Heliyon (Sep 2024)

The first case of multiple myeloma treated with ASCT followed by Anti-BCMA CAR-T cells using retrovirus vector: A case report

  • Liqiong Liu,
  • Wenxiang Zhu,
  • Ning Liu,
  • Shiting Gong,
  • Qihong Ma,
  • Huanhuan Zhou,
  • Nan Zhong,
  • Wei Dai,
  • Lijun Zhao,
  • Rui Sun,
  • Jianxun Wang,
  • Yuanyuan Shi,
  • Zhi Guo

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 17
p. e36955

Abstract

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Chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T)-cell therapy targeting B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) is currently one of the promising treatment methods for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (MM). Herein, this study is a case report on a 41-year-old male patient with MM. Unfortunately, he still developed multidrug-resistant, refractory, and bone marrow suppression after receiving multiline high-intensity chemotherapy. After a detailed evaluation, the physician recommended autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT) support, followed by sequential immunotherapy with autologous anti- BCMA CAR-T cells. The CAR-T product is a novel anti-BCMA CAR-T based on Retrovirus vectors (RV). It was worth noting that the patient achieved VGPR (very good partial remission) one month after infusion of anti-BCMA CAR-T cells. Recent tests have found that the M protein was no longer detectable and the patient has achieved CR (complete response). Although grade 3 cytokine release syndrome (CRS) appeared, the symptom was well controlled and immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) did not occur. This was the first case report of RV prepared anti-BCMA CAR-T cells combined with ASCT for the treatment of MM patient in clinical practice, indicating that the RV-based anti-BCMA-CAR-T cells with ASCT have excellent therapeutic efficacy and high safety in triple-refractory MM patients.

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