The immunotherapy progress of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in children with refractory lymphoma

  • QIAO Xiaohong
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  • Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, China

Online published: 2022-01-11

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting programmed cell death protein- 1 (PD- 1 ) or programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) have shown certain efficacy in some clinical studies for refractory and recurrent children's malignant blood diseases and tumors. It has certain anti-tumor effect on refractory and recurrent Hodgkin lymphoma and primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma, and is relatively well tolerated in children and adolescents. PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors do not seem to increase the infection rate, but for glucocorticoid and/or TNF supplementation-伪 targeted drug immunosuppressive therapy suggests the use of preventive measures against Pneumocystis carinii. The combination of PD- 1 /PD-L 1 inhibitors with other types of immune checkpoint inhibitors, chemotherapy agents and histone deacetylase inhibitors is still in the clinical research stage. The dosage, course of treatment and scheme of PD- 1 /PD-L 1 inhibitors for children still need further research in multiple centers. Whether they can achieve lasting antitumor effect also needs further research.

Cite this article

QIAO Xiaohong . The immunotherapy progress of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in children with refractory lymphoma[J]. Journal of Clinical Pediatrics, 2022 , 40(1) : 1 . DOI: 10.12372/jcp.2022.21e1679

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