Neurotoxicity and management of primary and secondary central nervous system lymphoma after adoptive immunotherapy with CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor T-cells

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BACKGROUND: Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells targeting CD19 have been established as a leading engineered T-cell therapy for B-cell lymphomas; however, data for patients with central nervous system (CNS) involvement are limited.

METHODS: We retrospectively report on CNS-specific toxicities, management, and CNS response of 45 consecutive CAR T-cell transfusions for patients with active CNS lymphoma at the Massachusetts General Hospital over a 5-year period.

RESULTS: Our cohort includes 17 patients with primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL; 1 patient with 2 CAR T-cell transfusions) and 27 patients with secondary CNS lymphoma (SCNSL). Mild ICANS (grade 1-2) was observed after 19/45 transfusions (42.2%) and severe immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) (grade 3-4) after 7/45 transfusions (15.6%). A larger increase in C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and higher rates of ICANS were detected in SCNSL. Early fever and baseline C-reactive protein levels were associated with ICANS occurrence. CNS response was seen in 31 cases (68.9%), including a complete response of CNS disease in 18 cases (40.0%) which lasted for a median of 11.4 ± 4.5 months. Dexamethasone dose at time of lymphodepletion (but not at or after CAR T-cell transfusion) was associated with an increased risk for CNS progression (hazard ratios [HR] per mg/d: 1.16, P = .031). If bridging therapy was warranted, the use of ibrutinib translated into favorable CNS-progression-free survival (5 vs. 1 month, HR 0.28, CI 0.1-0.7; P = .010).

CONCLUSIONS: CAR T-cells exhibit promising antitumor effects and a favorable safety profile in CNS lymphoma. Further evaluation of the role of bridging regimens and corticosteroids is warranted.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Neuro-oncology - 25(2023), 12 vom: 08. Dez., Seite 2239-2249

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Karschnia, Philipp [VerfasserIn]
Arrillaga-Romany, Isabel C [VerfasserIn]
Eichler, April [VerfasserIn]
Forst, Deborah A [VerfasserIn]
Gerstner, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Jordan, Justin T [VerfasserIn]
Ly, Ina [VerfasserIn]
Plotkin, Scott R [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Nancy [VerfasserIn]
Martinez-Lage, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Winter, Sebastian F [VerfasserIn]
Tonn, Joerg-Christian [VerfasserIn]
Rejeski, Kai [VerfasserIn]
von Baumgarten, Louisa [VerfasserIn]
Cahill, Daniel P [VerfasserIn]
Nahed, Brian V [VerfasserIn]
Shankar, Ganesh M [VerfasserIn]
Abramson, Jeremy S [VerfasserIn]
Barnes, Jeffrey A [VerfasserIn]
El-Jawahri, Areej [VerfasserIn]
Hochberg, Ephraim P [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, P Connor [VerfasserIn]
Soumerai, Jacob D [VerfasserIn]
Takvorian, Ronald W [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yi-Bin [VerfasserIn]
Frigault, Matthew J [VerfasserIn]
Dietrich, Jorg [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-41-4
C-Reactive Protein
CAR T-cells
CNS lymphoma
Chimeric antigen receptor
Journal Article
Neurotoxicity
Receptors, Chimeric Antigen
Response

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Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 28.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/neuonc/noad118

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM35903831X