Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33466732›Full record

ReviewCancers2021

Overcoming Challenges for CD3-Bispecific Antibody Therapy in Solid Tumors.

Jim Middelburg, Kristel Kemper, Patrick Engelberts, Aran F Labrijn, Janine Schuurman, Thorbald van Hall

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 106 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
106citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

106 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 159 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Advances in Cancer Immunotherapy for Solid Tumors.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  15. Immune cell engagers in lung cancer.Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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46 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jim MiddelburgDepartment of Medical Oncology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4797-9653
Kristel KemperGenmab, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Patrick EngelbertsGenmab, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6274-8554
Aran F LabrijnGenmab, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9239-8439
Janine SchuurmanGenmab, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9738-9926
Thorbald van HallDepartment of Medical Oncology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9115-558X
Genmab (Netherlands) · NLLeiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy of cancer with CD3-bispecific antibodies is an approved therapeutic option for some hematological malignancies and is under clinical investigation for solid cancers. However, the treatment of solid tumors faces more pronounced hurdles, such as increased on-target off-tumor toxicities, sparse T-cell infiltration and impaired T-cell quality due to the presence of an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, which affect the safety and limit efficacy of CD3-bispecific antibody therapy. In this review, we provide a brief status update of the CD3-bispecific antibody therapy field and identify intrinsic hurdles in solid cancers. Furthermore, we describe potential combinatorial approaches to overcome these challenges in order to generate selective and more effective responses.

Indexed as

antibody therapyCD3-bispecific antibodyimmuno-oncologyon-target off-tumor toxicitysolid tumorsT-cell co-stimulationT-cell engagertumor-associated antigens

Identifiers

PMID33466732
PMCPMC7829968
OpenAlexW3120223257

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