[Eric Hofacket]

T-Cell treatment with SCT for myeloma?

by Eric Hofacket on Tue Aug 20, 2013 3:33 pm

Has anyone seen any more information on the treatment described in this new story that aired on channel 7 news in southern California yesterday? Nearly 80% complete remission in heavly pretreated patients sounds pretty good.

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=9212024

[Beacon Staff]

Re: T-Cell treatment with SCT for myeloma?

by Beacon Staff on Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:13 pm

Hi Eric,

This approach to treating myeloma has been under development for a while. We published an update about it last August -- see this article:

https://myelomabeacon.org/news/2012/08/31/gene-therapy-to-treat-leukemia-and-multiple-myeloma-update/

Results of the trial discussed in the video were reported at the ASH meeting this past December. Here's a link to the abstract:

https://ash.confex.com/ash/2012/webprogram/Paper53890.html

Here's information about the trial:

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01352286

A related trial which we've been tracking here at The Beacon, but which has not yet opened for recruitment, is this one:

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01892293

Here's a link to a more complete (text) version of the story in the video you posted, including an interview with the physician who appeared in the video:

http://www.mysuncoast.com/health/news/super-strength-immune-cells-fighting-cancer/article_49affaba-0684-11e3-96a4-0019bb30f31a.html

Finally, the patient in the video you posted -- Marty Melley -- is a Beacon reader. He recently posted a comment on one of our patient columns. You can view it here:

https://myelomabeacon.org/news/2013/08/12/beacon-newsflashes-august-12-2013/comment-page-1/#comment-53228