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. 2023 Aug 6;142(17):1426–1437. doi: 10.1182/blood.2023020075

Table 1.

Results from EBV CTL trials in SOT recipients with PTLDs

Study ID
author (y)
CTL type Number of patients Median age (range) Types of SOTs, n PTLD subtype, n EBV response Response rates Survival Length of follow-up
Prockop46 (2020) HLA-matched, third party EBV-BLCL–sensitized EBV CTLs 13 10 y (0.7-75.2) Kidney, 5
Heart, 3
Liver, 2
Small bowel, 1
Heart + liver, 1
mPTLD, 8
pPTLD, 4
HL-like, 1
Undetectable in 7 of 13 patients ORR, 54.8%
CR, 2 of 13
PR, 5 of 13
Patients with SD 1 y survival = 81.8%
Patients with PR/CR 1 y survival = 88.9%
115 mo
Kazi47 (2019) HLA-matched, third party 20 31 y (1-82) Kidney, 10
Liver, 3
Heart, 2
Small bowel, 1
Small bowel, 1
Pancreas, 1
Not specified Not reported ORR, 75%
CR, 10 of 20
PR, 5 of 20
Median, 3.87 y 6 mo
Chiou48 (2018) HLA-matched, third party EBV-BLCL–sensitized EBV CTLs 11 40 mo (12-144) Liver, 5
Small bowel + liver, 5
Liver + kidney, 1
mPTLD, 7
pPTLD, 2
HL-like PTLD, 1
Unspecified, 1
Undetectable in all patients ORR, 73.7%
CR, 7 of 11
PR, 1 of 11
Overall, 5 y 85.7% 14 y
Vickers49 (2014) HLA-matched, third party EBV-BLCL–sensitized EBV CTLs 4 18.5 y (1-53) Kidney, 1
Heart, 1
Liver, 1
Heart + kidney, 1
Not specified Not reported ORR, 100%
CR, 4 of 4
Not reported Not reported
Gallot50 (2014) HLA-matched, third party EBV-BLCL–sensitized EBV CTLs 3 45 y (42-60) Heart, 1
Heart + lung, 1
Kidney, 1
mPTLD, 3 Not reported ORR, 66%
CR, 1 of 3
Not reported Not reported
Haque44 (2007) HLA-matched, third party EBV-BLCL–sensitized EBV CTLs 31 41 y (1-76) Kidney, 13
Liver, 10
Liver + small bowel, 3
Heart, 2
Lung, 2
Heart + lung, 1
mPTLD, 11
pPTLD, 7
Hyperplastic PTLD, 7
HL-like PTLD, 5
Burkitt PTLD, 1
Decreased in 10 patients ORR, 48.4%
CR, 12 of 31
PR, 3 of 31
2 y OS, 30% 7.5 y
Gandhi51 (2007) HLA-matched, third party EBV-BLCL–sensitized EBV CTLs 3 52 y (18-58) Kidney, 1
Heart + lung, 1
Lung, 1
mPTLD, 2
pPTLD, 1
Undetectable in 2 of 3 ORR, 66.7%
CR, 2
106 days 249 d
Savoldo52 (2006) HLA-matched, third party Autologous EBV-specific CTL 6 2.5 y (0-35 y) Liver, 4
Heart, 2
Unspecified, 4
PTLD, 2
Decreased in 4 patients ORR, 100%
CR, 1 of 6
PR, 5 of 6
OS, 100% 6 mo
Comoli53 (2005) HLA-matched, third party Autologous EBV-specific CTL 5 11 y (2-14) Kidney, 5 mPTLD, 2
pPTLD, 1
Plasmacytoma, 1
Hyperplasia PTLD. 1
From 0 to 300 copies ORR, 100%
CR, 5 of 5
OS, 100% 31 mo

BLCL, B lymphoblastic cell line; SD, stable disease.