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CAR T cell product performance in haematological malignancies before and after marketing authorisation

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Elsallab, Magdi, Levine, Bruce L, Wayne, Alan S, Abou-El-Enein, Mohamed·2020·The Lancet Oncology

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Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells represent a potent new approach to treat haematological malignancies. Two CAR T-cell therapies, tisagenlecleucel and axicabtagene ciloleucel, have been approved in Europe and the USA, as well as several other countries, for the treatment of leukaemia and lymphoma. These approvals marked a major milestone in the field of cell and gene therapies. However, the clinical development and regulatory evaluation of these innovative therapies faced several challenges that are considered important lessons learned for future similar products. Here, we examine the products' non-clinical and clinical data packages to outline the challenges encountered during the regulatory evaluation process in Europe, and to provide an update on their performance after authorisation.

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  • Five CAR T cell products are approved for commercial use and available on the U.S. market: three for B-cell leukemia and lymphoma, one for mantle cell lymphoma, and one for multiple myeloma.

    “Currently, five CAR T cell products are approved for commercial use and available on the U.S. market, three for B-cell leukemia and lymphoma (tisagenlecleucel, axicabtagene ciloleucel, lisocabtagene maraleucel), one for mantle cell lymphoma (brexucabtagene autoleucel), and one for multiple myeloma (idecabtagene vicleucel) (2-8).”

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    The Introduction identifies tisagenlecleucel and axicabtagene ciloleucel as approved in the USA for B-cell leukaemia or lymphoma indications. The Conclusion calls them the two approved products discussed in this 2020 paper. Our copy does not support the claim that five products were available on the U.S. market, or the stated approvals for the other three products. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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Authors
Elsallab, M., Levine, B. L., Wayne, A. S., & Abou-El-Enein, M.
Affiliations
  • Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • University of Southern California (US)
Venue
The Lancet Oncology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-02
Volume
21
Issue
2
Pages
e104-e116
ISSN
1470-2045 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3003764567
Cited by
81
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 13
FWCI
1.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Lancet Oncology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Cancer Institute
  • Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (P30CA014089)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Keywords
CAR T-cell therapy, tisagenlecleucel, axicabtagene ciloleucel, hematologic malignancies, drug approval, regulatory evaluation, clinical data, leukemia, lymphoma, real-world performance
MeSH terms
Biological Products, Europe, Humans, Legislation, Drug, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, Immunotherapy, Adoptive, Antigens, CD19, Hematologic Neoplasms, Marketing

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