City of Hope-developed Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T Cell Therapy Shows Clinical Activity in Patients With Aggressive Brain Tumors in a Phase 1 Trial

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A pioneering Phase 1 CAR T cell therapy trial for the treatment of glioblastoma at City of Hope, one of the largest cancer treatment and research organizations in the United States, demonstrates promising clinical activity against incurable brain tumors, according to research published today in Nature Medicine. The study, which is the largest reported trial to date of CAR T therapy for solid tumors, evaluated CAR T cells engineered to target the tumor-associated antigen inte ...