Post-Thaw Viability Testing: The Controversy, The Implementation, The Possibilities
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
Room 208-209
Roundtable
Organized by: ISCT Lab Practices Committee
Moderator
Identify challenges and benefits of implementating post-thaw viability testing programs in clinical cell therapy laboratories
Key Learning Objectives
1. Discuss the importance of testing post-thaw viability for guiding dosing decisions and improving patient outcomes.
2. Share the experience of implementation of post-thaw viability testing programs in a clinical cell therapy laboratory and addressing some of its challenges.
3. Introduce the concept of using the data available on the day of collection to predict post-thaw viability and guide collection decisions.
Moderator
- Joseph Schwartz, MD, MPH, Moffitt Cancer Center, United States
- Stephan Kadauke, MD, PhD, Cell and Gene Therapy Lab Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, United States
- Yongping Wang, MD, PhD, Cell and Gene Therapy Lab Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States
- Elena Maryamchik, MD, MBA, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
Identify challenges and benefits of implementating post-thaw viability testing programs in clinical cell therapy laboratories
Key Learning Objectives
1. Discuss the importance of testing post-thaw viability for guiding dosing decisions and improving patient outcomes.
2. Share the experience of implementation of post-thaw viability testing programs in a clinical cell therapy laboratory and addressing some of its challenges.
3. Introduce the concept of using the data available on the day of collection to predict post-thaw viability and guide collection decisions.
Elena Maryamchik
Cell Therapy Lab Director & Assistant Attending in Transfusion Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Panelist
Cell Therapy Lab Director & Assistant Attending in Transfusion Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Panelist
Stephan Kadauke
Assistant Professor or Clinical Pathology and Lab Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Panelist
Assistant Professor or Clinical Pathology and Lab Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Panelist