Immunotherapy of acute leukemia:clinical experience and prospect / 中国肿瘤临床

ABSTRACT

Breakthroughs in the immunotherapy of acute leukemia have been achieved in recent years. The paper summarizes the clinical results, experience, and prospect in this area. One of the most significant advancements is the finding that anti-CD19 chimeric anti-gen receptor T cells (CAR-T) or CD3/CD19 bispecific antibody increases the rate of complete remission in patients with refractory re-lapse acute B lymphocytic leukemia. The disease-free survival of patients with low or intermediate risk was dramatically improved by combining chemotherapy and adoptive cytokine-induced killer or natural killer cells. Many immunotherapy methods, such as those fo-cusing on other targets of CAR-T, T-cell antigen receptor-modified T cell, and other targets of bispecific antibodies, are currently being examined. Combined methods can further increase cure rate and improve patients' quality of life, decreasing application of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation which increases risks and reduces the quality of life.