Hematology

Catch up on the latest news, breakthroughs, and announcements from biotechnology companies making advancements in cell and gene therapies.

Aimee C. Talleur, MD, a physician at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, discussed obstacles to understanding late effects of CAR-T.

In light of the IND clearance, Tr1X anticipates initiating a phase 1 clinical trial within the second quarter of this year.

The attending physician and assistant member of bone marrow transplantation and cellular therapy at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital discussed recently approved and still-upcoming gene therapy options for SCD.

Amar Kelkar, MD, a stem cell transplantation physician at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discussed his research on the value of advanced therapeutics.

The director of the Center for Gene and Cellular Immunotherapy at Washington University School of Medicine discussed novel innovations that lie on the horizon.

Review top news and interview highlights from the week ending April 12, 2024.

Miguel-Angel Perales, MD, shares background on the unique design of a real-world analysis of liso-cel in LBCL in which he and his co-investigators prospectively collected retrospective data.

Shalini Shenoy, MD, MBBS, discussed when the choice should be made to transition from symptom management to curative therapies.

The best response was very good partial response in 3 of 5 participants.

The associate professor in the Translational Science and Therapeutics Division at Fred Hutch Cancer Center discussed her lab’s research on making TCR T-cell therapies more effective.

Catch up on the latest news, breakthroughs, and announcements from biotechnology companies making advancements in cell and gene therapies.

The stem cell transplantation physician at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute discussed how to look at the value therapies provide and how to improve the cost-effectiveness of their use.

The director of Cell Therapy and Transplant at Penn Medicine discussed his outlook on CAR T-cell therapy research and the future.

Haydar Frangoul, MD, discussed advantages and disadvantages of haploidentical bone marrow transplant and the 2 new gene therapies for SCD.

Nirav Shah, MD, an associate professor of medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin, discussed LV20.19, a bispecific CD19/CD20-targeted CAR-T being evaluated for chronic lymphocytic leukemia and Richter’s transformation.

The FDA’s decision was based on data from the phase 3 CARTITUDE-4 clinical trial (NCT04181827).

Review top news and interview highlights from the week ending April 5, 2024.

Miguel-Angel Perales, MD, shares insight into the factors he considers when deciding if a patient should receive CAR T-cell therapy in the second line.

The approval comes a couple weeks after ODAC voted in favor of Abecma’s benefit-risk profile and sBLA.

Caron A. Jacobson, MD, and Miguel-Angel Perales, MD, share considerations for sequencing CAR T-cell therapies in patients with LBCL, depending on treatments they have already received.

Caron A. Jacobson, MD, and Miguel-Angel Perales, MD, discuss the trajectory and role of of CAR T-cell therapy within the treatment spectrum for LBCL.

Investigators observed no notable toxicities including cytokine release syndrome, neurotoxicity or graft-versus-host disease.

Uttam Rao, MD, MBA, a transplant physician at St. David's South Austin Medical Center of Sarah Cannon, discussed research comparing patient outcomes on different conditioning regimens for CAR-T.

Catch up on any of the key FDA news stories you may have missed last month, with coverage highlights from the CGTLive® team.