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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

CAR-T Cell Therapies: An Overview of Clinical Studies Supporting Their Approved Use against Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Large B-Cell Lymphomas.

Aamir Ahmad, Shahab Uddin, Martin Steinhoff

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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39 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Aamir AhmadSchool of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1784-5723
Shahab UddinTranslational Research Institute, Academic Health System, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha 3050, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-1886-6710
Martin SteinhoffTranslational Research Institute, Academic Health System, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha 3050, Qatar.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy is an exciting development in the field of cancer immunology, wherein immune T-cells from patients are collected, engineered to create 'CAR'-T cells, and infused back into the same patient. Currently, two CAR-T-cell-based therapies, Tisagenlecleucel and Axicabtagene ciloleucel, are approved by FDA for the treatment of hematological malignancies, acute lymphoblastic leukemia and large B-cell lymphomas. Their approval has been a culmination of several phase I and II clinical studies, which are the subject of discussion in this review article. Over the years, CAR-T cells have evolved to be significantly more persistent in patients' blood, resulting in a much-improved clinical response and disease remission. This is particularly significant given that the target patient populations of these therapies are those with relapsed and refractory disease who have often progressed on multiple therapies. Despite the promising clinical results, there are still several challenges that need to be addressed. Of particular note are the associated toxicities exemplified by cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and the neurotoxicity. CRS has been addressed by an FDA-approved therapy of its own-tocilizumab. This article focuses on the progress related to CAR-T therapy: the pertinent clinical studies and their major findings, their associated adverse effects, and future perspective.

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Drug ApprovalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntigens, CD19Biological ProductsClinical Trials as TopicCytokinesHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveLymphoma, B-CellPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaReceptors, Antigen, T-CellRemission InductionAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntigens, CD19axicabtagene ciloleucelBiological ProductsCytokinesReceptors, Antigen, T-Celltisagenlecleuceltocilizumabaxicabtagene ciloleucelCAR-T cell therapycytokine release syndrometisagenlecleuceltocilizumab

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PMID32486160
PMCPMC7312930

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