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Join us for the Annual Conference on Sarcopenia, Cachexia, and Wasting Disorders, taking place from December 11-13, 2025. Engage with leading experts and delve into a comprehensive program that spans from revolutionary basic science to transformative clinical trials. This event is a critical platform for showcasing the latest research and advancements, offering multidisciplinary insights into these complex conditions. Register today to contribute to groundbreaking discussions and network with peers.

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Exploring Sarcopenia and Cachexia: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Welcome to the first day of our Annual Conference on Sarcopenia, Cachexia, and Wasting Disorders. Discover world-renowned experts to discuss the latest research and advancements in the field. 

CANCER CACHEXIA

9:30-10:30

Metropolitan ballroom

Session A: Abnormal metabolism in cachexia

Chairs: Tobias Janowitz, USA & Erin Talbert, USA

New insights on the role of purine metabolism in age- and cancer-induced muscle atrophy
Andrea Bonetto, USA

Metabolic crosstalk mechanisms in cancer cachexia
Pauline Morigny, Germany

cAMP/CREB1-derived mitochondrial dysfunctions in cachexia
Andrea Graziani, Italy

Causal mechanisms in the mouse model of cancer cachexia – Lewis Lung – Carcinoma
Xavier Clemente-Casares, Canada

Chairs & Speakers

Stefan Anker, Germany

Vickie Baracos, Germany

Gianluigi Savarese, Sweden
Daniel Marks, MD, PhD
Daniel Marks, USA
Maurizio Muscaritoli, Italy
Maurizio Muscaritoli, Italy
Stephan von Haehling, Germany

GENERAL SARCOPENIA

10:45-11:45

Metropolitan ballroom

Session B: New findings on muscle wasting

Chairs: Peggy Cawthon, USA & Simon Wing, Canada

Identifying Mytho as a new regulator of muscle autophagy
Sabah Hussain, Canada

EDA2R-NIK signaling promotes muscle atrophy linked to cancer cachexia
Serkan Kir, Turkey

Regulation of muscle sarcomere maintenance and bioenergetics by an unsuspected E3 ligase: a new myopathy gene
Jorge Ruas, USA

GLP-2 treatment improves muscle recovery following starvation in rats: a clinical opportunity to reverse muscle wasting?
Didier Attaix, France

BREAK

12:00-12:50

Lunch Break

Industry Session

12:00-12:45

Metropolitan ballroom

Keynote Industry Lecture

MRI-based quantification of muscle mass and myosteatosis as biomarkers for clinical trials and sarcopenia assessment
Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard, Sweden

Key Topics Addressed
– Standardization and validation of MRI-based muscle mass and myosteaotosis measurement for use in multi-site clinical trials
– Body size as a major confounder for sarcopenia assessment
– How combined assessment of muscle mass and myosteatosis improves link to outcomes & function
– MRI based muscle assessment as end-point in clinical trials, experiences from recent GLP-1 and neuromuscular dystrophy trials

Supported by AMRA Medical

Opening Session

13:00-14:00

Metropolitan ballroom

Session C: Opening Session

Chairs: Stefan Anker, Germany & Stephan von Haehling, Germany

Welcome
Stefan Anker, Germany

“Prometheus” basic science key note lecture:
Evolution of Cachexia – Adaptive to Maladaptive
Teresa Zimmers, USA

“Hippocrates” clinical science key note lecture:
Integrate the power of preventive nutrition, (p)rehabilitation and positive psychology into cancer cachexia management
Florian Strasser, Switzerland

JCSM & SCWD lecture
Stephan von Haehling, Germany
Stefan Anker, Germany

Break

14:00-14:10

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

MECHANISMS, DIAGNOSTICS

Session D

14:10-15:15

Advances on the roles of cancer-released extracellular vesicles in cachexia

Chairs: James Carson, USA & Denis Guttridge, USA

Cancer-cell-secreted extracellular vesicles dysregulate proteolysis and mitochondrial function in skeletal muscle
Shizhen (Emily) Wang, USA

