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ArticleKidney medicine2025

Hemoadsorption as a Supportive Strategy for Severe Toxicity Associated With Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy: A Case Series.

Pasquale Esposito, Massimiliano Gambella, Elisa Russo, Anna Maria Raiola, Elena Beltrametti, Novella Conti, Elisa Porcile, Stefania Bianzina, Monica Centanaro, Francesca Viazzi and 1 more

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Pasquale EspositoDepartment of Internal Medicine (DIMI), University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
Massimiliano GambellaUnit of Hematology and Cellular Therapy, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Elisa RussoDepartment of Internal Medicine (DIMI), University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
Anna Maria RaiolaUnit of Hematology and Cellular Therapy, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Elena BeltramettiDepartment of Internal Medicine (DIMI), University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
Novella ContiUnit of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Elisa PorcileAnesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Stefania BianzinaNeonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy.
Monica CentanaroAnesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.
Francesca ViazziDepartment of Internal Medicine (DIMI), University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
Emanuele AngelucciUnit of Hematology and Cellular Therapy, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.

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Abstract

Rationale & Objective: To describe the use and effects of extracorporeal blood purification with hemoadsorption in managing severe complications after treatment with chimeric antigen receptor T-cells (CAR-T). Study Design: Retrospective analysis of a case series. Setting & Participants: Hematological department and intensive care unit from a single institution. Patients with hematological cancer who underwent CAR-T therapy between 2021 and 2023, developed severe toxicity, and were treated with hemoadsorption based on clinical indications. Results: Of 48 patients, extracorporeal blood purification was prescribed to 4 (8.3%): 3 with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and 1 with mantle cell lymphoma. These patients experienced rapid increases in serum interleukin-6 and ferritin levels after CAR-T infusion, which progressed to severe cytokine release syndrome with hemodynamic instability and multiple-organ toxicity. Despite corticosteroid and anakinra rescue therapy after tocilizumab failure, extracorporeal blood purification with hemoadsorption was initiated at a mean of 5.2 ± 1.7 days following CAR-T infusion due to rapid clinical deterioration. The treatment was performed using continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration with an AN69ST hemofilter and a CytoSorb cartridge. One patient died 1 day after the initiation of blood purification because of concomitant cardiomyopathy progressing to multiple-organ failure. In the 3 surviving patients, interleukin-6 levels significantly decreased (from -18% to -95%), cytokine release syndrome resolved, and vasoactive support was reduced. Treatment-related complications were not observed. Limitations: Small sample size, retrospective design, and lack of a predefined hemoadsorption therapy protocol. Conclusions: A strategy based on hemoadsorption was safe and effective in mitigating inflammation and improving hemodynamics in patients with hematological cancer treated with CAR-T therapy who developed early severe toxicity.

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B-cell lymphomablood purificationCAR-T therapycytokine release syndromehemoadsorptioninterleukin-6

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PMCPMC12152617

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