Videos

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.

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.

Krish Patel, MD, oncologist, Swedish Cancer Institute, discusses induction therapy with bendamustine and rituximab (Rituxan; BR) in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).

Jordan Gauthier, MD, MSc, senior clinical research fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses the potential for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Deepu Madduri, MD, assistant professor, Mount Sinai Hospital, discusses treatment after CAR T-cell therapy in patients with myeloma.

Michael Pulsipher, MD, director of cellular therapy and stem cell transplantation, professor of pediatrics, USC Keck School of Medicine, discusses the role of MRD testing in pediatric patients treated with CAR T-cell therapy.

Alexander E. Perl, MD, associate professor of medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, discusses the promise of CAR T cells in the treatment of pediatric leukemia.

Nina Shah, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses initial results from a phase I clinical trial of bb21217, a next-generation anti-BCMA CAR T-cell therapy, in patients with multiple myeloma during the 2018 ASH Annual Meeting.

While new therapies like chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, can have amazing results, the innovation of these treatments has outstripped the United States’ ability to pay for them, said Michael Kolodziej, MD, vice president and chief innovation officer at ADVI Health, Inc.

Jordan Gauthier, MD, MSc, senior clinical research fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses a study comparing efficacy and toxicity of CD19-specific chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells alone or in combination with ibrutinib in patients with relapsed and/or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) during the 2018 ASH Annual Meeting.