Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39624098›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in immunology2024

GVHD after CAR T-cell therapy post allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation - successfully treated by extracorporeal photopheresis.

Kiavasch Mohammad Nejad Farid, Gesine Bug, Anita Schmitt, Fabian Lang, Maria-Luisa Schubert, Uwe Haberkorn, Carsten Müller-Tidow, Peter Dreger, Michael Schmitt

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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

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

  1. Guideline
  2. Review
  3. The evolution of cellular-based immunotherapy in the treatment of gastric cancer: an overview of clinical trials.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
    Review
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Review
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

9 authors.

Kiavasch Mohammad Nejad FaridInternal Medicine V, Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Gesine BugDepartment of Medicine 2, Hematology and Oncology, Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany.
Anita SchmittInternal Medicine V, Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Fabian LangDepartment of Medicine 2, Hematology and Oncology, Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany.
Maria-Luisa SchubertInternal Medicine V, Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Uwe HaberkornDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Carsten Müller-TidowInternal Medicine V, Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Peter DregerInternal Medicine V, Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Michael SchmittInternal Medicine V, Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: CAR T-cell therapy is highly effective, but also associated with unique toxicities. Because of the origin of T cells in patients who previously underwent allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT), graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in the post-CAR T-cell setting poses a relevant concern but is only scarcely studied. Potential risk factors and mitigation strategies (from CAR T-cell modifications to clinical management) are yet to be determined. Methods: Sharing our retrospective experience and a mini-review of the literature, our aim is to better understand the frequency and risk of the potential occurrence of GVHD after CAR T cells, which are most likely underestimated. Results: Here, we present a cohort of 11 patients with symptoms suggestive of GVHD out of 25 allografted patients treated with CAR T cells, of whom 3 patients (12%) had GVHD most likely triggered by the preceding CAR T-cell treatment. Severe chronic pulmonary GVHD occurred in a patient after CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy. Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) mediated successful long-term control of GVHD without causing relapse of the underlying disease. Discussion/Conclusion: In conclusion, CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy seems to be feasible in patients after alloHCT but might comprise the potential risk of triggering GVHD, most likely depending on the T-cell source, donor compatibility, and the specific CAR construct used.

Indexed as

Graft vs Host DiseaseHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationImmunotherapy, AdoptivePhotopheresisTransplantation, HomologousAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedReceptors, Chimeric AntigenRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeReceptors, Chimeric Antigenacute lymphoblastic leukemiaCAR T-cell therapyextracorporeal photopheresisgraft-versus-host diseaseT-cell alloreactivity

Identifiers

PMID39624098
PMCPMC11609171

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.