Using donor CAR T cells shows promise in treating myeloma patients in phase I trial

Using donor CAR T cells shows promise in treating myeloma patients in phase I trial
汽车T细胞浓度分层的回应。(a) CAR T cell concentrations among ALLO-715 DL3 patients that received any fludarabine/cyclophosphamide/ALLO-647 (FCA) lymphodepletion are shown in responders and non-responders. Error bars show the interquartile range (IQR) for each data point. (b) CAR T cell concentrations among ALLO-715 DL3 patients that received any FCA lymphodepletion in non-responders and those with very good partial responses or better (VGPR+). Error bars show the IQR for each data point. (c) Box plot of vector copy number (VCN) responders and non-responders for all patients with assay results between days 1-28. The boxes represent the first quartile (Q1), median, and third quartile (Q3). The lower and the upper whiskers extend to the most extreme points within 1.5 × IQR of Q1 and Q3 respectively, where IQR = Q3-Q1. N = 20 independent study subjects (N = 6 non-responders; N = 14 responders). Credit:Nature Medicine(2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-02182-7

A team of medical specialists working at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York has found that donated white blood cells can be used effectively as part of CAR T cell therapy to treat myeloma patients.

In their study, published in the journalNature Medicine,the group gave patients varying amounts of donated CAR T cells as a treatment option in a phase I clinical trial for myeloma, which occurs inin bone marrow. Jennifer Brudno and James Kochenderfer with the U.S. National Institutes of Health published a News & Views article in the same journal issue outlining how(CAR) T cell therapies work and discussing the work done by the team in New York.

汽车T细胞疗法volves removing T cells from a, modifying them genetically to more specifically target cancer cells, and then injecting them back into the same patient. CAR T cell therapy is highly effective for some patients. The downside is that it is time-consuming to grow the cells after alteration, ruling it out for some patients, and it can be expensive, as well.

In this new effort, the researchers took a different approach, using previously altered cells donated by healthy volunteers. As part of the research, the team in New York ran a phase I clinical trial called UNIVERSAL to find out if the approach is feasible.

The trial involved giving varying amounts of altered cultivated cells to 43 myeloma patients, each of whom had either not responded well to other treatments or who had relapsed. Also, an additional genetic modification was made to the donated cells to make them less likely to be targeted by the.

Each patient was also given antibodies to reduce the chances of the immune system targeting the donated cells. Testing showed that just over half of the volunteer patients (55%) had a positive response to the therapy. The therapy was also found to be both safe and feasible.

The researchers suggest that their trial was a success and plan to continue their work with the goal of improving results.

更多的信息:Sham Mailankody et al, Allogeneic BCMA-targeting CAR T cells in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma: phase 1 UNIVERSAL trial interim results,Nature Medicine(2023).DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-02182-7

Jennifer N. Brudno et al, Off-the-shelf CAR T cells for multiple myeloma,Nature Medicine(2023).DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-02195-2

Journal information: Nature Medicine

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