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ArticleJournal of hematology & oncology2018

Anti-BCMA CAR-T cells for treatment of plasma cell dyscrasia: case report on POEMS syndrome and multiple myeloma.

Jinhuan Xu, Qiuxiang Wang, Hao Xu, Chaojiang Gu, Lijun Jiang, Jue Wang, Di Wang, Bin Xu, Xia Mao, Jin Wang and 5 more

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Article in Journal of hematology & oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jinhuan XuDepartment of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jie-Fang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Qiuxiang WangDepartment of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jie-Fang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Hao XuDepartment of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jie-Fang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Chaojiang GuCollege of Life Science and Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430065, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Lijun JiangDepartment of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jie-Fang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Jue WangDepartment of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jie-Fang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Di WangDepartment of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jie-Fang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Bin XuDepartment of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jie-Fang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Xia MaoDepartment of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jie-Fang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Jin WangDepartment of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jie-Fang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Zhiqiong WangDepartment of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jie-Fang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Yi XiaoDepartment of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jie-Fang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Yicheng ZhangDepartment of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jie-Fang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China.
Chunrui LiDepartment of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jie-Fang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China. cunrui5650@hust.edu.cn.
Jianfeng ZhouDepartment of Hematology, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1095 Jie-Fang Avenue, Wuhan, 430030, Hubei, People's Republic of China. jfzhou@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CNHubei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNTongji Hospital · CNWuhan University of Science and Technology · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPOEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, monoclonal gammopathy, and skin changes) syndrome still has no standard treatment. On the basis that both POEMS syndrome and myeloma have an underlying plasma cell dyscrasia, anti-myeloma therapy can be expected to be useful for POEMS syndrome. Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells targeting B cell maturation antigen (BCMA) has been used in the treatment of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). No POEMS syndrome cases treated with anti-BCMA CAR-T cells have been reported. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we, for the first time, report a POEMS syndrome case treated with anti-BCMA CAR-T cells. A 49-year-old female with incapacitating POEMS syndrome that progressed on lenalidomide treatment was enrolled in a phase I study involving anti-BCMA CAR-T cells (ChiCTR-OPC-16009113). Another patient with RRMM who had undergone six prior lines treatments was also enrolled in the study. They received infusions of anti-BCMA CAR-T cells. Both patients achieved a stringent complete response. Complete remission persisted in the patient with POEMS syndrome and lasted for 7.6 months before a relapse in RRMM patient. Both patients had toxicity consistent with the grade 1 cytokine release syndrome.

conclusionsThis is the first report of treatment by anti-BCMA CAR-T cells in POEMS syndrome. Our findings demonstrate the anti-BCMA CAR-T cell treatment may be a feasible therapeutic option for patients with POEMS syndrome and RRMM who do not respond well to traditional therapies.

trial registrationChiCTR-OPC, ChiCTR-OPC-16009113 . Registered 29 August 2016.

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FemaleHumansMiddle AgedMultiple MyelomaParaproteinemiasPOEMS SyndromeReceptors, Chimeric AntigenReceptors, Chimeric AntigenB cell maturation antigenChimeric antigen receptor T cellsMultiple myelomaPOEMS syndromeRemissions

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