Hematological Neoplasms
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).
Based on these data, a second-generation bispecific BC19 CAR targeting BCMA and CD19 was designed. This trial reports the preclinical results of BC19 CAR-T cells and the outcomes of R/R MM patients treated in the phase I/II trial.
During this EBMT meeting, Professor Qiu Lugui’s team reported the latest subgroup analysis results from the FUMANBA-1 study (Abstract No. OS10-04) on B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-targeted chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM).