20143rd International Conference
Santa Margherita Ligure - PortofinoMay 21–24, 2014
LEUKEMIA
Chairmen Angelo M. CarellaFelicetto FerraraEnrica Morra
SECTION OF HEMATOLOGY
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20143rd International Conference
LEUKEMIA
PRESENTATIONThe Conference, with the participation of the most important International and Italian experts, wants to provide an update on the most innovative aspects of cellular and molecular biology, treatment of acute and chronic leukemias, myelodysplastic syndromes and Ph-negative chronic myeloproliferative syndrome. One section will be dedicated to the new drugs in onco-hematology.
ADDRESSED TOPhysicians specialized in Hematology, Oncology and Biologists.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGEThe meeting will be held in English. No simultaneous translation will be provided.
This Conference will be dedicated to Prof. John M. Goldman
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PROGRAMME
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21
NEW DRUGS IN ONCO-HEMATOLOGY (not for CME credits)
Chairmen: Massimo FedericoPier Luigi Zinzani
14.00 Celgene pipeline and in early-development programs James Carmichael
14.15 Novelties in strategic approach to chronic hematological malignanciesAlf Bernhardt
14.30 An update of Brentuximab Vedotin and its future prospectiveAndreas Engert
14.45 New perspectives in acute leukemiasGiovanni Martinelli
15.00 Arsenic trioxide: many stories about an old product Giuseppe Rossi
15.15 New prospective in hematologyDaniele Alberti
15.30 The use of an adaptive trial design in a phase III trial of Vosaroxin and Cytarabine in relapsed and refractory AMLAdam Craig
16.00 New drugs anti-leukemiaDanilo Perrotti
CHALLENGES IN PHILADELPHIA-POSITIVE LEUKEMIAS
Chairmen: Robin Foà Angelo M. Carella
16.30 IntroductionRobin Foà
16.35 Current clinical options in Ph+ ALL Robin Foà
16.50 Early and deep molecular response predictive of long term outcome in Ph+ leukemias Giovanni Martinelli
17.05 Ponatinib: bridge to transplant and post transplant clinical strategiesFabio Ciceri
17.20 Conclusions and general discussionAngelo M. Carella
17.30 Round TableBONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION IN LEUKEMIAS: NEW PERSPECTIVES
Chairmen: Alberto BosiAndrea Bacigalupo
Immunologic pressure after transplant and HLAFabio Ciceri
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Unrelated donor transplant for leukemiaJane F. Apperley
Finding a donor for most eligible patientsWilliam Arcese
HDCT in MDS: indications, timing and optimization of the results. What’s new?Emanuele Angelucci
19.00 End of session
THURSDAY, MAY 22
8.00 Opening Ceremony
ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIAS IN 2014: SOME UNRESOLVED ISSUES
Chairmen: Jacob M. Rowe Sergio Amadori
8.15 IntroductionJacob M. Rowe
8.20 The increasing role of mutations and genomicsBrunangelo Falini
8.40 The increasing clinical relevance of minimal residual disease Gert J. Ossenkoppele
9.00 Is there a role of adjunctive therapy to standard 3+7?Alan K. Burnett
9.20 Optimal non-transplant post remission therapyJacob M. Rowe
9.40 Allogeneic transplant for older patients: GITMO experienceAlessandro Rambaldi
10.00 Therapy of a fit 70 years old individualRichard F. Schlenk
10.20 APL in 2014: next challenges for the final cureFrancesco Lo Coco
10.40 Conclusions and general discussionSergio Amadori
10.45 Coffee break
11.00 Plenary LectureRegulation of self renewal in cancer stem cellsPier Giuseppe Pelicci Presented by: Roberto M. Lemoli
SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK IN HEMATOLOGICAL NEOPLASIAS
Chairman: Francesco Menichetti
11.30 Pathophysiology and clinical features Valerio Del Bono
11.50 Infections with multidrug-resistant pathogensGian Maria Rossolini
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12.10 Neutropenic Enterocolitis: a life threatening complicationsEdoardo Benedetti
12.30 IgM concentrated: rationale for its use in hematology in the era of “bad bugs”Fabio Tumietto
12.50 IgM enriched immunoglobulins and defribotide after allogenic hematopoietic transplantation in acute leukemia Giuseppe Milone
13.15 Lunch
CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
Chairmen: Enrica Morra Giovanni Pizzolo
15.00 IntroductionManlio Ferrarini
15.10 NoTCH1 mutations: pathogenesis and clinical significanceDavide Rossi
15.30
Transforming response prediction to chemo-immunotherapy using genome technologies Anna Schuh
15.50 Do the next molecular markers have an impact in treatment strategy? Gianluca Gaidano
16.10 First line therapy: which are the options today?Marco Montillo
16.30 Ultra-high risk patients: definition and treatment pathway in the era of novel drug landscapePeter Dreger
16.50 Break
17.10 Second line therapy: what are the options today? Véronique Leblond
17.30 Immunotherapeutic strategies including transplantJohn G. Gribben
17.50 A look at the future: new options?George Follows
18.10 Conclusions and general discussionEnrica Morra, Giovanni Pizzolo
FRIDAY, MAY 23
CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIAS: WHAT IS NEW?
