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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

CAR-T cell therapy clinical trials: global progress, challenges, and future directions from ClinicalTrials.gov insights.

Li-Ya Cao, Yue Zhao, Yang Chen, Pan Ma, Jiang-Chuan Xie, Xin-Mei Pan, Xin Zhang, Yong-Chuan Chen, Qian Wang, Lin-Li Xie

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
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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

34 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Engineering the next generation of cellular therapies for solid tumors: multi-specific armored CARs and TME reprogramming strategies.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  20. Targeting Macrophages in Immunotherapy: The Ascent of CAR-Macrophages.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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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

10 authors.

Li-Ya CaoDepartment of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Yue ZhaoDepartment of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Yang ChenPharmacy Department, Chongqing Emergency Medical Center, Chongqing University Central Hospital, Chongqing, China.
Pan MaDepartment of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Jiang-Chuan XieDepartment of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Xin-Mei PanDepartment of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Xin ZhangDepartment of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Yong-Chuan ChenDepartment of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Qian WangDepartment of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Lin-Li XieDepartment of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy has undergone vigorous development in recent years, yet it still faces significant challenges and difficulties in its clinical application and further development. A systematic synthesis of global trends in CAR-T clinical trials is essential to identify knowledge gaps, optimize treatment strategies, and guide future research directions. This review analyzed 1,580 CAR-T clinical trials registered at ClinicalTrials.gov as of April 2024, and extracted characteristic data in multiple dimensions, including target specificity, treatment indication, and development stage etc. The transparency of trial outcomes was assessed by validation with articles published in PubMed/Google Scholar. Additionally, it is complemented by investigator surveys assessing to barriers to CAR-T development, prospects, and recommendations.

Indexed as

Clinical Trials as TopicImmunotherapy, AdoptiveNeoplasmsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenHumansRegistriesReceptors, Chimeric Antigen“CAR T cell”“chimeric antigen receptor”chimeric antigen receptor T-cellclinical trialsclinicaltrials.govhematological malignanciespublication following search queries: condition/disease or intervention/treatment: “CAR T”solid tumors

Identifiers

PMID40463393
PMCPMC12129935

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