PMID- 37760639 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231003 IS - 2072-6694 (Print) IS - 2072-6694 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6694 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 18 DP - 2023 Sep 21 TI - Outcomes of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapy in Patients with Large B-Cell Lymphoma (LBCL): A Single-Institution Experience. LID - 10.3390/cancers15184671 [doi] LID - 4671 AB - Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T-cell) therapy has revolutionized the treatment of relapsed/refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL). We describe the real-world baseline characteristics, efficacy, safety, and post-relapse outcomes of adult patients with R/R LBCL who received CAR T-cell therapy at the University of California San Diego. A total of 66 patients with LBCL were treated with tisagenlecleucel or axicabtagene ciloleucel. The median age was 59.5, and 21% were over 70 years old. Additionally, 20% of the patients had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score of >/=2. Cytokine release syndrome incidence was 88%; immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome incidence was 56%. All-grade infection occurred in 48% of patients and in 79% of patients > 70 years old. Complete response (CR) was achieved in 53% and partial response in 14%. Median progression-free survival (PFS) was 10.3 months; median overall survival (OS) was 28.4 months. Patients who relapsed post-CAR T-cell therapy had poor outcomes, with a median OS2 of 4.8 months. Upon multivariate analysis, both ECOG (HR 2.65, 95% CI: 1.30-5.41; p = 0.007) and >/=2 sites of extranodal involvement (HR 2.22, 95% CI: 1.15-4.31; p = 0.018) were significant predictors of PFS. Twenty-six patients were R/R to CAR T-cell therapy; six patients were in remission at the time of data cut off, one of whom received allogeneic transplant. Overall, older patients can safely undergo CAR T-cell therapy, despite the increased risk of all-grade infection. In our cohort, ECOG performance score and >/=2 sites of extranodal disease are significant predictors of PFS. FAU - Trando, Aaron AU - Trando A AD - School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. FAU - Ter-Zakarian, Anna AU - Ter-Zakarian A AD - Department of Medicine, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. FAU - Yeung, Phillip AU - Yeung P AD - Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) Program in Clinical Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. FAU - Goodman, Aaron M AU - Goodman AM AD - Department of Medicine, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. FAU - Hamdan, Ayad AU - Hamdan A AD - Department of Medicine, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. FAU - Hurley, Michael AU - Hurley M AD - Department of Medicine, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. FAU - Jeong, Ah-Reum AU - Jeong AR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2752-1554 AD - Department of Medicine, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. FAU - Tzachanis, Dimitrios AU - Tzachanis D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4515-4428 AD - Department of Medicine, Division of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230921 PL - Switzerland TA - Cancers (Basel) JT - Cancers JID - 101526829 PMC - PMC10527363 OTO - NOTNLM OT - allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant OT - axicabtagene ciloleucel OT - chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy OT - large B-cell lymphoma OT - tisagenlecleucel COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/09/28 06:43 MHDA- 2023/09/28 06:44 PMCR- 2023/09/21 CRDT- 2023/09/28 01:08 PHST- 2023/07/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/09/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/09/28 06:44 [medline] PHST- 2023/09/28 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/09/28 01:08 [entrez] PHST- 2023/09/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cancers15184671 [pii] AID - cancers-15-04671 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cancers15184671 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cancers (Basel). 2023 Sep 21;15(18):4671. doi: 10.3390/cancers15184671.