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ReviewDrugs in context2019

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma: opportunities and challenges.

Shinichi Makita, Katsuaki Imaizumi, Saiko Kurosawa, Kensei Tobinai

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In one paragraph

Review in Drugs in context, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. From concept to cure: The evolution of CAR-T cell therapy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  13. Nanoparticle-Based Chimeric Antigen Receptor Therapy for Cancer Immunotherapy.Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine · 2023
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  15. Multidimensional Results and Reflections on CAR-T: The Italian Evidence.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  19. The Safety of Bridging Radiation with Anti-BCMA CAR T-Cell Therapy for Multiple Myeloma.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2021
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Shinichi MakitaDepartment of Hematology, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan.
Katsuaki ImaizumiClinical Trial Coordination Office, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan.
Saiko KurosawaDepartment of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan.
Kensei TobinaiDepartment of Hematology, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan.
National Cancer Centre Japan · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is the most frequent hematologic malignancy. Despite the refinement of chemoimmunotherapy, a substantial number of patients experience chemorefractory disease. Anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is considered the most promising and effective therapy to overcome chemorefractory B-cell NHL. Based on the promising results obtained from pivotal trials, the US Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency approved anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy for relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Nonetheless, there remain several controversial issues and problems awaiting solutions, including optimal management of toxicities, overcoming relapsed/refractory disease after CAR T-cell therapy, and improving CAR-T manufacturing platform. Definite unmet medical needs among patients with chemorefractory B-cell NHL still exist. CAR T-cell therapy might be a game changer that can defeat chemorefractory B-cell NHL, and further clinical development is warranted. In this review, we summarize the recent clinical developments, clinical implications, and perspectives of CAR T-cell therapy, focusing on B-cell NHL.

Indexed as

axicabtagene ciloleucelB-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomaCAR-TCD19chimeric antigen receptordiffuse large B-cell lymphomalisocabtagene maraleuceltisagenlecleucel

Identifiers

PMID30815024
PMCPMC6385623
OpenAlexW2913564635

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