5 Gerardo Musuraca | Meldola (FC) 6 Dorian Forte | Bologna 7 Sarah Tettamanti | Monza 8 Mariarita Sciumè | Milano 9 Chiara Cerrato | Torino 10 Claudia Brunetti | Bari • IL-17/IL-10 DOUBLE-PRODUCING T CELLS: NEW LINK BETWEEN INFECTIONS, IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AND ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA • LEUKEMIC MICROENVIRONMENT AND INFLAMMATION. THE TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASES-1 (TIMP-1) IMPACTS THE IN VITRO BEHAVIOUR OF LEUKEMIC CELLS THROUGH CD63/PI3K/AKT/P21 AXIS • CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS FOR SPECIFIC TARGETING OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA • EARLY DETECTION OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS: THE ROLE OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TESTING, AND BIOMARKERS ASSESSMENT • MAINTENANCE THERAPY IMPROVES SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS ACHIEVING A COMPLETE RESPONSE: POOLED ANALYSIS OF 4 ITALIAN PHASE III TRIALS IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS • GENOME-WIDE CHARACTERIZATION OF CTCF BINDING SITES AND RELATED GENE PATHWAYS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES AULA ROMA | VENERDÌ 13 NOVEMBRE ORE 9.00 11 Chiara Cavallini | Verona 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 • EXPRESSION AND FUNCTION OF THE TL1A/DR3 AXIS IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA Francesca Lazzaroni | Milano • LEUKEMIA ON A CHIP: HIGH CONTENT PROFILING AT SINGLE-CELL RESOLUTION Elena Maria Elli | Monza • NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS IN ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA: IMPACT OF JAK2V617F MUTATION AND RESPONSE TO THERAPY Marzia Cavalli | Roma • PROGNOSTIC ROLE OF BCL2 MOLECULAR MONITORING IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY STAGE FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA Chiara Milanesi | Pavia • DIFFERENTIAL CLINICAL EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT MUTATION SUBTYPES IN CALR-MUTANT MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS Roberto Crocchiolo | Rozzano (MI) • TANDEM AUTOLOGOUS-ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION AS A FEASIBLE AND EFFECTIVE PROCEDURE IN HIGH-RISK LYMPHOMA PATIENTS Simona Caruso | Napoli • NANOG: A POSSIBLE ROLE IN THE TKI RESISTANCE IN CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA Paola Minetto | Genova • FLUDARABINE-CONTAINING INDUCTION INCREASES MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE CLEARENCE AND IMPROVES SURVIVAL IN AML PATIENTS WITH CONCOMITANT NPM1 AND FLT3-ITD MUTATIONS Roberto Mina | Torino • IMPACT OF COMPLETE RESPONSE ON PROGRESSION-FREE SURVIVAL AND OVERALL SURVIVAL IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS TREATED WITH EITHER AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION OR CONVENTIONAL CHEMOTHERAPY: RESULTS OF A POOLED ANALYSIS OF 5 PHASE III TRIALS Nunziatina Laura Parrinello | Catania • DEFECTIVE NEUTROPHILS CONTRIBUTE TO IMMUNOLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA POSTER | ORE 18,30 • IRON RESTRICTION FAVORS ANEMIA AND DISEASE PROGRESSION IN MOUSE MODELS OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA • AZACYTIDINE THERAPY IN ELDERLY PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED AML 2 Elisa Coviello | Genova PATIENTS: COMPARISON WITH CONVENTIONAL CHEMOTHERAPY IN A MATCHED-PAIRED ANALYSIS 3 Luciana De Luca | Rionero In Vulture (PZ) • PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION AND PROGNOSTIC ROLE OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA • PROTEOMIC APPROACH TO IDENTIFY NEW MOLECULAR MARKERS 4 Serena De Matteis | Meldola (FC) IN CONTROLLING THE PATHOGENESIS OF CLASSICAL HODGKIN LYMPHOMA • CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR 2 AND 5 Augusta Di Savino | Torino ERYTHROPOIETIN RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN BONE MARROW CELLS IN MYELODYSPLASTYC SYNDROMES • DEFINITION OF THE GENOMIC COMPLEXITY OF ADULT PH+ ACUTE 6 Anna Lucia Fedullo | Roma LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (ALL). POTENTIAL PROGNOSTIC IMPLICATION • THE INTERLEUKIN (IL)-31/IL-31R AXIS CONTRIBUTES TO TUMOR 7 Elisa Ferretti | Genova GROWTH IN HUMAN FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA • PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETERS (PICCS) CAN BE 8 Alessandra Malato | Palermo SUCCESSFULLY UTILIZED IN HEMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS RECEIVING INTENSIVE CHEMOTHERAPY OR ALLOGENEIC/AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION 9 Vittorio Simeon | Rionero In Vulture (PZ) • A PYRAZOLO[3,4-D] PYRIMIDINE COMPOUND REDUCES FYN PHOSPHORYLATION AND INDUCES APOPTOSIS IN LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE LEUKEMIA CELLS • TARGETING THE P53–MDM2 INTERACTION BY THE SMALL-MOLECULE 10 Stefania Trino | Rionero In Vulture (Pz) MDM2 ANTAGONIST NUTLIN-3A IN ADULT PHILADELPHIA POSITIVE ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA PATIENTS 1 Jessica Bordini | Milano under 40 è un’iniziativa riservata ai giovani di età non superiore ai 40 anni che promuove, valorizza e premia lavori scientifici e progetti di ricerca nel settore dell’Ematologia. I candidati ammessi verranno invitati a presentare il lavoro durante il final contest. STEERING COMMITTEE: SERGIO AMADORI, ROMA | MARIO BOCCADORO, TORINO | PAOLO CORRADINI, MILANO | ROBIN FOÀ,, ROMA | PELLEGRINO MUSTO, RIONERO IN VULTURE (PZ) | FABRIZIO PANE, NAPOLI under 40 in hematology GIOVANI EMATOLOGI A CONFRONTO | 2015 FACULTY: EMANUELE ANGELUCCI, CAGLIARI | ALBERTO BOSI, FIRENZE | ROBERTO CAIROLI, MILANO | CLARA CAMASCHELLA, MILANO FRANCESCO DI RAIMONDO, CATANIA | BRUNANGELO FALINI, PERUGIA | RENATO FANIN, UDINE | FELICETTO FERRARA, NAPOLI GIANLUCA GAIDANO, NOVARA | MARCO GOBBI, GENOVA | FORTUNATO MORABITO, COSENZA | STEFANO A. PILERI, BOLOGNA | GIOVANNI PIZZOLO, VERONA | GIORGINA SPECCHIA, BARI | PIER LUIGI ZINZANI, BOLOGNA TALENT SCOUT TEAM: NICCOLÒ BOLLI, PERUGIA | ANTONELLA NAI, MILANO | CHIARA PALMI, MONZA | DAVIDE ROSSI, NOVARA | MARIA ROSARIA SAPIENZA, BOLOGNA | ENRICO TIACCI, PERUGIA PATROCINI: SIE - Società Italiana di Ematologia SIES - Società Italiana di Ematologia Sperimentale GOLDEN SPONSOR: SILVER SPONSOR: FINAL CONTEST: VILLAFRANCA DI VERONA (VR), 12-13 NOVEMBRE 2015 W W W. U N D E R 4 0 . I T Mattioli 1885 | strada della lodesana 649/sx, 43036 fidenza (pr) | tel 0524 530383 | www.mattioli1885.com FINAL CONTEST | VILLAFRANCA DI VERONA (VR), 12-13 NOVEMBRE 2015 | HOTEL EXPO VERONA 1 Mariano Di Trapani | Verona GIOVEDÌ 12 NOVEMBRE SESSIONE PLENARIA AULA ROMA SESSIONI PARALLELE Ore 13.30 Ore 14.00 