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Flexion Therapeutics believes that local administration of a gene therapy may not only improve pain management but potentially slow disease progression.

The chief executive officer of Gamida Cell discussed the company's novel approach to cell proliferation.

C. Ola Landgren, MD, PhD, discussed the role of CAR T-cell therapies in multiple myeloma.

At the 18-month follow-up, the CAR T-cell therapy led to early, deep, and durable responses with a manageable safety profile in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

New studies into chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)–engineered natural killer (NK) cells has shown promising results, explained Ulrike Köhl, PhD, MD, professor of immune oncology and director of the Institute for Clinical Immunology at the University of Leipzig in Germany.

Neurologic adverse effect associated with CAR T-cell therapies like ciltacabtagene autoleucel can be managed without long-term lasting effects, as long as they are caught and treated promptly in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Long-term efficacy assessment of brexucabtagene autoleucel demonstrated high rates of MRD negativity and CR rates in pediatric and adolescent patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Bispecific T-cell engagers and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies seem destined to move into earlier lines of therapy for multiple myeloma (MM), speakers at the European Hematology Association 2021 Virtual Congress said.

Treatment with the CAR T-cell therapy ciltacabtagene autoleucel significantly improved outcomes for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma when compared with conventional therapies.

Results of a phase 1/2 trial show the feasibility of an approach targeting CLL1 in pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Larry Anderson, MD, PhD, at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting to talk about updated data from the KarMMa trial of CAR T-cell therapy idecabtagene vicleucel to treat patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Ciltacabtagene autoleucel elicited a response in nearly all patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma previously treated with 1 to 3 prior treatments.

Results of the phase 2 SPEARHEAD-1 trial showed a high overall response rate with afamitresgene autoleucel in advanced synovial sarcoma or myxoid/round cell liposarcoma.

A single infusion of KTE-X19, a CAR T-cell therapy, demonstrated robust and durable responses in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Birth control guidance provided to women taking rheumatoid arthritis therapies is lacking, and other rheumatology news reported across MJH Life Sciences™.

Idecabtagene vicleucel elicited a median overall survival of 24.8 months with a 51% event-free rate at 24 months in patients with heavily pretreated, relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

No adverse effects on weight, general activity, or survival in knockout mice and wild type littermates were observed throughout the study.

The CEO of Locanabio shares details of 2 presentations the company is making this week at the 24th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy.

Following 2 unexpected serious adverse events, the trial was put on clinical hold as of February 2021.

The therapy was generally well-tolerated and offered substantial pain relief in patients.

The single-injection investigative gene therapy may help with providing continuous expression of aflibercept.

The AAV8 vector–based gene therapy was associated with improvements in 2 measures of visual function.

Optical coherence tomography characteristics may be predictive of the efficacy of intravitreal injection of allogeneic human retinal progenitor cells, according to research presented at ARVO 2021.

Nilanjan Ghosh MD, PhD, highlights progress made with CAR T-cell therapies in B-cell lymphoma and some ongoing trials generating interest in the field.

The FDA granted a Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy designation to the allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy as a potential treatment for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

The FDA approval of brexucabtagene autoleucel established CAR T-cell therapy as a treatment option for patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma.

In an AAN plenary talk, Mark H. Tuszynski, MD, PhD, detailed the work he and colleagues have done to push stem cell therapy from the lab to the clinic to improve care for spinal cord injury.

Physician offers patient counseling pearls for selected retinal diseases.