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. 2018 Dec 21;11:142. doi: 10.1186/s13045-018-0684-3

Table 2.

Comparison of two US FDA approved CAR-T products for B cell malignancies

Medicine Signaling motifs Dosage Indication
YESCARTA Axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta) CD28 and CD3ζ 2 × 106 CAR-positive viable T cells per kg body weight, with a maximum of 2 × 108 CAR-positive viable T cells. • Adult patients with relapsed or refractory large B cell lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy, including diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not otherwise specified, primary mediastinal large B cell lymphoma, high grade B cell lymphoma, and DLBCL arising from follicular lymphoma.
KYMRIAH™ Tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) CD137 (4-1BB) and CD3ζ Pediatric and young adult B cell ALL (up to 25 years of age):
• For patients 50 kg or less, administer 0.2 to 5.0 × 106 CAR-positive viable T cells per kg body weight intravenously.
• For patients above 50 kg, administer 0.1 to 2.5 × 108 total CAR-positive viable T cells (non-weight based) intravenously.
Adult relapsed or refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma:
• Administer 0.6 to 6.0 × 108 CAR-positive viable T cells intravenously.
• Patients up to 25 years of age with B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) that is refractory or in second or later relapse.
• Adult patients with relapsed or refractory (r/r) large B cell lymphoma after two or more lines of systemic therapy including diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not otherwise specified, high grade B cell lymphoma and DLBCL arising from follicular lymphoma, excluding primary central nervous system lymphoma.