Impact of Bridging Chemotherapy on Clinical Outcomes of CD19-Specific CAR T Cell Therapy in Children/Young Adults with Relapsed/Refractory B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

ABSTRACT: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells achieve response and durable remission in patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) B cell malignancies. Following collection of patient T cells, chemotherapy ("bridging chemotherapy") is utilized during the manufacture of CAR T cells. However, the optimal bridging chemotherapy has yet to be defined. Our objective in this study was to report clinical outcomes following bridging chemotherapy in a cohort of pediatric/young adult patients with R/R B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) treated with CAR T cell therapy. This retrospective study included patients enrolled on clinical trial NCT01860937 or referred to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for commercial CAR T cell therapy (tisagenlecleucel). Bridging chemotherapy (given after T cell coll

SUBMITTER: Shahid S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9361393 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature