Selected Highlights: 63rd ASH® Annual Meeting 2021
22-24 July 2022 | Virtual
Dear friends and colleagues,
It is with immense pleasure that we welcome you, to the second ASH live Review Pakistan, American Society of Hematology (ASH) Licensed event in this part of the world. The scientific programme offers a selection of the latest advances in hematology and cutting-edge educational sessions with world experts. It will also provide a unique opportunity to share local data , real world experiences and challenges of developing countries. The event is organized by Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre National Institute of Blood and Marrow Transplant (AFBMTC /NIBMT), located in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Established in 2001, AFBMTC/NIBMT is the only dedicated transplant centre of the country performing over 150 allogeneic transplants per year. AFBMTC/NIBMT is also the only centre of Pakistan to have a cellular therapy programme and an in house mesenchymal stem cell culture facility since 2015. Our ASH Live Review’s website will also provide you a chance to virtually explore Pakistan, one of the Forbes preferred tourist destination in 2021 and the land of nature and adventure. We are delighted to welcome our friends and participants from all over the world to the ASH Live Review Pakistan: Selected Highlights from the 2021 ASH Annual Meeting. We hope that this event will increase knowledge, skill, networking with new friends and colleagues and, last but not the least, to enjoy the Pakistani culture.
Prof Dr Qamar Un Nisa Chaudhry
Professor of Clinical Haematology & BMT Physician
AFBMTC/NIBMT, Rawalpindi - PK
Prof Dr Khurram Bilal Tariq, MD FACP
Chair, Dept of Hematology and medical Oncology
Seby B. Jones Cancer Center
Hematologist and medical oncologist
Boone, NC USA
Prof Dr Parvez Ahmed
Professor, Director Bone Marrow Transplant
Quaid-e-Azam International Hospital,
Islamabad - PK
Dr Syed Kamran Mahmood
Consultant Medical Specialist & BMT Physician
AFBMTC/NIBMT, Rawalpindi - PK
Dr Raheel Iftikhar
Consultant Clinical Hematologist & BMT Physician
AFBMTC/NIBMT, Rawalpindi -
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1. Abstract # 333. Efficacy and safety of Venetoclax in combination with Gilteritinib for R/R FLT3-mutated AML in the expansion cohort of a phase 1b. Daver et al.
2. Abstract # 693: Outcomes of TP53 mutant AML with Venetoclax and Decitabine. Kim et al.
1. Oral Roxadustat Demonstrates Efficacy in Anemia Secondary to Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome Irrespective of Ring Sideroblasts and Bas
eline Erythropoietin Levels
2. Safety, Efficacy, and Patient-Reported Outcomes of Venetoclax in Combination with Azacitidine for the Treatment of Patients with Higher-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome: A Phase 1b Study
1. Effects of Tranexamic Acid Prophylaxis on Bleeding Outcomes in Hematologic Malignancy: The a-TREAT Trial
2. A Retrospective Cohort Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Peri-Partum Tranexamic Acid for Women with Inherited Bleeding Disorders
1. Superior Event-Free Survival with Blinatumomab Versus Chemotherapy in Children with High-Risk First Relapse of B-Cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Randomized, Controlled Phase 3 Trial
2. Hyper-CVAD and Sequential Blinatumomab in Adults with Newly Diagnosed Philadelphia Chromosome-Negative B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Results from a Phase II Study
Polatuzumab Vedotin Plus Bendamustine and Rituximab in Relapsed/Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma: Updated Results of a Phase Ib/II Randomized Study and Preliminary Results of a Single-Arm Extension
1. Ibrutinib (Ibr) Plus Venetoclax (Ven) for First-Line Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL): 1-Year Disease-Free Survival (DFS) Results From the MRD Cohort of the Phase 2 CAPTIVATE Study
2. Subset of Relapsed/Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (R/R CLL) Patients (Pts) Following Fixed-Duration Venetoclax-Rituximab (VenR) Therapy (Tx)
1. Phase II Study of Pembrolizumab Plus GVD As Second-Line Therapy for Relapsed or Refractory Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma
2. Frontline Brentuximab Vedotin As Monotherapy or in Combination for Older Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients
1. Rituximab with Dose-Adjusted EPOCH (R-DA-EPOCH) with or without Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (ASCT) As First Line Treatment in Patients with Aggressive B-Cell Lymphoma with MYC and BCL-
2 and/or BCL-6 Gene Rearrangements or Increase Copy Number 2.Final Analysis of the Ro-CHOP Phase III Study (Conducted by LYSA): Romidepsin Plus CHOP in Patients with Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
1. Loss of LKB1/STK11 Facilitates Leukemic Progression of the Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
2. abstract 481 long term use of ropeginterferon alpha 2b in PV 5 year results from a randomized controlled study
1.A Novel TBI Free Conditioning Protocol for Haploidentical Transplant in Acquired Aplastic Anemia: (FluCAB-Prime)
2. Disease Progression and Outcomes in Patients with Telomere Biology Disorders
1. Survival Analysis of Newly Diagnosed Transplant-Eligible Multiple Myeloma Patients in the Randomized Forte Trial
2. Early Versus Late Autologous Stem Cell Transplant in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: Long-Term Follow-up Analysis of the IFM 2009 Trial
3. Daratumumab (DARA) Plus Lenalidomide, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone (RVd) in Patients with Transplant-Eligible Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma (NDMM): Updated Analysis of Griffin after 12 Months of Maintenance Therapy
4. CARTITUDE-1: Phase 1b/2 Study of Ciltacabtagene Autoleucel, a B-Cell Maturation Antigen-Directed Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy, in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
1. Safety and efficacy of CTX001 in patients with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease: early results from the Climb THAL-111 and Climb SCD-121 studies of autologous CRISPR-CAS9-modified CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells
1. Belumosudil for Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease (cGVHD) after 2 or More Prior Lines of Therapy: The Rockstar Study (KD025-213
2. REACH 3 trial: Ruxolitinib for cGVHD 3. Ruxolitinib (RUX) Vs Best Available Therapy (BAT) in Patients with Steroid-Refractory/Steroid-Dependent Chronic Graft-Vs-Host Disease (cGVHD): Primary Findings from the Phase 3, Randomized REACH3 Study
If you have any questions about the event or the team of lecturers, please send us a message and we will reply shortly.
Conference Secretariat:
AFBMTC/NIBMT, inside CMH Medical Complex, Rawalpindi – Pakistan
Tel: +92 51 9270076 Ext 228
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