CD19-Specific CAR-T Cell Treatment of 115 Children and Young Adults with Acute B Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Long-term Follow-up.
Cancer Res Treat
; 56(3): 945-955, 2024 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-38351683
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Chemotherapy has been the primary treatment for patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). However, there are still patients who are not sensitive to chemotherapy, including those with refractory/relapse (R/R) disease and those experiencing minimal residual disease (MRD) re-emergence. Chimeric antigen receptor-T lymphocytes (CAR-T) therapy may provide a new treatment option for these patients. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Our institution conducted a single-arm prospective clinical trial (ChiCTR-OPN-17013507) using CAR-T-19 to treat R/R B-ALL and MRD re-emergent patients. One hundred and fifteen patients, aged 1-25 years (median age, 8 years), were enrolled, including 67 R/R and 48 MRD re-emergent CD19-positive B-ALL patients.RESULTS:
All patients achieved morphologic complete remission (CR), and within 1 month after infusion, 111 out of 115 (96.5%) patients achieved MRD-negative CR. With a median follow-up time of 48.4 months, the estimated 4-year leukemia-free survival (LFS) rate and overall survival (OS) rate were 68.7%±4.5% and 70.7%±4.3%, respectively. There were no significant differences in long-term efficacy observed among patients with different disease statuses before infusion (4-year OS MRD re-emergence vs. R/R B-ALL, 70.6%±6.6% vs. 66.5%±6.1%, p=0.755; 4-year LFS MRD re-emergence vs. R/R B-ALL, 67.3%±7.0% vs. 63.8%±6.2%, p=0.704). R/R B-ALL patients bridging to transplantation after CAR-T treatment had a superior OS and LFS compared to those who did not. However, for MRD re-emergent patients, there was no significant difference in OS and LFS, regardless of whether they underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or not.CONCLUSION:
CD19 CAR-T therapy effectively and safely cures both R/R B-ALL and MRD re-emergent patients.Key words
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
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Immunotherapy, Adoptive
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Antigens, CD19
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Cancer Res Treat
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
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