ASH 2019: Day 2 highlights

Axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) is an autologous anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy approved to treat patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma. We caught up with Dr Jason Westin (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, ...

The CASCADE trial aims to assess the efficacy and safety of pegcetacoplan in patients with cold agglutinin disease (CAD). In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Bernd Jilma (Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria) to discuss the CASCADE trial ...

Cold agglutinin disease (CAD) is a rare, autoimmune, clonal B cell disorder. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Dr Bernd Jilma (Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria) to discuss the pathophysiology of CAD and the unmet treatment needs in ...

Momelotinib, an oral JAK1/JAK2/ACVR1 inhibitor, was evaluated in 3 randomised controlled trials - SIMPLIFY-1, SIMPLIFY-2, and MOMENTUM, in patients with high- and intermediate-risk myelofibrosis. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Prof. Srdan Verstovsek (MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, ...

Studies have linked recurrent miscarriage with inherited thrombophilia. The ALIFE 2 trial aimed to assess the efficacy of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) therapy in women with recurrent miscarriage and inherited thrombophilia. In this touchONCOLOGY interview, we speak with Professor Saskia Middeldorp (Radboud ...

Dr Spero R Cataland (The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Centre, Columbus, OH, USA) joins us for Rare Disease Day to discuss the importance of rapid diagnosis of acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP), a rare blood disorder in which blood ...

We had the pleasure to talk to Steven Pipe (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA) to discuss the use of gene therapy for the treatment of haemophilia B. The abstract 'First Data from the Phase 3 HOPE-B Gene Therapy Trial: ...

touchONCOLOGY joins Dr Efstathios Kastritis (Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece) at EHA25 Virtual to discuss the ANDROMEDA study (NCT03201965), and the efficacy and safety of daratumumab in combination with CYBORD ...

Dr George Goshua (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA) shares with us his insights into the role of endotheliopathy in the development of coagulopathy in patients with COVID-19. Questions: 1. How common is coagulopathy in COVID-19 infection and ...

The International Academy for Clinical Hematology (IACH) welcomes you to attend the 1st Online Master class in Transplantation and Hematology (MATH) Saturday, June 6, 2020 For more information, click here.

The 3rd Annual Meeting of the International Academy for Clinical Hematology (IACH): Focus on Leukemia October 1-3, 2020 Nice, France.   Published Online: 24 February 2020...

Speaker Prof. James Bussel Learning objectives - Understand that thrombopoietic agents (TPO) impacts the stem cell and thus can have trilineage effects - Recognize that TPO agents are an important way to increase the platelet count in patients with inherited ...