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In Brief: Brexucabtagene autoleucel (Tecartus) for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (online only)
The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics • June 12, 2023; (Issue 1678)
Brexucabtagene autoleucel (Tecartus – Kite) has
been approved by the FDA for treatment of adults
with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute
lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It was previously
approved...
Brexucabtagene autoleucel (Tecartus – Kite) has
been approved by the FDA for treatment of adults
with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute
lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It was previously
approved for treatment of relapsed or refractory
mantle cell lymphoma. Tecartus is an individualized
cellular product prepared from the patients own
T cells, which are genetically modified to express
chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) and then infused
back into the patient. The CAR T-cell immunotherapy
tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) was approved in 2017 for
treatment of relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor
ALL in patients ≤25 years old.