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ReviewViruses2025

Herpesvirus Infections After Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy and Bispecific Antibodies: A Review.

Joseph Sassine, Emily A Siegrist, Roy F Chemaly

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Review in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Joseph SassineInfectious Diseases Section, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8730-8929
Emily A SiegristDepartment of Pharmacy, OU. Health, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
Roy F ChemalyDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this narrative review, we explore the burden and risk factors of various herpesvirus infections in patients receiving chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy or bispecific antibodies (BsAb) for the treatment of hematologic malignancies. Antiviral prophylaxis for herpes simplex/varicella zoster viruses became part of the standard of care in this patient population. Breakthrough infections may rarely occur, and the optimal duration of prophylaxis as well as the timing of recombinant zoster immunization remain to be explored. Clinically significant cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections can affect up to 10% of patients after CAR-T, depending on the CAR-T product target, post-CAR-T complications such as cytokine release syndrome and the need for glucocorticoid therapy. Surveillance and prophylactic strategies for CMV need to be developed, whereas the risk factors for and the burden of CMV infections after BsAb are not yet well-defined. Human herpes virus 6 reactivation and end organ disease such as encephalitis are rarely reported after CAR-T and have not yet been reported after BsAb; additional research is needed.

Indexed as

Antibodies, BispecificHerpesviridae InfectionsImmunotherapy, AdoptiveReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCytomegalovirus InfectionsHematologic NeoplasmsHumansRisk FactorsAntibodies, BispecificReceptors, Chimeric Antigenbispecific antibodiesCAR T cell therapyCMVherpesvirusesHHV-6HSVVZV

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PMID39861922
PMCPMC11768728

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