Predictive value of pre-infusion tumor growth rate for the occurrence and severity of CRS and ICANS in lymphoma under CAR T-cell therapy

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Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CART) can be administered outpatient yet requires management of potential side effects such as cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS). The pre-infusion tumor burden is associated with CRS, yet there is no data on the relevance of pre-infusion tumor growth rate (TGR). Our objective was to investigate TGR for the occurrence and severity of CRS and ICANS. Consecutive patients with available pre-baseline and baseline (BL) imaging before CART were included. TGR was determined as both absolute (abs) and percentage change (%) of Lugano criteria-based tumor burden in relation to days between exams. CRS and ICANS were graded according to ASTCT consensus criteria. Clinical metadata was collected including the international prognostic index (IPI), patient age, ECOG performance status, and LDH. Sixty-two patients were included (median age: 62 years, 40% female). The median pre-BL TGR [abs] and pre-BL TGR [%] was 7.5 mm2/d and 30.9%/d. Pre-BL TGR [abs] and pre-BL TGR [%] displayed a very weak positive correlation with the grade of CRS (r[abs] = 0.14 and r[%] = 0.13) and no correlation with ICANS (r[abs] =  - 0.06 and r[%] =  - 0.07). There was a weak positive correlation between grade of CRS and grade of ICANS (r = 0.35; p = 0.005) whereas there was no significant correlation of CRS or ICANS to any other of the examined parameters. The pre-infusion TGR before CART was weakly associated with the occurrence of CRS, but not the severity, whereas there were no significant differences in the prediction of ICANS. There was no added information when compared to pre-infusion tumor burden alone. Outpatient planning and toxicity management should not be influenced by the pre-infusion TGR.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:103

Enthalten in:

Annals of hematology - 103(2024), 1 vom: 29. Jan., Seite 259-268

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Winkelmann, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Blumenberg, Viktoria [VerfasserIn]
Rejeski, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Quell, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Bücklein, Veit L [VerfasserIn]
Ingenerf, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Unterrainer, Marcus [VerfasserIn]
Schmidt, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Dekorsy, Franziska J [VerfasserIn]
Bartenstein, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Ricke, Jens [VerfasserIn]
von Bergwelt-Baildon, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Subklewe, Marion [VerfasserIn]
Kunz, Wolfgang G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

18F-FDG PET/CT
Immunotherapy, Adoptive
Journal Article
Lugano criteria
Lymphoma
Receptors, Chimeric antigen
Tumor growth rate

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Date Completed 03.01.2024

Date Revised 03.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00277-023-05507-9

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NLM363541160