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ReviewHematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program2018

Are CAR T cells better than antibody or HCT therapy in B-ALL?

Michael A Pulsipher

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Review in Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. CAR-T Cell Therapy for Autoimmune Kidney Diseases: Where Do We Stand Now?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  10. Antibody-based therapies in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael A PulsipherUniversity of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA.
University of Southern California · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multicenter trials in children and young adults using second-generation CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have shown dramatic levels of remission in patients with multiply relapsed/refractory disease (80% to ≥90%). Early results in adult trials have also shown significant responses, and strategies aimed at mitigating toxicities associated with the therapy have improved tolerability. Therefore, if available, CAR T-cell therapy deserves consideration for salvage of children and adults with B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) who are multiply relapsed, refractory, or relapsed after a previous allogeneic transplantation. For patients with a first relapse or who have persistent minimal residual disease (MRD) after initial or relapse therapy, treatment with blinatumomab or inotuzumab is reasonable to help patients achieve MRD

Indexed as

Receptors, Chimeric AntigenAdultAllograftsAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasm, ResidualPrecursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

Identifiers

PMID30504287
PMCPMC6246000
OpenAlexW2902018934

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Registered trials

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