Go With Us! to EULAR 2025: Could CAR-T Lead to Drug-Free Remission for Autoimmune Diseases?

In this Go With Us! video from EULAR 2025, Leila—AiArthritis’ Health Education Manager—dives into one of the most exciting sessions of the conference: CAR-T cell therapy and its potential to reset the immune system in autoimmune diseases like lupus and systemic sclerosis.

You’ll learn:
What CAR-T cell therapy is and how it works
Why this cancer-originated treatment could be life-changing for autoimmune patients
The difference between personalized vs. “off-the-shelf” therapy
How long remission can last after just one treatment
Current risks, future possibilities, and what comes next

This innovative treatment could soon help more people live with less medication and fewer symptoms. Find out what researchers are saying now—and what it could mean for the future of AiArthritis diseases.

00:00 – Welcome to Go With Us! EULAR 2025
00:40 – What is CAR-T cell therapy and where did it come from?
01:43 – Which autoimmune diseases are part of current trials?
02:20 – How the treatment works: B-cell depletion, cell engineering, reinfusion
04:08 – New “off-the-shelf” CAR-T cells: faster and possibly cheaper
04:55 – Why researchers are excited: remission stories and long-term success
05:53 – Safety risks and side effects to know about
07:04 – How it helps even without a full immune system reset
08:02 – Future plans: expanding to more autoimmune diseases
09:00 – Final thoughts: hope for the future of AiArthritis care

Our hosts, Tiffany Westrich-Robertson, Leila P.L. Valete, Deb Constien, and Eileen Davidson, are on site in Barcelona, Spain, for the next few days attending this event, and here are the updates for June 11th, 2025 after Day 1 at EULAR 2025.

This is part of our Go With Us! series -- bringing patients along to global conferences so we can all learn together. Want to learn more about our Go With Us to scientific conferences series? Please go to our website to learn more and sign up to be among the first to get our newest updates and insider information: https://www.aiarthritis.org/conferences

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