Caribou Biosciences said Thursday that its off-the-shelf CAR-T therapy induced durable, complete remissions in patients with advanced B-cell lymphoma that move it closer to the benchmarks set by more established, patient-specific CAR-T therapies.
In an update to an early-stage study, 44% of the 16 patients treated with Caribou’s on-demand therapy, called CB-010, achieved a complete remission lasting a minimum of six months — a key threshold of durability.
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The CB-010 result is still preliminary, but it begins to compare favorably to currently approved CAR-T therapies, which must be custom made for each patient and have shown durable remission rates in the range of 36-40%, said Caribou CEO Rachel Haurwitz.
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