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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021

Current State of the Art and Prospects of T Cell-Redirecting Bispecific Antibodies in Multiple Myeloma.

Mashhour Hosny, Christie P M Verkleij, Jort van der Schans, Kristine A Frerichs, Tuna Mutis, Sonja Zweegman, Niels W C J van de Donk

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. CAR-T cell therapy in myeloma: hopes and hurdles.Blood science (Baltimore, Md.) · 2023
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mashhour HosnyCancer Center Amsterdam, Department of Hematology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Christie P M VerkleijCancer Center Amsterdam, Department of Hematology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8872-207X
Jort van der SchansCancer Center Amsterdam, Department of Hematology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Kristine A FrerichsCancer Center Amsterdam, Department of Hematology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Tuna MutisCancer Center Amsterdam, Department of Hematology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Sonja ZweegmanCancer Center Amsterdam, Department of Hematology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-5011-1820
Niels W C J van de DonkCancer Center Amsterdam, Department of Hematology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7445-2603
Amsterdam University Medical Centers · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple myeloma (MM) patients eventually develop multi-drug-resistant disease with poor survival. Hence, the development of novel treatment strategies is of great importance. Recently, different classes of immunotherapeutic agents have shown great promise in heavily pre-treated MM, including T cell-redirecting bispecific antibodies (BsAbs). These BsAbs simultaneously interact with CD3 on effector T cells and a tumor-associated antigen on MM cells, resulting in redirection of T cells to MM cells. This leads to the formation of an immunologic synapse, the release of granzymes/perforins, and subsequent tumor cell lysis. Several ongoing phase 1 studies show substantial activity and a favorable toxicity profile with BCMA-, GPRC5D-, or FcRH5-targeting BsAbs in heavily pre-treated MM patients. Resistance mechanisms against BsAbs include tumor-related features, T cell characteristics, and impact of components of the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Various clinical trials are currently evaluating combination therapy with a BsAb and another agent, such as a CD38-targeting antibody or an immunomodulatory drug (e.g., pomalidomide), to further improve response depth and duration. Additionally, the combination of two BsAbs, simultaneously targeting two different antigens to prevent antigen escape, is being explored in clinical studies. The evaluation of BsAbs in earlier lines of therapy, including newly diagnosed MM, is warranted, based on the efficacy of BsAbs in advanced MM.

Indexed as

BCMAbispecific antibodyCD38FcRH5GPRC5Dmultiple myeloma

Identifiers

PMID34640611
PMCPMC8509238
OpenAlexW3204186940

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