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Toxicity and efficacy of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma above the age of 70 years compared to younger patients - a matched control multicenter cohort study.
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Haematologica [Haematologica] 2022 May 01; Vol. 107 (5), pp. 1111-1118. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 01. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Data regarding efficacy and toxicity of chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cell therapy in the elderly, geriatric population are insufficient. In 2019, tisagenlecleucel and axicabtagene-ciloleucel were commercially approved for relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. From May 2019 onwards, 47 relapsed/refractory diffuse large Bcell lymphoma patients, ≥70 years underwent lymphopharesis in three Israeli centers. Elderly (n=41, mean age 76.2 years) and young (n=41, mean age 55.4 years) patients were matched based on ECOG performance status and lactose dehydrogenase levels. There were no differences in CD4/CD8 ratio (P=0.94), %CD4 naive (P=0.92), %CD8 naive (P=0.44) and exhaustion markers (both HLA-DR and PD-1) between CAR-T cell products in both cohorts. Forty-one elderly patients (87%) received CAR-T cell infusion. There were no differences in the incidence of grade ≥3 cytokine-release-syndrome (P=0.29), grade≥3 neurotoxicity (P=0.54), and duration of hospitalization (P=0.55) between elderly and younger patients. There was no difference in median D7-CAR-T cell expansion (P=0.145). Response rates were similar between the two groups (complete response 46% and partial response 17% in the elderly group, P=0.337). Non-relapse mortality at 1 and 3 months was 0 in both groups. With a median follow-up of 7 months (range, 1.3-17.2 months), 6- and 12-months progression-free and overall survival in elderly patients were 39% and 32%, and 74% and 69%, respectively. EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaires, obtained at 1 month, showed worsening of disability and cancer-related-symptoms in elderly versus younger patients. We conclude that outcomes of CAR-T cell therapy are comparable between elderly, geriatric and younger patients, indicating that age as per se should not preclude CAR-T cell administration. Longer rehabilitation therapy is essential to improve disabilities and long-term symptoms.
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1592-8721
- Volume :
- 107
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Haematologica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34233446
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2021.278288