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BMC CANCER
Volume 18, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-018-4817-4
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Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T) therapy; Safety; Efficacy; Relapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies
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Background: Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T) cells immunotherapy is rapidly developed in treating cancers, especially relapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies. Methods: To assess the efficacy and safety of CAR T therapy, we analyzed clinical trials from PUBMED and EMBASE. Results: Results showed that the pooled response rate, 6-months and 1-year progression-free survival (PFS) rate were 67%, 65.62% and 44.18%, respectively. We observed that received lymphodepletion (72% vs 44%, P = 0.0405) and high peak serum IL-2 level (85% vs 31%, P = 0.04) were positively associated with patients' response to CAR T cells. Similarly, costimulatory domains (CD28 vs CD137) in second generation CAR T was positively associated with PFS (52.69% vs 33.39%, P = 0.0489). The pooled risks of all grade adverse effects (AEs) and grade >= 3 AEs were 71% and 43%. Most common grade >= 3 AEs were fatigue (18%), night sweats (14%), hypotension (12%), injection site reaction (12%), leukopenia (10%), anemia (9%). Conclusions: In conclusion, CAR T therapy has promising outcomes with tolerable AEs in relapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies. Further modifications of CAR structure and optimal therapy strategy in continued clinical trials are needed to obtain significant improvements.
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