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What Clinicians Want to Know: Addressing Current Questions and Controversies Regarding the Role of CAR T-Cell Therapy and Bispecific Antibodies in the Management of Lymphoma (Symposium Audio Proceedings)
Released January 2025

Featuring perspectives from Dr Jeremy S Abramson, Dr Jennifer Crombie, Prof Martin Hutchings, Dr Matthew Lunning and Dr Tycel Phillips, moderated by Dr Abramson. Published January 15, 2025.

CE Information and Faculty Disclosures

  • TARGET AUDIENCE
    This program is intended for hematologists, medical oncologists and other healthcare providers involved in the treatment of lymphoma.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Understand the biological rationale for the development of CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy as a targeted strategy to eliminate cancer cells in patients with various forms of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).
    • Appraise the scientific justification for the evaluation of CD20 x CD3 bispecific antibodies in patients with various forms of NHL, and assess the similarities and differences among currently available and investigational agents in this class.
    • Evaluate the available clinical research database with CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy and CD20 x CD3 bispecific antibodies in the management of relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and optimally incorporate these approaches into treatment algorithms.
    • Assess available research findings with CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy and CD20 x CD3 bispecific antibodies for other B-cell lymphomas, including follicular lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma, and identify patients for whom these approaches should be considered or recommended.
    • Recognize adverse events associated with available and investigational CAR T-cell therapies and bispecific antibodies, and implement strategies to educate patients and manage complications.
    • Recall ongoing research attempting to further define the optimal role of CAR T-cell therapy and bispecific antibody-based strategies for NHL, and appropriately counsel patients about clinical trial participation.

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    Video Program: Research To Practice designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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    FACULTY — The following faculty reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities:

    Jennifer Crombie, MD
    Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Boston, Massachusetts

    Advisory Committees: AbbVie Inc, ADC Therapeutics, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab US Inc, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Seagen Inc; Consulting Agreements: Genentech, a member of the Roche Group; Contracted Research: AbbVie Inc, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Merck.

    Martin Hutchings, MD, PhD
    Senior Consultant
    Department of Haematology and Phase 1 Unit
    Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital
    Professor of Clinical Lymphoma Research
    Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen
    Copenhagen, Denmark

    Advisory Committees and Consulting Agreements: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Genmab US Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, Merck, Roche Laboratories Inc, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc; Contracted Research: AbbVie Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene Corporation, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab US Inc, Incyte Corporation, Janssen Biotech Inc, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer Inc, Roche Laboratories Inc, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc; Data and Safety Monitoring Boards/Committees: Genmab US Inc, Roche Laboratories Inc.

    Matthew Lunning, DO
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Medical Director, Cellular Therapy
    Associate Vice Chair of Research
    Assistant Vice Chancellor for Clinical Research
    Division of Hematology/Oncology
    Department of Internal Medicine
    University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Omaha, Nebraska

    Consulting/Honoraria: AbbVie Inc, Acrotech Biopharma, ADC Therapeutics, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bristol Myers Squibb, Caribou Biosciences Inc, Fate Therapeutics, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab US Inc, Incyte Corporation, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, Kite, A Gilead Company, Loxo Oncology Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Company, Nurix Therapeutics Inc, Pfizer Inc, Recordati, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Seagen Inc, Veeva, Vittoria Biotherapeutics; Research Funding: AbbVie Inc, Bristol Myers Squibb, Fate Therapeutics, Kite, A Gilead Company.

    Tycel Phillips, MD
    Associate Professor, Division of Lymphoma
    Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
    City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Duarte, California

    Advisory Committees: AbbVie Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab US Inc, Merck; Consulting Agreements: AbbVie Inc, ADC Therapeutics, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, BeiGene Ltd, Bristol Myers Squibb, Epizyme Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Genmab US Inc, Gilead Sciences Inc, Incyte Corporation, Lilly, Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company, Seagen Inc, TG Therapeutics Inc; Contracted Research: AbbVie Inc, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group; Steering Committees: Genentech, a member of the Roche Group.

    MODERATOR
    Jeremy S Abramson, MD, MMSc
    Director, Center for Lymphoma
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Associate Professor of Medicine
    Harvard Medical School
    Boston, Massachusetts

    Consulting Agreements: AbbVie Inc, ADC Therapeutics, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, BeiGene Ltd, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene Corporation, Cellectar Biosciences Inc, Foresight Diagnostics, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Gilead Sciences Inc, Incyte Corporation, Interius BioTherapeutics, Janssen Biotech Inc, Lilly, Novartis, Roche Laboratories Inc, Seagen Inc; Contracted Research: Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene Corporation, Cellectis, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, Merck, Mustang Bio, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Seagen Inc, Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.



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    These educational activities contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the Food and Drug Administration. Research To Practice does not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications and warnings. The opinions expressed are those of the presenters and are not to be construed as those of the publisher or grantors.

    These activities are supported by educational grants from Bristol Myers Squibb, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

    Release date: January 2025
    Expiration date: January 2026

    After completing the post-test, learners may download and review the answers here in order to identify further areas of study.

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