SWG Educational Activities

Meetings

EHA SWG EWALL Symposium

Location and date

This meeting was held in Frankfurt in June 2023 as part of EHA2023.

Topic

Personalized ALL therapy.

Chair

Nicola Gokbuget

Sessions and speakers

  • B-cell precursor ALL, the Finnish experience (Kimmo Porkka).
  • B-cell precursor ALL, the Italian experience (Giovanni Roti).
  • T-ALL, the French experience (Vahid Asnafi).
  • The US experience (Sarah Tasian).

Clinical trials involving the SWG

EWALL-INO study

Full title

‘Combined with Low-Intensity Chemotherapy in Older Patients with Newly Diagnosed CD22+ Philadelphia Chromosome (Ph)-Negative B-Cell Precursor (BCP) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).’

Status

Ongoing.

Chair

P Rousselot

EWALL-Ph-03 study

Full title

‘An open-label, 3-arm, Randomised phase II study to Compare the Safety and Efficacy of Ponatinib in combination with either Chemotherapy or Blinatumomab with Imatinib plus Chemotherapy as front-line therapy for patients aged 55 years and over with Philadelphia chromosome positive (Ph+ or BCR-ABL+) Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).’

Status

Ongoing.

Chair

Oliver Ottmann

ACCADEMIA trial for B-cell precursor ALL in adults

Full title

‘Randomized Controlled Phase 3 Trial Comparing Standard of Care versus Standard of Care with Components Replaced by Subcutaneous Blinatumomab for Remission Induction and Consolidation Therapy of Adult Philadelphia Chromosome-Negative B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ACCADEMIA Study).’

Promoter

GIMEMA, on behalf of HOVON, UK-NCRI, and PETHEMA.

Status

In development.

Collaborations on international projects

  • Development of an EWALL guideline for the diagnosis and management of adult ALL.
  • Development of a robust and validated integrated prognostic index for defining risk groups in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
  • Grants received by networks or principal investigators.