Nanni, Laura
(2024)
Analysis of efficacy and safety of CAR T-cell therapy in relapsed/refractory lymphomas: current indications and future perspectives, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna.
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Oncologia, ematologia e patologia, 36 Ciclo. DOI 10.48676/unibo/amsdottorato/11256.
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Abstract
In the last few years, the introduction of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy into clinical practice has revolutionized the approach to patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL), whose outcome used to be dismal with median overall survival (OS) of approximately 6 months with standard salvage therapy.
At our Institute, we started treating diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients with CAR T-cell products in August 2019 and they received either axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) and tisagenlecleucel (tisa-cel) as per regulatory indications. This research project presents the 2-year follow-up of the first 53 treated patients. Our first aim is to investigate the feasibility of this treatment strategy in a real-world setting, although the reimbursement criteria set by the Italian Medicines Agency (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco, AIFA) are very similar to the inclusion criteria of clinical trials and stricter than those established by the regulatory authorities of many foreign countries.
One month after infusion, the ORR was 66% with 19 patients already in CR (38%). Restaging at 3, 6 and 12 months post-infusion shows that early CRs tend to be maintained over time and, moreover, that a considerable number of PRs and a few SDs can improve into a CR. The safety data were consistent with what is reported in the literature; toxicity was generally manageable, largely due to the increasing expertise in handling the specific adverse events related to CAR T-cell therapy.
Our results confirms that CAR T-cell therapy is both safe and effective in a real-life setting and that it represents a crucial weapon in a subset of patients who were previously doomed to an inevitably severe prognosis.
Abstract
In the last few years, the introduction of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy into clinical practice has revolutionized the approach to patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL), whose outcome used to be dismal with median overall survival (OS) of approximately 6 months with standard salvage therapy.
At our Institute, we started treating diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients with CAR T-cell products in August 2019 and they received either axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) and tisagenlecleucel (tisa-cel) as per regulatory indications. This research project presents the 2-year follow-up of the first 53 treated patients. Our first aim is to investigate the feasibility of this treatment strategy in a real-world setting, although the reimbursement criteria set by the Italian Medicines Agency (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco, AIFA) are very similar to the inclusion criteria of clinical trials and stricter than those established by the regulatory authorities of many foreign countries.
One month after infusion, the ORR was 66% with 19 patients already in CR (38%). Restaging at 3, 6 and 12 months post-infusion shows that early CRs tend to be maintained over time and, moreover, that a considerable number of PRs and a few SDs can improve into a CR. The safety data were consistent with what is reported in the literature; toxicity was generally manageable, largely due to the increasing expertise in handling the specific adverse events related to CAR T-cell therapy.
Our results confirms that CAR T-cell therapy is both safe and effective in a real-life setting and that it represents a crucial weapon in a subset of patients who were previously doomed to an inevitably severe prognosis.
Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Nanni, Laura
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Co-supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Ciclo
36
Coordinatore
Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
Large B-cell lymphomas, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma, CAR T-cells, axi-cel, tisa-cel.
URN:NBN
DOI
10.48676/unibo/amsdottorato/11256
Data di discussione
18 Marzo 2024
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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Nanni, Laura
Supervisore
Co-supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Ciclo
36
Coordinatore
Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
Large B-cell lymphomas, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma, CAR T-cells, axi-cel, tisa-cel.
URN:NBN
DOI
10.48676/unibo/amsdottorato/11256
Data di discussione
18 Marzo 2024
URI
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