Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32825533›Full record

ReviewCancers2020

Overhauling CAR T Cells to Improve Efficacy, Safety and Cost.

Leonardo Chicaybam, Martín H Bonamino, Adriana Luckow Invitti, Patricia Bortman Rozenchan, Igor de Luna Vieira, Bryan E Strauss

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Leonardo ChicaybamVice Presidência de Pesquisa e Coleções Biológicas, Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil.
Martín H BonaminoVice Presidência de Pesquisa e Coleções Biológicas, Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4416-5822
Adriana Luckow InvittiDepartment of Gynecology, Federal University of São Paulo-Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP-EPM); Colsan Beneficial Blood Collection Association, São Paulo 04039-032, Brazil.
Patricia Bortman RozenchanCelluris, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7890-573X
Igor de Luna VieiraCentro de Investigação Translacional em Oncologia, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-000, Brazil.
Bryan E StraussCentro de Investigação Translacional em Oncologia, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-4113-9450
Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA · BRUniversidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BR

Funding

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 15/26580-9
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene therapy is now surpassing 30 years of clinical experience and in that time a variety of approaches has been applied for the treatment of a wide range of pathologies. While the promise of gene therapy was over-stated in the 1990's, the following decades were met with polar extremes between demonstrable success and devastating setbacks. Currently, the field of gene therapy is enjoying the rewards of overcoming the hurdles that come with turning new ideas into safe and reliable treatments, including for cancer. Among these modalities, the modification of T cells with chimeric antigen receptors (CAR-T cells) has met with clear success and holds great promise for the future treatment of cancer. We detail a series of considerations for the improvement of the CAR-T cell approach, including the design of the CAR, routes of gene transfer, introduction of CARs in natural killer and other cell types, combining the CAR approach with checkpoint blockade or oncolytic viruses, improving pre-clinical models as well as means for reducing cost and, thus, making this technology more widely available. While CAR-T cells serve as a prime example of translating novel ideas into effective treatments, certainly the lessons learned will serve to accelerate the current and future development of gene therapy drugs.

Indexed as

cancerchimeric antigen receptorgene therapyimmunotherapyNK cellT cell

Identifiers

PMID32825533
PMCPMC7564591
OpenAlexW3079609792

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