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ReviewJournal of hematology & oncology2021

T-cell receptor-based therapy: an innovative therapeutic approach for solid tumors.

Apostolia-Maria Tsimberidou, Karlyle Van Morris, Henry Hiep Vo, Stephen Eck, Yu-Feng Lin, Jorge Mauricio Rivas, Borje S Andersson

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Review in Journal of hematology & oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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98citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

98 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Safety and Tolerability of Letetresgene Autoleucel (GSK3377794): Pilot Studies in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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  15. Adoptive T-Cell Therapy in Sarcomas.Current oncology reports · 2025
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38 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

7 authors.

Apostolia-Maria TsimberidouDepartment of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Unit 455, Phase I Clinical Trials Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. atsimber@mdanderson.org.ORCID 0000-0003-2713-233X
Karlyle Van MorrisDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Henry Hiep VoDepartment of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Unit 455, Phase I Clinical Trials Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Stephen EckMacroGenics, Inc., 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.
Yu-Feng LinImmatics US, Inc., 2201 Holcombe Blvd., Suite 205, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Jorge Mauricio RivasImmatics US, Inc., 2201 Holcombe Blvd., Suite 205, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Borje S AnderssonDepartment of Stem Cell Transplantation, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Fabien Delerue · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Convalescent Plasma to Limit Coronavirus Associated ComplicationsUL1TR003167 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI KARP, DANIEL D, MCPHERSON, DAVID D · 2019 to 2023
$45.3M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR003167NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T-cell receptor (TCR)-based adoptive therapy employs genetically modified lymphocytes that are directed against specific tumor markers. This therapeutic modality requires a structured and integrated process that involves patient screening (e.g., for HLA-A*02:01 and specific tumor targets), leukapheresis, generation of transduced TCR product, lymphodepletion, and infusion of the TCR-based adoptive therapy. In this review, we summarize the current technology and early clinical development of TCR-based therapy in patients with solid tumors. The challenges of TCR-based therapy include those associated with TCR product manufacturing, patient selection, and preparation with lymphodepletion. Overcoming these challenges, and those posed by the immunosuppressive microenvironment, as well as developing next-generation strategies is essential to improving the efficacy and safety of TCR-based therapies. Optimization of technology to generate TCR product, treatment administration, and patient monitoring for adverse events is needed. The implementation of novel TCR strategies will require expansion of the TCR approach to patients with HLA haplotypes beyond HLA-A*02:01 and the discovery of novel tumor markers that are expressed in more patients and tumor types. Ongoing clinical trials will determine the ultimate role of TCR-based therapy in patients with solid tumors.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansImmunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsReceptors, Antigen, T-CellT-LymphocytesTumor MicroenvironmentReceptors, Antigen, T-CellAdoptive T-cell receptor-based therapyBiomarker screeningClinical trialsHuman leukocyte antigen typingLymphodepletionSolid tumors

Identifiers

PMID34193217
PMCPMC8243554

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