CAR T-cell Therapy

Deepu Madduri, MD, discusses the role of CAR T-cell therapy and other novel treatment options for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

While clinical trial findings with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy have impacted the landscape of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia, additional CAR T-cell products continue to be investigated.

Frederick Locke, MD, a medical oncologist in the Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant, Moffitt Cancer Center, and an assistant professor of oncology at the University of South Florida, discusses the use of bridging chemotherapy in patients receiving chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.

Frederick L. Locke, MD, discusses the expansion of CAR T-cell therapy in patients with lymphomas following the 2017 approval of axicabtagene ciloleucel and remaining research questions with the therapy.

Peter Borchmann, MD, professor, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, discusses next steps with tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Frederick Locke, MD, a medical oncologist in the Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant, Moffitt Cancer Center, and an assistant professor of oncology at the University of South Florida, discusses the use of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in patients with non–Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

Frederick Locke, MD, a medical oncologist in the Department of Blood and Marrow Transplant, Moffitt Cancer Center, and an assistant professor of oncology at the University of South Florida, discusses unanswered questions with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.

David G. Maloney, MD, PhD, reviews the latest developments with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The European Commission has approved axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel; Yescarta) as a treatment for adult patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma or primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma.

The European Commission has approved tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) for the treatment of either adult patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, or patients up to 25 years of age with relapsed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Deepu Madduri, MD, assistant professor, Mount Sinai Hospital, discusses eligibly criteria for patients with multiple myeloma to receive chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy.

Axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel; Yescarta) is being evaluated in patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma—a rare B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that contributes 4200 new patients in the United States each year.

Sagar Lonial, MD, professor and chair, Department of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, chief medical officer, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, discusses the use of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in patients with multiple myeloma.

Peter Borchmann MD, sheds light on the updated JULIET data and how tisagenlecleucel fits into the paradigm of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Ian W. Flinn, MD, PhD, discusses the latest developments with CAR T-cell therapies and other recent advances in the field of lymphoma.

David G. Maloney, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Washington, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses the promise of CAR T-cell therapy in hematologic malignancies.

David G. Maloney, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, Division of Oncology, University of Washington, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses updates with CAR T-cell therapy in non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Ian Flinn, MD, director of the Blood Cancer Research Program, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).

Renier J. Brentjens, MD, PhD, associate professor, chief, Cellular Therapeutics Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the future of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.

The European Medicines Agency’s CHMP has recommended approval of axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel; Yescarta) as a treatment for adult patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma or primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of tisagenlecleucel for the treatment of either adult patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that is relapsed or refractory after 2 or more lines of systemic therapy, or patients up to 25 years of age with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia that is refractory, in relapse posttransplant, or in second or later relapse.

Noopur Raje, MD, director Center for Multiple Myeloma, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, discusses the tolerability of bb2121 as a treatment for patients with multiple myeloma.

Peter Borchmann, MD, professor, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, discusses the updated analysis of the JULIET trial in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

At a median follow-up of 14.1 months, the chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy tisagenlecleucel achieved an objective response rate of 52% in adult patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

A CAR T-cell therapy specific for CD22 was safe and provided high response rates for pediatric patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who had failed chemotherapy and/or a CD19-targeted CAR T-cell treatment.