Chairmen: Rudiger Hehlmann Angelo M. Carella
8.00 IntroductionRudiger Hehlmann
8.05 The basis for clinical heterogeneityGiuseppe Saglio
8.25 Initial choice of therapyMichele Baccarani
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8.45 Molecular monitoringAndreas Hochhaus
9.05 Alternative approaches in eradicating the malignant cloneRichard A. Van Etten
9.25 Early molecular response is predictive of long-term outcome?Susan Branford
9.45 Current clinical options after resistance/intolerance to 1G/2G TKIsFabrizio Pane
10.05 Blastic crisis managementRudiger Hehlmann
10.25 When should we transplant?Jane Apperley
10.45 Coffee break
11.00 Safety profiles of different TKIsCarlo Gambacorti-Passerini
11.20 How will we manage CML in the next decade?Stephen O’Brien
11.40 Conclusions and general discussionAngelo M. Carella
NEW MOLECULAR INSIGHTS AND THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES IN ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
Chairmen: Dieter Hoelzer Felicetto Ferrara
11.45 IntroductionDieter Hoelzer
11.50 New markers for the diagnosis of ALL: including NGS? Robin Foà / Sabina Chiaretti
12.10 Minimal residual disease: comparison of different methods Monika Brüggemann
12.30 Current treatment results without antibodiesRenato Bassan
12.50 Antibody therapyDieter Hoelzer
13.10 Targeted therapyOliver G. Ottmann
13.30 Lunch
15.00 Risk factors and therapy in adult T-ALL Vahid Asnafi
15.20 Stem cell transplantation Andrea Bacigalupo
15.40 Conclusions and general discussion Felicetto Ferrara
16.00 Break
MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES
Chairmen: Giorgina SpecchiaPellegrino Musto
16.15 IntroductionGiorgina Specchia
16.20 ClassificationPellegrino Musto
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16.40 Prognostic models to predict survivalValeria Santini
17.00 Low-risk patients with deletions in chromosome 5Esther N. Oliva
17.20 Therapeutic strategiesGiorgina Specchia
17.40 Five years after Azacitidine approval: remaining challengesThomas Prebet
18.00 Who should be transplanted and when?Maria Teresa Voso
18.20 Conclusions and general discussionPellegrino Musto
SATURDAY, MAY 24
PH-NEGATIVE MYELOPROLIFERATIVE SYNDROMES
Chairmen: Tiziano BarbuiMarco Gobbi
9.00 IntroductionTiziano Barbui
9.10 Molecular diagnosis of MPNs in practice Robert Kralovics
9.30 Molecular prognostic profiling in primitive myelofibrosis Alessandro Vannucchi
9.50 Therapeutic challenges in PV and ET patients conventionally classified at low-risk for thrombosisTiziano Barbui
10.10 Prefibrotic myelofibrosis: a diagnosis that counts Giovanni Barosi
10.30 Are we ready for treatment recommendations with Ruxolitinib in myelofibrosis? Jean-Jacques Kiladjian
10.50 Deciding hematopoietic stem-cell transplant in myelofibrosis Nicolaus Kröger
11.10 Conclusions and general discussionMarco Gobbi
11.40 End of the conference
