Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Moving Toward Targeted Therapies

Therapeutic advances for peripheral T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (PTCL) have lagged behind their B-cell NHL counterparts in part because novel agents to treat PTCL have been developed empirically. The recent clinical success of brentuximab-vedotin suggests that novel therapies for PTCL can significantly improve outcomes when properly targeted. Aberrancies in T-cell receptor, Jak/STAT, and DNA methylation pathways play critical roles in T-NHL pathogenesis based on genomic studies and preclinical experimental validation. New strategies targeting these pathways in patients with PTCL are underway, and this clinical trial experience will possibly contribute to additional improvements in outcome for patients with these diseases.