Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy With Tisagenlecleucel for Secondary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A Case Series.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-2023
Abstract
Relapsed or refractory (R/R) large B cell lymphoma (LBCL) presenting as secondary central nervous system lymphoma (SCNSL) carries a poor prognosis, with a median survival time of two to five months. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has been approved in R/R LBCL, but studies are ongoing to understand its efficacy and safety for SCNSL. Axicabtagene ciloleucel or tisagenlecleucel have been shown to attain high response rates in some retrospective studies; however, response durability continues to be unclear. Our study is a case series of three patients with R/R SCNSL who were treated with tisagenlecleucel. One patient achieved a complete response 30 days after CAR-T therapy but developed disease progression on day +100 imaging. The second patient had a partial response and eventual disease progression with ultimately death. The third patient died from central nervous system complications of CAR-T therapy. Two of the three patients developed immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome grade 4 and cytokine release syndrome grade 1 toxicities. Our series of three patients demonstrates that R/R SCNSL can elicit a response with CAR-T therapy, although with a limited duration response.
Volume
15
Issue
9
First Page
45088
Last Page
45088
ISSN
2168-8184
Published In/Presented At
Dhaliwal, A., & Mann, S. (2023). Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy With Tisagenlecleucel for Secondary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A Case Series. Cureus, 15(9), e45088. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45088
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
37842456
Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Fellows and Residents
Document Type
Article