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ArticleEClinicalMedicine2023

RUNX-3-expressing CAR T cells targeting glypican-3 in patients with heavily pretreated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase I trial.

Qihan Fu, Yi Zheng, Weijia Fang, Qingwei Zhao, Peng Zhao, Lulu Liu, You Zhai, Zhou Tong, Hangyu Zhang, Meihua Lin and 10 more

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Article in EClinicalMedicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03980288 (A Phase I Clinical Study of 4th Generation Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Targeting Glypican-3), which is not on this map. Cited by 56 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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56citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
14.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT03980288 phase1completednot on this map

A Phase I Clinical Study of 4th Generation Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Targeting Glypican-3 ( CAR-GPC3 T Cells) in Patients With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma

TypeinterventionalSponsorZhejiang UniversityRan2019 to 2020Enrolled6ConditionsAdvanced Hepatocellular CarcinomaArmsCAR-GPC3 T Cells
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mapping the clinical landscape of multifunctional CAR T cells: Targets, trends, and synergies.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  4. Glypican-3-targeted bioconjugates for hepatocellular carcinoma: design, engineering, and translational applications.Medicinal chemistry research : an international journal for rapid communications on design and mechanisms of action of biologically active agents · 2026
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  19. Improving surgical treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026
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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

20 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Qihan FuDepartment of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Yi ZhengDepartment of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Weijia FangDepartment of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Qingwei ZhaoDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Peng ZhaoDepartment of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Lulu LiuDepartment of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
You ZhaiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Zhou TongDepartment of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Hangyu ZhangDepartment of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Meihua LinDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Xudong ZhuDepartment of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Huamao WangCARsgen Therapeutics Ltd., Shanghai, China.
Yumeng WangCARsgen Therapeutics Ltd., Shanghai, China.
Zhen LiuCARsgen Therapeutics Ltd., Shanghai, China.
Daijing YuanCARsgen Therapeutics Ltd., Shanghai, China.
Xuanwen BaoDepartment of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Wanwan GaoCARsgen Therapeutics Ltd., Shanghai, China.
Xiaomeng DaiDepartment of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Zonghai LiCARsgen Therapeutics Ltd., Shanghai, China.
Tingbo LiangThe Key Laboratory of Pancreatic Diseases of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.
First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University · CNMinistry of Education of the People's Republic of China · CNShanghai Clinical Research Center · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Glypican-3 (GPC3) is a well-characterized hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)-associated antigen and a promising target for HCC treatment. CT017 CAR T cells were engineered to co-express CAR-GPC3 and runt-related transcription factor 3 (RUNX3), which triggers CD8 Methods: This single-center, single-arm, open-label, phase I clinical study enrolled heavily pretreated patients with GPC3-positive HCC between August 2019 and December 2020 (NCT03980288). Patients were treated with CT017 CAR T cells at a dose of 250 × 10 Findings: Six patients received 7 infusions (one patient received 2 infusions) at the 250 × 10 Interpretation: Current preliminary phase I data showed a manageable safety profile and promising antitumor activities of CT017 for patients with advanced HCC. These results need to be confirmed in a robust clinical trial. Funding: This study was funded by CARsgen Therapeutics Co., Ltd.

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CAR T-cell therapyGPC3-targeted CAR T cellsHepatocellular carcinomaImmunotherapy for advanced HCCSafety of CAR T-cell therapy in HCC

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PMID37680942
PMCPMC10480529
OpenAlexW4386277279

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