Program

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Kindly note this is a working draft and speakers and session times are subject to change.

Wednesday 6 September 2023
2:00pm
Career Planning Afternoon - Manly Surf Club

For Trainees/Fellows, Nurses, Allied Health Professionals

4:00pm
Delegate break
6:00pm – 9:00pm
ANZTCT Registry Planning Dinner (by invitation)
ABMDR Network Meeting 2023
Thursday 7 September 2023 • Manly Pacific Hotel, Sydney
From 7:30am
Registration
8:00am
Opening of ANZTCT ASM

Chairs: A/Prof Nada Hamad and Dr Duncan Purtill

  • Welcome to Country - Brendan Kerin
  • Maori Address - Nadene Edmonds
  • President's Address
Whole BMT Community Clinical Practice Session
8:30am
GVHD at the extremes of age

Chairs: A/Prof Nada Hamad and Dr Duncan Purtill

  • Prof Paul Carpenter - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Centre
9:30am
PTCY in adults and paeds: Why and how of PTCY

Chairs: A/Prof Nada Hamad and Dr Duncan Purtill

  • A/Prof Heather Symons - John Hopkins Children’s Center
10:30am
Morning Tea

Sponsored by Ontime Couriers GmbH

11:00am
Plenary BMT Abstracts

Chairs: Dr Clinton Lewis and Yvonne Panek-Hudson

  • Min-Hi Han - Incidence, characteristics and organ involvement of chronic graft-versus-host disease measured by continuous National Institutes of Health consensus assessment
  • Heather Dunckley - HLA-DPB1 protein expression in haematopoietic cell transplant patients in New Zealand
  • Alia Cibich - Secondary malignancy after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant in adults: a single-centre registry analysis?
12:00pm
Delegate Lunch
ANZTCT AGM (12:00pm - 12:40pm)
Lunch ‘n’ Learn (12:50pm – 1:30pm)

Sponsored by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Chairs: Yvonne Panek-Hudson and Alex Rivalland
Prof Paul Carpenter: The importance of diagnosing and managing GVHD early

Showcasing Australian and New Zealand TCT Multidisciplinary Research and Science
1:30pm
Infection/Vaccination

Chairs: Andrea Henden and A/Prof Emily Blyth

  • Dr Ben Teh - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
2:00pm
Future of Microbiome in TCT

Chairs: Dr Andrea Henden and A/Prof Emily Blyth

  • Dr Craig Haifer - St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
2:30pm
Oral Abstracts

Chairs: Dr Andrea Henden and A/Prof Emily Blyth

  • Phillip Selby - Optimising antifungal prophylaxis in allogeneic stem cell transplantation – a cohort study of two different approaches
  • Phillip Selby - Population Pharmacokinetics of Ganciclovir in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients
  • Gaurav Sutrave - Third-party partially HLA matched fungus-specific T-cells can lead to clearance of invasive fungal infections in patients post-allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
3:30pm
Afternoon Tea

Sponsored by Ontime Couriers GmbH

4:00pm
Oral Abstracts

Chairs: Annette Trickett and John Coutsouvelis

  • Nienke Zomerdijk - Developing a psycho-educational resource for family stem cell donors
  • Julian Cooney - Optimising Bone Marrow Harvests: NMDP Mentorship & USA Centre of Excellence
  • Katie Jessen - Autologous stem cell mobilisation and transplant following bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone in multiple myeloma: single-centre experience
  • Aleece MacPhail - Post Allograft Immunoglobulin Replacement Study (PAIRS): protocol for an observational cohort study
5:00pm
Welcome Drinks - Fairy Bower Terrace
Friday 8 September 2023 • Manly Pacific Hotel, Sydney
7:00am
Arrow Foundation Data Manager/QM Breakfast (by invitation)
Registry data at the core of clinical quality and service planning
8:00am
The importance and value of registry: CIBMTR perspectives

Chairs: Prof Peter Shaw and A/Prof Glen Kennedy

  • Prof Bronwen Shaw - Medical College of Wisconsin (supported by ABMDR)
8:40am
Value of (FACT/JACIE )Accreditation and improving patient outcomes

Chairs: Prof Peter Shaw and A/Prof Glen Kennedy

  • Dr Andrea Henden - Royal Brisbane Hospital
9:00am
Update on the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Clinical Quality Registry Program

Chairs: Prof Peter Shaw and A/Prof Glen Kennedy

  • Mr Suchit Handa - Program Director, Safety and Quality Improvement Systems
9:20am
Update from the Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission: Indigenous data Sovereignty

Chairs: Prof Peter Shaw and A/Prof Glen Kennedy

  • Peter Jansen - Chief Executive, NZ HQSC
9:40am
Morning Tea

Sponsored by Ontime Couriers GmbH

10:10am
Registry update

Chairs: Prof Peter Shaw and A/Prof Glen Kennedy

  • Leonie Wilcox - ANZTCT Registry
10:30am
Panel Discussion: Future of Registry in TCT

