Table 3 Next generation clinical CAR-T therapy.

From: CAR-T therapy dilemma and innovative design strategies for next generation

Challenge

Strategies

Targets

Design

Identifiers

Lethal cytotoxicity

Self-control

Mesothelin

Transfecting T cells with mRNA encoding an anti-mesothelin CAR

NCT01355965, NCT01897415

CD19

Tuning the affinity of CAR to CD19

NCT02443831

Active-control

CD44v6

Coexpressing the suicide gene HSV-TK Mut2 and CAR CD44v6

NCT00423124

GD2

Transducing T cells with 14g2a-CD8-BBz-iCasp9 retroviral vector expressing GD2-CAR

NCT04196413

Restricted trafficking and limited tumor infiltration

Chemokine-based CAR-T-cell enrichment

BCMA

Simultaneously expressing IL7 and CCL19

NCT03778346

EGFR

CXCR5 modified EGFR-CAR-T cells

NCT05060796, NCT04153799

BCMA

CXCR4 modified BCMA-CAR-T cells

NCT04727008

CD70

CXCR2 modified CD70-CAR-T cells

NCT05353530

Immunosuppressive microenvironment

Oncolytic viruses

HER2

Combined injection of HER2-CAR-T cells and CAdVEC

NCT03740256

Mesothelin

Combined injection mesothelin-CAR-T cells and VCN-01 (expressing hyaluronidase)

NCT05057715