Conference Day 1, May 22
8:00 am Check-In & Coffee
8:45 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Tricky Terrain: Tackling Solid Tumors with Cell Engagers to Address Unmet Need & Mitigate Toxicity
9:00 am Bench to Bedside: Tebentafusp, the Story of the First Approved TCR Therapeutic
Synopsis
- A historical overview exploring the context of building a novel pipeline and platform
- Developing and characterizing transformative medicines to address unmet needs in cancer
9:30 am Understanding Cell Recruitment to Solid Tumors to Localize Targeting & Enhance Immune Response
Synopsis
- Localizing immune cell recruitment to minimize systemic toxicity
- Amplify anti-tumor activity and triggering of cytotoxic factors while combating immune evasion
- Explore induction of immunological memory towards tumor-specific antigens
10:00 am Novel Dual Targeting T Cell Engager With Selective Tumor Activity in Solid Tumors
Synopsis
- Engineering strategy to increase the therapeutic index of T cell engager molecules
- Improving tumor selectivity to avoid on-target off-tumor toxicity
10:30 am Speed Networking
Synopsis
The ideal opportunity to get face-to-face with many of the brightest minds working in the cell engager field and introduce yourself to the attendees that you would like to have more in-depth conversations with your peers.
Balancing on Toxicity Tightropes for Cell Engager Therapies
11:30 am A First-in-Class Anti-CD19, Anti-CD3, Anti-CD2 Trispecific Antibody (PIT565) for the Treatment of B Cell Malignancies
Synopsis
- PIT565 is a first-in-class, CD19xCD3xCD2, IgG-like, trispecific antibody that targets CD19+ cells and at the same time engages CD3 and CD2 (a costimulatory receptor) on T cells, which leads to redirected T-cell cytotoxicity toward CD19-positive malignant B cell
- Preclinical data demonstrate more robust anti-tumor response and overall T cell effector functions compared with the bispecific control
- PIT565 is currently in a Phase I, open-label study to characterize the safety and tolerability of PIT565 in patients with R/R B-NHL and R/R B-ALL to determine recommended dose(s), schedule(s), and route(s) of administration for future studies, as well as to estimate the preliminary antitumor activity of PIT565
12:00 pm Roundtable Discussion: Resistance Risks? Comparing Cell Engagers to Alternate Cancer Treatments Such as ADCs & Cell Therapies to Evaluate Potential Risks
Synopsis
- Question the learnings from alternate therapeutic strategies such as how CAR T developers manage CRS
- Balance how cell engagers can fit into the standard of care or following patient treatment with these therapies
- Discuss future directions and the looming risk of resistance. Can we prevent it ever developing?
1:00 pm Lunch & Networking
Engineering Improved Delivery, Stability, Affinity & Avidity for Enhanced Efficacy
2:00 pm Engineering & Assembling Novel Formats to Fine-Tune Affinity & Avidity
Synopsis
- Revolutionizing protein structure of BITEs to boost selectivity, ensuring binding to tumor cells while sidestepping any unwanted interactions with healthy tissue
- Achieving a balance between affinity and risk of CRS
- Building robust translational and bioanalytical strategies to safely and effectively treat more cancers
2:30 pm Mitigate Toxicity by Engineering & Assembling Novel Formats to Mitigate Toxicity
Synopsis
- Optimizing protein structure of BITEs to achieve increased selectivity of binding to tumor cells to minimize interactions with healthy tissue
- Navigating reducing affinity to reduce risk of CRS and toxicity, compared to decreased potency and risk reducing efficacy
- Explore the promise of tri- and multi-specific cell engagers for dual targeting
3:00 pm Afternoon Break & Scientific Poster Session
Synopsis
This is an informal session to help you connect with your peers in a relaxed atmosphere and forge new and beneficial relationships. With an audience of cell engager enthusiasts eager to hear the latest cutting-edge advancements, you will have the opportunity to display a poster presenting your own work. Additionally, you will have the chance to review others’ posters displaying novel approaches to biomarker development, novel target discovery, and trial updates.
4:00 pm Achieving Strong Avidity & Durability
Synopsis
- Utilizing the natural features of immunoglobulins to achieve strong binding
- Looking into the overall developability strengths and weaknesses of IGM based modalities