Applying the EHA/EBMT grading for ICAHT after CAR-T : comparative incidence and association with infections and mortality

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ABSTRACT: Cytopenias represent the most common side effect of CAR T-cell therapy (CAR-T) and can predispose for severe infectious complications. Current grading systems, such as the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), neither reflect the unique quality of post-CAR-T neutrophil recovery, nor do they reflect the inherent risk of infections due to protracted neutropenia. For this reason, a novel EHA/EBMT consensus grading was recently developed for Immune Effector Cell-Associated HematoToxicity (ICAHT). In this multicenter, observational study, we applied the grading system to a large real-world cohort of 549 patients treated with BCMA- or CD19-directed CAR-T for refractory B-cell malignancies (112 multiple myeloma [MM], 334 large B-cell lymphoma [LBCL], 103 mantle cell lymphoma [MCL]) and examined the clinical sequelae of severe (≥3°) ICAHT. The ICAHT grading was strongly associated with the cumulative duration of severe neutropenia (r = 0.92, P < .0001), the presence of multilineage cytopenias, and the use of platelet and red blood cell transfusions. We noted an increased rate of severe ICAHT in patients with MCL vs those with LBCL and MM (28% vs 23% vs 15%). Severe ICAHT was associated with a higher rate of severe infections (49% vs 13%, P < .0001), increased nonrelapse mortality (14% vs 4%, P < .0001), and inferior survival outcomes (1-year progression-free survival: 35% vs 51%, 1-year overall survival: 52% vs 73%, both P < .0001). Importantly, the ICAHT grading demonstrated superior capacity to predict severe infections compared with the CTCAE grading (c-index 0.73 vs 0.55, P < .0001 vs nonsignificant). Taken together, these data highlight the clinical relevance of the novel grading system and support the reporting of ICAHT severity in clinical trials evaluating CAR-T therapies.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

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Blood advances - 8(2024), 8 vom: 23. Apr., Seite 1857-1868

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rejeski, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yucai [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Doris K [VerfasserIn]
Iacoboni, Gloria [VerfasserIn]
Bachy, Emmanuel [VerfasserIn]
Bansal, Radhika [VerfasserIn]
Penack, Olaf [VerfasserIn]
Müller, Fabian [VerfasserIn]
Bethge, Wolfgang [VerfasserIn]
Munoz, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Mohty, Razan [VerfasserIn]
Bücklein, Veit L [VerfasserIn]
Barba, Pere [VerfasserIn]
Locke, Frederick L [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Jain, Michael D [VerfasserIn]
Subklewe, Marion [VerfasserIn]

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Receptors, Chimeric Antigen

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Date Completed 11.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011767

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NLM366721208