reviewed and copyedited, but are posted online before technical formatting and author proofing. These manuscripts are not the final version of record and will be replaced with the final article (formatted per AJHP style and proofed by the authors) at a later time.</p>","PeriodicalId":7577,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143603295","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moral values for implementation of AI and machine learning in healthcare.","authors":"Kenneth A Richman","doi":"10.1093/ajhp/zxaf056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxaf056","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In an effort to expedite the publication of articles, AJHP is posting manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been peer-reviewed and copyedited, but are posted online before technical formatting and author proofing. These manuscripts are not the final version of record and will be replaced with the final article (formatted per AJHP style and proofed by the authors) at a later time.</p>","PeriodicalId":7577,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143584158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on \"Getting back on the curve: Reimagining individualized, sustainable residency training for the critical care pharmacist\".","authors":"Darrick Emery, Scott Nei","doi":"10.1093/ajhp/zxaf065","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ajhp/zxaf065","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In an effort to expedite the publication of articles, AJHP is posting manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been peer-reviewed and copyedited, but are posted online before technical formatting and author proofing. These manuscripts are not the final version of record and will be replaced with the final article (formatted per AJHP style and proofed by the authors) at a later time.</p>","PeriodicalId":7577,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143584138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response to Emery and Nei.","authors":"Brian Murray","doi":"10.1093/ajhp/zxaf066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxaf066","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In an effort to expedite the publication of articles, AJHP is posting manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been peer-reviewed and copyedited, but are posted online before technical formatting and author proofing. These manuscripts are not the final version of record and will be replaced with the final article (formatted per AJHP style and proofed by the authors) at a later time.</p>","PeriodicalId":7577,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143584164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Declining pharmacy student enrollment, its impact on health-system pharmacy, and a call to action.","authors":"Lisa M Richter, Stacy A Taylor, Mate M Soric","doi":"10.1093/ajhp/zxaf062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxaf062","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In an effort to expedite the publication of articles, AJHP is posting manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been peer-reviewed and copyedited, but are posted online before technical formatting and author proofing. These manuscripts are not the final version of record and will be replaced with the final article (formatted per AJHP style and proofed by the authors) at a later time.</p>","PeriodicalId":7577,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143584148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacinda C Abdul-Mutakabbir, Ila M Saunders, Aiman Bandali, Caroline L Ko, Barbara B Nussbaum, Stephanie D Brown, Elizabeth B Hirsch
{"title":"Development and implementation of the ASHP Midyear Travel Award to support racially and ethnically minoritized pharmacy students.","authors":"Jacinda C Abdul-Mutakabbir, Ila M Saunders, Aiman Bandali, Caroline L Ko, Barbara B Nussbaum, Stephanie D Brown, Elizabeth B Hirsch","doi":"10.1093/ajhp/zxae304","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ajhp/zxae304","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7577,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy","volume":" ","pages":"257-264"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142455881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Opening the door for second victims.","authors":"Natasha Nicol, RaDonda Vaught","doi":"10.1093/ajhp/zxae312","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ajhp/zxae312","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7577,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy","volume":" ","pages":"251-252"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142492894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Crushing obstacles: A case series on alternative letermovir administration in transplant recipients.","authors":"Nikki Tran, Justin Tossey, Tara Fallah","doi":"10.1093/ajhp/zxae307","DOIUrl":"10.1093/ajhp/zxae307","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Letermovir is used primarily for cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in select hematopoietic cell or solid organ transplant recipients. The manufacturer has provided no guidance on whether letermovir can be crushed and administered via enteral tube. This study aimed to assess whether letermovir tablets could be manipulated (eg, through crushing) for enteral tube administration.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a retrospective, single-center review of patients who received crushed letermovir tablets administered via enteral tube for at least 7 days, between April 2018 and August 2023. Data collection focused on demographics, transplant history, treatment characteristics associated with letermovir, and diagnosis of CMV viremia or disease.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fourteen patients met the inclusion criteria for the review and received crushed letermovir for a median of 19 days (range, 7 to 42 days). All patients were on letermovir as CMV prophylaxis, the majority of whom were lung transplant recipients. On the basis of CMV serostatus at the time of transplantation, 50% of patients were classified as being at high risk and the other 50% were in the intermediate-risk category for CMV disease. One patient developed low-level viremia with a CMV viral load of 254 IU/mL. No patients developed CMV infection or disease while receiving crushed letermovir.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>On the basis of this case series, manipulation of letermovir immediate-release tablets was proven to be safe and effective for patients. Crushing letermovir for administration via enteral tube should be considered as an option for patients who cannot tolerate administration via the oral route.</p>","PeriodicalId":7577,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy","volume":" ","pages":"285-290"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142455879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}