The art of war: blocking the secretion of extracellular vesicles from cachexia-inducing tumors
Sai V. Chitti, Australia

The role of extracellular vesicles in adipose tissue
Wei Yan, China

Chemotherapy drugs 5-FU and cisplatin promote cachexia by stimulating extracellular vesicle release from cancer
Yi-Ping Li, USA

DUPONT BALLROOM

CANCER CACHEXIA

Session E

14:10-15:15

Understanding dysregulated metabolic homeostasis in cancer cachexia

Chairs: Elke Dworatzek, Germany & Steven Heymsfield, USA

Tumor-induced physiological changes in the host in cachexia
Eileen White, USA

Identifying metabolic alterations in cancer cachexia: quantitative fluxomics
Sheng Tony Hui, USA

Imaging metabolic adaptions in cancer cachexia using positron emission tomography (PET)
David Lewis, UK

Improving insulin sensitivity to treat cancer cachexia in humans
Justin Brown, USA

Coffee Break

15:15-16:15

WEST END & THOMAS ROOMS

POSTER SESSION

Poster Session 1

15:20-16:10

Poster session 1.1 Cachexia – mechanisms, basic
Posters 1-01 to 1-09 and 1-12
Chairs: Denis Guttridge, Sarah Lockie

Poster session 1.2 Cancer cachexia I
Posters 3-01 to 3-12
Chairs: Andrea Bonetto, Tobias Janowitz

Poster session 1.3 Diagnosis of cachexia
Posters 4-01 to 4-11
Chairs: Yi-Ping Li, Ishan Roy

Poster session 1.4 Muscle wasting & sarcopenia I
Posters 6-01 to 6-08
Chairs: Peggy Cawthon, Bill Evans

Poster session 1.5 Nutrition & appetite
Posters 7-01 to 7-07
Chairs: Adrian Slee, Paula Ravasco

Poster session 1.6 Physical activity & training
Posters 8-01 to 8-06
Chairs: Volker Adams, Julian Alcazar

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

ABSTRACT SESSION

Rapid Fire Abstracts Session 1

15:20-16:10

Chairs: Mauricio Berriel Diaz, Germany & Andrea Graziani, Italy

Optimization of a mouse model of pancreatic cancer to simulate the human phenotypes of metastasis and cachexia (1-10)
Victoria Spadafora, USA

Differential impact of chemotherapy and cachexia in a preclinical colorectal cancer model: a comparative analysis of 5-FU, paclitaxel, and cisplatin by biological sex (1-11)
Regina Cabrera , USA

Pilot study of urine titin N-fragment in dogs with naturally-occurring cardiac cachexia (1-22) 
Lisa Freeman, USA

Novel genetic variants in DRAIC and RFX3 confer risk for weight loss in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2-01) 
Joe W. Chiles, UK

Mutual de-differentiation of adipocytes and tumor cells in the macroenvironment of pancreatic cancer cachexia (2-09)
Sephora Jean, USA

ASCA101 as innovative multi-target therapeutic drug for cancer cachexia (10-07)
Minhyuk Yun, South Korea

Dual targeting of Y5 and ghrelin receptors: a new strategy for treating cancer cachexia (10-10)
Jenna Hunt, Denmark

Pharmacological inhibition of USP-19 attenuates cancer cachexia-induced muscle atrophy (10-12)
Vignesh Karthikaisamy, Germany

Bimagrumab prevents semaglutide-induced muscle mass loss in diet-induced obese mice (10-13)
Morten Lundh, Denmark

Loss of hindlimb muscle mass does not explain the loss of lean mass in semaglutide-treated mice (10-14)
Takuya Karasawa, USA

16:15-17:30

DUPONT BALLROOM

NUTRITION

Session F

Nutrition and translational cachexia research

Chairs: Steven Olde Damink, The Netherlands & Stephan von Haehling, Germany

Nutritional treatment options in cancer care
Paula Ravasco, Portugal

Microbiota and nutrition in oncology: new player?
Carolina Trabulo, Portugal

Balanced nutrition to prevent proetin-energy wasting and preseve renal function in chronic kidney diesease
Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, USA

