November 5, 2015 9:31am
Infusion of Cellectis’s UCART19 T-cells helped induce molecular remission in 11-month-old with acute lymphoblastic leukemia after all other treatments failed, according to investigator-sponsored data being presented at American Society of Hematology annual meeting.
Patient received single dose without significant toxicity
UCART19 T cells were detectable by qPCR in circulation by day 14, and at increased levels in both blood and marrow on day 28
The Boittom Line: Patient showed signs of count recovery and bone marrow, while hypoplastic, was in cytogenetic and molecular remission. U.K. researchers said first-in-human use provides early proof-of-concept for off-the-shelf CAR T-cell approach
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