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ReviewHematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program2025

With BiTEs at the kiddie table, where do CARs come in for pediatric B-ALL?

Amanda M Li, Shannon L Maude

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Review in Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Amanda M LiBritish Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Shannon L MaudeDivision of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T-cell engaging immunotherapies have transformed the treatment of pediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). First revolutionizing outcomes for relapsed and refractory disease, these therapies are now being incorporated and studied in the frontline setting. With the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the CD19-directed bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) blinatumomab for remission consolidation, the majority of patients with B-ALL receive blinatumomab in frontline therapy. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy targeting CD19 is FDA approved for pediatric patients with B-ALL that is refractory or in second or greater relapse. With the same target, similar mechanisms of action, and some overlap in indications, the optimal placement and sequence of these immunotherapies remain unclear. Here we review the recent data and expanded use of blinatumomab and CAR T-cell therapy and discuss the role of CAR T-cell therapy in the current pediatric B-ALL treatment landscape, including in populations with relapsed/refractory disease and at very high risk of relapse.

Indexed as

Antibodies, BispecificImmunotherapy, AdoptivePrecursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaReceptors, Chimeric AntigenAntigens, CD19ChildHumansAntibodies, BispecificAntigens, CD19blinatumomabReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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PMID41348006
PMCPMC12891332

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