Absolute Lymphocyte Count and Outcomes of Multiple Myeloma Patients Treated with Idecabtagene Vicleucel: The US Myeloma Immunotherapy Consortium Real- World Experience
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Abstract
Idecabtagene vicleucel (ide-cel) has shown impressive efficacy in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM). This study aimed to investigate the impact of absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) on the survival outcomes of RRMM patients treated with standard of care (SOC) ide-cel. Data were collected retrospectively from 11 institutions in the U.S. Impact of ALC parameters including pre-apheresis (pre-A), pre-lymphodepletion (pre-LD), absolute and percent difference from pre-A to pre-LD on clinical outcomes after ide-cel were examined using survival analysis. A new ALC profile was created based on univariate analysis that comprises 3 groups: normal (≥1 × 109/L) pre-LD ALC (LDN), low (<1 × 109/L) pre-LD ALC (LDL) + percent reduction <37.5 (%RL), and LDL ALC + percent reduction ≥37.5 (%RH). A total of 214 SOC ide-cel recipients were included in this analysis. The median patient age was 64 years (interquartile range [IQR], 57 to 69 years), median number of prior therapies was 6 (IQR, 5 to 9), and median duration of follow-up was 5.4 months (IQR, 2.1 to 8.3 months). Most patients had both low pre-A ALC (75.3%) and pre-LD ALC (77.2%), and the reduction from pre-A to pre-LD (median, .65 to .55 × 109/L) was statistically significant. Univariate analysis showed that the LDL + %RH group had significantly worse progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) compared to the LDL + %RL and LDN ALC groups (6-month PFS: 40% versus 67.6% and 60.9%; 6-month OS: 69.5% versus 87% and 94.3%). In multivariable analysis, after adjusting for age, performance status, cytogenetic risk, use of bridging therapy, and extramedullary disease, PFS did not maintain its statistical significance; however, OS remained significantly worse for LDL + %RH group compared to the LDN ALC group (hazard ratio [HR], 4.3; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.1 to 17), but the difference between the LDL + %RH versus %RL groups was not statistically significant (HR, 1.7; 95% CI, .8 to 4.0). Our findings indicate that low pre-LD ALC with high %R from pre-A to pre-LD was associated with inferior survival outcomes, particularly OS, in patients who received SOC ide-cel.