Ore 14.15 Ore 14.30 Ore 15.30 Ore 16.45 Ore 18.30 Ore 19.15 Ore 20.45 Welcome Buffet Registrazione partecipanti Apertura dei lavori SIMPOSIO TERAPIE "CHEMIO-FREE" PER PATOLOGIE ONCO-EMATOLOGICHE. IL FUTURO È GIÀ PRESENTE? Moderatori: Michele Cavo, Paolo Corradini Il Mieloma Multiplo - Silvia Gentili (AN) Le Sindromi Mielodisplastiche - Mariangela Greco (NO) I Linfomi - Alice Di Rocco (RM) Presentazione e discussione dei contributi scientifici AULE: PARIGI | LONDRA | ROMA Coffee Break SESSIONE POSTER Chiusura dei lavori del primo giorno Dinner Ore 9.00 Ore 11.00 Ore 11.15 SESSIONE PLENARIA AULA ROMA Ore 12.00 Ore 12.30 SESSIONE PLENARIA AULA ROMA 2 Alessia Bari | Modena 3 Vittorio Emanuele Muccio | Torino 4 Daniela Guardo | Genova 5 Lara Crucitti | Milano 6 Erica Dander | Monza 7 Stefania Oliva | Torino 8 Alessandra Malato | Palermo VENERDÌ 13 NOVEMBRE SESSIONI PARALLELE AULA PARIGI | GIOVEDÌ 12 NOVEMBRE ORE 15.30 Ore Ore Ore Ore 13.00 14.15 15.30 16.00 Presentazione e discussione dei contributi scientifici AULE: PARIGI | LONDRA | ROMA Coffee Break Presentazione e discussione dei contributi scientifici AULE: PARIGI | LONDRA | ROMA SIMPOSIO Moderatori: Mario Boccadoro, Fabrizio Pane GLI ANTICORPI MONOCLONALI NEL MIELOMA MULTIPLO: L’INIZIO DI UNA NUOVA ERA Francesca Gay (TO) SIMPOSIO Moderatori: Mario Boccadoro, Giovanni Pizzolo NUOVI APPROCCI NEL TRATTAMENTO DELLE PIASTRINOPENIE Monica Carpenedo (MB) FERROCHELAZIONE NELLE MALATTIE EMATOLOGICHE TRASFUSIONE DIPENDENTI: OVERALL SURVIVAL E RISPOSTA EMATOLOGICA NELLE ESPERIENZE REAL LIFE Luca Maurillo (RM) Lunch Presentazione dei lavori finalisti Cerimonia di premiazione Chiusura dei lavori 9 Sara Raponi | Roma 10 Roberta Russo | Napoli • STANDARDIZED IMMUNOLOGICAL ASSAYS REVEAL UNKNOWN IMMUNOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELL-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES • ABSOLUTE LYMPHOCYTES AND MONOCYTES COUNT, AND THE RATIO: ASSESSING THE PROGNOSIS OF LYMPHOMAS SIMPLY LOOKING AT THE COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT • MULTIPLE MYELOMA: USEFUL SURFACE ANTIGENS TO STUDY PLASMA CELLS IN THE ERA OF ANTIBODY BASED IMMUNOTHERAPY • HIGH PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF A 3-GENES MOLECULAR SCORE IN NON HIGH RISK ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA TREATED WITH AIDA 2000 PROTOCOL: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY FROM A REGIONAL REGISTER • INCIDENCE, RISK FACTORS AND CLINICAL OUTCOME OF LEUKEMIA RELAPSES WITH LOSS OF THE MISMATCHED HLA AFTER PARTIALLY INCOMPATIBLE HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION • PENTRAXIN 3: A CLINICALLY RELEVANT PLASMA BIOMARKER FOR PREDICTING GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE OUTCOME • REVISED INTERNATIONAL STAGING SYSTEM (R-ISS): A NEW PROGNOSTIC STRATIFICATION MODEL FOR MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS (REPORT FROM INTERNATIONAL MYELOMA WORKING GROUP) • INTERVENTIONAL STRATEGIES TO CONTAIN COLONIZATION AND INFECTIONS CAUSED BY CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIA IN HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES • GENETIC PROFILE OF CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PATIENTS WITH ULTRA-STABLE DISEASE • ERFE-ENCODING FAM132B IN PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL DYSERYTHROPOIETIC