NK and T-lymphocyte Kinetics Predict Outcome in Myeloma Patients Treated With Elotuzumab, Lenalidomide Plus Dexamethasone

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Background/Aim: Elotuzumab, an anti-SLAMF7 monoclonal antibody, can enhance immune activity via elevated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and reduced SLAMF7+CD8+CD57+ regulatory T-cells (Tregs). This multicenter observational study investigated the kinetics of lymphocytes in myeloma patients treated with elotuzumab, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (ERd) by two-color flow cytometry using peripheral blood samples.

Patients and Methods: Twenty-one patients were included in this study. The median duration of ERd was 22.6 months, and the cutoff time for long-duration ERd was two years.

Results: The CD2+CD16+ and CD16+CD57- NK cells were significantly increased over time in the long-duration ERd group compared to those in the short-duration ERd group (p=0.035 and p<0.001). The CD8+ and CD16-CD57+ lymphocytes, identified as low-activity NK cells or SLAMF7+ Tregs, were significantly increased in the patients whose ERd outcome was progressive disease (PD) compared to those in the non-PD group (p=0.023 and p<0.001). The mean CD4/CD8 ratio and CD19+ lymphocyte counts in the long-duration ERd group were significantly lower than those in the short-duration ERd group, although the kinetics of them did not change over time (p=0.016 and p=0.011). When the cutoff value of CD4/CD8 ratio was 0.792 according to ROC curves, the two-year time to next treatment (TTNT) in the low CD4/CD8 group was significantly longer than that in the high CD4/CD8 group (80.0% vs. 15.0%, p=0.024).

Conclusion: The change in NK cells and CD8+ Tregs predicted long-duration ERd and PD, and maintaining low CD4/8 ratio predicted long TTNT, suggesting that these lymphocyte fractions might be biomarkers for a durable therapeutic effect of ERd in myeloma patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:4

Enthalten in:

Cancer diagnosis & prognosis - 4(2024), 2 vom: 27. März, Seite 97-104

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Suzuki, Kazuhito [VerfasserIn]
Matsumoto, Morio [VerfasserIn]
Hiramatsu, Yasushi [VerfasserIn]
Takezako, Naoki [VerfasserIn]
Tamai, Yotaro [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Kenshi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CD4/8
Elotuzumab
Journal Article
Multiple myeloma
Natural killer cell
Regulatory T cell

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Date Revised 05.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.21873/cdp.10293

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369247833