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ReviewNature reviews. Clinical oncology2020

Engineering strategies to overcome the current roadblocks in CAR T cell therapy.

Sarwish Rafiq, Christopher S Hackett, Renier J Brentjens

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Clinical oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06879340 (A Phase 1 Multicenter, Open Label Trial Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of DuoCAR20.19.22-D95 in Adult Patients With Relapsed or Refractory B-cell Malignancies), which is not on this map. Cited by 883 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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.

NCT06879340 phase1recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

A Phase 1 Multicenter, Open Label Trial Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of DuoCAR20.19.22-D95 in Adult Patients With Relapsed or Refractory B-cell Malignancies

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterRan2025 to 2040Enrolled54ConditionsB-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaArmsDuoCAR20.19.22-D95, Fludarabine (Conditional therapy), Cyclophosphamide (Conditional therapy)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

883 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Mapping the clinical landscape of multifunctional CAR T cells: Targets, trends, and synergies.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  12. Overcoming T cell exhaustion and senescence in CAR T cell therapy for solid tumors.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  20. Cardiotoxicity of T cell immunotherapies.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2026
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823 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors.

Sarwish RafiqDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Christopher S HackettDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4692-2433
Renier J BrentjensDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. brentjer@mskcc.org.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Translating Stress Response Targeted Therapy for B-Cell LymphomasP50CA192937 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI DALLA-FAVERA, RICCARDO, ZELENETZ, ANDREW D. · 2016 to 2020
$10.9M
Personalized Immunotherapy of Patients with Ovarian CancerP01CA190174 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI SABBATINI, PAUL J, SPRIGGS, DAVID R · 2015 to 2019
$10.5M
CLINICAL SCHOLARS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMT32CA009512 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Ping Chi · 1985 to 2026
$6.3M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA190174NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P50 CA192937NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009512
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T cells genetically engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) have proven - and impressive - therapeutic activity in patients with certain subtypes of B cell leukaemia or lymphoma, with promising efficacy also demonstrated in patients with multiple myeloma. Nevertheless, various barriers restrict the efficacy and/or prevent the widespread use of CAR T cell therapies in these patients as well as in those with other cancers, particularly solid tumours. Key challenges relating to CAR T cells include severe toxicities, restricted trafficking to, infiltration into and activation within tumours, suboptimal persistence in vivo, antigen escape and heterogeneity, and manufacturing issues. The evolution of CAR designs beyond the conventional structures will be necessary to address these limitations and to expand the use of CAR T cells to a wider range of malignancies. Investigators are addressing the current obstacles with a wide range of engineering strategies in order to improve the safety, efficacy and applicability of this therapeutic modality. In this Review, we discuss the innovative designs of novel CAR T cell products that are being developed to increase and expand the clinical benefits of these treatments in patients with diverse cancers.

Indexed as

Cell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCell EngineeringHumansLymphomaNeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

Identifiers

PMID31848460
PMCPMC7223338

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