The following abstracts represent the poster presentations (A36-A73) given at IWWM-12 (Prague-2024)

Session Chairs: Andrew Branagan and Josephine Vos

A36: Medical resource utilization in patients with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM) treated with zanubrutinib: First real-world results of the ARIADNE study from interim analysis 1 (IA 1} Jens Kisro

A37: Characterization of a novel dual HCK/BTK PROTAC (DFCl-002-06) that demonstrates potent in vitro activity and shows robust degradation of HCK and BTK in xenografted MYD88-mutated tumors in murine models Amanda Kofides

A38: In vitro Evaluation of a Novel Dual IRAK1/4 Degrader JH-Xlll-05-1 in the Treatment of B Cell Lymphomas Amanda Kofides

A39: Long Term Survival Outcomes of Allogeneic Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Charalampia Kyriakou

A40: Unbiased plasma proteomics in Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Pieter Langerhorst

A41: A Novel Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Cell Line BCWM.2 Carrying a Rare MYD88 Mutation (p.Ser243Asn) with Unique Mutations and Suitability for In Vivo Xenograft Murine Model Shirong Liu

A42: Retrospective analysis of secondary AL amyloidosis in patients diagnosed with Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia: a single-center experience Gianluca Maiorana

A43: Depth of response from fixed-duration treatment is associated with superior survival in Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Jonas Paludo

A44: Correlation Between Familial Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Clusters With Clinical Features, Complications, and Outcomes in 1000 Patients: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study Andres Ramirez-Gamero

A45: Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia and Blimp1 involvement in Double Strand Breaks and cell cycle Stamatia-Maria Rapti

A46: Population-based screening for lgM MGUS in Iceland: The iStopMM experience Saemundur Rognvaldsson

A47: Observational Retrospective Study Of The Treatment Of Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia With Ibrutinib In Routine Clinical Practice In Spain E. Rubio Azpeitia

A48: Dysregulation of microRNA in Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia Tereza Ruzickova

A49: Obinotuzumab Plus Bendamustine In Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia: The Experience Of One Center Viera Sandecka

A50: Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia: Clinical presentation & treatment outcome from a tertiary care centre from India Sanjeev Sanjeev

A51: Associations of Chromosomal Aberrations with Clinical Aggressiveness and Shorter Time to Next Treatment in Symptomatic Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Naohiro Sekiguchi

A52: TRES Comorbidity Score Predicts Survival Outcomes in an International Cohort of Patients with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Geoffrey Shouse

A53: Molecular abnormalities in Waldenstrom's macroglobulincmia patients treated with rituximab, bortezomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone: Whole exome sequencing analysis in KMM1803 study Gia-Young Song

A54: Second primary malignancies and disease transformation in symptomatic patients with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia: Outcomes of a population-based analysis Vasiliki Spiliopoulou

A55: Prospective evaluation of minimal residual disease in patients with previously untreated Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia (WM) undergoing treatment with Bendamustine, Rituximab and Acalabrutinib - a BRAWM study analysis Adam Suleman

A56: Harnessing Wearable Devices and Patient-Captured Outcomes for Subjective Health Monitoring in Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia: A Longitudinal Remote Approach is Feasible Kim Summers

A57: Single-Cell Marrow Analysis Reveals Abnormal Activation of T Cells and Monocytes, Identifies CD35 as a New Biomarker in Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Hao Sun

A58: Assessment of Tumor Purity in CD19+ Sorted Cells from Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Patients and a Comparison of Data Integration Methods Using Neoplastic and Healthy Cell Annotation Ourania Theologi

A59: The Spectrum of lgM-Associated Peripheral Neuropathies - A Cohort Study from the Neurohaematology Clinic at Queen Square and UCLH  Oliver Tomkins

A60: A Case Series of Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinaemia and Multiple Myeloma Oliver Tomkins

A61: Bing-Neel Syndrome - A Case Series of 46 Patients from the United Kingdom Oliver Tomkins

A62: Development and Evaluation of a Multiplex Digital PCR Assay for Detecting CXCR4 S338X Mutations in Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Nickolas Tsakmaklis

A63: Improving the Quality of Active Monitoring in Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia: Results of a UK-Wide Patient-Centered Experience Survey and Proposed Standard of Care for Active Monitoring From a UK-Wide Patient-Expert Collaboration David Tucker

A64: Mapping Immune Regulators in the Tumor Microenvironment of Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Zuzana Valuskova

A65: The role of complement activation in IgM M-protein associated neuropathies J.P.M. van de Mortel

A66: Biochemical characterization of monoclonal lmmunoglobulin-M in Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia  Wouter Verhaar

A67: Zanubrutinib in Light Chain Amyloidosis associated with Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia and indolent B-cell lymphoma: tolerability and efficacy Wouter Verhaar

A68: Unraveling genetic heterogeneity of malignant and healthy cells in Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia through integration of single-cell omics and whole-genome sequencing Christos Vlachos

A69: Zanubrutinib plus lxazomib & Dexamethasone in newly diagnosed symptomatic Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia:a phase II study Wenjie Xiong

A70: Phase II clinical study of Zanubrutinib combined with bendamustine and rituximab (ZBR) for time-limited treatment of Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia Wenjie Xiong

A71: Determination of MYD88 and CXCR4 mutation for clinical detection and their significance in Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia Ying Yu

A72: Lenalidomide and obinutuzumab in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia Jingjing Yuan

A73: Scaffold Roles of IRAK1 and IRAK4 in Driving ERK1/2 Pro-Survival Signaling: A Rationale for Developing IRAK1/4 Degraders for the Treatment of Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia and MYD88-Mutated Lymphomas Xia Liu

Prague 2024 (IWWM-12)

Prague 2024 Conference Chairs

  • Christian Buske MD, PhD (Ulm University)
  • Jeffrey Matous, MD (Colorado Blood Cancer Institute)
  • Steven Treon, MD, PhD (Dana-Farber)
  • Chris Patterson - Secretariat (Dana-Farber)

The Prague 2024 Scientific Committee members:

Ranjana Advani, MD (USA)
Xinxin Cao, MD (China)
Jorge Castillo, MD (USA)
Ramon Garcia Sanz, MD PhD (Spain)
Moshe Gatt, MD HMO (Israel)
Prashant Kapoor, MD (USA)
Efstathios Kastritis, MD (Greece)
M.J. Kersten, MD PhD AMC (NL)
Merav Leiba, MD (Israel)
Lugui Qiu, MD (China)
Naohiro Sekiguchi, MD, PhD (Japan)
Constantine Tam, MD, FRACP, FRCPA (Aus)
Alessandra Tedeschi, MD (Italy)
Judith Trotman, MD, FRACP, FRCPA (Aus)
Marzia Varettoni, MD (Italy)

New York 2018 (IWWM-10)

New York 2018 Conference Chairs

  • Jorge Castillo, MD (Dana-Farber)
  • Richard Furman, MD (Cornell University)
  • M. Lia Palomba, MD (Memorial Sloan Kettering)
  • Steven Treon, MD, PhD (Dana-Farber)
  • Chris Patterson - Secretariat (Dana-Farber)

The New York 2018 Scientific Committee members:

Ranjana Advani, MD (USA)
Jorge Castillo MD (USA)
Meletios Dimopoulos MD (Greece)
Ramón García-Sanz MD, PhD (Spain)
Zachary Hunter, PhD (USA)
Efstathios Kastritis, MD, PhD (Greece)
Marie Jóse Kersten MD, PhD (Netherlands)
Douglas E Joshua AM (Australia)
Véronique Leblond MD (France)
Giampaolo Merlini MD (Italy)
Roger Owen MD, MRCP, FRCPath (UK)
S.T. Pals, MD, PhD (Netherlands)
Marvin Stone, MD (USA)
Marzia Varretoni, MD (Italy)

New York 2018 (IWWM-10) was held at the New York Marriott Downtown in New York City.

