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León Román J, Iacoboni G, Bermejo Garcia S, Carpio C, Bolufer Cardona M, Bestard O, Barba P, Jose Soler Romeo M. FC072: Acute Kidney Injury and Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T Therapy in Haematologic Neoplasias: The Importance of Kidney Disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfac112.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has been a revolutionary treatment for hematological malignancies. Additionally, its potential use in solid tumors such as ovarian, prostate and lung neoplasms is currently being investigated with promising results (1).
The most frequent complications after CAR T-cell therapy include cytokine release syndrome (CRS), neurotoxicity, infections, cytopenia and hypogammaglobulinaemia (2, 3, 4, 5). Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs between 20–30%, mostly associated with cytokine release syndrome (CRS), hydroelectrolyte disorders and tumor lysis syndrome (TLS). The purpose of this study was to determine the demographics, laboratory results and clinical evolution of patients who have received CAR-T cell therapy to identify risk factors associated with AKI and long-term outcomes in these patients.
METHOD
We performed a retrospective review of the medical records of 115 patients with haematological neoplasms who received CD19-targeted CAR T-cell therapy at Vall d'Hebron Hospital between July 2018 and May 2021. Clinical and laboratory results of the first 60 days post-infusion were systematically examined and data was collected at the following days: +1, +7, +14, +21, +28 and +60. AKI was defined as the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria: grade 1, 1.5 to <2-fold of baseline; grade 2, 2 to < 3-fold of baseline; and grade 3, ≥3-fold of baseline. Firstly, the sample was divided into two groups: patients with kidney injury and those without in order to identify risk factors for AKI. Secondly, actuarial survival curves were estimated using the Kaplan–Meier method.
RESULTS
A total of 24 (20.9%) of the 115 patients presented AKI after CAR-T cell therapy infusion. AKI was diagnosed by day +1 post-infusion in 3 (2.6%) patients, by day +7 in 13 (11.3%) patients, by day +14 in 1 (0.9%) patient, by day +21 in 2 (1.7%) patients, by day +28 in 2 patients (1.7%), by day +60 in 1 (0.9%) patient and 2 (1.7%) patients during the fludarabine and cyclophosphamide conditioning chemotherapy. Nineteen (79.2%) patients recovered kidney function within the first month after CAR-T infusion. Mean age was 61 ±14.8 years and 66.1% were male. Demographic and clinical characteristics are shown in Table 1 (AKI patients and non-AKI patients). Briefly, hypertension was present in 37.4% of patients, diabetes in 7.8%, chronic kidney disease in 13.9% and cardiovascular disease in 5.2%. Haematological neoplasms include diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (90.5%), B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (5.2%), mantle lymphoma (3.5%) and primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (0.68%). Among the types of CAR-T cell therapy, patients received tisagenlecleucel (49.6%), investigational products (27.8%), axicabtagen ciloleucelin (20%) and brexucabtagene autoleucel (2.6%). The most frequent complications were CRS (72.2%), febrile neutropenia (67%) and neurotoxicity (16.5%). Thirty-one (27%) patients required tocilizumab for CRS grade ≥ 2. A total of 5.2% of patients were admitted to the intensive care unit and 31.3% died. In the bivariate analysis, male sex, types of CAR-T cell therapy infused, and neurotoxicity were associated with AKI. Only male sex (1.26–21.9; P 0.23) and neurotoxicity (2.15–70.6; P 0.005) were identified as risk factors for AKI in multivariable analysis. In the actuarial survival analysis, levels of hemoglobin, creatinine, sodium and reactive C protein in day + 1 and in day +28 showed no statistically significant differences for mortality (Table 2).
CONCLUSION
CAR-T cell therapy has shown beneficial results in haematologic malignancies. In our study, 20.9% of patients developed AKI, especially in the first week of the CAR-T infusion. The majority of patients, a total of 79.2% of patients recovered kidney function within the first 28 days post-treatment, suggesting that AKI is a frequent but mild disease with a fast recovery in patients treated with CAR-T cells.
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- Haematology, Vall d´Hebron Hospital, Spain
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Cardona MB, Soler MJ, McMahon GM. Corrigendum to "Transjugular Kidney Biopsy as a Safe Method to Increase the Etiological Diagnosis in Kidney Disease" Kidney Int. Rep. 2021;6:2535-2536. Kidney Int Rep 2021; 6:3095. [PMID: 34901580 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.08.007.].
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- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Division of Nephrology Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Bolufer Cardona M, Soler Romeo MJ, McMahon GM. Transjugular Kidney Biopsy as a Safe Method to Increase the Etiological Diagnosis in Kidney Disease. Kidney Int Rep 2021; 6:2535-2536. [PMID: 34622093 PMCID: PMC8484498 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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- Mónica Bolufer Cardona
- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Division of Nephrology Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Division of Nephrology Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Escudero-Fernandez JM, Bolufer Cardona M, Perez Lafuente M, Montealegre C, Uriarte I, Serres-Créixams X. Active bleeding after kidney biopsy: Successful ultrasound-guided direct thrombin embolization into the cortical fistula. J Clin Ultrasound 2021; 49:390-394. [PMID: 33098132 DOI: 10.1002/jcu.22939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A 27-year-old man, previously diagnosed with IgA nephropathy, was referred for native kidney biopsy. After the procedure, the patient presented active bleeding revealed by Doppler and contrast-enhanced ultrasonography at the biopsy site. Successful embolization of the cortical fistula, the focus of bleeding, was achieved using ultrasound-guided thrombin injection and confirmed by Doppler ultrasonography, contrast-enhanced ultrasonography, and CT angiography. This case report shows that contrast-enhanced ultrasonography is useful for detecting active bleeding after a solid organ biopsy. Moreover, ultrasound-guided thrombin embolization is a safe and minimally invasive treatment and an alternative to angiography-guided embolization.
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- Grup de Recerca en Imatge Mèdica Molecular, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Radiologia, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
- Grup de Recerca en Imatge Mèdica Molecular, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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