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ArticleBlood advances2024

A robust quality infrastructure is key to safe and effective delivery of immune effector cells: how FACT-finding can help.

Kevin J Curran, Sarah Nikiforow, Carlos Bachier, Yen-Michael Hsu, David Maloney, Marcela V Maus, Philip McCarthy, David Porter, Patricia Shi, Elizabeth J Shpall and 4 more

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Article in Blood advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Advancing CAR-T cell therapy: Insights into patient biology, leukapheresis, and cryopreservation.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Kevin J CurranDepartment of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
Sarah NikiforowDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
Carlos BachierSarah Cannon Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, St. David's Austin Medical Center, Austin, TX.
Yen-Michael HsuDepartment of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA.ORCID 0000-0001-9239-4980
David MaloneyDivision of Hematology and Oncology Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle WA.
Marcela V MausCellular Immunotherapy Program Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA.ORCID 0000-0002-7578-0393
Philip McCarthyDepartment of Medicine, Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY.ORCID 0000-0002-9577-3879
David PorterDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine and Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
Patricia ShiNew York Blood Center Clinical Apheresis and Cellular Therapy Laboratory, New York, NY.ORCID 0000-0002-7954-0055
Elizabeth J ShpallDepartment of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Basem WilliamOhioHealth Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, OhioHealth, Columbus, OH.ORCID 0000-0001-8090-4605
Kara WackerFoundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy, Omaha, NE.
Phyllis WarkentinFoundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy, Omaha, NE.
Helen E HeslopCenter for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX.ORCID 0000-0001-7049-7698

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractImmune effector cells (IECs) include a broad range of immune cells capable of modulating several disease states, including malignant and nonmalignant conditions. The growth in the use of IECs as both investigational and commercially available products requires medical institutions to develop workflows/processes to safely implement and deliver transformative therapy. Adding to the complexity of this therapy are the variety of targets, diseases, sources, and unique toxicities that a patient experiences following IEC therapy. For over 25 years, the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) has established a standard for the use of cellular therapy, initially with hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), and more recently, with the development of standards to encompass IEC products such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells. To date, IEC therapy has challenged the bandwidth and infrastructure of the institutions offering this therapy. To address these challenges, FACT has established a programmatic framework to improve the delivery of IEC therapy. In this study, we outline the current state of IEC program development, accreditation, and solutions to the challenges that programs face as they expand their application to novel IEC therapy.

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansLymphocytes

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PMID37467016
PMCPMC10920101

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