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ArticleEJNMMI research2025

Liver-FDG-uptake augments early PET/CT prognostic value for CD19-targeted CAR-T cell therapy in diffuse large B cell lymphoma.

Michael Beck, Viktoria Blumenberg, Veit L Bücklein, Ralph A Bundschuh, Dennis C Harrer, Klaus Hirschbühl, Johannes Jung, Wolfgang G Kunz, Karin Menhart, Michael Winkelmann and 12 more

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Article in EJNMMI research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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  2. Imaging the efficacy and side effects of CAR T-cell therapy in children and young adults.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Michael BeckDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität- Erlangen Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany. michael.beck@uk-erlangen.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2523-6266
Viktoria BlumenbergBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Veit L BückleinBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Ralph A BundschuhBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Dennis C HarrerBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Klaus HirschbühlBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Johannes JungBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Wolfgang G KunzBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Karin MenhartBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Michael WinkelmannBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Igor YakushevBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Anna Lena IllertBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Markus EcksteinBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Simon VölklBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Rainer ClausBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Leo HansmannBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Judith S HeckerBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Torsten KuwertDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital of Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität- Erlangen Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Andreas MackensenBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Marion SubkleweBavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Dirk Hellwig *Bavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany.
Fabian Müller *Bavarian Cancer Research Center, Resp. Site (Augsburg, LMU Munich, TUM Munich, Erlangen, Regensburg), Germany. fabian.mueller@uk-erlangen.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite revolutionary efficacy of CD19-CAR-T cell therapy (CAR-T) in aggressive B cell lymphoma, many patients still relapse mostly early. In early failure, distinct drugs support CAR-T which makes reliable and early prediction of imminent relapse/refractoriness critical. A complete metabolic remission (CR) on Fluor-18-Deoxyglucose (FDG) Positron-Emission-Computed Tomography (PET) 30 days after CAR-T (PET30) strongly predicts progression-free survival (PFS), but still fails in a relevant proportion of patients. We aimed to identify additional routine parameters in PET evaluation to enhance CAR-T response prediction.

resultsThirty patients with aggressive B cell lymphoma treated with CAR-T were retrospectively analyzed. Pre-CAR-T, LDH was the strongest PFS-predictor also by multivariate analysis. Post-CAR-T, 10 out of 14 patients (71.4%) with PET30-CR remained in disease remission, while 12 out of 16 patients (75%) with incomplete metabolic remission (PET30-nCR) relapsed after CAR-T. 28.6% of patients with PET30-CR ultimately progressed. Change of liver FDG-uptake from baseline to day30 (Delta-Liver-SUV

conclusionAdditionally to PET30 metabolic remission, longitudinal metabolic changes in Delta-Liver-SUV

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CAR T cell therapyDLBCLFDG PETLiver-SUV

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PMID40095158
PMCPMC11914545

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