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ArticleHaematologica2021

European Myeloma Network perspective on CAR T-Cell therapies for multiple myeloma.

Benedetto Bruno, Ralph Wäsch, Monika Engelhardt, Francesca Gay, Luisa Giaccone, Mattia D'Agostino, Luis-Gerardo Rodríguez-Lobato, Sophia Danhof, Nico Gagelmann, Nicolaus Kröger and 7 more

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Article in Haematologica, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 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

17 authors at 10 institutions in 7 countries.

Benedetto BrunoDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino and Department of Oncology, Division of Hematology, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Presidio Molinette, Torino, Italy; Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY. benedetto.bruno@unito.it.
Ralph WäschDepartment of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg.
Monika EngelhardtDepartment of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg.
Francesca GayDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino and Department of Oncology, Division of Hematology, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Presidio Molinette, Torino.
Luisa GiacconeDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino and Department of Oncology, Division of Hematology, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Presidio Molinette, Torino.
Mattia D'AgostinoDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino and Department of Oncology, Division of Hematology, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Presidio Molinette, Torino.
Luis-Gerardo Rodríguez-LobatoUnit of Amyloidosis and Multiple Myeloma, Department of Hematology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Division of Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg.
Sophia DanhofDivision of Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg.
Nico GagelmannDepartment of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg.
Nicolaus KrögerDepartment of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg.
Rakesh PopatDepartment of Hematology, University College London Hospitals, London.
Niels W C J Van de DonkDepartment of Hematology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Location VUmc, Amsterdam.
Evangelos TerposStem Cell Transplantation Unit, Plasma Cell Dyscrasias Unit, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens.
Meletios A DimopoulosStem Cell Transplantation Unit, Plasma Cell Dyscrasias Unit, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens.
Pieter SonneveldErasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam.
Hermann EinseleDivision of Medicine II, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg.
Mario BoccadoroDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino and Department of Oncology, Division of Hematology, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Presidio Molinette, Torino.
University of Turin · ITNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversitätsklinikum Würzburg · DEUniversity of Freiburg · DEAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NLConsorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer · ESErasmus MC Cancer Institute · NLNYU Langone Health · USUniversity College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells (CAR-T) have dramatically changed the treatment landscape of B-cell malignancies, providing a potential cure for relapsed/refractory patients. Long-term responses in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and non Hodgkin lymphomas have encouraged further development in myeloma. In particular, B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-targeted CAR-T have established very promising results in heavily pre-treated patients. Moreover, CAR-T targeting other antigens (i.e., SLAMF7 and CD44v6) are currently under investigation. However, none of these current autologous therapies have been approved, and despite high overall response rates across studies, main issues such as long-term outcome, toxicities, treatment resistance, and management of complications limit as yet their widespread use. Here, we critically review the most important pre-clinical and clinical findings, recent advances in CAR-T against myeloma, as well as discoveries in the biology of a still incurable disease, that, all together, will further improve safety and efficacy in relapsed/refractory patients, urgently in need of novel treatment options.

Indexed as

Multiple MyelomaReceptors, Chimeric AntigenB-Cell Maturation AntigenHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Antigen, T-CellB-Cell Maturation AntigenReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

Identifiers

PMID33792221
PMCPMC8327729
OpenAlexW3139566881

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