Cyclophosphamide mitigates non-ICANS neurotoxicities following ciltacabtagene autoleucel treatment

V Viktoria Blumenberg (1Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) B Benjamin R. Puliafito (1Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) C Charlotte E. Graham (4Comprehensive Cancer Centre, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom) M Mark B. Leick M Md. Raihan Chowdhury (1Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) M Maxx King (1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States) D Deshea L. Harris (1Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) N Noopur S. Raje (1Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) A Andrew R. Branagan (Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston) A Andrew J. Yee (Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston) D Diana Cirstea (3Hematology and Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) K Kathleen M. E. Gallagher (1Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) J Jorg Dietrich (3Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA) M Marcela V. Maus M Matthew J. Frigault (3Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA)

Abstract

Abstract Potentially fatal non-immune effector cell–associated neurotoxicity syndrome neurotoxicities (NINTs) after B-cell maturation antigen–targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy have been linked to high CAR T-cell expansion. Cyclophosphamide to ablate CAR T cells is an effective strategy to mitigate steroid-refractory NINTs.

Article Details

Journal Blood
Volume / Issue Vol. 145, Issue 23
Published June 05, 2025
Pages 2788-2793
ISSN 0006-4971
Publisher Elsevier BV

Journal Info

Blood

Elsevier BV

ISSN: 0006-4971 Health Sciences

Authors (15)

V

Viktoria Blumenberg

1Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

B

Benjamin R. Puliafito

1Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

C

Charlotte E. Graham

4Comprehensive Cancer Centre, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

M

Mark B. Leick

M

Md. Raihan Chowdhury

1Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

M

Maxx King

1Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, United States

D

Deshea L. Harris

1Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

N

Noopur S. Raje

1Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

A

Andrew R. Branagan

Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

A

Andrew J. Yee

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston

D

Diana Cirstea

3Hematology and Oncology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

K

Kathleen M. E. Gallagher

1Cellular Immunotherapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

J

Jorg Dietrich

3Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

M

Marcela V. Maus

M

Matthew J. Frigault

3Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA