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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 17.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 2021 Dec 14;386(7):692–696. doi: 10.1056/NEJMe2118899

Table 1 -.

Comparisons Across Trials

ZUMA-1
(axicabtagene ciloleucel)
JULIET
(tisagenlecleucel)
ZUMA-7
(axicabtagene ciloleucel arm)
BELINDA
(tisagenlecleucel arm)
ZUMA-7
(SOC arm)
BELINDA
(SOC arm)
Primary Endpoint Overall response rate Overall response rate Event Free Survival Event Free Survival after week 12 Event Free Survival Event Free Survival after week 12
Patient Characteristics
 - No. of Patients N=111 (total cohort), N=101 (infused cohort) N=165 (total cohort), N=111 (infused cohort) N=180 N=162 N=179 N=160
 - Median Age (range), years 58 (23–76) 56 (22–76) 58 (21–80) 60 (19–79) 60 (26–81) 58 (19–77)
 - Age ≥65 years 24 (24%) 25 (23%) 51 (28%) 54 (33%) 58 (32%) 46 (29%)
Study eligibility
 - Disease status Refractory or <12m relapse after ASCT Relapsed or refractory after 2 lines Refractory or <12m relapse, ASCT-eligible Refractory or <12m relapse, ASCT-eligible Refractory or <12m relapse, ASCT-eligible Refractory or <12m relapse, ASCT-eligible
no impending organ compromise no impending organ compromise no impending organ compromise
 - Bridging therapy Steroids only Chemotherapy optional
(92% received)
Steroids only
(36% received)
Chemotherapy optional
(83% received)
n/a n/a
CD19 positive 74 of 82 (90%) 49 of 72 (68%) 144 (80%) not reported 134 (75%) not reported
Histology
 - DLBCL: NOS 77 (76%) 88 (79%) 126 (70) 101 (62%) 120 (67%) 112 (70%)
 - HGBL-DH not reported 19 of 70 (27%) 31 (17) 32 (20%) 25 (14%) 19 (12%)
 - HGBL-NOS 0 0 0 (0%) 7 (4%) 1 (1%) 8 (5%)
 - FL grade 3B 0 0 0 (0%) 5 (3%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.6%)
 - PMBL 8 (8%) 0 0 (0%) 12 (7%) 0 (0%) 13 (8%)
 - Other/missing 0 2 (2%) 23 (13%) 5 (3%) 33 (18%) 7 (4%)
Transformed lymphoma 16 (16%) 21 (19%) 19 (11%) 27 (17%) 27 (15%) 22 (14%)
Cell Of Origin
 - GCB-like 49 (74%) 63 (57%) 109 (61%) 46 (28%) 99 (55%) 63 (39%)
 - ABC-like 17 (26%) 45 (41%) 16 (9%) 52 (32%) 9 (5%) 42 (26%)
 - Unclassified 0 0 17 (9%) 3 (2%) 14 (8%) 7 (4%)
 - Missing/not applicable 35 (35%) 3 (3%) 38 (21%) 0 (0%) 57 (32%) 0 (0%)
Disease status at study entry
 - Refractory to any therapy 80 (79%) 61 (55%) 133 (74%) 107 (66%) 131 (73%) 107 (67%)
 - Relapsed 21 (21%) 50 (45%) 47 (26%) 55 (34%) 48 (26%) 53 (33%)
 - Prior ASCT 21 (21%) 54 (49%) n/a n/a n/a n/a
On Study Characteristics
 - Progressive disease prior to CAR-T 1 (1%) ~23% 2 (1%) 42 (26%) n/a n/a
 - Crossover to CAR-T allowed on study n/a n/a n/a n/a No (56% received off protocol) Yes (51% crossed over)
 - Received ASCT on study n/a n/a n/a n/a 64 (36%) 52 (33%)
 - Received CAR-T infusion 101 (91%) 111 (67%) 170 (94%) 155 (96%) n/a n/a
 - Enrollment to CAR-T infusion ~17 days 54 days 29 days 52 days n/a n/a
 - Leukapheresis to CAR-T release not reported not reported 13 days 23.5 days (U.S.), 28 days (non-U.S.) n/a n/a
 - CAR-T cell dose 2×106 CAR-T cells/kg 3 × 108 CAR-T cells 2×106 CAR-T cells/kg 2.9 × 108 CAR-T cells n/a n/a
Clinical Outcomes
 - Overall Response Rate 82% 52% (efficacy cohort)
34% (ITT cohort)
83% 46% 50% 42%
 - Complete Response Rate 54% 40% (efficacy cohort) 65% 28% 32% 28%
 - Median follow-up 27.1m 40.3m 25m 10m 25m 10m
 - 2-year PFS ~40% ~35% ~46% not reported 27% (estimate) not reported
 - 2-year PFS in CR 72% ~80% not reported not reported not reported not reported
 - 2-year OS 51% ~45% 61% not reported 52% not reported