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Mary K. Hughes, MS, RN, CNS, CT, is a Outpatient, Clinical Nurse Specialist with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Psychiatry Department where she works with a team of mental health professionals to support patients, families and caregivers from diagnosis to treatment to survivorship.
AAMDSIF hosted the 2020 National Patient & Family Conference ONLINE over three days, July 17 - 19, 2020. The Conference featured three days of educational workshops, panels and speakers for patients, families and caregivers with
This pilot
A Randomized Pilot Trial to test the feasibility of comparing anti-thymocyte globulin plus post transplant
Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an established therapeutic modality for high risk hematological malignancies in adults and children. The primary cause of morbidity and mortality after HCT is graft versus host disease (GVHD), affecting up to 70% of patients even with current prophylaxis and directly accounting for approximately a third of regimen-related death. Currently, pharmacologic prophylaxis consists of a calcineurin inhibitor and methotrexate, a drug combination introduced around 40 years ago.
The study is designed as a randomized, placebo-controlled, double blind, multicenter, phase III trial comparing two acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) prophylaxis regimens: CD24Fc/tacrolimus / methotrexate (CD24Fc/Tac/MTX) versus placebo/tacrolimus / methotrexate (placebo/Tac/MTX) in the setting of myeloablative conditioning (MAC), matched
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, AAMDSIF made the decision to move our conferences online in order to protect the health of our patients, families, caregivers and faculty.
We would like to acknowledge the support of our many generous patients, families and caregivers as well as our corporate partners including Celgene, Alexion, Novartis, Genentech, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Apellis and Acceleron.
We've gone VIRTUAL!
With the health and well-being of our patients, family members, friends and faculty as our top priority, AAMDSIF is holding our National March for Marrow as a VIRTUAL WALK!
Background:
AAMDSIF in partnership with the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville hosted our final
