Daniel W Lee, James N Kochenderfer, Maryalice Stetler-Stevenson, Yongzhi K Cui, Cindy Delbrook, Steven A Feldman, Terry J Fry, Rimas Orentas, Marianna Sabatino, Nirali N Shah, Seth M Steinberg, Dave Stroncek, Nick Tschernia, Constance Yuan, Hua Zhang, Ling Zhang, Steven A Rosenberg, Alan S Wayne, Crystal L Mackall
BACKGROUND: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) modified T cells targeting CD19 have shown activity in case series of patients with acute and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and B-cell lymphomas, but feasibility, toxicity, and response rates of consecutively enrolled patients treated with a consistent regimen and assessed on an intention-to-treat basis have not been reported. We aimed to define feasibility, toxicity, maximum tolerated dose, response rate, and biological correlates of response in children and young adults with refractory B-cell malignancies treated with CD19-CAR T cells...
February 7, 2015: Lancet