Uncoupling chronic cardiac wasting-associated cardiomyopathy from tumor and skeletal muscle wasting in cancer cachexia
Joseph Metzger, USA

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

GENERAL SARCOPENIA

Session G

Body composition changes induced by GLP1-RA in obesity therapy

Chairs: Andrew Coats, Australia & Jennifer Linge, Sweden

The GLP1-RA evidence base for clinical benefits in obesity
Javed Butler, USA

How do GLP1-RA cause weight loss?
Henning Langer, Germany

The use of muscle selective anabolics to make GLP-1 RA weight loss drugs more effective and precise
Mitchell Steiner, USA

Body composition changes when giving GLP1-RA
Stefan Anker, Germany

Anabolic co-treatment in obesity therapy: rationale and early data
David Glass, USA

Panel discussion

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

17:45-18:30 SYMPOSIUM

Innovations in cancer cachexia

Moderators: Stefan Anker, Germany & Andrew Coats, Australia

Cancer cachexia: new pharmacological approaches 
Richard Skipworth, UK

Are patients reported outcomes meaningful endpoints in cachexia trials?
Stacie Hudgens, USA

Innovation in cancer cachexia: S-pindolol a new therapeutic approach
Andrew Coats,  Australia

Discussion 

Symposium supported by Actimed Therapeutics

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Day 2: Saturday, 7 December 2024

Comprehensive Exploration of Cancer Cachexia and Aging-Related Sarcopenia

Discover the second day of our programme, dedicated to exploring the complexities of cancer cachexia and aging-related sarcopenia. With a stellar lineup of international experts presenting their latest research and engaging in insightful panel discussions

CAREER CAFÉ

08:00-08:50

Ken Fearon Career Café

(attendance upon application and confirmation)

09:00-10:15

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

GENERAL CACHEXIA

Session H

Multimodal interventions for cachexia

Chairs: Kam Kalantar Zadeh, USA & Mitja Lainscak, Slovenia

Multimodal interventions in cancer and heart failure cachexia
Masaaki Konishi, Japan

Multi-Modal Integrated Exercise, Anti-inflammatory and Dietary counselling (MMIEAD) for kidney cachexia: Protocol for a cRCT
Joanne Reid, UK

Update on nutrition and exercise interventions in renal cachexia
Adrian Slee, UK

Multi-modal therapy in cancer cachexia: what do the ENERGY and other trials tell us 
Richard Skipworth, UK

DUPONT BALLROOM

CANCER CACHEXIA

Session I

Treatment-induced muscle deficits in cachexia

Chairs: Andrea Bonetto, USA & Paola Costelli, Italy

Mechanisms of radiation-induced muscle fibrosis
Michael De Lisio, Canada

Immune cell signature in chemotherapy-induced cachexia
Brandon VanderVeen, USA

Sex dependent effects in chemotherapy-induced cachexia
Nicholas Greene, USA

Musculoskeletal consequences of pediatric radiotherapy
Joe Chakkalakal, USA

Coffee Break

10:15-11:15

WEST END & THOMAS ROOMS

POSTER SESSION

Poster Session 2

10:20-11:10

Poster session 2.1 Cachexia – mechanisms, animal models II
Posters 1-10 to 1-11 and 1-13 to 1-22
Chairs: Denis Guttridge, Sarah Lockie

Poster session 2.2 Cancer cachexia II
Posters 3-34 to 3-42
Chairs: Joanne Reid, Florian Strasser

Poster session 2.3 Diagnosis of sarcopenia I 
Posters 5-05 to 5-12
Chairs: Richard Skipworth, Faisal Beg

Poster session 2.4 Muscle wasting & sarcopenia – mechanisms II
Posters 6-16 to 6-24
Chairs: Peggy Cawthon, Bill Evans

Poster session 2.5 Therapeutic development (clinical)
Posters 9-01 to 9-11
Chairs: Nicholas Brisson, Tobias Winkler

