DUARTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--City of Hope announced today that it will present data on new findings on immunotherapies, including CAR T cell therapy, bone marrow transplants and other treatments for blood cancers, at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting Dec. 1-4 in San Diego.
City of Hope is addressing some of the hardest-to-treat cancers by accelerating innovative clinical research approaches. The institution was a pioneer in bone marrow and stem cell transplants — and the transplantation program is now one of the largest, most successful programs of its kind in the U.S. Its CAR T therapy program was the first to treat patients with CAR T cells targeting the IL13Rα2 antigen in glioblastomas, and the first to offer CAR T trials targeting CD123 in acute myeloid leukemia.
City of Hope doctors will make special presentations at the ASH conference. Joseph Alvarnas, vice president for government affairs and associate clinical professor of hematology and hematopoietic cell transplantation, will chair an ASH Practice Partnership Lunch titled “How to Incorporate Palliative Care Into Practice: Addressing Barriers and Solutions,” which addresses how patients with hematologic malignancies often have difficulty accessing high-quality symptom management and palliative care because of preconceived perceptions as well as limited reimbursement, and discusses solutions. The lunch takes place Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., in the Marina Ballroom G (Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina).
City of Hope researchers will also make presentations on the following data:
610:
CD19-CAR Therapy Using Naive/Memory or Central Memory T Cells Integrated
into the Autologous Stem Cell Transplant Regimen for Patients with B-NHL
Type:
Oral
Session: 731. Clinical Autologous Transplantation
Session
Date and Time: Monday, Dec. 3, 2018: 7:45 a.m.
Location:
Grand Hall B (Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego)
Presenter: Leslie
Popplewell, M.D., associate clinical professor, Department of Hematology
& Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
965:
The Cerebroventricular Environment Reprograms Locally Infused CAR T
Cells for Superior Activity Against Both CNS and Systemic B Cell Lymphoma
Type:
Oral
Session: 703. Adoptive Immunotherapy: Preclinical
Studies to Improve Safety and Efficacy of CAR-T Cells
Session
Date and Time: Monday, Dec. 3, 2018: 5:30 p.m.
Location:
San Diego Ballroom B (Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina)
Presenter:
Xiuli Wang, Ph.D., research professor, Department of Hematology &
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
399
Mosunetuzumab, a Full-Length Bispecific CD20/CD3 Antibody, Displays
Clinical Activity in Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
(NHL): Interim Safety and Efficacy Results from a Phase 1 Study
Type:
Oral
Session: 626. Aggressive Lymphoma (Diffuse Large
B-Cell and Other Aggressive B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas)
Session
Date and Time: Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018: 12:30 p.m.
Location:
Pacific Ballroom 20 (Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina)
Presenter:
Elizabeth Lihua Budde, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor, Department
of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
300
Rapid MRD-Negative Responses in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory CLL
Treated with Liso-Cel, a CD19-Directed CAR T-Cell Product: Preliminary
Results from Transcend CLL 004, a Phase 1/2 Study Including Patients
with High-Risk Disease Previously Treated with Ibrutinib
Type:
Oral
Session: 642. CLL: Therapy, excluding
Transplantation
Session Date and Time: Sunday, Dec. 2,
2018: 8:45 a.m.
Location: Pacific Ballroom 20 (Marriott
Marquis San Diego Marina)
Presenter: Tanya Siddiqi, assistant
clinical professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell
Transplantation
620:
Muscle Depletion Is an Important and Clinically Relevant Predictor of
Outcomes after Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Type:
Oral
Session: 904. Outcomes Research—Malignant
Conditions: Outcomes in Lymphoid Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplant
Session
Date and Time: Monday, Dec. 3, 2018: 7:15 a.m.
Location:
Room 24B (San Diego Convention Center)
Presenter: Alex
Iukuridze, clinical research assistant, Department of Population
Sciences
611:
Phase I Study of Yttrium-90 Labeled ANTI-CD25 (aTac) Monoclonal Antibody
PLUS BEAM for Autologous Hematopoietic CELL Transplantation (AHCT) in
Patients with Mature T-CELL NON-Hodgkin Lymphoma, the "a-TAC-BEAM
Regimen"
Type: Oral
Session: 731.
Clinical Autologous Transplantation
Session Date and Time: Monday,
Dec. 3, 2018: 8 a.m.
Location: Grand Hall B (Manchester
Grand Hyatt San Diego)
Presenter: Jasmine M. Zain, M.D.,
associate clinical professor, Department of Hematology &
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, and director, T cell Lymphoma Program
4016
Adult Patients with ALL Treated with CD62L+ T Naïve/Memory-Enriched T
Cells Expressing a CD19-CAR Mediate Potent Antitumor Activity with a Low
Toxicity Profile
Type: Poster
Session:
614. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Therapy, excluding Transplantation
Session
Date and Time: Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, 6-8 p.m.
Location:
Hall GH (San Diego Convention Center)
Presenter: Samer K.
Khaled, M.D. assistant clinical professor, Department of Hematology &
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
2181:
Clinical Outcomes of MDS Patients Who Were Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem
Cell Transplant Candidates but Did Not Proceed with Transplantation
Type:
Poster
Session: 732. Clinical Allogeneic Transplantation
Session
Date and Time: Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, 6:15-8:15 p.m.
Location:
Hall GH (San Diego Convention Center)
Presenter: Rohan Gupta,
clinical resident/fellow, Department of Medical Oncology &
Therapeutics Research
1411:
Novel BAFF-R CAR T-Cell Therapy for CD19 Antigen-Loss Relapsed B Cell
Tumors
Type: Poster
Session: 614. Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Therapy, excluding Transplantation
Session
Date and Time: Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, 6:15-8:15 p.m.
Location:
Hall GH (San Diego Convention Center)
Presenter: Hong Qin,
Ph.D., associate research professor, Department of Hematology &
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
3967:
Disease Burden Subgroup Analysis of Health-Related Quality of Life of
Blinatumomab Versus Standard-of-Care Chemotherapy in Patients with
Relapsed or Refractory Philadelphia Chromosome-Negative B-Cell Precursor
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Randomized, Open-Label Phase 3 Study
(TOWER)
Type: Poster
Session: 612. Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Session Date and Time: Monday,
Dec. 3, 2018, 6-8 p.m.
Location: Hall GH (San Diego
Convention Center)
Presenter: Anthony Stein, M.D., co-director,
Gehr Family Center for Leukemia Research, clinical professor, Department
of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
About City of Hope
City of Hope is an independent research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. Designated as one of only 49 comprehensive cancer centers, the highest recognition bestowed by the National Cancer Institute, City of Hope is also a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, with research and treatment protocols that advance care throughout the world. City of Hope’s main campus is in Duarte, California, just northeast of Los Angeles, with additional locations throughout Southern California. It is ranked as one of "America's Best Hospitals" in cancer by U.S. News & World Report. Founded in 1913, City of Hope is a pioneer in the fields of bone marrow transplantation, diabetes and numerous breakthrough cancer drugs based on technology developed at the institution. For more information about City of Hope, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Instagram.
