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ASH 2025 | Top abstracts: What’s hot in lymphoma and CLL?

By Dylan Barrett

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Dec 3, 2025

Learning objective: After reading this article, learners will be able to cite a new clinical development in lymphoma/CLL


ASH 2025 | Top abstracts in lymphoma and CLL

To help navigate the exciting content being presented at the 67th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, December 6–9, 2025, Orlando, US, the Lymphoma Hub Steering Committee members have provided their recommendations for the top abstracts to look out for in lymphoma and CLL.

Oral presentations: Saturday, December 6, 2025

AbstractTitle SpeakerTime (EST)
55Ibrutinib plus R-CHOP followed by maintenance in untreated ABC-DLBCL patients with IPI ≥2: A first analysis of phase II study FIL_RI-CHOPAlice Di Rocco09:30–09:45
58Results of the primary end-point of the LOC-R01: A randomized phase II study of lenalidomide and ibrutinib in association with rituximab-methotrexate procarbazine vincristin (R-MPV) as a targeted induction treatment for patients aged 18 to 65 with a newly diagnosed primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL)Carole Soussain10:15–10:30
61Phase II frontline chemolight R-Pola-Glo trial induces high and durable response rates in elderly and medically unfit/frail patients with aggressive B-cell lymphomaBjörn Chapuy09:30–09:45
62Fixed treatment duration subcutaneous mosunetuzumab monotherapy in elderly/unfit patients with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: Interim results from the Phase II MorningSun studyJeff Sharman09:45–10:00
63Fixed-duration epcoritamab monotherapy induces high response and MRD-negativity rates in elderly patients with newly diagnosed large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) and comorbidities: Results from EPCORE DLBCL-3Umberto Vitolo10:00–10:15
65Odronextamab plus chemotherapy in patients with previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL): First results from Part 1 of the phase 3 Olympia-3 studyJean-Marie Michot10:30–10:45
85Updated efficacy and safety results of the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) degrader BGB-16673 in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) from the ongoing phase 1 CaDAnCe-101 studyInhye Ahn09:30–09:45
86Bexobrutideg (NX-5948), a novel Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) degrader, demonstrates rapid and durable clinical responses in relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL): New and updated findings from an ongoing phase 1a/b trialZulfa Omer09:45–10:00
88Results of a registrational Phase 2 study of lisaftoclax monotherapy for treatment of patients (pts) with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) who had failed Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitors (BTKis)Keshu Zhou10:15–10:30
1513-year follow-up of the S1826 study confirms improved progression-free survival with nivolumab-AVD compared to brentuximab vedotin-AVD in advanced stage classic Hodgkin lymphomaAlex Herrera12:00–12:15
152Final analysis of the Phase III GHSG HD21 trial: PET-guided brecadd vs. ebeacopp in advanced-stage classical Hodgkin lymphomaJustin Ferdinandus12:15–12:30 
155First-in-human, open-label, Phase 1 study of a novel CD30-directed antibody-drug conjugate with a topoisomerase 1 inhibitor payload, PF-08046044 (35C), in patients with relapsed/refractory lymphomas: Updated safety, PK, preliminary efficacy and ctDNA analysis from dose escalationSwetha Thiruvengadam13:00–13:15
223Dexamethasone, rituximab and cyclophosphamide with bortezomib is a rapidly acting and highly efficient first-line treatment in Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia: Final analysis of ECWM-1 trial of the European Consortium for Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia (ECWM)Meletios Dimopoulos14:00–14:15
225High VGPR/CR rates with pirtobrutinib plus venetoclax in previously treated Waldenström macroglobulinemia: Results from a multicenter phase II studyJorge Castillo14:30–14:45
226Pirtobrutinib in relapsed/refractory (R/R) Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM): Up to 5 years of follow-up from the phase 1/2 BRUIN studyChan Cheah14:45–15:00
227Final analysis of the randomized phase 2 ROSEWOOD study of zanubrutinib + obinutuzumab vs obinutuzumab monotherapy in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphomaPier Luigi Zinzani15:00–15:15
228Fixed-duration subcutaneous (SC) mosunetuzumab, with maintenance therapy, in patients (pts) with previously untreated high-tumor burden follicular lymphoma (HTB FL): Longer follow-up and exploratory circulating tumor (ct)DNA analysis of the Phase II MorningSun studyJohn M. Burke15:15–15:30

 