Moderated by Prof Peter Shaw:
Panelists:

  • Prof Bronwyn Shaw
  • Suchit Handa
  • Peter Jansen
  • Leonie Wilcox
  • A/Prof Glen Kennedy
11:30am
Registry Research Proposals Announcement of ARROW scholarships for ANZTCT Registry disease specific outcomes projects

Chairs: Prof Jeff Szer and Richelle Koller

12:00pm
Delegate Lunch
Registry Stakeholder Networking Lunch

(ANZTCT / ABMDR / ARROW / LF / Commonwealth / Jurisdictions networking) by invitation

Lunch ‘n’ Learn (from 1:00pm)

Sponsored by JazzPharma
Chair: Dr Ian Bilmon
John Coutsouvelis: VOD in ANZ and the new EBMT guidance and upcoming ANZTCT guidance

Whole CART Community Clinical Practice Session
1:30pm
Neurotx management

Chairs: Prof Joy Ho and Kari Mudie

  • Prof Cameron Turtle - The University of Sydney
2:30pm
CART debate - Is autograft in Lymphoma and Myeloma Dead?

Chairs: Prof Joy Ho and Kari Mudie

  • Lymphoma: Dr Nausheen Ahmed (University of Kansas) Affirmative Vs Dr Ed Abadir (RPA Hospital) Negative
  • Myeloma: Dr Nausheen Ahmed (University of Kansas) Affirmative Vs Dr Fiona Kwok (Westmead Hospital) Negative
3:30pm
Afternoon Tea

Sponsored by Ontime Couriers GmbH

4:00pm
Plenary CT Abstracts

Chairs: Dr Rob Weinkove and Dr Duncan Purtill

  • Dr Ed Abadir: National CART Adult outcome Data
  • A/Prof Adam Nelson: National Paediatric outcome Data
  • Rebecca Wayte: Phenotyping CAR T-cells early post infusion reveals better clinical response rates for patients with high expression of PD1 on CD8 CAR T-cells
  • Dr Nausheen Ahmed: Real-world outcomes of brexucabtagene autoleucel (brexu-cel) for relapsed or refractory(R/R) mantle cell lymphoma (MCL): A CIBMTR subgroup analysis by prior treatment
5:00pm
Delegate break
6:30pm
Family Dinner - Manly Skiff Club
Saturday 9 September 2023 • Manly Pacific Hotel, Sydney
From 7:30am
Registration
Beyond the Cells: The future and sustainability of TCT
8:00am
Donor sourcing - how that really works!

Chairs: Cushla Lucas and Carolyn Crump

  • Lisa Smith - ABMDR
8:20am
How far can we mismatch to improve access to donors?

Chairs: Dr Myra Ruka and Carolyn Crump

  • Prof Bronwen Shaw - Medical College of Wisconsin (supported by ABMDR)
9:00am
Access and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in TCT

Chairs: Dr Nausheen Ahmed and Cushla Lucas

  • Intersectionality in TCT: A/Prof Nada Hamad
  • Indigenous Perspective: Prof Maree Toombes
  • Indigenous Perspective: Dr Myra Ruka
  • Initiatives to support equity of access to CAR T cell therapies: Rob Weinkove
10:00am
What it takes to support TCT patients: Patient and family Perspectives

Chairs: A/Prof Adam Nelson and Dr Anna Johnston
Speakers:

  • Patient: Josh Polon
  • Parent: Hazel Polon
10:30am
Morning Tea

Sponsored by Ontime Couriers GmbH

11:00am
Panel: The future of TCT in ANZ: Policy design and strategic planning

Workforce planning/Facilities/Health economics/Funding
Moderated by A/Prof Nada Hamad
Panelists:

  • Prof Bronwen Shaw - Medical College of Wisconsin (supported by ABMDR)
  • Peter Jansen - NZ HQSC
  • Paul Fennessy - Previously Department of Health Victoria
  • A/Prof Glen Kennedy - Royal Brisbane Hospital
  • Prof Maree Toombes - The University of Sydney
  • Annette Trickett - Cellular therapy scientist
12:00pm
Delegate Lunch
Heads of TCT units Networking Lunch (by invitation)
Beyond the Cells: Survivorship

Chairs: Dr Shahrukh Hashmi and Chris Murray

1:30pm
Late BMT complications 1
  • Megan Hogg - Westmead Hospital Sydney
1:50pm
Late BMT complications 2
  • Nicole Loft - SA Health
2:10pm
Cognition in survivorship
  • Priscilla Gates - Deakin University
2:30pm
Nutrition in CAR-T
  • Danika Carty - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
2:50pm
Exercise in survivorship
  • Dr Shaza Abo - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
3:10pm
Afternoon Tea

Sponsored by Ontime Couriers GmbH

3:40pm
Graft versus Host Disease
  • Alex Rivalland - Royal Melbourne Hospital
4:00pm
Vaccinations
  • Trish Joyce - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
4:20pm - 4:30pm
ANZTCT ASM Close