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Lymphoma
Last
updated: 07.04.2006
LWP
Business Meeting Hamburg 2006
Minutes and Slide Presentations
EBMT Lymphoma Working
Party Business Meeting Hamburg 19th March, 2006.
| 1. Organisation of the LWP. |
| See Slides |
BUSINESS_MEETING_06.pdf |
| Overview |
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- Chair Anna Sureda
- Secretary Dr Harry Schouten
- Sarah Craig is the assistant to the working Party
but will be leaving in June and will be replaced by someone who
will continue to work in the EBMT Barcelona office.
- In 2005 there has been a dedicated Statistician
for the LWP, this is Carme Canals who works
in Hospital Sant Pau in Barcelona. She is now working 30 hours
per week and is also responsible for the trial coordination. She
will be in direct contact with the PI of studies and also with
participating centres.
- Data Management is still undertaken in London
but has given the trial coordination role to Carme Canals in Barcelona.
- The website will be kept regularly updated including
the status and latest data from all ongoing studies.
- During 2006 the LWP will create a set of teaching
slides with relevant data concerning the LWP. These will be kept
on the website and available to any EBMT member to use during
their own presentations. These slides will be updated on a yearly
basis.
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| 2. Subcommittees. |
| Documents |
LWP
Sub Committees Proposal |
| See Slides |
BUSINESS_MEETING_06.pdf |
| Overview |
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- A document outlining the proposal of subcommittees
and their workings was distributed.
- In the slide presentation and document the practical
details are laid out.
- 4 Sub committees were proposed in 2005 and in
the Business meeting they were approved, along with the introduction
of one more subcommittee.
- The following people were proposed and accepted
in chairing these sub committees.
- Hodgkin's lymphoma. - Marek Trneny, Charles University
Hospital, Prague
- Low grade NHL. - Silvia Montoto, St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, London.
- High grade B-cell NHL.- Christian Gisselbrecht,
Nicolas Mounier, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris T-cell
- NHL. - Norbert Schmitz, AK St. Georg, Hamburg.
- The suggestion of another subcommittee was also
approved. Mantle Cell Lymphoma. A chair person is still to be
decided
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| 3. Med B Forms |
| See Slides |
BUSINESS_MEETING_06.pdf |
| Overview |
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- Harry Schouten will be responsible for updating
the Med B Forms. It is required to update these on a bi annual
basis.
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| 4. Educational Course |
| See Slides |
LWP_Educational_Course.pdf |
| Overview |
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- First Educational Course of the LWP was a success
- Second Educational Course will be hosted by Marek
Trneny in Prague and will take place on November 9th and 10th
- Deadline for applications is September 10th.
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| 5. Sponsors |
| See Slides |
BUSINESS_MEETING_06.pdf |
| Overview |
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- The sponsors for 2005 will continue to support
the LWP in 2006. They are:
- Amgen
- Roche
- Schering
- The money will be dedicated to the Educational
Course and other issues.
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| 6. CIBMTR collaboration |
| See Slides |
BUSINESS_MEETING_06.pdf |
| Overview |
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- Harry Schouten attended the CIBMTR meeting in
Hawaii and presented a joint study proposal.
- HLA identical sibling allogeneic stem cell transplantation
versus HLA matched unrelated donor allogeneic stem cell transplantation
in patients with follicular lymphoma, Anna Sureda and Harry Schouten.
- The study was accepted and 40 hours of the Statistical
Center allocated to the project from July 1st, 2006 to June 30,
2007.
- See slides for a more detailed overview of the
proposal
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| 7. New proposals for retrospective
analysis. |
| See Slides |
see each individual proposal for the
slide presentation |
| Overview |
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Also available are
the EBMT Lymphoma registry
slides of the transplant activity.
The above minutes
are also available in Word format.
The next Lymphoma
Working Party Meeting will be held in
Prague on November 9th.
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