Incidence of immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity among patients treated with CAR T-cell therapy for hematologic malignancies: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Title: Incidence of immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity among patients treated with CAR T-cell therapy for hematologic malignancies: systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Min Woo Han, So Yeong Jeong, Chong Hyun Suh, Hyesun Park, Jeffrey P. Guenette, Raymond Y. Huang, Kyung Won Kim, Dok Hyun Yoon
Source: Frontiers in Neurology, Vol 15 (2024)
Publisher Information: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Subject Terms: CAR T-cell, immunotherapy, immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome, neurotoxicity, hematologic malignancies, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
More Details: ObjectivesWe aim to assess the pooled incidence of immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) in clinical trials and real-world studies of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for hematologic malignancy and compare the incidences among different agents.MethodsThe PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases were searched for clinical trials and real-world studies. An inverse-variance weighting model was used to calculate pooled incidences and subgroup analyses. Multivariable analysis was conducted using binomial-normal modeling.ResultsSeventy-five trials comprising 3,184 patients were included. The overall pooled incidence was 26.9% (95% CI, 21.7–32.7%) for all-grade and 10.5% (95% CI, 8.1–13.6%) for high-grade ICANS. In subgroup analysis, cohorts with anti-CD19 drugs had significantly higher ICANS incidences than cohorts with other agents. The multivariable analysis demonstrated higher odds of ICANS in anti-CD19 drug studies for high-grade (OR, 4.6) compared to anti-BCMA drug studies. In 12 real-world studies, studies used axicabtagene ciloleucel with CD28 (54.0% all-grade, 26.4% high-grade) exhibited significantly higher rates of all-grade and high-grade ICANS than studies using tisagenlecleucel with 4-1BB (17.2% all-grade, 6.1% high-grade).ConclusionsThe overall incidences of ICANS with CAR T-cell therapy were 26.9% for all-grade and 10.5% for high-grade. Compared with other agents, patients with anti-CD19 drugs had a significantly increased risk of developing high-grade ICANS. Therefore, careful monitoring of ICANS should be considered for patients undergoing CAR T-cell therapy.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1664-2295
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2024.1392831/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-2295
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1392831
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/c9c414da47c743598a43fbd7ba941cb5
Accession Number: edsdoj.9c414da47c743598a43fbd7ba941cb5
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:16642295
DOI:10.3389/fneur.2024.1392831
Published in:Frontiers in Neurology
Language:English