The Goal
To equip advanced ECP users with a comprehensive understanding of ECP use in HTx and LuTx rejection, emphasising the clinical importance of immunosuppression (IS) sparing across solid organ transplantation, and to critically examine the key challenges in balancing rejection control, infection risk, and graft survival.
Agenda
Day 1 - 26 ottobre 2026
09:30
Registration
10:00 – 10:15
Welcome - Therakos Healthcare Stakeholder Engagement Department
10:15 – 10:30
Introduction - Prof Luciano Potena
10:30 – 11:10
ECP proposed Mechanism of Action & Organ Specific Considerations - Prof James Hutchinson
• Mechanistic basis of IS sparing strategies
• Overview of main immunosuppressive classes & how sparing affects pathways
• Organ-specific implications
11:10 – 11:50
IS Sparing in Lung Transplantation (LuTx): Infection-Focused Strategy - Prof Federica Meloni
• Rationale for IS minimization in LuTx
• Infection risk
• Maintenance phase considerations
11:50 – 12:30
Interactive discussion - Questions from the audience
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:05
IS Sparing in Heart Transplantation (HTx): Integrating TTV & Self-DNA - Prof Andreas Zuckermann
• Tailored IS sparing
• TTV as an IS biomarker
• Integrating cfDNA (Self-DNA & Donor-DNA)
• Clinical applications
14:05 – 14:40
Managing Infection and BKV in HTx under IS reduction - Prof Markus Barten
• Burden of viral complications in heart transplantation
• BKV in non-renal SOT — incidence, detection, and management
• Balancing IS reduction vs graft protection
• Infection landscapes under sparing regimens
14:40 – 15:05
Interactive discussion
15:05 – 15:20
Coffee break
15:20 – 16:00
Cross-Organ Integration: Panel discussion - Faculty
• Complex cases involving infection, rejection, and IS reduction
• Best-practice recommendations
16:00 – 16:15
Final remarks & close - Prof Luciano Potena
BKV: BK Virus, ECP: Extracorporeal Photopheresis, DNA: Deoxyribonucleic Acid, HTx: Heart Transplantation, IS: Immunosuppression, LuTx: Lung Transplantation, SOT: Solid Organ Transplantation, TTV: Torque Teno Virus
For this course, participants are required to submit one patient case for discussion 15 days in advance of the session.
All speakers are subject to contract.
This is a commercial programme run by Therakos (UK) Ltd
This information is not intended for healthcare professionals based in Europe and the Middle East.
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Educational Course on a Multidisciplinary Deep Dive Into IS Sparing Options Across Organ
26 ottobre 2026
Hilton Munich Airport, Bavaria, Germany
Educational Course on a Multidisciplinary Deep Dive Into IS Sparing Options Across Organ
26 ottobre 2026
Hilton Munich Airport, Bavaria, Germany
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