Table 1.
Approved chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies and associated costs
Drug name | Commercial name | Initial publication | N (patients) | Date of FDA approval | Approved indications | Cost (per infusion) US$ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tisagenlecleucel | Kymriah | Maude, S., et al., 2018 [1] | 75 |
*30 Aug. 2017 **1 May 2018 |
*r/r ALL **r/r DLBCL |
*$475,000 **$373,000 |
Axicabtagene ciloleucel | Yescarta | Neelapu, S., et al., 2017 [2] | 101 |
18 Oct. 2017 5 Mar. 2021 |
r/r DLBCL r/r Follicular Lymphoma |
$373,000 |
Lisocabtagene maraleucel | Breyanzi | Abramson, J., et al., 2020 [33] | 256 | 5 Feb. 2021 | r/r DBLCL and follicular lymphoma grade 3B | $410,300 |
Brexucabtagene autoleucel | Tecartus | Wang, M., et al., 2020 [36] Shah et al., 2021 [34] |
68 71 |
*24 Jul. 2020 **1 Oct. 2021 |
*Mantle cell lymphoma **r/r ALL |
$373,000 |
Idecabtagene vicleucel | Abecma | Munshi, N., et al., 2021 [18] | 128 | 26 Mar. 2021 | Multiple myeloma | $419,500 |
r/r relapsed/refractory, ALL acute lymphoblastic leukemia, DLBCL diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
*Denotes date and indication of initial approval
**Denotes date and indication of subsequant approval