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Prasad S. Adusumilli, MD, surgeon, deputy chief of Thoracic Service, co-director of the Mesothelioma Program, head of Solid Tumors Cell Therapy, Cellular Therapeutics Center, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discussed the results of a phase I study exploring mesothelin-targeted CAR T-cell therapy in patients with advanced solid tumors during the 2019 AACR Annual Meeting.

Gene therapy provides an opportunity for every patient to become not a patient, to become an individual, and you can’t put a cost on that, explained Sophie Schmitz, BA, MA, managing partner, Partners4Access.

CMS’ proposal that patients be enrolled in a clinical trial or registry to get Medicare coverage for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies will help improve access, for the most part, but there is the risk that some organizations will choose not to offer this treatment, said John W. Sweetenham, MD, of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah.

Stephen D. Nimer, MD, professor of medicine, director, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Health System, discusses the use of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in hematologic malignancies.

Lazaros John Lekakis, MD, associate professor of clinical medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, discusses current research with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy across hematologic malignancies.

David F. McDermott, MD, director of the Biologic Therapy Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses single-agent versus combination immunotherapy in the treatment of patients with renal cell carcinoma.

Suman Kambhampati, MD, co-medical director, Blood Cancer Program, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the potential of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, chair, Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, medical director, Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, professor of medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the combination of CB-839 plus cabozantinib in patients with renal cell carcinoma.

Jae H. Park, MD, attending physician, Leukemia Service and Cellular Therapeutics Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the use of CAR T cells in the treatment of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

William G. Wierda, MD, PhD, discusses how CAR T cells could become more effective in the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Michael D. Mix, MD, assistant professor of radiation oncology at Upstate University Hospital, discusses the use of local consolidative therapy in patients with oligometastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Jae H. Park, MD, discusses a particular challenge he sees in using CAR T-cell therapies in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Sergio A. Giralt, MD, discusses the role of allogeneic hematopoietic cell therapy in patients with multiple myeloma.

This week, the top managed care news included CMS' proposal to cover chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy; a study faulting the FDA’s handling of fentanyl oversight; and breast surgeons calling for genetic testing for all patients with breast cancer.

Krish Patel, MD, medical oncologist, Swedish Cancer Institute, discusses induction therapy in patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).

David F. McDermott, MD, director of the Biologic Therapy Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses single-agent pembrolizumab in the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Armin Ghobadi, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, discusses the safety of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy in hematologic malignancies.

Nina Shah, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the curative potential of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in multiple myeloma.

Roy Decker, MD, PhD, associate professor of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale Cancer Center, discusses the current role of radiation therapy in the treatment of patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

Armin Ghobadi, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, discusses the logistics of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.

Charalambos (Babis) Andreadis, MD, MSCE, associate professor of clinical medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses FDA-approved chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

Nina Shah, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses challenges with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in multiple myeloma.

Andre Goy, MD, MS, chief, Division of Lymphoma, chairman and director, John Theurer Cancer Center, discusses the cost of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.

Neeraj Agarwal, MD, associate professor, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, discusses second-line therapy selection in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Stephan Grupp, MD, PhD, director, Cancer Immunotherapy Program, director, Translational Research for the Center for Childhood Cancer Research, medical director, Stem Cell Laboratory, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, discusses the placement of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in the treatment of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Corinne Summers, MD, pediatric oncologist, Seattle Children's Hospital, assistant member, Clinical Research Division, University of Washington Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses the role of CAR T cells in pediatric cancer.

As new, innovative therapies with high price tags, such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, come to market, the US health system will have to start looking at different approaches for reimbursement, said Ted Okon, MBA, executive director of the Community Oncology Alliance.

Armin Ghobadi, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, discusses ways of reducing the cost of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.

While patient-reported outcomes don’t provide the whole story, they can provide insight into how chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy changes a patient’s life, said Brian Koffman, MDCM, DCFP, DABFM, MS Ed, medical director, CLL Society.