An inflammatory biomarker signature of response to CAR-T cell therapy in non-Hodgkin lymphoma Journal Article
| Authors: | Raj, S. S.; Fei, T.; Fried, S.; Ip, A.; Fein, J. A.; Leslie, L. A.; Alarcon Tomas, A.; Leithner, D.; Peled, J. U.; Corona, M.; Dahi, P. B.; Danylesko, I.; Epstein-Peterson, Z.; Funnell, T.; Giralt, S. A.; Jacoby, E.; Kedmi, M.; Landego, I.; Lin, R. J.; Parascondola, A.; Pascual, L.; Orozco, N.; Park, J. H.; Palomba, M. L.; Salles, G.; Saldia, A.; Schöder, H.; Sdayoor, I.; Shah, G. L.; Scordo, M.; Shem-Tov, N.; Shimoni, A.; Slingerland, J.; Yerushalmi, R.; Nagler, A.; Greenbaum, B. D.; Vickers, A. J.; Suh, H. C.; Avigdor, A.; Perales, M. A.; van den Brink, M. R. M.; Shouval, R. |
| Article Title: | An inflammatory biomarker signature of response to CAR-T cell therapy in non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
| Abstract: | Disease progression is a substantial challenge in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) undergoing chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy. Here we present InflaMix (INFLAmmation MIXture Model), an unsupervised quantitative model integrating 14 pre-CAR-T infusion laboratory and cytokine measures capturing inflammation and end-organ function. Developed using a cohort of 149 patients with NHL, InflaMix revealed an inflammatory signature associated with a high risk of CAR-T treatment failure, including increased hazard of death or relapse (hazard ratio, 2.98; 95% confidence interval, 1.60–4.91; P < 0.001). Three independent cohorts comprising 688 patients with NHL from diverse treatment centers were used to validate our approach. InflaMix consistently and reproducibly identified patients with a higher likelihood of disease relapse and mortality, and it provided supplementary predictive value beyond established prognostic markers, including tumor burden. Moreover, InflaMix exhibited robust performance in cases with missing data, maintaining accuracy when considering only six readily available laboratory measures. These findings show that InflaMix is a valuable tool for point-of-care clinical decision-making in patients with NHL undergoing CAR-T therapy. © The Author(s) 2025. |
| Journal Title: | Nature Medicine |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 1078-8956 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Date Published: | 2025-04-01 |
| Start Page: | 1183 |
| End Page: | 1194 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41591-025-03532-x |
| PUBMED: | 40169864 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC12003198 |
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| Notes: | The MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) is acknowledge in the PDF -- Corresponding authors is MSK author: Roni Shouval -- Source: Scopus |
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