Oral presentations: Sunday, December 7, 2025

AbstractTitle Speaker Time (EST) 
463Combined mosunetuzumab and zanubrutinib for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed high-burden follicular lymphoma: First results of the multicenter phase 2 MITHIC-FL2 trialLorenzo Falchi09:30–09:45
464Rituximab and epcoritamab as first-line therapy for patients with high-tumor burden follicular lymphoma: Results of a multicenter phase II trialReid Merryman09:45–10:00
465Epcoritamab with rituximab + lenalidomide (R2) and epcoritamab maintenance deliver deep and durable remissions in previously untreated (1L) follicular lymphoma (FL): 3-year outcomes from EPCORE NHL-2 Arms 6 and 7Lori Leslie10:00–10:15  
466Primary phase 3 results from the EPCORE FL-1 trial of epcoritamab with rituximab and lenalidomide (R2) versus R2 for relapsed or refractory follicular lymphomaLorenzo Falchi10:15–10:30  
467Three-year efficacy and longitudinal safety of lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel) in patients with third-line or later (3L+) follicular lymphoma (FL) from TRANSCEND FLSairah Ahmed10:30–10:45
468Clinical outcomes of tisagenlecleucel in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma (r/r FL): Phase 2 ELARA 5-year updateStephen Schuster10:45–11:00
475Tucidinostat plus R-CHOP in untreated MYC/BCL2 double-expressor diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: topline efficacy and safety results from the randomized phase 3 DEB studyWei Li Zhao09:30–09:45
476Golcadomide (GOLCA), a potential, first-in-class, oral CELMoD™ agent, plus R-CHOP in patients (Pts) with previously untreated aggressive B-cell lymphoma (a-BCL): 24-month efficacy resultsGrzegorz Nowakowski09:45–10:00
477Primary analysis of the smart stop trial: Lenalidomide, tafasitamab, rituximab, and acalabrutinib alone and with combination chemotherapy in newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphomaJason Westin10:00–10:15  
568Biomarker correlates of clinical outcomes from a global Phase 1b study of JNJ-90014496, CD20/CD19 bi-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for patients with large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL)Mahipal Suraneni12:45–13:00
569ZUMA-25 preliminary analysis: A Phase 2 study of brexucabtagene autoleucel (brexu-cel) in patients (Pts) with relapsed/refractory (R/R) Burkitt lymphoma (BL), substudy CSuzanne Van Dorp13:00–13:15
662High complete response rates and minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity, with durable responses, in high-risk mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) with GLPG5101, a fresh, early memory-enriched CAR T-cell therapy with a 7-day vein-to-vein time: Results from the ATALANTA-1 MCL cohortMarie José Kersten16:45–17:00
663Sonrotoclax (BGB-11417) monotherapy in patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) previously treated with a Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor: Early results from a phase 1/2 studyMichael Wang17:00–17:15
664Phase I/II study of acalabrutinib, venetoclax, and obinutuzumab in patients with relapsed/refractory and previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma (MAVO)Austin Kim17:15–17:30
665Pirtobrutinib in relapsed/refractory (R/R) mantle cell lymphoma (MCL): Final update from the phase 1/2 BRUIN studyMichael Wang17:30–17:45
666Acalabrutinib plus rituximab followed by brexucabtagene autoleucel for frontline treatment of high-risk mantle cell lymphoma: The WINDOW-3 clinical trialPreetesh Jain17:45–18:00
668Rondecabtagene autoleucel, an autologous, dual-targeting CD19/CD20 CAR T-cell candidate manufactured from CD62L+ enriched T cells, achieves durable responses in patients with large B-cell lymphomaSarah Larson16:45–17:00
669Zamtocabtagene autoleucel, a tandem CD20-CD19 directed CAR-T cell therapy as second-line treatment for relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma: Primary analysis of the randomized, pivotal DALY 2-EU studyPeter Borchmann17:00–17:15
670Rapcabtagene autoleucel (YTB323) for patients with first line high-risk large B-cell lymphoma: Phase II interim resultsJason Westin17:15–17:30
671Double-dose axicabtagene ciloleucel (Axi-Cel-2) as second-line therapy for high-risk relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma (r/rLBCL): Interim results from a Phase 1b studyDasom (Caroline) Lee17:30–17:45
679MRD-guided ibrutinib plus venetoclax improves outcomes in CLL patients with TP53, ATM, or NOTCH1 aberrations compared to ibrutinib and FCR: Results from the Phase III NCRI FLAIR trialSurita Dalal16:30–16:45
680Time-limited pirtobrutinib, venetoclax, and obinutuzumab combination in first-line chronic lymphocytic leukemiaNitin Jain16:45–17:00
681Addition of obinutuzumab after one year of combined acalabrutinib and venetoclax is safer and effective than early obinutuzumab in a randomized phase II trial for treatment naïve CLLMahesh Swaminathan17:00–17:15
682Long-term immune reconstitution and final 1-year follow-up after fixed-duration venetoclax-obinutuzumab (VenO) in first-line (1L) chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL): Results from the Phase III CRISTALLO trialHyun Yong Jin17:15–17:30
683Pirtobrutinib vs ibrutinib in treatment-naïve and relapsed/refractory CLL/SLL: Results from the first randomized phase III study comparing a non-covalent and covalent BTK inhibitorJennifer Woyach17:30–17:45
684Time-limited acalabrutinib monotherapy in frail patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Primary endpoint analysis of the randomized STAIR trialRomain Guieze17:45–18:00

 

Oral presentations: Monday, December 8, 2025

AbstractTitle Speaker Time (EST) 
775Interim analysis of safety and efficacy in a Phase 2 study of MB-105, a CD5.CAR T therapy for patients with relapsed/refractory T cell lymphomaSwami Iyer10:30–10:45
776Liposomal mitoxantrone versus chidamide in relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma: Final analysis from the multicenter, prospective randomized phase 3 studyHuiqiang Huang10:45–11:00
778Final results of a phase 1 trial with soquelitinib (SQL), a selective interleukin-2-inducible T cell kinase (ITK) inhibitor for treatment of relapsed/refractory (R/R) T cell lymphomas (TCL)Richard Miller11:15–11:30
780A prospective clinical study on the combination of anti-PD1 monoclonal antibody with lenalidomide and azacitidine for the treatment of relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphomaTing Xu11:45–12:00
793MRD-guided therapy of sonrotoclax (BGB-11417) + obinutuzumab (O) in patients with treatment-naive CLL: Initial results from an ongoing phase 1/1b study, BGB-11417-101Marc Hoffmann10:30–10:45
794Optimising MRD-guided treatment: UMRD4 as a half-way treatment timepoint for ibrutinib-venetoclax substantially delays MRD relapse after end of treatment in both IGHV-mutated and IGHV-unmutated CLLPeter Hillmen10:45–11:00
795Efficacy of 2nd-line treatment in CLL after venetoclax-based 1st-line treatment: Results from the GAIA/CLL13 trialCarsten Niemann11:00–11:15
883Interim analysis of the phase II study of glofitamab, lenalidomide and venetoclax (GLOVe) in untreated patients w/ high-risk mantle cell lymphoma. response and safety outcomes after the completion of Stage 1 of 2 enrollment.Tycel Phillips14:45–15:00
884Acalabrutinib plus venetoclax and rituximab in patients with treatment-naive (TN) mantle cell lymphoma (MCL): Results from the phase 2 TrAVeRse studyMonique Menzies Wojtowicz15:00–15:15
885Time to third-line treatment after bendamustine-rituximab with or without acalabrutinib in patients with previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma: Updated analysis of the phase 3 ECHO trial after 50 months of follow-upMichael Wang15:15–15:30
888Preliminary safety and efficacy of BOVen (zanubrutinib, obinutuzumab, and venetoclax) as frontline therapy for older patients with mantle cell lymphomaAnita Kumar16:00–16:15
1004Long term follow up of the response adapted FOLL12 trial for patients with advanced stage follicular lymphoma: A study by the Fondazione Italiana Linfomi (FIL).Stefano Luminari16:45–17:00
1015Epcoritamab combinations demonstrate promising efficacy in patients (pts) with Richter transformation (RT): First results from arms 2B (epcor + lenalidomide [LEN]) and 2C (epcor + R-CHOP) of the phase 1b/2 EPCORE CLL-1 trialPhilip Thompson16:45–17:00
1017Epcoritamab monotherapy demonstrates promising efficacy in patients with Richter transformation (RT): 2-year follow-up results from arm 2A of the phase 1b/2 EPCORE CLL-1 trialArnon Kater16:30–16:45

 

Oral presentations: Tuesday, December 9, 2025

AbstractTitle Speaker Time (EST) 
LBA-3Pirtobrutinib vs bendamustine plus rituximab (BR) in patients with CLL/SLL: First results from a randomized phase III study Examining a non-covalent BTK inhibitor in untreated patientsWojciech Jurczak08:00–08:15

 

Posters

AbstractTitle Speaker Time (EST) 
5519Sustained clinical benefit of glofitamab plus gemcitabine and oxaliplatin (GemOx) versus rituximab plus GemOx (R-GemOx) in patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL): 3-year follow-up of STARGLOJeremy AbramsonMonday, December 8, 18:00–20:00

 

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