
Hana Safah, MD, and Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, conclude with clinical insights on addressing medication access and the supportive care needs of patients with GvHD.

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Hana Safah, MD, and Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, conclude with clinical insights on addressing medication access and the supportive care needs of patients with GvHD.

Drs Cutler and Safah look to the future of chronic GvHD treatment and discuss ongoing research, highlighting studies investigating axatilimab and abatacept.

Hematologist-oncologists give an overview of the 3 approved treatment options for patients with steroid-refractory chronic GvHD—ruxolitinib, ibrutinib, and belumosudil—and highlight the REACH3 and ROCKstar studies.

Drs Safah and Cutler discuss treatment practices for patients with steroid-refractory graft-vs-host disease and highlight patients who are steroid dependent.

Hematologist-oncologists discuss the first-line treatment options for patients with chronic GvHD and the advantages and disadvantages of steroids.

Hana Safah, MD, reviews the NIH staging system for graft-vs-host disease and discusses the importance of staging in determining prognosis and informing treatment decisions.

Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, discusses the role of prognostic markers in graft-vs-host disease and how they can potentially inform treatment selection.

The panel provides advice for community providers treating patients with chronic GVHD, stressing effective communication, staying updated on evolving drugs, and collaborating with specialized multidisciplinary groups for optimal patient care.

The expert doctors discuss the impact of chronic GVHD on long-term survivors' quality of life (QoL). The panel explores the significance of patient-reported outcomes (PROs), challenges in their implementation, and the evolving role of PROs in assessing and improving QoL in chronic GVHD patients.

Hematologist-oncologists Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, and Hana Safah, MD, discuss how graft-vs-host disease presents and the importance of early intervention.

Experts on graft-vs-host disease (GvHD) introduce themselves and provide an overview of GvHD, highlighting diagnosis, symptoms, risk stratification, and prevention.

Drs Yi-Bin Chen, Corey Cutler, Hannah Choe, and Mitchell Horwitz share their predictions for the next 3 to 5 years in chronic GVHD management. The panel anticipates advancements in earlier treatment, potential elimination of frontline corticosteroids, and a shift towards preventive strategies and personalized medicine.

The panel reviews axatilimab, an emerging agent for chronic GVHD under clinical studies. The experts explore findings from the Agave-201 study, highlighting potential challenges of intravenous administration and axatilimab’s unique mechanisms.

Drs Yi-Bin Chen, Corey Cutler, Hannah Choe, and Mitchell Horwitz discuss a complex chronic GVHD case post-allogeneic transplant. The panel explores third-line options, including belumosudil, ibrutinib, photopheresis, and clinical trials, emphasizing shared decision-making and the need for well-designed trials in guiding treatment decisions.

Drs Yi-Bin Chen, Corey Cutler, Hannah Choe, and Mitchell Horwitz review a clinical scenario of chronic GVHD post-allogeneic transplant. They explore treatment options and emphasize shared decision-making, considering patient preferences and therapeutic benefits.

The expert panel explores belumosudil's role in treating chronic GVHD after multiple systemic therapy lines. They discuss the ROCKstar trial, highlighting its overall response rates and real-world experiences.

Drs Yi-Bin Chen, Corey Cutler, Hannah Choe, and Mitchell Horwitz discuss the approval and real-world experiences of ibrutinib and ruxolitinib for chronic GVHD. The panel discusses the challenges and varying effectiveness observed in real-world usage, contrasting the experiences of the two drugs.

The expert panel explores the approval of ruxolitinib for chronic GVHD based on the REACH3 trial. The panel highlights the trial’s outcomes, long-term follow-up data, and the evolving shift in clinical practices.

The panel examines the transition from systemic steroids to second-line therapies in chronic GVHD, explore standardized clinical trial definitions and real-world challenges in treating chronic GVHD.

Drs Yi-Bin Chen, Corey Cutler, Hannah Choe, and Mitchell Horwitz discuss the complexities of chronic GVHD management, highlighting recent developments and efforts to reduce reliance on steroids.

The GVHD experts discuss recent advancements in chronic GVHD treatment, focusing on agents ruxolitinib, ibrutinib, and belumosudil and their mechanisms of action. The panel emphasizes the need for ongoing research and clinical trials to refine treatment strategies.

The panel reviews recent developments in treatments, therapeutic approaches post-transplant, and the importance of clear communication in navigating patient expectations.

Drs Yi-Bin Chen, Corey Cutler, Hannah Choe, and Mitchell Horwitz discuss challenges in detecting and diagnosing chronic GVHD. The panel advocates for vigilant communication, early detection, and ongoing patient education for comprehensive post-transplant care.

The expert panel explores the immunological aspects of chronic GVHD, highlighting challenges in simultaneous management, addressing fibrosis, and emphasizing the importance of early intervention in evolving transplant care practices.

Drs Yi-Bin Chen, Corey Cutler, Hannah Choe, and Mitchell Horwitz distinguish acute from chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), how such distinction has changed over the last decades, and provide an overview of consensus definitions for disease grading.

Experts share their insights and advice on how to best communicate with patients who are actively dealing with acute or chronic GvHD.

A look into the future of chronic GvHD and which treatment options patients the panel is most excited about.

Experts define and review treatment options for patients with chronic GvHD that are also steroid refractory.

Comprehensive discussion into the available treatment options for patients that present with chronic GvHD.

Panel of oncologists define in chronic GvHD and review the typical presentation of a patient.

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