Brexucabtagene Autoleucel Safe, Efficacious as Therapy for Pediatric B-Cell ALL in ZUMA-4
June 13th 2021Long-term efficacy assessment of brexucabtagene autoleucel demonstrated high rates of MRD negativity and CR rates in pediatric and adolescent patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Allogeneic CAR T-Cell Product Shows Early Promise for Patients With CD30+ Lymphomas
May 17th 2021An off-the-shelf cellular therapy that combines Epstein Barr Virus–Specific T cells and a CD30-targeting chimeric antigen receptor product demonstrated safety and early efficacy in a group of patients with CD30-positive lymphomas.
IND for CD20-Targeted CAR T-cell Therapy Is Accepted by FDA for R/R CLL
May 11th 2021MB-106, a CD20-targeted CAR T-cell therapy that has shown promise in the treatment of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, is now being considered for patients with relapsed or refractory CD20-positive chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Consolidative alloHSCT Effective After CAR T Cells in B-ALL
March 29th 2021Follow-up of 4.8 years to a phase 1 trial demonstrated that deep and durable responses are attainable in a large cohort of children and young adult patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who were treated with CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy followed by allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Highly Refractory Myeloma Has Deep and Durable Responses With Ide-cel
December 5th 2020December 5, 2020 - Patients with heavily pretreated multiple myeloma maintained durable responses with the chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy idecabtagene vicleucel in updated findings presented from the phase 1 CRB-401 trial.
Novel Anti-TIGIT Agent Tiragolumab Plus Atezolizumab Impresses in NSCLC
May 29th 2020Patients with chemotherapy-naïve, locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer who were treated in the phase 2 CITYSCAPE trial with tiragolumab, an inhibitor of the immunomodulatory receptor TIGIT, plus and anti–PD-L1 agent demonstrated better efficacy versus single-agent checkpoint inhibitor therapy alone.
Universal Allogeneic CAR T-Cell Product Demonstrates Efficacy in a Cohort of Adult T-ALL
April 29th 2020The first-in-clinic universal CAR T-cell therapy TruUCAR GC027 induced promising early response rates and demonstrated a manageable safety profile with no evidence of neurotoxicity events or graft-versus-host disease in adult patients with relapsed/refractory T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
"Off-the-Shelf" CAR T-Cell Therapy Shows Promise in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
February 22nd 2020An “off-the-shelf” Epstein Barr-virus–specific cytotoxic lymphocyte CAR product derived from cells harvested from third-party donors induced a 100% response rate in adult and pediatric patients with relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Extramedullary Multiple Myeloma Responds to Dual-Targeting CAR T-Cell Therapy
December 7th 2019Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy targeting both BCMA and CD38 induced an objective response in >90% of patients with multiple myeloma who had been treated with at least 3 prior therapies and whose disease had spread outside of the bone marrow.
Promising Responses from Dual-Targeting CAR T-Cell Therapy in Myeloma Support Further Exploration
December 7th 2019Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy targeting both BCMA and CD38 induced an objective response in >90% of patients with multiple myeloma who had been treated with at least 3 prior therapies and whose disease had spread outside of the bone marrow.