Abstract
Lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel) is one of the three US FDA-approved chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies for the treatment of relapsed/refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL). TRANSCEND is the landmark trial that led to the approval of liso-cel in the third-line setting for R/R diffuse LBCL, primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma grade 3B and transformed lymphoma. The TRANSFORM and PILOT studies evaluated the use of liso-cel in the second-line treatment of R/R LBCL. This review details the structure and manufacturing process of liso-cel that make it distinct from other approved chimeric antigen receptor constructs, outlines results from landmark trials of liso-cel in LBCL and discusses liso-cel toxicity.
Plain language summary
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a type of treatment for large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL). CAR T involves modifying a patient’s immune cells (T cells, specifically), so that they can attack cancer cells and destroy them. Lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel) is a type of CAR T-cell therapy that has been approved to treat patients with LBCL who have already received at least one line of treatment for their lymphoma. This article outlines the structure and manufacturing process of liso-cel and discusses how it differs from other approved CAR T-cell therapies. It also summarizes the clinical data for liso-cel in the treatment of LBCL, as well as its safety and expected side effects.
Tweetable abstract
High-yield review of the use of liso-cel in LBCL. @LurieCancer’s @ligordon and @FStPierreMD discuss:
✓ Liso-cel structure, comparison of CAR constructs
✓ Landmark trials for liso-cel
✓ New data for 2nd-line CAR T-cell tx, comparison between TRANSFORM, ZUMA-7, BELINDA
#lymphoma #lymsm
Author contributions
F St-Pierre: review of literature, production of figures, writing and editing of manuscript; L Gordon: review of literature, production of figures, writing and editing of manuscript.
Financial & competing interests disclosure
The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending or royalties.
No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.