CD7-directed CAR T-cell therapy: a potential immunotherapy strategy for relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia
Xuanqi Cao, Haiping Dai, Qingya Cui, Zheng Li, Wenhong Shen, Jinlan Pan, Hongjie Shen, Qinfen Ma, Mengyun Li, Sifan Chen, Juncheng Chen, Xiaming Zhu, Huimin Meng, Lin Yang, Depei Wu, Xiaowen Tang, Xuanqi Cao, Haiping Dai, Qingya Cui, Zheng Li, Wenhong Shen, Jinlan Pan, Hongjie Shen, Qinfen Ma, Mengyun Li, Sifan Chen, Juncheng Chen, Xiaming Zhu, Huimin Meng, Lin Yang, Depei Wu, Xiaowen Tang
Abstract
Relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients generally have a dismal prognosis and the treatment remains challenging. Due to the expression of CD7 on 30% AML and not on normal myeloid and erythroid cells, CD7 is an attractive target for immunotherapy of AML. CD7-targeted CAR T-cells had demonstrated encouraging efficacy in xenograft models of AML. We report here on the use of autologous CD7 CAR T-cells in the treatment of a relapsed/refractory AML patient with complex karyotype, TP53 deletion, FLT3-ITD mutation, and SKAP2-RUNX1 fusion gene. Before the CAR T-cell therapy, the patient achieved partial remission with IA regimen and attained complete remission after reinduction therapy (decitabine and venentoclax). Relapse occurred after consolidation (CLAG regimen). Then she failed CLIA regimen combined with venetoclax and exhibited resistance to FLT3 inhibitors. Bone marrow showed 20% blasts (CD7+ 95.6%). A total dose of 5 × 106/kg CD7 CAR T-cells was administered after the decitabine +FC regimen. Seventeen days after CAR T-cells infusion, she achieved morphologic leukemia-free state. The patient developed grade 3 cytokine release syndrome. No severe organ toxicity or immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome was observed. In summary, the autologous CD7 CAR T-cell therapy could be considered a potential approach for AML with CD7 expression (NCT04762485).Trial registration Clinical Trials.gov, NCT04762485. Registered on February 21, 2021, prospectively registered.
Keywords: Acute myeloid leukemia; CD7; Chimeric antigen receptor T‑cells; Relapsed/refractory.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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