As part of its growing European advocacy activities, ECLLA will host a special breakfast panel discussion alongside EHA 2026 in Stockholm titled: “Time-Limited Treatment in CLL: The Holistic Impact of Treatment-Free Periods for the Patient, the Care Partner and the Wider CLL Community”
📍 Clarion Hotel Stockholm, Meeting Room C10
📅 11 June 2026, 8.30AM – 12.00PM CET
🌐 Hybrid format available
The initiative reflects increasing interest in the broader patient experience associated with fixed-duration therapies and treatment-free periods in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). While clinical outcomes continue to improve, important emotional, psychological, and practical aspects of life during time off treatment remain insufficiently explored. The panel will bring together European experts from hematology, psychology, nursing, patient advocacy, and health policy to discuss patient priorities, shared decision-making, monitoring, quality of life, and psychosocial wellbeing during treatment-free periods.
Agenda
- 08:30 – 09:15 Breakfast
- 09:15 – 10:45 Panel Discussion
- 10:45 – 12:00 Networking Lunch
Panel Participants
- Dr Talha Munir – Consultant Hematologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Dr Kostas Stamatopoulos – Institute of Applied Biosciences, CERTH
- Prof Amanda Kracen – Professor of Psychology, National College of Ireland, Dublin
- Eugene Beirne – Clinical Nurse Specialist, Psychological Medicine Service, St James’s Hospital Dublin
- Monica Racovita – Access and Policy Manager, Myeloma Patients Europe
- Felice Bombaci – Patient Advocate & CLL Care Partner
- Denis Costello – Facilitator & Panel Moderator, Director, CML Advocates Network
- Jan Rynne – CLL Patient, European CLL Association (ECLLA)
The Stockholm discussion forms part of a broader ECLLA initiative that will also include development of a European Insight Paper and a CTA educational video series to support patient organisations, care partners, HCP’s, and the wider CLL community across Europe.
All participants are required to register and indicate whether they will attend in person or virtually.
ECLLA looks forward to welcoming attendees both in person and online.
This initiative is supported by 