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Daniele Alberti, Origgio, MI (I)Sergio Amadori, Roma (I)Emanuele Angelucci, Cagliari (I)Jane F. Apperley, London (UK)William Arcese, Roma (I)Vahid Asnafi, Paris (F)Michele Baccarani, Bologna (I)Andrea Bacigalupo, Genova (I)Tiziano Barbui, Bergamo (I)Giovanni Barosi, Pavia (I)Renato Bassan, Venezia (I)Edoardo Benedetti, Pisa (I)Alf Bernhardt, Basel (CH)Alberto Bosi, Firenze (I)Susan Branford, Adelaide (AUS) Monika Brüggemann, Kiel (D)Alan K. Burnett, Cardiff (UK)James Carmichael, Seville (S)Sabina Chiaretti, Roma (I)Fabio Ciceri, Milano (I)Adam Craig, South San Francisco (USA)Valerio Del Bono, Genova (I)Peter Dreger, Heidelberg (D)Andreas Engert, Cologne (D)Brunangelo Falini, Perugia (I)Massimo Federico, Modena (I)
Manlio Ferrarini, Genova (I)
George Follows, Cambridge (UK)
Robin Foà, Roma (I)
Gianluca Gaidano, Novara (I)
Carlo Gambacorti-Passerini, Monza (I)
Marco Gobbi, Genova (I)
John G. Gribben, London (UK)
Rudiger Hehlmann, Heidelberg (D)
Andreas Hochhaus, Jena (D)
Dieter Hoelzer, Frankfurt (D)
Jean-Jacques Kiladjian, Paris (F)
Robert Kralovics, Vienna (A)
Nicolaus Kröger, Hamburg (D)
Véronique Leblond, Paris (F)
Roberto M. Lemoli, Genova (I)
Francesco Lo Coco, Roma (I)
Giovanni Martinelli, Bologna (I)
Francesco Menichetti, Pisa (I)
Giuseppe Milone, Catania (I)
Marco Montillo, Milano (I)
Pellegrino Musto, Rionero in Vulture, PZ (I)
Stephen O’Brien, Newcastle (UK)
Esther Natalie Oliva, Reggio Calabria (I)
Gert J. Ossenkoppele, Amsterdam (NL)
Oliver G. Ottmann, Frankfurt (D)
Fabrizio Pane, Napoli (I)
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, Milano (I)
Danilo Perrotti, Baltimore (USA)
Giovanni Pizzolo, Verona (I)
Thomas Prebet, Marseille (F)
Alessandro Rambaldi, Bergamo (I)
Davide Rossi, Novara (I)
Giuseppe Rossi, Brescia (I)
Gian Maria Rossolini, Siena (I)
Jacob M. Rowe, Jerusalem (IL)
Giuseppe Saglio, Orbassano, TO (I)
Valeria Santini, Firenze (I)
Richard F. Schlenk, Ulm (D)
Anna Schuh, Oxford (UK)
Giorgina Specchia, Bari (I)
Fabio Tumietto, Bologna (I)
Richard A. Van Etten, Orange CA, (USA)
Alessandro M. Vannucchi, Firenze (I)
Maria Teresa Voso, Roma (I)
Pier Luigi Zinzani, Bologna (I)
Angelo Michele Carella U.O.C. Ematologia IIRCCS A.O.U. San Martino-ISTGenova (I)
Felicetto Ferrara U.O. Ematologia e Trapianto di Midollo OsseoA.O. A. CardarelliNapoli (I)
Enrica Morra U.O. Ematologia e Trapianto di MidolloA.O. Ospedale Niguarda Cà GrandaMilano (I)
SCIENTIFIC COORDINATORS
SPEAKERS AND CHAIRMEN
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CME Based on Italian regulations, Accademia Nazionale di Medicina (provider n. 31) will assign 16,5 CME credits to the activity 31-86981.The Meeting is addressed to Physicians specialized in Hematology, Oncology and Biologists.It will not be possible to give Credits to physicians specialized in different fields.The credit certification is subject to:- attendance at the entire Meeting- the completion of the Meeting evaluation form- the completion of the final questionnaire (at least 75% of correct answers)
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VENUEGrand Hotel MiramareVia Milite Ignoto, 30Santa Margherita Ligure (GE), Italy
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