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ArticleOncology letters2025

Efficacy of emapalumab in the management of anti‑CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T‑cell therapy‑associated cytokine release syndrome: A report of two cases.

Wenzhi Cai, Yutong Lu, Haiju He, Jiaqi Li, Shuangzhu Liu, Hongzhi Geng, Qin Yang, Liangyu Zeng, Depei Wu, Caixia Li

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Article in Oncology letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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10 authors.

Wenzhi CaiNational Clinical Research Center for Hematological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Yutong LuNational Clinical Research Center for Hematological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Haiju HeNational Clinical Research Center for Hematological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Jiaqi LiNational Clinical Research Center for Hematological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Shuangzhu LiuNational Clinical Research Center for Hematological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Hongzhi GengNational Clinical Research Center for Hematological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Qin YangNational Clinical Research Center for Hematological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Liangyu ZengNational Clinical Research Center for Hematological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Depei WuNational Clinical Research Center for Hematological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.
Caixia LiNational Clinical Research Center for Hematological Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P.R. China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is an effective treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). However, it may activate the systemic immune system of the patient, resulting in cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Emapalumab is a human monoclonal antibody targeting interferon-γ, inhibiting its interaction with cell surface receptors and the subsequent activation of inflammatory pathways. The present report describes the cases of 2 patients with relapsed DLBCL treated with CAR T-cell therapy, in which the severe CRS associated with CAR T-cell therapy was attenuated without compromising antitumor efficacy after receiving emapalumab. Further prospective clinical trials are warranted to determine the role of emapalumab in CAR T-cell therapy.

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case reportchimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapycytokine release syndromediffuse large B-cell lymphomaemapalumab

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PMID39628826
PMCPMC11612719

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