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ASH 2020 | Ibrutinib treatment before apheresis improves CAR-T therapy results in R/R DLBCL patients

Julio Chavez, MD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, discusses the initial results of a Phase Ib study aiming to evaluate the efficacy of ibrutinib treatment prior to and after apheresis in relapsed/refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients undergoing tisagenlecleucel (tisa-cel) therapy. The findings suggested that prior treatment with ibrutinib has a tolerable safety profile and may lead to an improvement in CAR-T cell quality and concentration in R/R DLCBL patients treated with tisa-cel. This interview took place during the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, 2020.