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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2020

Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) clinical practice guideline on immune effector cell-related adverse events.

Marcela V Maus, Sara Alexander, Michael R Bishop, Jennifer N Brudno, Colleen Callahan, Marco L Davila, Claudia Diamonte, Jorg Dietrich, Julie C Fitzgerald, Matthew J Frigault and 16 more

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 159 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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159citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
12.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

159 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 258 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors at 13 institutions in 1 country.

Marcela V MausDepartment of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA grupp@chop.edu mvmaus@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7578-0393
Sara AlexanderCancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Michael R BishopDepartment of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3979-9273
Jennifer N BrudnoSurgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7904-8415
Colleen CallahanCancer Immunotherapy Program, Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Marco L DavilaBlood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Immunotherapy, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6270-3065
Claudia DiamonteCellular Therapeutics Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Jorg DietrichDepartment of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Julie C FitzgeraldDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Matthew J FrigaultBone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6774-5694
Terry J FryPediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT, Children's Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Jennifer L Holter-ChakrabartyDepartment of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy, The University of Oklahoma Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1425-7002
Krishna V KomanduriSylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.
Daniel W LeeDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Cancer Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Frederick L LockeDepartment of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9063-6691
Shannon L MaudeCancer Immunotherapy Program, Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Philip L McCarthyDepartment of Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9577-3879
Elena MeadDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Sattva S NeelapuDepartment of Lymphoma and Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
Tomas G NeilanDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1513-8833
Bianca D SantomassoDepartment of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Elizabeth J ShpallDepartment of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
David T TeacheyCancer Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7373-8987
Cameron J TurtleClinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Division of Medical Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4722-4461
Tom WhiteheadEmily Whitehead Foundation, Phillipsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
Stephan A GruppCancer Immunotherapy Program, Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA grupp@chop.edu mvmaus@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8030-7595
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USMoffitt Cancer Center · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USChildren's Hospital Colorado · USNational Cancer Institute · USRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · USUniversity of Chicago · USUniversity of Miami · USUniversity of Oklahoma · USUniversity of Virginia Cancer CenterUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Pediatric septic acute kidney injury: personalizing antibiotic dosing through understanding acute kidney injury risk factors and biomarker profilesK23DK119463 · NIDDK · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI FITZGERALD, JULIE C. HOLLOWS · 2020 to 2024
$810k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK119463
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune effector cell (IEC) therapies offer durable and sustained remissions in significant numbers of patients with hematological cancers. While these unique immunotherapies have improved outcomes for pediatric and adult patients in a number of disease states, as 'living drugs,' their toxicity profiles, including cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS), differ markedly from conventional cancer therapeutics. At the time of article preparation, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved tisagenlecleucel, axicabtagene ciloleucel, and brexucabtagene autoleucel, all of which are IEC therapies based on genetically modified T cells engineered to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), and additional products are expected to reach marketing authorization soon and to enter clinical development in due course. As IEC therapies, especially CAR T cell therapies, enter more widespread clinical use, there is a need for clear, cohesive recommendations on toxicity management, motivating the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) to convene an expert panel to develop a clinical practice guideline. The panel discussed the recognition and management of common toxicities in the context of IEC treatment, including baseline laboratory parameters for monitoring, timing to onset, and pharmacological interventions, ultimately forming evidence- and consensus-based recommendations to assist medical professionals in decision-making and to improve outcomes for patients.

Indexed as

Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsGuidelines as TopicHumansImmunologic FactorsImmunotherapyRetrospective StudiesImmunologic Factorsadoptivecell engineeringchimeric antigenguidelines as topichematological neoplasmsimmunotherapyreceptors

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PMID33335028
PMCPMC7745688
OpenAlexW3113077294

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