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ReviewDrug design, development and therapy2018

CTL019 (tisagenlecleucel): CAR-T therapy for relapsed and refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Stephanie Vairy, Julia Lopes Garcia, Pierre Teira, Henrique Bittencourt

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In one paragraph

Review in Drug design, development and therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07502118 (An Open-Label, Multicenter Phase 2-3 Clinical Study of Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells), which is not on this map. Cited by 59 papers.

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59citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT07502118 phase2 / phase3recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

An Open-Label, Multicenter Phase 2-3 Clinical Study of Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells (Talikabtagene Autoleucel) in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell Malignancies (NexCAR19)

TypeinterventionalSponsorHealth Institutes of TurkeyRan2025 to 2030Enrolled40ConditionsRelapsed/Refractory B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL), Relapsed/Refractory Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL), High-grade B-cell Lymphoma (HGBCL)ArmsTalikabtagene Autoleucel
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephanie VairyDivision of Haematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, henrique.bittencourt.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.
Julia Lopes GarciaDivision of Haematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, henrique.bittencourt.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.
Pierre TeiraDivision of Haematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, henrique.bittencourt.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.
Henrique BittencourtDivision of Haematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, henrique.bittencourt.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past decades, survival of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has dramatically improved, but the subgroup of patients with relapsed/refractory ALL still continues to have dismal prognosis. As an emerging therapeutic approach, chimeric antigen receptor-modified T-cells (CAR-T) represent one of the few practice-changing therapies for this subgroup of patients. Originally conceived and built in Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania), CTL019 or tisagenlecleucel, the first CAR-T approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, showed impressive results in refractory/relapsed ALL since the publication on two pediatric patients in 2013. It is in this context that we provide a review of this product in terms of manufacturing, pharmacology, toxicity, and efficacy studies. Evaluation and management of toxicities, particularly cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity, is recognized as an essential part of the patient treatment with broader use of IL-6 receptor inhibitor. An under-assessed aspect, the quality of life of patients entering CAR-T cells treatment, will also be reviewed. By their unique nature, CAR-T cells such as tisagenlecleucel operate in a different way than typical drugs, but also provide unique hope for B-cell malignancies.

Indexed as

Immunotherapy, AdoptiveHumansPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Antigen, T-CelltisagenlecleucelB-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaCTL019tisagenlecleucel

Identifiers

PMID30518999
PMCPMC6237143
OpenAlexW2900391822

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