Comprehensive Single-Cell Immune Profiling Defines the Patient Multiple Myeloma Microenvironment Following Oncolytic Virus Therapy in a Phase Ib Trial

©2023 The Authors; Published by the American Association for Cancer Research..

PURPOSE: Our preclinical studies showed that the oncolytic reovirus formulation pelareorep (PELA) has significant immunomodulatory anti-myeloma activity. We conducted an investigator-initiated clinical trial to evaluate PELA in combination with dexamethasone (Dex) and bortezomib (BZ) and define the tumor immune microenvironment (TiME) in patients with multiple myeloma treated with this regimen.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (n = 14) were enrolled in a phase Ib clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02514382) of three escalating PELA doses administered on Days 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16. Patients received 40 mg Dex and 1.5 mg/m2 BZ on Days 1, 8, and 15. Cycles were repeated every 28 days. Pre- and posttreatment bone marrow specimens (IHC, n = 9; imaging mass cytometry, n = 6) and peripheral blood samples were collected for analysis (flow cytometry, n = 5; T-cell receptor clonality, n = 7; cytokine assay, n = 7).

RESULTS: PELA/BZ/Dex was well-tolerated in all patients. Treatment-emergent toxicities were transient, and no dose-limiting toxicities occurred. Six (55%) of 11 response-evaluable patients showed decreased paraprotein. Treatment increased T and natural killer cell activation, inflammatory cytokine release, and programmed death-ligand 1 expression in bone marrow. Compared with nonresponders, responders had higher reovirus protein levels, increased cytotoxic T-cell infiltration posttreatment, cytotoxic T cells in significantly closer proximity to multiple myeloma cells, and larger populations of a novel immune-primed multiple myeloma phenotype (CD138+ IDO1+HLA-ABCHigh), indicating immunomodulation.

CONCLUSIONS: PELA/BZ/Dex is well-tolerated and associated with anti-multiple myeloma activity in a subset of responding patients, characterized by immune reprogramming and TiME changes, warranting further investigation of PELA as an immunomodulator.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 29(2023), 24 vom: 15. Dez., Seite 5087-5103

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nawrocki, Steffan T [VerfasserIn]
Olea, Julian [VerfasserIn]
Villa Celi, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Dadrastoussi, Homa [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Kaijin [VerfasserIn]
Tsao-Wei, Denice [VerfasserIn]
Colombo, Anthony [VerfasserIn]
Coffey, Matt [VerfasserIn]
Fernandez Hernandez, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xuelian [VerfasserIn]
Nuovo, Gerard J [VerfasserIn]
Carew, Jennifer S [VerfasserIn]
Mohrbacher, Ann F [VerfasserIn]
Fields, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Kuhn, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Siddiqi, Imran [VerfasserIn]
Merchant, Akil [VerfasserIn]
Kelly, Kevin R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

69G8BD63PP
7S5I7G3JQL
Bortezomib
Clinical Trial, Phase I
Cytokines
Dexamethasone
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 14.03.2024

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02514382

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-0229

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363056475