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ReviewBlood reviews2019

CAR-T - and a side order of IgG, to go? - Immunoglobulin replacement in patients receiving CAR-T cell therapy.

Joshua A Hill, Sergio Giralt, Troy R Torgerson, Hillard M Lazarus

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Review in Blood reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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94citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
8.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

94 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 156 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Joshua A HillVaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: jahill3@fredhutch.org.
Sergio GiraltAdult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Troy R TorgersonDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
Hillard M LazarusDepartment of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
University of Washington · USCase Western Reserve University · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Human Herpesvirus 6 in Lower Respiratory Tract Disease and Chromosomal Integration after Hematopoietic Cell TransplantationK23AI119133 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI HILL, JOSHUA AIDEN · 2015 to 2019
$922k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI119133
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development and regulatory approval of chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapies targeting the B-lineage surface antigen CD19 represents a major milestone in cancer immunotherapy. This treatment also results in depletion of normal CD19+ B cells and is associated with hypogammaglobulinemia. These on-target, off-tumor toxicities may result in an increased risk for infection, particularly for encapsulated bacteria. Data regarding the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of prophylactic IgG replacement in CD19-targeted CAR-T cell therapy recipients is lacking, and current expert recommendations are extrapolated from the data for individuals with primary immune deficiencies. This article reviews CAR-T cell therapies targeting B-lineage lymphocytes, associated side effects, and considerations for the approach to management of hypogamaglobulinemia in this patient population. Studies are needed to establish evidence-based approaches to prophylactic immunoglobulin administration in this context, and strategies may differ by patient and CAR-T cell product characteristics.

Indexed as

AgammaglobulinemiaAntigens, CD19B-LymphocytesDisease ManagementHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsAntigens, CD19Immunoglobulin GCARCD19IgGImmunoglobulinInfectionIVIGProphylaxis

Identifiers

PMID31416717
PMCPMC6810871
OpenAlexW2964780371

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