Oncology

Acepodia is also evaluating a CD20-targeted γδ2T-cell therapy in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The medical director of the UCLA Bone Marrow Transplantation Stem Cell Processing Center discussed results from a phase 1b trial for allo-HCT alternative Orca-T that he presented at Tandem’s 2024 conference.

Review top news and interview highlights from the week ending April 19, 2024.

The FDA has requested that black box warnings related to secondary cancer risks be added to all 6 CAR-T therapies currently on the market.

The 3 new clinical trials will take place in the United States and are intended to increase the amount of accumulated data supporting the use of Adstiladrin in NMIBC.

The infectious diseases specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center discussed the session she chaired for the Infectious Diseases Track at Tandem’s 2024 Meeting.

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.

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.

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.

Adipose-derived MSCs did significantly increase salivary flow rate from baseline in patients with previous head and neck cancer.

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 cells showed activity toward PDAC cells as well as cancer-associated fibroblasts, which may address challenges with the tumor microenvironment.

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

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.

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

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.