Anti-PD-1 antibodies as a salvage therapy for patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma who progressed/relapsed after CART19/20 therapy

Abstract CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CART19) therapy is efficient and approved for relapsed/refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). To increase durable antitumor response, we previously designed tandem CART19/20 cells and shown longer progression-free survival. However, a proportion of CART19/20-treated patients will finally progress and require salvage therapies. In this study, we analyzed data from five patients with relapsed/refractory DLBCL who had disease progression or relapse following CART19/20 therapy and then treated with PD-1-blocking antibodies as salvage therapy. Two of five patients acquired complete remissions after anti-PD-1 therapy, including one patient remained ongoing remission for more than 21 months. One patient achieved a partial remission, and the other two had progressive diseases. No ≥ grade 3 treatment-related adverse events or cytokine release syndrome was observed. Immunohistochemistry of tumor specimens revealed higher PD-1/PD-L1 expression in responsive patients with anti-PD-1 therapy as compared to that in non-responders. After anti-PD-1 treatment, circulating T cells were activated in responders, and no significant expansion of CART19/20 cells was detected. Our data suggest that PD-1 blockade therapy can be active in patients with relapsed/refractory DLBCL after failure of CAR T cell therapy who had PD-L1 expression in tumor cells and high PD-1 level in tumor-infiltrated T cells..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Journal of hematology & oncology - 14(2021), 1 vom: 05. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Chunmeng [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Fengxia [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yajing [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Tong, Chuan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yao [VerfasserIn]
Su, Liping [VerfasserIn]
Nie, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Han, Weidong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-PD-1
CART
DLBCL
PD-1/PD-L1
Salvage therapy

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© The Author(s) 2021

doi:

10.1186/s13045-021-01120-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC2126459799