Tom van Meerten
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I am a hematologist involved in patient care, clinical and translation research in the field of malignant lymphoma. I focus on translational medicine on diffuse large B cell lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma. My question by all our findings: how does the patient profit or does it help me to treat the patients. The focus of my research group is on DNA repair, cell cycle and cell death. We test novel combinations of existing anti-cancer agents to ultimately improve the treatment of patients suffering from lymphoma. I participate in the organization of new clinical trials both international (European Mantle cell Lymphoma Network) and national (HOVON). Moreover, I am actively involved in clinical trials concerning the application of CAR T cells for patient with lymphoma.
Identification of the estrogen receptor beta as a possible new tamoxifen-sensitive target in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Published in: Blood cancer journal
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10.1038/s41408-022-00631-7
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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common lymphoma subtype. Despite the proven efficacy of combined immunochemotherapy (R-CHOP) in the majority of patients, ~40% of DLBCL patients do not respond or will relapse and consequently have a very poor prognosis. The development of targeted therapies has not improved patient survival, underscoring the need for new treatment approaches. Using an unbiased genome-wide CD20 guilt-by-association approach in more than 1800 DLBCL patients, we previously identified the estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) as a new target in DLBCL. Here, we demonstrate...
Myra Langendonk, Mathilde R W de Jong, Nienke Smit, Jonas Seiler, Bart Reitsma, Emanuele Ammatuna, Andor W J M Glaudemans, Anke van den Berg, Gerwin A Huls, Lydia Visser, Tom van Meerten
Axicabtagene Ciloleucel as Second-Line Therapy for Large B-Cell Lymphoma
Published in: New England Journal of Medicine
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10.1056/NEJMoa2116133
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BACKGROUND The prognosis of patients with early relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma after the receipt of first-line chemoimmunotherapy is poor. METHODS In this international, phase 3 trial, we randomly assigned, in a 1:1 ratio, patients with large B-cell lymphoma that was refractory to or had relapsed no more than 12 months after first-line chemoimmunotherapy to receive axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel, an autologous anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy) or standard care (two or three cycles of investigator-selected, protocol-defined chemoimmunotherapy, followed by high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell transplantation in...
All ZUMA-7 Investigators Contribut, F. L. Locke, D. B. Miklos, C. A. Jacobson, M-A Perales, M-J Kersten, O. O. Oluwole, A. Ghobadi, A. P. Rapoport, J. McGuirk, J. M. Pagel, J. Munoz, U. Farooq, T. van Meerten, P. M. Reagan, A. Sureda, I. W. Flinn, P. Vandenberghe, K. W. Song, M. DickinsonM. C. Minnema, P. A. Riedell, L. A. Leslie, S. Chaganti, Y. Yang, S. Filosto, J. Shah, M. Schupp, C. To, P. Cheng, L. Gordon, J. R. Westin
The Implementation of TNFRSF Co-Stimulatory Domains in CAR-T Cells for Optimal Functional Activity
Published in: Cancers
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10.3390/cancers14020299
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Simple Summary Members of the Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily (TNFRSF) provide crucial co-stimulatory signals to many if not all immune effector cells. With distinct and unique functional features on multiple types of immune effector cells, the co-stimulatory activity of TNFRSF members is being implemented in the tailoring of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell activity for cancer therapy. This integration of intracellular TNFRSF stimulatory domains into a CAR provides a unique signaling output. Here, we highlight the rationale and summarize the current evidence for the application and...
Yuan He, Martijn Vlaming, Tom van Meerten, Edwin Bremer
Earlier corticosteroid use for adverse event management in patients receiving axicabtagene ciloleucel for large B-cell lymphoma
Published in: British Journal of Haematology
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10.1111/bjh.17673
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Axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) is an autologous anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy approved for relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma (R/R LBCL). To reduce axi-cel–related toxicity, several exploratory safety management cohorts were added to ZUMA-1 (NCT02348216), the pivotal phase 1/2 study of axi-cel in refractory LBCL. Cohort 4 evaluated the rates and severity of cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and neurologic events (NEs) with earlier corticosteroid and tocilizumab use. Primary endpoints were incidence and severity of CRS and NEs. Patients received 2 × 106 anti-CD19 CAR T cells/kg after conditioning...
Max S. Topp, Tom van Meerten, Roch Houot, Monique C. Minnema, Krimo Bouabdallah, Pieternella J. Lugtenburg, Catherine Thieblemont, Martin Wermke, Kevin W. Song, Irit Avivi, John Kuruvilla, Ulrich Dührsen, Yan Zheng, Saran Vardhanabhuti, Jinghui Dong, Adrian Bot, John M. Rossi, Vicki Plaks, Marika Sherman, Jenny J. KimAnne Kerber, Marie José Kersten
CD20 positive CD8 T cells are a unique and transcriptionally-distinct subset of T cells with distinct transmigration properties
Published in: Scientific Reports
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10.1038/s41598-021-00007-0
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The presence of T cells that are dimly positive for the B cell marker CD20 is well-established in autoimmunity and correlates with disease severity in various diseases. Further, we previously identified that the level of CD20-positive T cells was three-fourfold elevated in ascites fluid of ovarian carcinoma patients, together suggesting a role in both autoimmunity and cancer. In this respect, treatment of autoimmune patients with the CD20-targeting antibody Rituximab has also been shown to target and deplete CD20-positive T cells, previously identified as IFN-gamma producing, low proliferative, CD8...
Martijn Vlaming, Vrouyr Bilemjian, Jimena Álvarez Freile, Harm Jan Lourens, Nienke van Rooij, Gerwin Huls, Tom van Meerten, Marco de Bruyn, Edwin Bremer