Outcome of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy following treatment with inotuzumab ozogamicin in children with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia

  • Valeria Ceolin
  • , Erica Brivio
  • , Harm van Tinteren
  • , Susan R. Rheingold
  • , Allison Leahy
  • , Britta Vormoor
  • , Maureen M. O’Brien
  • , Jeremy D. Rubinstein
  • , Krzysztof Kalwak
  • , Barbara De Moerloose
  • , Elad Jacoby
  • , Peter Bader
  • , Mónica López-Duarte
  • , Bianca F. Goemans
  • , Franco Locatelli
  • , Peter Hoogerbrugge
  • , Friso G. Calkoen
  • , Christian Michel Zwaan*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor T cells targeting CD19 (CART-19) have shown remarkable efficacy for relapsed/refractory (R/R) B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL). We investigated whether prior use of inotuzumab ozogamicin (InO), an anti-CD22 antibody conjugated to calicheamicin, may impact CAR T-cell manufacturing or efficacy via pre-CART-19 depletion of the B-cell compartment. In this international, retrospective analysis, 39 children and young adults receiving InO before (n = 12) and/or after (n = 27) T-cell apheresis as bridging therapy to CART-19 treatment were analyzed. Median age at infusion was 13 years (range 1.4–23 years). Thirty-four out of 39 patients (87.2%) obtained complete remission. With a median follow-up of 18.2 months after CART-19 infusion, 12-month event-free survival (EFS) was 53.3% (95% confidence interval (CI): 38.7–73.4) and overall survival (OS) was 77.8% (95% CI: 64.5–93.9). Seventeen patients (44%) relapsed with a median of 159 days (range 28–655) after CART-19 infusion. No difference in day 28 minimal residual disease negative complete response rate, 12-month OS/EFS, or incidence of CD19-positive or -negative relapses was observed among patients receiving InO before or after apheresis. Compared to published data for patients treated with CART-19 therapy without prior InO exposure, response and OS/EFS for patients treated with InO prior to CART-19 are similar.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)53-60
Number of pages8
JournalLeukemia
Volume37
Issue number1
Early online date30 Oct 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2023

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All the parents and patients, because with their data, they made this research possible.

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© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

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