ANEMIA TYPE II 15 Alessia Santi | Perugia 16 Daniele Tibullo | Catania 17 Elisa Genuardi | Torino 18 Caterina De Benedittis | Bologna 19 Luigia De Falco | Napoli 20 Caterina Ilari | Roma AULA LONDRA | GIOVEDÌ 12 NOVEMBRE ORE 15.30 1 Angela Mercuri | Verona 2 Eleonora Fonte | Milano 3 Silvia Arcangeli | Monza 4 Francesco Saraceni | Ancona AULA PARIGI | VENERDÌ 13 NOVEMBRE ORE 9.00 11 Jolanda Sarno | Monza 12 Lara Aprile | Siena 13 Luigi Scaffidi | Verona 14 Fabio Guolo | Genova • MASS CYTOMETRY ANALYSIS DISSECTS CRLF2-DRIVEN SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN CHILDHOOD B-CELL PRECURSOR ALL (BCP-ALL) • PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF A PUTATIVE PRO-ATHEROTHROMBOTIC STATUS AND GENETIC PREDISPOSITION IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE AND OTHER ATHEROTHROMBOTIC EPISODES IN CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA PATIENTS TREATED WITH TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITORS • FATTORI PREDITTIVI DI RISPOSTA MOLECOLARE PROFONDA STABILE IN PAZIENTI CON LEUCEMIA MIELOIDE CRONICA TRATTATI CON IMATINIB • HIGH PREDICTIVE VALUE OF PRE TRANSPLANT MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT BY COMBINING WT1 EXPRESSION AND FLOW CYTOMETRY IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA • DISSECTING AND OVERCOMING THE MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE TO BRAF INHIBITORS IN HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA • HEME OXYGENASE-1 NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATION REGULATES BORTEZOMIB-INDUCED CYTOTOXICITY AND MEDIATES GENOMIC INSTABILITY IN MYELOMA CELLS • PROGRESSIVE TELOMERE SHORTENING IS PART OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (CLL) AND IMPACTS CLINICAL OUTCOME • CLINICAL IMPACT OF LOW BURDEN BCR-ABL1 MUTATIONS DETECTABLE BY AMPLICON DEEP SEQUENCING IN PHILADELPHIA-POSITIVE ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA PATIENTS: THE TYPE OF MUTATION MATTERS • GENOTYPE-PHENOTYPE STUDIES IN 70 IRIDA PATIENTS • IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE REARRANGEMENTS IN CHINESE AND ITALIAN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA 5 Paolo Gallipoli | Cambridge (UK) 6 Paola Vinci | Monza 7 Immacolata Andolfo | Napoli 8 Antonia Cagnetta | Genova 9 Andrea Ghelli Luserna | Bologna 10 Valentina Griggio | Torino • IMMUNOPHENOTYPIC ANALYSIS OF HEMATOPOIESIS IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM SHWACHMAN-BODIAN-DIAMOND SYNDROME • TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR STIMULATION IN SPLENIC MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA CAN MODULATE CELL SIGNALING, ACTIVATION AND PROLIFERATION • UNRAVELING THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY PROFILES OF ANTI-CD123 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS (CARS) IN AN IN VITRO MODEL OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA IMMUNOTHERAPY BY INVESTIGATING CAR BINDING AFFINITY AND DENSITY VARIABLES • THE ROLE OF AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA TODAY: A GITMO SURVEY ON 970 PATIENTS • JAK2/STAT5 INHIBITION BY NILOTINIB WITH RUXOLITINIB CONTRIBUTES TO THE ELIMINATION OF CML CD34+ CELLS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO • THE CHEMERIN/CHEMR23 AXIS PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF