Table 1 Summary of the Food and Drug Administration-approved CAR-T cell products.

From: Impact of T cell characteristics on CAR-T cell therapy in hematological malignancies

Product name

Commercial name

Chimeric antigen receptor structure

Cell resource

Transfection method

Approved indications (date)

Tisagenlecleucel (tisa-cel) [1, 4, 8]

Kymriah

Anti CD19-CD8α (hinge+tm)-41BB-CD3ζ

Enriched T cells

Lentivirus

-R/R B-ALL after ≥ 2 lines therapy with aged ≤ 25 years (Aug 2017)

-R/R LBCL after ≥ 2 lines therapy (May 2018)

-R/R FL after ≥ 2 lines therapy (May 2022)

Axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) [3, 10]

Yescarta

Anti CD19-CD28 (hinge+tm)-CD28-CD3ζ

PBMCs

Retrovirus

-R/R LBCL after≥2 lines of therapy (Oct 2017)

-R/R FL after ≥2 lines of therapy (Apr 2021)

-LBCL refractory to first-line therapy or relapsing within 12 months of first-line therapy (Apr 2022)

Brexucabtagene autoleucel (brexu-cel) [2, 5, 12]

Tecartus

Anti CD19-CD28 (hinge+tm)-CD28-CD3ζ

CD19+depleted and CD4+/CD8+ enriched T cells

Retrovirus

-R/R MCL (Jul 2020)

-R/R adult B-ALL (Oct 2021)

Lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel) [6, 9, 11]

Breyanzi

Anti CD19-IgG4 (hinge)-CD28 (tm)-41BB-CD3ζ

CD4+ and CD8+ T cells separately

Lentivirus

-R/R LBCL after ≥2 lines of therapy (Feb 2021)

-LBCL refractory to first-line therapy or relapsing within 12 months of first-line therapy and are not eligible for HSCT (Jun 2022)

-R/R CLL/SLL after ≥2 lines of therapy (Mar 2024)

-R/R FL after ≥2 lines of therapy (May 2024)

Idecabtagene vicleucel (ide-cel) [7, 14]

Abecma

Anti BCMA-CD8α (hinge+tm)-41BB-CD3ζ

PBMCs

Lentivirus

-R/R MM after ≥4 lines of therapy (Mar 2021)

-R/R MM after ≥2 lines of therapy (Apr 2024)

Ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel) [13]

Carvykti

Dual anti BCMA-CD8α (hinge+tm)-41BB-CD3ζ

Enriched T cells

Lentivirus

-R/R MM after ≥4 lines of therapy (Feb 2022)

-R/R MM after ≥1 lines of therapy (Apr 2024)

  1. tm transmembrane, R/R relapsed and/or refractory, B-ALL B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, LBCL large B cell lymphoma, FL follicular lymphoma, PBMCs peripheral blood mononuclear cells, MCL mantle cell lymphoma, HSCT hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, CLL/SLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, BCMA B-cell maturation antigen, MM multiple myeloma.