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

ABSTRACT SESSION

Rapid Fire Abstracts Session 2

10:20-11:10

Chairs: Elke Dworatzek, Germany & Wei Yan, China

Improved immune response and energy metabolism in the C26 tumor-bearing mice exposed to IL4 (3-03)
Giacomo Rubini, Italy

The dynamic role of cardiac-infiltrating neutrophils in pancreatic cancer-induced cardiac dysfunction (3-05)
Aaron Grossberg, USA

Impact of the emerging cancer cachexia-biomarker TIMP-1 on the liver (3-18)
Vanessa Brunner, Germany

Cancer Cachexia epidemiological landscape: lifetime prevalence and severity of cachexia in a population-based longitudinal study (3-21)
Bhumi Bhatt, Canada

Adiposity specific micrornas in cancer patients: analysis of plasma levels according to fat distribution assessed by CT-scan (3-25)
Federica Tambaro, Italy

Increased nivolumab clearance correlates with elevated GDF15 serum levels in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (3-29)
Wouter van de Worp, The Netherlands

Identifying pretreatment blood metabolic markers associated with weight loss in head and neck cancer patients (3-33)
Ronald Eldridge, USA

Practical cancer nutrition, from guidelines to clinical practice: the mypath® project (7-01)
Barry Laird, UK

Differences on the prevalence of anorexia and clinical manifestations in patients with solid and hematological tumors who attend a tertiary care hospital from 2023 to 2024 (7-03)
María del Pilar Milke García, Mexico

Intermittent hypoxic-hyperoxic training during inpatient rehabilitation improves exercise capacity and functional outcome in patients with long COVID: results of a controlled clinical pilot trial (8-06)
Wolfram Doehner, Germany

11:15-12:30

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

CANCER CACHEXIA

Session J

Cancer cachexia – hot topics

Chairs: Egidio Del Fabbro, USA & Mitja Lainscak, Slovenia

Is Cancer-Reated Fatigue (CRF) in advanced cancer equal to cachexia? 
Florian Strasser, Switzerland

Potential relevance of blood mitochondrial gene expression in sarcopenia and fatigue 
Amber Kleckner, USA

GDF-15 neutralizing antibody visugromab overcomes cancer cachexia
José Medina-Echeverz, Germany

DUPONT BALLROOM

MECHANISMS, DIAGNOSTICS

Session K

Novel approaches to the diagnosis of sarcopenia: translating research into practice

Chairs: Hidenori Arai, Japan & Bill Evans, USA

Sit-to-stand muscle power at the core of sarcopenia assessment
Julian Alcazar, Spain

D3Cr muscle mass as a clinically feasible assessment of muscle quantity
Peggy Cawthon, USA

Artificial intelligence to diagnose sarcopenia in CT and MRI images
Gustavo Duque, Canada

New biomarkers for sarcopenia
Marie-Theres Huemer, Germany

Break

12:30-13:45

Lunch Break

symposium

12:45-13:30

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

GDF-15 inhibition: evolving insights

Chairs: Jeffrey Crawford, USA & Stefan Anker, Germany

Introductory remarks 
Jeffrey Crawford, USA & Stefan Anker, Germany

Biological basis for GDF-15 inhibition 
Danna Breen, USA

Potential therapeutic approaches to inhibiting GDF-15 in cancer cachexia and heart failure 
John Groarke, USA

Q&A

Symposium supported by Pfizer

13:45-15:00

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

MECHANISMS, DIAGNOSTICS

Session L

Biomarkers in muscle wasting: The intersect between cachexia, sarcopenia and frailty

Chairs: John Batsis, USA & Francesco Landi, Italy

Biomarkers of sarcopenia and cachexia in prostate cancer patients. The ADT Study
Jose Garcia, USA

Biomarkers of cachexia in cardiovascular disease
Stephan von Haehling, Germany

Biomarkers of frailty
Luigi Ferrucci, USA

Functional biomarkers of cancer cachexia
Ishan Roy, USA

DUPONT BALLROOM

GENERAL SARCOPENIA

Session M

Muscular disorders in critically and chronically ill patients

Chairs: Joerg Schefold, Switzerland & Tobias Winkler, Germany

Experimental studies on Critical Illness Myopathy: Underlying mechanisms and intervention studies
Lars Larsson, Sweden

