Pediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
J Immunother Cancer. 2023 Jun;11(6). doi: 10.1136/jitc-2022-005898.
BACKGROUND: Hematologic toxicities, including coagulopathy, endothelial activation, and cytopenias, with CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies correlate with cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and neurotoxicity severity, but little is known about the extended toxicity profiles of CAR T-cells targeting alternative antigens. This report characterizes hematologic toxicities seen following CD22 CAR T-cells and their relationship to CRS and neurotoxicity. METHODS: We retrospectively characterized hematologic toxicities associated with CRS seen on a phase 1 study of anti-CD22 CAR T-cells for children and young adults with relapsed/refractory CD22+ hematologic malignancies. Additional analyses included correlation of hematologic toxicities with neurotoxicity and exploring effects of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis-like toxicities (HLH) on bone marrow recovery and cytopenias. Coagulopathy was defined as evidence of bleeding or abnormal coagulation parameters. Hematologic toxicities were graded by Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events V.4.0. RESULTS: Across 53 patients receiving CD22 CAR T-cells who experienced CRS, 43 (81.1%) patients achieved complete remission. Eighteen (34.0%) patients experienced coagulopathy, of whom 16 had clinical manifestations of mild bleeding (typically mucosal bleeding) which generally subsided following CRS resolution. Three had manifestations of thrombotic microangiopathy. Patients with coagulopathy had higher peak ferritin, D-dimer, prothrombin time, international normalized ratio (INR), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), tissue factor, prothrombin fragment F1+2 and soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (s-VCAM-1). Despite a relatively higher incidence of HLH-like toxicities and endothelial activation, overall neurotoxicity was generally less severe than reported with CD19 CAR T-cells, prompting additional analysis to explore CD22 expression in the central nervous system (CNS). Single-cell analysis revealed that in contrast to CD19 expression, CD22 is not on oligodendrocyte precursor cells or on neurovascular cells but is seen on mature oligodendrocytes. Lastly, among those attaining CR, grade 3-4 neutropenia and thrombocytopenia were seen in 65% of patients at D28. CONCLUSION: With rising incidence of CD19 negative relapse, CD22 CAR T-cells are increasingly important for the treatment of B-cell malignancies. In characterizing hematologic toxicities on CD22 CAR T-cells, we demonstrate that despite endothelial activation, coagulopathy, and cytopenias, neurotoxicity was relatively mild and that CD22 and CD19 expression in the CNS differed, providing one potential hypothesis for divergent neurotoxicity profiles. Systematic characterization of on-target off-tumor toxicities of novel CAR T-cell constructs will be vital as new antigens are targeted. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT02315612.
背景:靶向 CD19 的嵌合抗原受体 (CAR) T 细胞疗法引起的血液学毒性,包括凝血障碍、内皮激活和细胞减少症,与细胞因子释放综合征 (CRS) 和神经毒性严重程度相关,但对于靶向替代抗原的 CAR T 细胞的扩展毒性特征知之甚少。本报告描述了靶向 CD22 的 CAR T 细胞治疗后观察到的血液学毒性及其与 CRS 和神经毒性的关系。
方法:我们回顾性描述了一项针对复发/难治性 CD22+血液系统恶性肿瘤儿童和青少年的抗 CD22 CAR T 细胞的 1 期研究中观察到的与 CRS 相关的血液学毒性。其他分析包括血液学毒性与神经毒性的相关性,以及噬血细胞性淋巴组织细胞增生症样毒性 (HLH) 对骨髓恢复和细胞减少症的影响。凝血障碍定义为出血或异常凝血参数的证据。血液学毒性根据不良事件通用术语标准 4.0 进行分级。
结果:在 53 名接受 CD22 CAR T 细胞治疗并发生 CRS 的患者中,43 名(81.1%)患者达到完全缓解。18 名(34.0%)患者发生凝血障碍,其中 16 名有轻度出血(通常为黏膜出血)的临床表现,通常在 CRS 缓解后消退。3 名有血栓性微血管病的表现。发生凝血障碍的患者铁蛋白、D-二聚体、凝血酶原时间、国际标准化比值(INR)、乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)、组织因子、凝血酶原片段 F1+2 和可溶性血管细胞黏附分子-1(s-VCAM-1)的峰值更高。尽管 HLH 样毒性和内皮激活的发生率相对较高,但总体神经毒性通常比 CD19 CAR T 细胞报告的要轻,这促使我们进行了额外的分析,以探讨 CD22 在中枢神经系统(CNS)中的表达。单细胞分析显示,与 CD19 表达不同,CD22 不在少突胶质细胞前体细胞或神经血管细胞上,而在成熟的少突胶质细胞上。最后,在达到完全缓解的患者中,65%的患者在 D28 时出现 3-4 级中性粒细胞减少和血小板减少。
结论:随着 CD19 阴性复发率的上升,CD22 CAR T 细胞对于 B 细胞恶性肿瘤的治疗越来越重要。在对 CD22 CAR T 细胞的血液学毒性进行特征描述时,我们证明,尽管存在内皮激活、凝血障碍和细胞减少症,但神经毒性相对较轻,并且 CNS 中的 CD22 和 CD19 表达不同,这为不同的神经毒性特征提供了一个潜在的假设。随着新抗原的靶向,对新型 CAR T 细胞构建物的靶向脱靶毒性进行系统的特征描述将至关重要。
试验注册:NCT02315612。
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