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Review
. 2018 Jun;31(2):135-146.
doi: 10.1016/j.beha.2018.04.001. Epub 2018 Apr 11.

CAR T cell therapy for B-cell lymphomas

Julio C Chavez  1 , Frederick L Locke  2
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Review

CAR T cell therapy for B-cell lymphomas

Julio C Chavez et al. Best Pract Res Clin Haematol. 2018 Jun.

Abstract

B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHLs)is a very heterogonous malignancy with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and follicular lymphoma (FL) as the most common subtypes. Standard treatment with anti-CD20 based chemoimmunotherapy is usually very effective for disease control. However a significant proportion of patients with high-risk features (double hit lymphoma, transformed lymphomas or early relapses) will become refractory to standard therapies and will have limited alternatives for cure. Adoptive therapy with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells is a new paradigm for effective treatment of poor prognosis lymphomas. Here we review the biology of poor risk DLBCL and FL, the rationale for CAR T-cell therapy in malignant lymphoma and the efficacy/toxicity profile of CD19 directed CAR T cell therapy for DLBCL and FL from early single center studies to multicenter/global clinical trial with different CAR T cell constructs.

Keywords: Aggressive lymphomas; CART; Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Immunotherapy; Refractory.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest

Julio C. Chavez: Kite Pharma (Advisory Board, Speakers Bureau), Novartis (Advisory Board), Genentech (Speakers Bureau), Frederick F. Locke: Kite Pharma (Scientific Advisor), Cellular Biomedicine Group (Consultant).

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