Brenda M. Sandmaier, MD, and Sagar Lonial, MD, on Preventing GVHD: Clinical Trial Results
2016 ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition
Brenda M. Sandmaier, MD, of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Sagar Lonial, MD, of Emory University, discuss study findings on sirolimus combined with mycophenolate mofetil and cyclosporine to improve prevention of acute graft-vs-host-disease after unrelated hematopoietic cell transplantation (Abstract 506).
Andrew D. Zelenetz, MD, of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses novel treatments for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, touching specifically on the Gilead 115 trial.
Stephen M. Ansell, MD, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic, discusses phase I study findings on nivolumab in combination with ipilimumab for relapsed or refractory disease (Abstract 183).
Harry P. Erba, MD, PhD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, discusses phase Ib findings on vadastuximab talirine in combination with 7+3 induction therapy for patients with newly diagnosed AML (Abstract 211).
Syed A. Abutalib, MD, of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, and Nelli Bejanyan, MD, of the University of Minnesota, discuss findings from a study conducted by the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research on treatment for ALL patients, with an available donor, undergoing myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in first complete remission (Abstract 684).
Terry J. Fry, MD, of the Pediatric Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute, discusses minimal residual disease–negative complete remissions following anti-CD22 chimeric antigen receptor in children and young adults with relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Abstract 650).