Critical illness myopathy and critical illness polyneuropathy: pathophysiology
Coen Ottenheijm, The Netherlands

Critical illness associated (neuro-) muscular disorders
Joerg Schefold, Switzerland

Fasting associated muscle and fat tissue loss – the data, the mechanisms
Faiza Kalam, USA

Coffee Break

15:00-16:00

WEST END & THOMAS ROOMS

POSTER SESSION

Poster Session 3

15:05-15:55

Poster session 3.1 Cachexia – mechanisms, basic
Posters 2-01 to 2-11
Chairs: Nicholas Greene, Andrew Judge

Poster session 3.2 Cancer cachexia III 
Posters 3-13 to 3-23
Chairs: Joanne Reid, Florian Strasser

Poster session 3.3 Diagnosis of sarcopenia II
Posters 5-01 to 5-04 and 5-13 to 5-15
Chairs: Faisal Beg, Richard Skipworth

Poster session 3.4 Muscle wasting & sarcopenia III
Posters 6-25 to 6-32
Chairs: Wolfram Doehner, Sabbah Hussain

Poster session 3.5 Therapeutic development (pre-clinical) I
Posters 10-01 to 10-07
Chairs: Paola Costelli, Jeffrey Crawford

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

ABSTRACT SESSION

Rapid Fire Abstracts Session 3

15:05-15:55

Chairs: Gustavo Duque, Canada & Reshma Merchant, Singapore

Associations of low lean mass by EWGSOP2, FNIH and EASO/ESPEN and MRI muscle composition with all-cause mortality across BMI classes (5-05)
Jennifer Linge, Sweden

Comparing predictive ability of sarcopenia definitions using muscle ultrasound for clinical outcomes among older inpatients (5-10)
Nicola Merz, Switzerland

Assessing the validity of serological biomarkers in estimating muscle mass: a retrospective cross-sectional NHANES analysis (5-12)
Christian Arias, USA

AMPK in skeletal muscle as a therapeutic target for sarcopenic obesity (6-07)
Haiming Kerr, USA

The role of hepatokines in MASLD associated muscle wasting (6-13)
Amy Rose Fumo, Germany

MyoMed-205 counteracts titin hyper-phosphorylation, muscle dysfunction and atrophy in an animal model of HFpEF (6-14)
Beatrice Vahle, Germany

Angiotensin type 2 receptor deficiency exacerbates physical decline and cardiac muscle wasting in aged mice (6-15)
Michael Abadir, USA

Radiation reduces fibro/adipogenic progenitor-derived follistatin-like 1 to impair myoblast differentiation (6-16)
Cooper Brabrook, Canada

Impact of Ilk1 and Fermt2 AAV-mediated knockdown on sepsis-induced muscle weakness (6-17)
Alexander Pacolet, Belgium

Effect of caffeine consumption in patients undergoing immunotherapy for melanoma and lung cancer (7-06)
Paula Ravasco, Portugal

16:00-17:15

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

NUTRITION

Session N

Metabolic and nutritional changes in advanced cancer

Chairs: Tateaki Naito, Japan & Wolfram Doehner, Germany

Body adipose tissue changes in women with advanced breast cancer
Alessio Molfino, Italy

Nutritional consideration in patients with advanced cancer
Egidio Del Fabbro, USA

Pancreatic cancer cachexia: is it nutrition-sensitive?
Maurizio Muscaritoli, Italy

Selected abstract talk:
Early signatures of cachexia in pancreatic cancer: the importance of fat tissue
Adam Kuchnia, USA

DUPONT BALLROOM

MUSCLE WASTING

Session O

Muscle wasting in critical illness and injury

Chairs: Teresa Zimmers, USA & Joerg Schefold, Switzerland

The physiological rationale for cachexia: recovery from organ injury
Tewfik Hamidi, USA

Burn-induced cachexia
Jeevendra Martyn, USA

Persistent Inflammatory/Immunosuppressive Catabolic Syndrome (PICS) after sepsis
Philip Efron, USA

