Key Points
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New treatments are needed for patients with chemotherapy-refractory or multiply-relapsed lymphoma
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Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells targeting CD19 have demonstrated efficacy in multiple subtypes of B-cell lymphoma, with activity seen in patients with chemotherapy-refractory lymphoma; durable remissions are possible
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Multicentre clinical trials have demonstrated that centralized CAR-T-cell processing is feasible, and response rates in early studies of centrally manufactured CAR-T-cell therapies are similar to those reported in single-centre studies
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CARs targeting novel antigens, such as CD20, CD22, CD30 and κ light chains, are in development and will extend the applicability of CAR-T-cell therapy to patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, T-cell lymphoma, or CD19-negative B-cell lymphoma
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Cytokine-release syndrome and neurological toxicity are severe adverse events commonly associated with CAR-T-cell therapies for lymphoma, and reducing the risk of such toxicities is a major avenue for improving CAR-T-cell therapies
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CAR-T-cell therapy is likely to become safer and more effective, and will probably become a standard treatment option for patients with relapsed and primary-chemotherapy-refractory lymphoma in the near future
Abstract
New therapies are needed for patients with Hodgkin or non-Hodgkin lymphomas that are resistant to standard therapies. Indeed, unresponsiveness to standard chemotherapy and relapse after autologous stem-cell transplantation are indicators of an especially poor prognosis. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells are emerging as a novel treatment modality for these patients. Clinical trial data have demonstrated the potent activity of anti-CD19 CAR T cells against multiple subtypes of B-cell lymphoma, including diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), follicular lymphoma, mantle-cell lymphoma, and marginal-zone lymphoma. Importantly, anti-CD19 CAR T cells have impressive activity against chemotherapy-refractory lymphoma, inducing durable complete remissions lasting >2 years in some patients with refractory DLBCL. CAR-T-cell therapies are, however, associated with potentially fatal toxicities, including cytokine-release syndrome and neurological toxicities. CAR T cells with novel target antigens, including CD20, CD22, and κ-light chain for B-cell lymphomas, and CD30 for Hodgkin and T-cell lymphomas, are currently being investigated in clinical trials. Centrally manufactured CAR T cells are also being tested in industry-sponsored multicentre clinical trials, and will probably soon become a standard therapy. Herein, we review the clinical efficacy and toxicity of CAR-T-cell therapies for lymphoma, and discuss their limitations and future directions with regard to toxicity management, CAR designs and CAR-T-cell phenotypes, conditioning regimens, and combination therapies.
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Brudno, J., Kochenderfer, J. Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies for lymphoma. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 15, 31–46 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2017.128
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