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A long-term follow-up to the DREPAGREFFE-1 trial suggest that children with sickle cell anemia may benefit long-term on risk of cerebral injury, cognitive functions, and quality of life over standard care transfusions.

Among those who had undetectable minimal residual disease, autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation showed signs of benefit only for those who remained MRD-positive following induction therapy.

Arlocabtagene autoleucel shows promise as a potential first in class GPRC5D-targeted CAR T-cell therapy for heavily pretreated multiple myeloma.

The CAR-T, marketed as Kymriah, showed a 4-year overall survival rate of 79.3% and a median progression-free survival of 53.3 months.

With regard to safety, there were no dose-limiting toxicities, no cases of GvHD, and no cases of TAK-007-related ICANS.

The Medical Director of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Sarah Cannon Research Institute discussed the latest data update from the CLIMB SCD-121 trial evaluating exa-cel.

Protocol-defined transfusion independence (TI) was achieved by 52 of the 63 patients in long-term follow-up study LTF-303.

Allo-HSCT showed good 2-year survival data, with matched sibling donors showing superior outcomes to alternative donors.

In the wake of fludarabine shortages, lemphodepletion with bendamustine was found to be an effective alternative compared for patients with large B-cell lymphoma being treated with a CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy.

Zamtocabtagene autoleucel showed promising early complete response rates and survival outcomes in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Rapcabtagene autoleucel showed high rates of durable complete remissions and a favorable safety profile for patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Clinical responses were reported in patients with lupus and myositis.

David Barrett, JD, the chief executive officer of ASGCT, discussed the latest trends in the field of cell and gene therapy captured in the organization's quarterly Landscape Report.

Georg Schett, MD, vice president research and chair of internal medicine at the University of Erlangen – Nuremberg, discussed findings from 2 early studies of CD19 CAR T-cell therapy.

Bhagirathbhai R. Dholaria, MD, an associate professor of medicine in malignant hematology & stem cell transplantation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, discussed interim data from the phase 1/1b clinical trial evaluating Poseida's CAR-T.

The vice president research and chair of internal medicine at the University of Erlangen – Nuremberg discussed findings from 2 early studies of CD19 CAR T-cell therapy.

Chris Wright, MD, PhD, the chief medical officer and head of translational research at Ring Therapeutics, discussed research presented at ASGCT 2024.

R. Nolan Townsend, Sandi See Tai, MD, and Kim G. Johnson, MD, discussed Lexeo Therapeutics’ LX1001 gene therapy trial that demonstrated promising safety and biomarker effects in patients with early-stage Alzheimer disease.

The noninvasive gene therapy exceeded the 30% efficacy threshold for normalizing GCase activity across all doses.

LX1001's safety profile was characterized as well-tolerated with no amyloid-related imaging abnormalities reported.

The 3 experts discussed Lexeo Therapeutics’ LX1001 gene therapy trial that demonstrated promising safety and biomarker effects in patients with early-stage Alzheimer disease.

Melissa Spencer, PhD, spoke about the emerging role of adeno-associated virus as a delivery system for gene therapies targeting muscular dystrophies, and the challenbges associated with them.

Sharon Hesterlee, PhD, the chief research officer of the Muscular Dystrophy Association discussed the upcoming MDA Clinical and Scientific Conference, which will be held March 16-19, in Dallas, Texas.

Crystal Proud, MD, the director of neurology and neuromuscular medicine at the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia, spoke about the enhancements to newborn screening for the disease.

The chief research officer of the Muscular Dystrophy Association discussed the upcoming MDA Clinical and Scientific Conference, which will be held March 16-19, in Dallas, Texas.

Joshua M. Hare, MD, the cofounder and chief science officer of Longeveron, discussed working to show potential benefits in a follow-up phase 3 trial.

Joshua M. Hare, MD, the cofounder and chief science officer of Longeveron, discussed updated data from the phase 2a CLEAR MIND study.

John Finn, PhD, the chief scientific officer of Tome Biosciences, discussed the company’s pipeline for its new technology.