Dr. Leonard on Emergence of CAR T-cell Therapy in Hematologic Cancers
May 5th 2017John P. Leonard, MD, associate dean of Clinical Research, interim chair of the Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, discusses the emergence and potential of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy across hematologic malignancies.
Dr. Papa on the Impact of CAR T Cell Trial in Head and Neck Cancer
April 27th 2017Sophie Papa, PhD, MBBS, MRCP, medical oncologist, Clinical Academic Group, Department of Research Oncology, King’s College London, discusses the impact of a recent study of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Dr David L. Porter Discusses Side Effects of CAR-T Cell Therapy
April 11th 2017CAR-T cell treatment can have a number of side effects, with the most serious being cytokine release syndrome, according to David L. Porter, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. However, there are some promising therapies like interleukin-6 blockers that can reverse this reaction.
Dr. Neelapu on ZUMA-1 Trial Design of KTE-C19
February 17th 2017Sattva S. Neelapu, MD, associate professor, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the design of the ZUMA-1 trial of the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy KTE-C19 for patients with aggressive lymphomas.
Dr. Chaudhary on Short-Term and Long-Term Future of CAR T-Cells
February 14th 2017Preet M. Chaudhary, MD, PhD, chief of the Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology and Center for the Study of Blood Diseases, Department of Medicine, professor of Medicine, Ronald H. Bloom Family Chair in Lymphoma Research, and program director of the USC Norris Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, co-Leader of the Molecular Genetics Program, University of Southern California, discusses the short-term and long-term future of CAR T-cells.
Dr. Neelapu on Next Steps With KTE-C19 in Lymphoma
February 2nd 2017Sattva S. Neelapu, MD, associate professor, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the next steps with KTE-C19, an anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy explored in the ZUMA-1 trial for patients with aggressive lymphomas.
Dr David L. Porter Explains Variations in CAR-T Cell Trial Criteria
February 1st 2017The criteria to enroll cancer patients in a clinical trial of CAR-T cells vary according to their disease, past therapy, and how far along they are in different treatments, said David L. Porter, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Dr. Chaudhary on Remaining Challenges With CAR T-Cell Therapy
January 25th 2017Preet M. Chaudhary, MD, PhD, chief of the Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology and Center for the Study of Blood Diseases, Department of Medicine, professor of Medicine, Ronald H. Bloom Family Chair in Lymphoma Research, and program director of the USC Norris Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, co-Leader of the Molecular Genetics Program, University of Southern California, discusses challenges that oncologists continue to face when treating patients with CAR T-cell therapy.
Dr. Figlin on TKI Therapy Options in Renal Cell Carcinoma
January 23rd 2017Robert A. Figlin, MD, the Steven Spielberg Family Chair in Hematology-Oncology and associate director of academic program development in the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, discusses tyrosine kinase inhibitors that he uses to treat patients with renal cell carcinoma.
Dr. McDermott on VEGF Plus PD-1 in Renal Cell Carcinoma
January 14th 2017David F. McDermott, MD, Director of Biologic Therapy and Cutaneous Oncology Programs, Hematology and Oncology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discusses the combination of VEGF plus PD-1 in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Dr. Neelapu on the Safety Profile of KTE-C19 in Patients With Lymphoma
January 12th 2017Sattva S. Neelapu, MD, associate professor, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the safety profile of KTE-C19, an anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy explored in the ZUMA-1 trial for patients with aggressive lymphomas.
Dr. Chaudhary on History of CAR T-Cell Therapy
January 11th 2017Preet M. Chaudhary, MD, PhD, chief of the Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology and Center for the Study of Blood Diseases, Department of Medicine, professor of Medicine, Ronald H. Bloom Family Chair in Lymphoma Research, and program director of the USC Norris Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, co-Leader of the Molecular Genetics Program, University of Southern California, discusses the history of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.
Steven Buechler Discusses EarlyR Gene Signature in the BIG 1-98 Trial for Breast Cancer
January 6th 2017Steven Buechler, PhD, Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Notre Dame, discusses independent validation of the EarlyR gene signature in the Breast International Group (BIG) 1-98 study. This randomized, double-blind, phase III trial compared letrozole with tamoxifen as an adjuvant endocrine therapy for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, early breast cancer
Dr David L. Porter: Combining CAR-T Cells With Other Immunotherapies the Next Logical Step
January 5th 2017David L. Porter, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, explains why treating tumors with a combination of CAR-T cells and other immune-stimulating agents is a logical next step for investigators.
Dr. Goy on Rituximab Maintenance Therapy for Patients With MCL
December 21st 2016Andre Goy, MD, MS, chairman and director, chief of Lymphoma, and director of Clinical and Translational Cancer Research at John Theurer Cancer Center, discusses phase III results of a study exploring rituximab as maintenance therapy after autologous stem cell transplantation in younger patients with mantle cell lymphoma.