Cell Therapy News

A real-world evaluation of axicabtagene ciloleucel for individuals with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma showed 5-year OS, PFS and disease-specific survival rates comparable to those observed in clinical trials.

Patients who received chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy did not exhibit increased risk for second primary malignancies compared with those who received other standard treatments, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

A novel therapeutic approach stimulated new and existing T-cell responses among patients with melanoma or non-small cell lung cancer, according to results of a phase 1 trial.

In 2018, at the height of the chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy revolution and in the heart of its implementation, Healio’s Cell Therapy Next staff went onsite to University of Pennsylvania’s newly minted center.

Deleting the CD5 gene from chimeric antigen receptor T cells improved their expansion, durability and tumor-killing capabilities, according to study findings.

The FDA has cleared an investigational new drug application for a first-in-human phase 1/2 study of ATR-04 for moderate to severe dermal toxicity from epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors, Azitra Inc. announced in a press release.

Children and young adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia increasingly receive tisagenlecleucel in earlier settings when they have lower disease burden, according to findings presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

The FDA granted accelerated approval to afamitresgene autoleucel for certain adults with unresectable or metastatic synovial sarcoma.

Infections are the primary cause of nonrelapse mortality among individuals who undergo chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, according to study results.