CAR T Cell Therapy for Neuroblastoma.
Front Immunol
; 9: 2380, 2018.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30459759
ABSTRACT
Patients with high risk neuroblastoma have a poor prognosis and survivors are often left with debilitating long term sequelae from treatment. Even after integration of anti-GD2 monoclonal antibody therapy into standard, upftont protocols, 5-year overall survival rates are only about 50%. The success of anti-GD2 therapy has proven that immunotherapy can be effective in neuroblastoma. Adoptive transfer of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells has the potential to build on this success. In early phase clinical trials, CAR T cell therapy for neuroblastoma has proven safe and feasible, but significant barriers to efficacy remain. These include lack of T cell persistence and potency, difficulty in target identification, and an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. With recent advances in CAR T cell engineering, many of these issues are being addressed in the laboratory. In this review, we summarize the clinical trials that have been completed or are underway for CAR T cell therapy in neuroblastoma, discuss the conclusions and open questions derived from these trials, and consider potential strategies to improve CAR T cell therapy for patients with neuroblastoma.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
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T-Lymphocytes
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Immunotherapy, Adoptive
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Receptors, Chimeric Antigen
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Neuroblastoma
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Front Immunol
Year:
2018
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Article
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