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Computational modelling of CAR T-cell therapy: from cellular kinetics to patient-level predictions.

Adrià Murias-Closas, Clara Prats, Gonzalo Calvo, Daniel López-Codina, Eulàlia Olesti

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Review in EBioMedicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Adrià Murias-ClosasDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Medicines, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Computational Biology and Complex Systems (BIOCOM-SC), Department of Physics, Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (IRIS), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; Clinical Pharmacology Interdisciplinary Research Group, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: murias@recerca.clinic.cat.
Clara PratsComputational Biology and Complex Systems (BIOCOM-SC), Department of Physics, Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (IRIS), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: clara.prats@upc.edu.
Gonzalo CalvoDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Medicines, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Clinical Pharmacology Interdisciplinary Research Group, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: gcalvo@clinic.cat.
Daniel López-CodinaComputational Biology and Complex Systems (BIOCOM-SC), Department of Physics, Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (IRIS), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: daniel.lopez-codina@upc.edu.
Eulàlia OlestiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Medicines, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Clinical Pharmacology Interdisciplinary Research Group, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Pharmacology Unit, Department of Clinical Foundations, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: olesti@clinic.cat.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is characterised by the heterogeneous cellular kinetic profile seen across patients. Unlike traditional chemotherapy, which displays predictable dose-exposure relationships resulting from well-understood pharmacokinetic processes, CAR T-cell dynamics rely on complex biologic factors that condition treatment response. Computational approaches hold potential to explore the intricate cellular dynamics arising from CAR T therapy, yet their ability to improve cancer treatment remains elusive. Here we present a comprehensive framework through which to understand, construct, and classify CAR T-cell kinetics models. Current approaches often rely on adapted empirical pharmacokinetic methods that overlook dynamics emerging from cellular interactions, or intricate theoretical multi-population models with limited clinical applicability. Our review shows that the utility of a model does not depend on the complexity of its design but on the strategic selection of its biological constituents, implementation of suitable mathematical tools, and the availability of biological measures from which to fit the model.

Indexed as

Computer SimulationImmunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesComputational BiologyHumansKineticsModels, BiologicalReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Antigen, T-CellReceptors, Chimeric AntigenCancer immunotherapyCancer modelsCAR T therapyComputational biologyHaematological cancerPharmacokinetics

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PMID40023046
PMCPMC11914757

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