articleJournal of Clinical OncologyMar 14, 2017Closed access

Lymphoma Remissions Caused by Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Are Associated With High Serum Interleukin-15 Levels

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Abstract

Purpose T cells genetically modified to express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) targeting CD19 (CAR-19) have potent activity against acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but fewer results supporting treatment of lymphoma with CAR-19 T cells have been published. Patients with lymphoma that is chemotherapy refractory or relapsed after autologous stem-cell transplantation have a grim prognosis, and new treatments for these patients are clearly needed. Chemotherapy administered before adoptive T-cell transfer has been shown to enhance the antimalignancy activity of adoptively transferred T cells. Patients and Methods We treated 22 patients with advanced-stage lymphoma in a clinical trial of CAR-19 T cells preceded by…

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Keywords
  • Medicine
  • Fludarabine
  • Lymphoma
  • Chemotherapy
  • Chimeric antigen receptor
  • Follicular lymphoma
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Mantle cell lymphoma
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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