Sepsis-induced muscle weakness and dysfunction
Hiroshi Saito, USA

Break

17:15-17:30

Break

17:30-18:45

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

GENERAL CACHEXIA

Session P

Artificial Intelligence for cachexia and sarcopenia

Chairs: Luigi Ferrucci, USA & Richard Skipworth, UK

Using AI to identify early cachexia; results from national database
Michael Yule, UK

Artificial intelligence for body composition and sarcopenia evaluation on computed tomography
Faisal Beg, Canada

RNAome Guided Classification of Human Skeletal Muscle Subtypes in Cancer Cachexia (AI-non-negative matrix factorization method)
Vickie Baracos, Canada

Selected abstract talk:
Automatized workflows for assessing the dynamics of muscle wasting
Wouter van de Worp, The Netherlands

DUPONT BALLROOM

GENERAL SARCOPENIA

Session Q

The association of sarcopenia on organ and system dysfunction

Chairs: Wolfram Doehner, Germany & Reshma Merchant, Singapore

Cardiometabolic effect
Andrew Coats, Australia

Osteosarcopenia
Gustavo Duque, Canada

Effect on cognition
Miguel Borda, Norway

Fat and muscle interactions in the context of obesity
John Batsis, USA

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Day 3: Sunday 8 December 2024

Exploring the Intricacies of Muscle Wasting and Microbiome in Cancer Cachexia

Day three of our programme plunges us into the intricacies of muscle wasting and the microbiome’s influence in cancer cachexia. We are pleased to present a distinguished gathering of international experts, eager to share their groundbreaking research and partake in dynamic discussions.

Award Session

8:00-8:50

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

Young Investigators Award Session

Chairs/Judges: Zaver Bhujwalla, USA, Samuel Breit, Australia, Lars Larsson, Sweden, Florian Strasser, Switzerland & Eileen White, USA

Pancreatic cancer induces population-specific, heterogeneous activation of cachexia genes and reverts differentiation in skeletal muscle myocytes (1-09)
Brittany Counts, USA

The LEAP2 response to cancer-related anorexia-cachexia syndrome (2-07)
Salil Varshney, USA

KPC pancreatic cancer disrupts the skeletal muscle circadian transcriptome in a FoxP1-dependent manner (2-08)
Jeremy Ducharme, USA

An exploration of the GLIM inflammation criteria to predict survival in patients with advanced cancer (4-02)
Chattarin Pumtako, UK

Ubiquitous and unseen: cancer cachexia at the end of life (4-09)
Michael Yule, UK

Multi-kinase inhibitor Sorafenib triggers cachexia by disrupting the activity of distinct chromatin regulators (2-04)
Bushra Khan, Germany

9:00-10:15

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

GENERAL CACHEXIA

Session S

Neural control of cachexia – covering appetite control, neuroinflammation to metabolism

Chairs: Aaron Grossberg, USA & Puneeth Iyengar, USA

Neural control of anorexia
Tobias Janowitz, USA

Appetite control and metabolic changes in cancer cachexia
Marcus Goncalves, USA

Alterations in brain metabolites in pancreatic cancer cachexia
Zaver Bhujwalla, USA

The role of the leptin pathway in amplifying the anorexic effects of GDF15
Samuel Breit, Australia

DUPONT BALLROOM

GENERAL SARCOPENIA

Session T

Advanced biologic and motion therapies for musculoskeletal diseases

Chairs: Vickie Baracos, Canada & Hidetaka Wakabayashi, Japan

HIPGEN – Lessons learned from a Phase III study on allogeneic cell therapy for muscle regeneration in
hip fracture patients
Tazio Maleitzke, Denmark

Regulatory T-cell targeting biomaterials for skeletal muscle regeneration
Brian Kwee, USA

PROTO – Digital training therapy for correction of movement after ligament surgery in knee patients
Nicholas Brisson, Canada

The Advanced Therapies in Orthopaedics Alliance (ATiO) – an endeavour to create the medicine of the future for musculoskeletal diseases
Tobias Winkler, Germany

Coffee Break

10:15-11:15

POSTER SESSION

10:20-11:10

west end & thomas rooms

Poster Session 4

Poster session 4.1 Cancer cachexia IV
Posters 3-24 to 3-33
Chairs: Andrea Bonetto, Tobias Janowitz

Poster session 4.2 Muscle wasting & sarcopenia IV
Posters 6-09 to 6-15
Chairs: Wolfram Doehner, Sabah Hussain

Poster session 4.3 Therapeutic development (pre-clinical) II
Posters 10-08 to 10-14
Chairs: Paola Costelli, Jeffrey Crawford

LATE BREAKING

11:15-12:30

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

Session U: Late Breaking Trials/Science

Chairs: Stefan Anker, Germany, Andrew Coats , Australia, Jose Garcia, USA & John Groarke, USA

Cachexia in chronic illness – results of a country-wide registry
Mitja Lainscak, Slovenia

MENAC – a randomised, open-label trial of a multimodal intervention (exercise, nutrition and anti-inflammatory medication) plus standard care versus standard care alone to attenuate cachexia in patients with incurable lung or pancreatic cancer undergoing systemic anti-cancer therapy (9-08)
Barry Laird, UK

A synbiotic improves muscle strength, mass and performance in older Australians: preliminary results from a randomized, controlled trial (9-02)
David Barry, Australia

BIO101: a drug candidate to reduce GLP1-RA-induced muscle mass or function loss in patients with obesity (9-11)
Rob Van Maanen, France

Cancer Appetite Recovery Study (CAReS): Phase 1 dose-ascending, multicenter trial of ART27.13 in patients with cancer anorexia and weight loss
Barry Laird, UK

Optimal responders to anamorelin: insights from ROMANA trials (3-28)
Richard Skipworth, UK

Efficacy and safety of ponsegromab, a first-in-class, monoclonal antibody inhibitor of growth differentiation factor 15, in patients with cancer cachexia (9-10)
Jeffrey Crawford, USA

Break

12:30-13:30

Lunch Break

Symposium

12:45-13:20

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

Diagnosing and reporting cachexia: Where are we?

Chairs: Stefan Anker, Germany, & Andrew Coats, Australia

How to diagnose cachexia in 2025
Stephan von Haehling, Germany

Cachexia coding: facts, numbers, and challenges 
Mitja Lainscak, Slovenia

How to increase awareness about body wasting and cachexia 
Wolfram Doehner, Germany

Symposium supported by Splošna bolnišnica Murska Sobota

13:30-14:45

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

GENERAL CACHEXIA

Session V

Metabolic alterations & damage of certain organs in cachexia

Chairs: Andrea Bonetto, USA & Andrew Judge, USA

What about the diaphragm in cachexia
Volker Adams, Germany

IL-6 induces early cachexia via hepatic STAT-3
Aaron Grossberg, USA

Leukemia inhibitory factor impact on hepatic lipid metabolism
Wenwei Hu, USA

Transcriptional reprogramming of the liver in cancer cachexia
Mauricio Berriel Diaz, Germany

DUPONT BALLROOM

CANCER CACHEXIA

Session W

Ghrelin in cancer cachexia: Exploring Innovative Horizons

Chairs: Samuel Breit, USA & Barry Laird, UK

Interrogating the Ghrelin-AgRP system in the KPC mouse model
Sarah Lockie, Australia

Macimorelin results from a pilot trial and future directions
Jose Garcia, USA

Anamorelin in Japan
Hidetaka Wakabayashi, Japan

Biology of PEP-64 – a long-acting stabilized ghrelin analogue
Jenna Hunt, Denmark

HIGHLIGHTS

14:45-15:45

METROPOLITAN BALLROOM

Highlights Session

Chairs: Vickie Baracos, Canada & Jeffrey Crawford, USA

Basic Science
Erin Talbert, USA

Nutrition
Florian Strasser, Switzerland

Sarcopenia
Hidenori Arai, Japan

Cancer Cachexia
Aminah Jatoi, USA

Poster Award
Young Investigator Award
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