HLA-DR expression on monocytes and outcome of anti-CD19 CAR T-cell therapy for large B-cell lymphoma

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Despite their unprecedented success in relapsed/refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL), anti-CD19 CAR T cells are associated with significant toxicity, and more than half of patients relapse. As monocytes emerged as key players in CAR therapy, we sought to evaluate the evolution of HLA-DR expression on monocytes (mHLA-DR) before and after commercial anti-CD19 CAR T-cell infusion in a large cohort (n = 103) of patients with R/R LBCL and its association with adverse events and treatment response. Cy-Flu-based lymphodepletion (LD) upregulated mHLA-DR in 79% of the cases, whereas in 2l% of cases (15 patients), the mHLA-DR level decreased after LD, and this decrease was associated with poorer outcome. Low mHLA-DR at day minus 7 (D-7) (<13 500 antibodies per cell) before CAR T-cell infusion correlated with older age, poorer performance status, higher tumor burden, and elevated inflammatory markers. With a median follow-up of 7.4 months, patients with low mHLA-DR D-7 exhibited a poorer duration of response and survival than the higher mHLA-DR D-7 group. For toxicity management, tocilizumab was more frequently used in the low-mHLA-DR D-7 group. These data suggest that monocyte dysregulation before LD, characterized by the downregulation of mHLA-DR, correlates with an inflammatory and immunosuppressive tumor environment and is associated with failure of anti-CD19 CAR T cells in patients with R/R LBCL. Modulation of these myeloid cells represents a promising field for improving CAR therapy.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

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Blood advances - 7(2023), 5 vom: 14. März, Seite 744-755

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Englisch

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Bourbon, Estelle [VerfasserIn]
Sesques, Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Gossez, Morgane [VerfasserIn]
Tordo, Jérémie [VerfasserIn]
Ferrant, Emmanuelle [VerfasserIn]
Safar, Violaine [VerfasserIn]
Wallet, Florent [VerfasserIn]
Aussedat, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Maarek, Alizée [VerfasserIn]
Bouafia, Fadhela [VerfasserIn]
Karlin, Lionel [VerfasserIn]
Ghergus, Dana [VerfasserIn]
Golfier, Camille [VerfasserIn]
Lequeu, Hélène [VerfasserIn]
Lazareth, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Schwiertz, Vérane [VerfasserIn]
Viel, Sébastien [VerfasserIn]
Idlhaj, Maryam [VerfasserIn]
Ghesquières, Hervé [VerfasserIn]
Monneret, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Bachy, Emmanuel [VerfasserIn]
Venet, Fabienne [VerfasserIn]

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HLA-DR Antigens
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 06.03.2023

Date Revised 17.03.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1182/bloodadvances.2021006563

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NLM339685956