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ArticleNature communications2025

Deciphering response dynamics and treatment resistance from circulating tumor DNA after CAR T-cells in multiple myeloma.

Hitomi Hosoya, Mia Carleton, Kailee Tanaka, Brian Sworder, Shriya Syal, Bita Sahaf, Alisha M Maltos, Oscar Silva, Henning Stehr, Vanna Hovanky and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Hitomi Hosoya *Division of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Mia Carleton *Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9993-9787
Kailee TanakaDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Brian SworderDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine CA, USA.
Shriya SyalCenter for Cell Therapy, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Bita SahafCenter for Cell Therapy, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Alisha M MaltosDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6631-481X
Oscar SilvaDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Henning StehrDepartment of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Vanna HovankyDivision of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
George DuranDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2692-3906
Tian ZhangDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Michaela LiedtkeDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Sally AraiDivision of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
David IberriDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
David MiklosDivision of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0717-4305
Michael S KhodadoustDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Surbhi SidanaDivision of Blood and Marrow Transplant and Cell Therapy, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. surbhi.sidana@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3288-7614
David M KurtzDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. dkurtz@stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6382-4651

Funding

Institutional Career Development Core (KL2)KL2TR003143 · NCATS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI ASCH, STEVEN M. · 2019 to 2023
$8.7M
Molecular Characterization and Personalized Approaches to Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma from Circulating Tumor DNAK08CA241076 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI KURTZ, DAVID MATTHEW · 2019 to 2023
$957k
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR003143NCI NIH HHS K08 CA241076U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) K08CA241076
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite advances in treatments, multiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable cancer where relapse is common. We developed a circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) approach in order to characterize tumor genomics, monitor treatment response, and detect early relapse in MM. By sequencing 412 specimens from 64 patients with newly diagnosed or relapsed/refractory disease, we demonstrate the correlation between ctDNA and key clinical biomarkers, as well as patient outcomes. We further extend our approach to simultaneously track CAR-specific cell-free DNA (CAR-cfDNA) in patients undergoing anti-BCMA CAR T-cell (BCMA-CAR) therapy. We demonstrate that ctDNA levels following BCMA-CAR inversely correlate with relative time to progression (TTP), and that measurable residual disease (MRD) quantified by peripheral blood ctDNA (ctDNA-MRD) was concordant with clinical bone marrow MRD. Finally, we show that ctDNA-MRD can anticipate clinical relapse and identify the emergence of genomically-defined therapy-resistant clones. These findings suggest multiple clinical uses of ctDNA for MM in molecular characterization and disease surveillance.

Indexed as

Circulating Tumor DNADrug Resistance, NeoplasmImmunotherapy, AdoptiveMultiple MyelomaAgedBiomarkers, TumorFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm, ResidualReceptors, Chimeric AntigenT-LymphocytesBiomarkers, TumorCirculating Tumor DNAReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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PMID39979252
PMCPMC11842827

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