INTESTINAL DAMAGE IN A MURINE MODEL OF GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE • FAMILIAL PSEUDOHYPERKALEMIA PATIENTS IN BLOOD DONORS POPULATION: IMPLICATION FOR PEDIATRIC/NEONATAL TRANSFUSION • EVIDENCE FOR A ROLE OF THE HISTONE DEACETYLASE SIRT6 IN DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA CELLS • IN VITRO AND IN VIVO SINGLE-AGENT EFFICACY OF CHECKPOINT KINASE INHIBITION IN ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA • THE HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR-1ALPHA IS CONSTITUTIVELY UPREGULATED IN TP53 DISRUPTED CLL CELLS: A POTENTIAL TARGET TO OVERCOME FLUDARABINE RESISTANCE AULA LONDRA | VENERDÌ 13 NOVEMBRE ORE 9.00 11 Cesarina Giallongo | Catania 12 Serena De Matteis | Meldola (FC) 13 Anna Borra | Torino 14 Michela Bardini | Monza 15 Antonella Mancusi | Perugia 16 Candida Vitale | Torino 17 Elena Albiero | Vicenza 18 Paola Bonaccorso | Catania 19 Tiziana Ottone | Roma 20 Cristina Clissa | Pesaro • GRANULOCYTE-LIKE MYELOID DERIVED SUPPRESSOR CELLS (G-MDSC) ARE INCREASED IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND ARE DRIVEN BY DYSFUNCTIONAL MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS (MSC) • PENTOSSIFYLLINE INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA: NEW INSIGHTS INTO MOLECULAR MECHANISMS • END-OF-THERAPY DUAL-POINT PET SCAN SHOWS HIGHER ACCURACY AND PREDICTIVE VALUE COMPARED TO STANDARD PET IN PREDICTING TREATMENT OUTCOME IN HODGKIN LYMPHOMA • BET INHIBITOR AS A NOVEL THERAPEUTIC APPROACH FOR THE TREATMENT OF MLL-REARRANGED INFANT ACUTE LEUKEMIA • HAPLOIDENTICAL HEMATOPOIETIC TRANSPLANTATION FROM KIR LIGAND-MISMATCHED DONORS WITH ACTIVATING KIRS REDUCES NON-RELAPSE MORTALITY • OFATUMUMAB AND LENALIDOMIDE FOR PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED CLL: CORRELATION BETWEEN RESPONSES AND IMMUNE CHARACTERISTICS • STREPTAMER TECHNOLOGY TO ISOLATE MINIMALLY MANIPULATED CMV-SPECIFIC DONOR LYMPHOCYTES FOR ADOPTIVE TRANSFER IN PATIENTS SUFFERING OF RECURRENT CMV VIREMIA AFTER ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION • MOLECULAR AND PHOSPHOPROTEOMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF PEDIATRIC T-LINEAGE ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA PATIENTS: IDENTIFICATION OF NEW PROGNOSTIC MARKERS AND THERAPEUTIC TARGETS • ROLE OF DNMT3AR882H MUTATION AS A PROGNOSTIC FACTOR IN AML • LOW-DOSE LENALIDOMIDE AND CYTARABINE COMBO PRODUCES AN HIGH COMPLETE REMISSION RATE THAT CAN BE PREDICTED BY GENETIC PROFILING IN AML PATIENTS AGED ≥70 YEARS: FINAL RESULTS OF A PHASE II STUDY AULA ROMA | GIOVEDÌ 12 NOVEMBRE ORE 15.30 1 Giulio Bassi | Verona 2 Manuela Gambella | Torino 3 Linda Beneforti | Monza 4 Barbara Castella | Torino • NOTCH SIGNALING DRIVES BONE MARROW STROMAL CELL-MEDIATED CHEMORESISTANCE IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA • INVESTIGATION OF MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE (MRD) DURING MAINTENANCE WITH LENALIDOMIDE IN YOUNG MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM THE RV-MM-EMN-441 STUDY • UNDERSTANDING PIVOTAL MECHANISMS SUSTAINING TEL/AML1+ CELLS THROUGH AN INNOVATIVE IN VIVO MODEL OF HUMANIZED PRE-LEUKEMIC NICHE • ANERGIC BONE MARROW VGAMMA9VDELTA2 T CELLS AS EARLY AND LONG-LASTING MARKERS OF PD-1-TARGETABLE MICROENVIRONMENT-INDUCED IMMUNE SUPPRESSION IN HUMAN MYELOMA