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Highlights from the SWG

The following activities, which were organized by EMN, also constitute contributions to and participation in the work of the EHA SWG on Multiple Myeloma.

In 2021, the SWG on Multiple Myeloma contributed a major part of the ESMO-EHA guidelines for multiple myeloma. The rapid changes of the treatment landscape for this disease require an adaptation of the guidelines.

Publications

Overall Survival With Daratumumab, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone in Previously Treated Multiple Myeloma (CASTOR): A Randomized, Open-Label, Phase III Trial
P. Sonneveld, A. Chanan-Khan, K. Weisel, A. K. Nooka, T. Masszi, M. Beksac, I. Spicka, V. Hungria, M. Munder, M.

Publications

Original scientific publications
Lymphopenia confers poorer prognosis in Myelodysplastic Syndromes with very low and low IPSS-M
Fandrei D, Huynh T, Sébert M, Aguinaga L, Bisio V, Kim R, Clappier E, Espéli M, Balabanian K, Moins-Teisserenc H, Toubert A, Dulphy N, Fenaux…

SWG Educational Activities

EHA-SWG meetingsAn EMSCO meeting was held in October 2023 (Nice, France).

Pediatric Hematology

The SWG on Pediatric Hematology has several key goals for the next four years (2024–2026):

To further develop our role as the voice of pediatric hematology within EHA
To reach out to YEHA pediatric hematologists to develop educational material to underpin our…

Publications

Antithrombotic Treatment in Patients With Hemophilia: an EHA-ISTH-EAHAD-ESO Clinical Practice Guidance
Schutgens REG, Jimenez-Yuste V, Escobar M, Falanga A, Gigante B, Klamroth R, Lassila R, Leebeek FWG, Makris M, Owaidah T, Sholzberg M, Tiede A, Werring DJ, van der Worp HB,…

Chairs and Members

Chair (re-appointment, 2023–2026)Josef Vormoor—Professor of Hematological Malignancies in Children, University Medical Center Utrecht (The Netherlands)

Co-chair (re-appointment, 2023–2026)Maria Ester Bernardo—Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Research Unit, San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (Italy)

SWG Steering Committee members (2024–2027 term)
SWG Secretary—Francesco Saglio, AOU Città…

Highlights from the SWG

Project groupsPan-European Transfusion Research infrAstructure (PETRA) projectThe European Blood Alliance has provided funding for a health science data project entitled: ‘Towards a Pan-European Transfusion Research infrAstructure (PETRA).

SWG Educational Activities

MeetingsSWG meetingsThe SWG on Transfusions holds monthly meetings. EHA CongressOne focus is support for all activities of the EHA Congress. At the EHA 2023 Congress, which was held in Frankfurt, some sessions on transfusion were supported virtually.