Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings

Poor physical performance in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma receiving CAR T-cell therapy was linked to worse survival and increased risk of neurotoxicity in a cohort study.

Olalekan O Oluwole, MD, MBBS, discusses the background and rationale of the research he contributed to, which was presented at the 2025 Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings.

CAR T-cell therapy showed efficacy in relapsed large B-cell lymphoma across age groups, including patients 70 and 80 years or older.

Idecabtagene vicleucel induced high complete response and minimal residual disease negativity rates in multiple myeloma after suboptimal first-line therapy.

Orca-T improved overall survival vs post-transplant cyclophosphamide in a retrospective analysis.

Ciltacabtagene autoleucel improved minimal residual disease negativity and sustained responses vs standard care in lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma.

Obecabtagene autoleucel improved survival and response durability in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients with minimal residual disease–negative remission.

Orca-T with reduced-intensity stem cell transplantation was a safe, feasible alternative to conventional transplant in blood cancers, per phase 1 data.

A phase 2 study evaluated the use of ruxolitinib plus standard GVHD prophylaxis in patients with myelofibrosis undergoing transplant.

Axatilimab demonstrated consistent response and durability in chronic graft-versus-host disease, regardless of prior treatments, in a phase 1 AGAVE-201 trial analysis.

In a retrospective cohort of patients with severe chronic GVHD, combination axatilimab with other GVHD therapies led to clinical benefit.

Defibrotide prophylaxis after HSCT did not reduce sinusoidal obstructive syndrome incidence in high-risk pediatric patients, per retrospective study at 2025 Tandem Meeting.

Zamtocabtagene autoleucel induced responses, including durable complete responses, in relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The off-the-shelf chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy P-BCMA-ALLO1 was shown to be safe and elicited strong anti-tumor activity in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Unrelated cord blood transplant demonstrated efficacy in patients with blood cancer after microcystic adnexal carcinoma.

NKTR-255 with CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy improved 6-month complete response rates in relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

Anakinra failed to reduce cytokine release syndrome or immune effector cell–associated neurotoxicity in patients with large B-cell lymphoma receiving liso-cel.

Obecabtagene autoleucel improved outcomes in relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with low-risk CAR-HEMATOTOX scores in the 1/2 FELIX trial.

Neel Bhatt, MD, discussed the importance of long-term patient monitoring following hematopoietic cell transplantation.

Valentina Ardila, MD, encouraged further research to understand the complex interplay between obesity, immune response, and transplant outcomes.

Warren Fingrut, MD, discussed a study looking at HLA antibody burden among patients with blood cancers, particularly women who have carried multiple pregnancies.

Rahul Banerjee, MD, discusses new frontiers in the treatment of multiple myeloma with CAR T-cell therapy.

Jeff Auletta, MD, discussed how PTCy-based graft-vs-host disease prophylaxis offers a promising approach for expanding access to successful cell transplantation regardless of donor match or patient ethnicity.

Betty Hamilton, MD, discussed findings from a quality of life study in patients with FLT3 ITD-positive acute myeloid leukemia who underwent allogeneic stem cell transplant.

Chelsea Peterson, DO, discussed a real-world study investigating ruxolitinib in patients with steroid-refractory graft-vs-host disease.

Michael Scordo, MD, discussed findings from a phase 2 study investigating new antithymocyte globulin dosing models for ex vivo CD34-selected allogeneic stem cell transplants.

Stephanie Lee, MD, discusses a study investigating belumosudil for chronic graft-vs-host disease.

Jeremy Ramdial, MD, discussed a phase 1/2 study investigating the GemCloBu conditioning regimen for stem cell transplants in aggressive lymphomas.

Balancing cost and efficiency remains at the crux of autologous stem cell transplants for multiple myeloma treatment.

Kayla Giannetti, MSN, APRN-CNP, discusses a study presented at the 2024 Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Tandem Meetings investigating the link between patient frailty and stem cell transplants.