New York Marriott Downtown

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Madrid 2022 (IWWM-11)

Madrid 2022 Conference Chairs

  • Ramon Garcia Sanz MD, PhD (Madrid)
  • Jesus San Miguel, MD, PhD (Madrid)
  • Steven Treon, MD, PhD (USA)
  • Chris Patterson - Secretariat (USA)

The Madrid 2022 Scientific Committee members:

Ranjana Advani, MD (USA)
Jorge Castillo, MD (USA)
Christian Buske MD, PhD (Germany)
Shirley D’Sa, MD, FRCPath (UK)
Meletios Dimopoulos, MD (Greece)
Zachary Hunter, PhD (USA)
Efstathios Kastritis, MD, PhD (Greece)
Marie Jóse Kersten, MD, PhD (Netherlands)
Véronique Leblond, MD (France)
Roger Owen MD, MRCP, FRCPath (UK)
Bruno Paiva, PhD (Spain)
M. Lia Palomba, MD (USA)
Constantine Tam, MD, FRACP, FRCPA (Australia)
Alessandra Tedeschi, MD (Italy)
Judith Trotman, MD, FRACP, FRCPA (Australia)
Marzia Varettoni, MD (Italy)

The Madrid 2022 Young Investigator Award Winners:

Patrizia Mondello, MD, PhD, MSc
Karan Lal Chohan, MD
Melanie Khamyath
Alexandros Gkiokas, MD, MSc
David F. Moreno, MD
Vaishali Bhardwaj, PhD
Joshua Gustine, MPH
Jahanzaib Khwaja
Martina Ferrante
Quentin Lemasson

Amsterdam 2016 (IWWM-9)

Amsterdam 2016 Organizers

  • MJ Kersten MD, Ph.D (U. Amsterdam)
  • Monique Minnema MD, Ph.D (UMC Utrecht)
  • Steven Pals MD, Ph.D (U. Amsterdam)
  • Steven Treon MD, Ph.D (Dana-Farber)
  • Chris Patterson - Secretariat (Dana-Farber)

The Amsterdam 2016 Scientific Committee members:

Stephen Ansell MD, PhD (USA)
Christian Buske MD, PhD (Germany)
Jorge Castillo MD (USA)
Meletios Dimopoulos MD (Greece)
Ramón García-Sanz MD, PhD (Spain)
Marie Jóse Kersten MD, PhD (Netherlands)
Douglas E Joshua AM (Australia)
Véronique Leblond MD (France)
Xavier Leleu MD, PhD (France)
Mary McMaster MD, PhD (USA)
Giampaolo Merlini MD (Italy)
Monique Minnema MD, PhD (Netherlands)
Enrica Morra MD (Italy)
Roger Owen MD, MRCP, FRCPath (UK)
S.T. Pals, MD, PhD (Netherlands)
Linda Pilarski PhD (Canada)
Steven Treon MD PhD (USA)

Click here to download the preliminary program agenda for the 9th International Workshop on WM (IWWM-9).

Registration is closed for this event.

Amsterdam 2016 (IWWM-9) was held at the Renaissance Hotel in Amsterdam.

Renaissance Hotel Amsterdam

Please enjoy this interactive sightseeing map of Amsterdam:

Interactive Map of Amsterdam

Please select the gallery to be viewed. Special thanks to Roger Brown (WMUK) and Bob Manning (Bing Ctr) for contributing to the photos.

IWWM-9 Opening Ceremonies

IWWM-9 Presenters

IWWM-9 Speakers Reception

IWWM-9 Poster Session

IWWM-9 Conference Scenes

IWWM-9 Closing Ceremonies

IWWM-9 Slideshow

The following slide presentations given at the Doctor-Patient Forum can be viewed by clicking the desired presentation:

About the IWMF Carl Harrington

WM Diagnostics, Symptoms, & Treatment Criteria Ramon Garcia-Sanz

Predispositions: Familial & Secondary Cancers Robert Kyle

Biomarkers & Genomic Targets: MYD88 & CXCR4 Zachary Hunter

Disease Morbidities I: PN, Bing-Neel, Renal Monique Minnema

Upfront Treatment Approaches Jorge Castillo

Relapsed Refractory Approaches MJ Kersten

Disease Morbidities II: Amyloid, IgM Related Disorders, Hyperviscosity and Cryos Josephine Vos

Self-Management: Fitness, Supplements, Diet & Fatigue Toni Dubeau