Lymphoma
On May 15th, 2024 (local time), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the accelerated approval of Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel), Bristol Myers Squibb’s CAR-T therapy, for an expanded indication to treat adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (FL) who have received at least two prior systemic therapies.
According to a retrospective study presented at the 2024 Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings, a single infusion of brexucabtagene autoleucel (brexu-cel) achieved a higher rate of central nervous system (CNS) remission in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (R/R B-ALL) and active CNS involvement.
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CD19 CAR-T cell therapy has significantly improved the prognosis of patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma (r/r LBCL), including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL), and LBCL transformed from follicular lymphoma (t-FL) or non-follicular lymphoma (t-NFL).
On July 24, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval for Brexucabtagene Autoleucel (Tecartus), a CD19-directed, genetically modified autologous T-cell immunotherapy, for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).
Carvykti® (cilta-cel, Ciltacabtagene Autoleucel) is the first CAR-T cell therapy to receive a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for the second-line treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.