Oncology

Experts Amod Sarnaik, MD, and Krishna Komanduri, MD, consider lessons learned about TILs and CAR T-cell therapy in hematologic cancers, and how they anticipate TILs fitting into treatment paradigms for solid tumors.

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

The assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics at Stanford University discussed updated data from 2 studies of Orca-T cell therapy.

The professor medicine and pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis overviewed data from the SPEARHEAD-1 trial of afami-cel.

By 3 months, 12 of 17 patients treated with a full cycle of EG-70 achieved a complete response.

The assistant professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center discussed results from a retrospective analysis presented at the 2023 Tandem Meetings.

It was found that ctDNA levels at 28 days post-treatment were significantly higher for patients who ultimately progressed by 90 days post-treatment.

The assistant professor of medicine, bone marrow transplantation and cellular therapy, Stanford, discussed favorable data from a real-world experience study.

The hematologist/oncologist at Cincinnati Children’s discussed unfavorable outcomes with tisa-cel reinfusion in patients with B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia.

Median PFS was 13.3 months in the ide-cel arm, compared to 4.4 months for the SOC arm.

Patients with large B-cell lymphoma had an ORR of 68% and a CR rate of 53%.

Among the 14 patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma who were treated with LV20.19 CAR in the trial, the overall response at 28 days post-treatment was 100%.

The associate professor of medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin discussed trials assessing the dual, CD19/CD20-targeting CAR T therapy.

Among 43 patients who had EBV+ PTLD following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant or solid organ transplant, the overall response rate was 51.2%.

Shared insight from Amod Sarnaik, MD, and Krishna Komanduri, MD, on the halted DELTA-1 clinical trial of ITIL-168 in melanoma, followed by a focused discussion of SITC 2022 data on emerging TIL design and manufacturing strategies.

Expert perspectives on results from C-144-01, which utilized the TIL therapy lifileucel in the setting of metastatic melanoma, and situations in which the regimen might be used in clinical practice.

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

A third price model to be tested will limit the price of generic drugs for chronic conditions to $2 under Medicare plan D.

CT103A recently demonstrated safety in a phase 1 trial treating participants with NMOSD.

Progression free survival and overall response rate were higher in patients with R/R MM treated with Abecma than those treated with standard of care.

Review top news and interview highlights from the week ending February 10, 2023.

The updated data included a median overall survival of 26 months after treatment with brexu-cel.

The latest data set includes 22 newly evaluable patients with triple-refractory disease.

The POLARIS study adds to the growing body of evidence validating GPRC5D as a target for CAR T-cell therapy in R/R MM.

A focused discussion on clinical trial data presented at SITC 2022 elucidating the biologic activity of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapies.