key: cord-0019751-szvromz3 authors: Bruno, Benedetto; Wäsch, Ralph; Engelhardt, Monika; Gay, Francesca; Giaccone, Luisa; D’Agostino, Mattia; Rodríguez-Lobato, Luis-Gerardo; Danhof, Sophia; Gagelmann, Nico; Kröger, Nicolaus; Popat, Rakesh; van de Donk, Niels W C J; Terpos, Evangelos; Dimopoulos, Meletios A; Sonneveld, Pieter; Einsele, Hermann; Boccadoro, Mario title: European Myeloma Network perspective on CAR T-cell therapies for multiple myeloma date: 2021-04-01 journal: Haematologica DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2020.276402 sha: 26cb7b2cb6b3fc70789a5516592a01574610155d doc_id: 19751 cord_uid: szvromz3 Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells (CAR-T) have dramatically changed the treatment landscape of B-cell malignancies, providing a potential cure for relapsed/refractory patients. Long-term responses in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and non Hodgkin lymphomas have encouraged further development in myeloma. In particular, B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-targeted CAR-T have established very promising results in heavily pre-treated patients. Moreover, CAR-T targeting other antigens (i.e., SLAMF7 and CD44v6) are currently under investigation. However, none of these current autologous therapies have been approved, and despite high overall response rates across studies, main issues such as long-term outcome, toxicities, treatment resistance, and management of complications limit as yet their widespread use. Here, we critically review the most important pre-clinical and clinical findings, recent advances in CAR-T against myeloma, as well as discoveries in the biology of a still incurable disease, that, all together, will further improve safety and efficacy in relapsed/refractory patients, urgently in need of novel treatment options. Recently engineered chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) have greatly increased anti-tumor effects of CAR T cells (CAR-T). Impressive results have been observed with CD19-directed CAR-T in B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders. [1] [2] [3] In addition, several CAR-T products have been developed for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM). None has yet been approved, and, despite high overall response (OR) across studies, main issues such as long-term outcomes, toxicities and complications need to be solved to allow their widespread clinical use. In this review, the European Myeloma Network (EMN) group aimed to describe the most important pre-clinical and clinical findings, and recent advances in CAR-T technology against MM that may improve their safety and efficacy. Contents, comments and sugges-tions have been incorporated in the manuscript after at least three rounds of discussion resulting in the final unanimously approved version. CAR are artificial fusion proteins with a modular design that confer antigen-specificity to T cells in an human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-independent manner providing intracellular stimulatory signals to enhance survival, proliferation, cytolytic capacity and cytokine production of T cells. 4 Figure 1 illustrates the components of CAR constructs. [5] [6] [7] [8] For successful CAR-T therapy, identification of suitable tumor antigens is crucial, since it requires a delicate balance between effectiveness and safety considerations. Ideal antigens should be: (i) highly and homogeneously expressed on tumor cell surface, (ii) expressed at different disease stages, (iii) pivotal in disease pathophysiology, (iv) limited or not shed into the bloodstream, (v) not affected by selective treatment pressure that may cause down-regulation or elimination, and (vi) not expressed on normal tissues. [9] [10] Great progress has been made to identify potential molecules as CAR targets in MM. In this section, we summarize pre-clinical data on the most relevant MM-associated antigens, while a comprehensive overview is provided in Table 1 . The B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) gene is located on chromosome 16 and the BCMA (aliases: CD269, TNFRSF17) protein, a transmembrane glycoprotein member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) superfamily, is expressed on subsets of B cells (plasmablasts and plasma cells) and up-regulated during B-cell differentiation. It is not expressed on solid organ tissues, hematopoietic cells or naïve B cells. [11] [12] Along with two associated receptors (calcium modulator and cyclophilin ligand interactor [TACI] and B-cell activation factor receptor [BAFF-R]) and its ligands (a proliferation inducing ligand [APRIL] and B-cell activating factor [BAFF]) BMCA regulates maturation, differentiation, and promotes B-cell survival. [13] [14] [15] CAR T cell therapies in multiple myeloma haematologica | 2021; 106 (8) 2055 Figure 1 . Chimeric antigen receptor T cells. Chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) are designer proteins that redirect T cells towards a defined surface antigen on tumor cells. The CAR construct contains four essential components. The extracellular antigen recognition domain consists of a single chain variable fragment (scFv) commonly derived from the variable domains of the heavy and light chains (VH and VL) of monoclonal antibodies joined by a linker to provide flexibility and solubility and therefore improve antigen recognition and binding capacity. The hinge or spacer moiety based on Ig-(IgG1 or IgG4), CD8-or CD28-derived domains, provides flexibility, stability and the suitable length for optimal access to the target antigen. The transmembrane domain links the extracellular and intracellular domains of the CAR. It is based on CD3ζ, CD4, CD8α, CD28 or ICOS moieties, influences CAR stability and signaling and may also be involved in immune synapse arrangement. The last components of the CAR construct are the intracellular signaling domains. The activation domain is typically derived from the CD3ζ moiety of the T-cell receptor (first generation CAR), whereas co-stimulatory domains are derived from CD28, 4-1BB, OX40, CD27, or ICOS (second and third generation CAR). Co-stimulation results in intracellular signals that further optimize T-cell function, persistence and proliferation. Through additional genetic modifications, so called "armored" CAR T cells (CAR-T) (fourth generation CAR) secrete cytokines or express ligands to bolster CAR-T function or to overcome the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. Taken together, the molecular fine-tuning of pre-existing CAR components can greatly improve cellular migration, foster expansion and persistence of the CAR-T and decrease toxicity. Expression of BCMA in malignant plasma cells is enhanced compared to non-malignant cells, though levels are not homogeneous. Its expression is associated with proliferation and survival of tumor cells and contributes to the immunosuppressive bone marrow (BM) microenvironment. [15] [16] [17] BCMA cleavage by γ-secretase sheds soluble BCMA (sBCMA) into the bloodstream. 18 sBCMA may play a role in myeloma pathogenesis, and high sBCMA levels have been associated to worse prognosis. 19 BCMA is currently considered the most compelling antigen for targeted immunotherapy. Carpenter et al. reported on the first proof-of-concept using a second generation, CD28 co-stimulated CAR against BCMA in the preclinical setting. BCMA CAR-T specifically recognized the antigen, eradicated in vivo tumors and killed primary myeloma cells, 11 In most B-cell malignancies, CD19 is highly and uniformly expressed. [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] MM was traditionally considered mostly CD19 negative with low level CD19 expression attributed to a putative "myeloma stem cell". However, highly sensitive direct stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (dSTORM) unveiled expression of CD19 on a considerable subset (10-80%) of myeloma cells in more than two thirds of patients, of whom only one fifth was considered CD19 positive by conventional flow cytome- High expression Antigen-presenting cells, Epithelial cells Preclinical investigation thymocytes, B cells, and hematopoietic stem cells try. As CAR-T can eliminate cells expressing less than 100 target antigens/cell, CD19 has become a relevant CAR target antigen. In preclinical models, BCMA-CD19 bispecific CAR-T eliminated myeloma cell lines more potently than BCMA-or CD19-directed CAR-T alone. 30 Due to an offtarget expression limited to B cells, toxicity concerns of (co-)targeting CD19 are limited and clinical evaluation of bispecific CAR-T is ongoing (clinicaltrials gov. Identifier: NCT03455972, NCT03549442). The elotuzumab target antigen signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM) family member 7 (SLAMF7, aliases: CD319, CS-1, CRACC) is an immunomodulatory transmembrane receptor, initially identified on the surface of natural killer (NK) cells. 31 It is expressed on a variety of other innate immune cells, 32 but also T cells, B cells and plasma cells. [31] [32] [33] Importantly, SLAMF7 is expressed on aberrant plasma cells and its precursor 34 and confers homing of the myeloma cells to the BM niche. While redirecting T cells against a self-antigen may appear difficult, preclinical experiments demonstrated that it is feasible to generate clinically relevant doses of SLAMF7-directed CAR-T, with or without additional inactivation of the endogenous SLAMF7 gene. [33] [34] [35] In preclinical models, potent anti-myeloma activity was demonstrated, resulting in rapid, comprehensive and sustained cell depletion. 33 SLAMF7-directed CAR-T eliminated SLAMF7 positive lymphocytes in vitro, while SLAMF7 negative lymphocytes were spared and retained their functions. 33 Clinical evaluation of SLAMF7 CAR-T with functional safety switches is currently ongoing (clinicaltrials gov. Identifier: NCT03958656, EudraCT Nr.2019-001264-30). Successfully targeting CD38 (cyclic ADP ribose hydrolase, ADPRC1) with daratumumab and isatuximab has led to the development of anti-CD38 CAR-T. CD38 is a transmembrane glycoprotein that functions as an ectoenzyme, adhesion molecule and regulator of migration and signaling. It is expressed on malignant plasma cells, 36 but low expression can be found on lymphoid and myeloid cells, hematopoietic precursors, 37 thymocytes, cerebellar Purkinje cells and other tissues. CD38 is an activation marker of T cells at intermediate or late activation stages. As CD38-directed CAR-T demonstrated great antigenspecific efficacy in preclinical myeloma models, 38 affinity modification of the CAR was developed as an approach to mitigate on-target, off-tumor toxicity towards other CD38 positive hematopoietic cells. Affinity reduction of the antigen binding domain by a factor of 1,000 enabled selective elimination of myeloma cells with high CD38 expression while sparing normal cells with less pronounced CD38 expression. However, it has been reported that levels of CD38 expression on myeloma cells can decline over the disease course. 39 In this regard, agents that induce selective modulation of CD38 expression levels, such as all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) or histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, 40 represent a promising group for combination therapy with CD38-directed CAR-T. In order to address the issue of antigen reduction by increasing the potency of the cell product, a novel construct termed "dimeric antigen receptor" (DAR) was developed. In fact, the DAR T cells that incorporate a fragment antigen-bind-ing (Fab) moiety instead of the single chain variable fragment (scFv), demonstrated superior preclinical activity. However, their clinical relevance, and the risk of on-target, off-tumor effects, remains to be determined. CD44 glycoproteins are encoded by a highly conserved gene, 41 but are nevertheless characterized by considerable protein heterogeneity due to post-transcriptional modifications or splicing variants. While CD44 plays a role in physiological processes and is expressed on healthy tissues, 42 the isoform variant 6 is relatively restricted to malignant cells 43, 44 including plasma cells. In healthy tissues, CD44v6 expression is limited to skin keratinocytes. It is absent on hematopoietic precursor cells, but low level expression can be found on activated T cells and monocytes. While the development of an anti-CD44v6 immunoconjugate was discontinued due to severe skin toxicities, 45 preclinical investigation of CD44v6-directed CAR-T showed promising efficacy with no impact on keratinocytes that represent potentially immune-privileged sites. 46 The clinical relevance of the observed monocyte depletion remains unclear. However, as monocyte-derived cytokines play a relevant role for the pathogenesis of cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS), a beneficial effect is possible and clinical evaluation is ongoing (clinicaltrials gov. Identifier: NCT04097301). The orphan G protein-coupled receptor, class C group 5 member D (GPRC5D), is expressed ubiquitously in malignant bone marrow plasma cells (500 to 1,000 times higher expression than on normal cells), hair follicles, and in the lung. CAR-T targeting GPRC5D have demonstrated promising preclinical activity, and a phase I clinical trial is ongoing (clinicaltrials gov. Identifier: NCT04555551). CD229, a SLAM family receptor ("SALM3"), is generally expressed on myeloma cells and "precursor" myeloma cells. Its high expression suggests a potential as a target for CAR-T studies have shown that this newly designed CD229 CAR-T has high activity against MM cells, memory B cells and MM stem cells in vitro and in vivo. 47 Clinical studies The National Cancer Institute group performed the first study with BCMA-specific CAR-T with a CD28 costimulatory domain (murine scFv) in heavily pretreated patients. 20 At the highest CAR-T dose (9x10 6 cells/kg), 13 of 16 patients (81%) achieved at least partial response (PR) with a median event-free survival of 31 weeks. Other studies confirmed high activity of BCMA CAR-T in this patient subset. [48] [49] [50] Advanced clinical findings have been reported with ide-cel 50,51 and cilta-cel. 48 Both therapies received Food and Drug Administration breakthrough designation. In this section, we will discuss these two CAR-T products. CAR-T constructs and main clinical characteristics are summarized in Table 2 . CAR T cell therapies in multiple myeloma haematologica | 2021; 106(8) The first-in-man study with ide-cel (CRB-401) evaluated escalating doses of CAR-T (50x10 6 , 150x10 6 , 450x10 6 , or 800x10 6 in the dose-escalation phase, and 150x10 6 -450x10 6 in the expansion phase) in extensively pretreated MM (median of six prior therapy lines; 69% triple-class refractory). 51 Sixty-two patients were enrolled. At least PR was achieved by 76% of patients including complete response (CR) in 39%. All 15 patients with ≥CR who had an assessment for minimal residual disease (MRD) were MRD-negative at the level of 10 -5 . Baseline BCMA expression or sBMCA levels did not affect response. There was a trend towards lower response in patients who received ≤150x10 6 CAR-T, in those with less in vivo CAR-T expansion, and in those with high-risk cytogenetic abnormalities. Median progression free survival (PFS) was 8.8 months for all patients, and 9.0 months for those who received 450x10 6 CAR-T. Median overall survival (OS) was 34.2 months. Based on these promising results of the phase I trial, a second trial (KarMMa, phase II study) was initiated to evaluate the value of ide-cel in larger numbers of patients who were previously exposed to immunomodulatory drugs (IMiD), a proteasome inhibitor, and a CD38 antibody. 50 In this study 140 patients were enrolled with a manufacturing success of 99%; 128 of 140 (91%) received CAR-T, whereby 88% received bridging therapy prior to B. Bruno et al. 2058 haematologica | 2021; 106(8) Durable CAR-T persistence was observed up to 1 year: CAR-T were detected at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months in 99%, 75%, 59%, 37%, and 46% respectively. CAR-T expansion was increased at higher doses. In an ongoing phase III study, ide-cel is compared with standard-of-care regimens in patients with 2-4 prior regimens, including IMiD, PI, and CD38 antibody (KarMMa-3). Ide-cel is also evaluated in the multi-cohort KarMMa-2 study, in patients with early relapse after first-line therapy or patients with suboptimal response after autografting (1 protein. 78, 79 A recent study demonstrated that CAR with antigenrecognition domains consisting of only a fully human heavy-chain variable domain (FHVH33) in addition to 4-1BB and CD3ζ domains mediated comparable cytokine release, reduction in tumor burden, and degranulation in mice when compared to an identical CAR with a conventional scFv. 76, 80 Further investigations identified a crucial contribution of 4-1BB in reducing activation-induced cell death, enabling survival of T cells expressing FHVH33-CAR. 76 Some relapses are either antigen-negative or antigenlow. 80 One study in leukemia mouse models could dissect evidence for CAR promoting reversible antigen loss through a mechanism called trogocytosis. 81 This mechanism defines an active process of rapid intercellular transfer of membrane fragments and related molecules. The specific target antigen is transferred to T cells resulting in decreased density on tumor cells, leading to declined Tcell activity by boosting fratricide T-cell killing and exhaustion. 81 These cascades affected CAR constructs that included different costimulatory domains (CD28 or 4-1BB), and the effect was dependent on antigen density. Thus, it was hypothesized that multi-target CAR-T could overcome these limitations. 81 Multi-targeting T-cells expressing single-chain bispecific CAR are able to prevent antigen escape. 68, 82 Moreover, CAR pools combining two single-input CAR-T products have been proposed ( Figure 2 ). Pooling a humanized anti-CD19 and a CAR T cell therapies in multiple myeloma haematologica | 2021; 106(8) 2061 Table 4 . Limitations and ways to improve CAR-T therapy in multiple myeloma. Toxicity murine anti-BCMA CAR-T was investigated in 22 patients. 63 The study had a median follow-up of 6 months and reported a high ORR of 95%, with CR of 57%, and relatively low CRS of grades ≥3 (4%). 63 Preliminary results of two other CD19/BCMA studies showed similar ORR but lower CR (22% and 16%). 83, 84 One study investigated dual-target CAR-T co-expressing two full-length receptors, namely CD38 and BCMA. 85 Median follow-up was 9 months and the ORR was 88%. PFS was 75% and higher CRS of grades ≥3 were noted compared with tandem CAR (25%). OR-gate tandem CAR consist of a single CAR structure targeting two antigens with two distinct antigen recognition domains (scFv) linked consecutively with a single signal transducing intracellular domain. [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] A recent study using CS1/BCMA tandem CAR-T showed superior CAR expression and function in comparison with T cells co-expressing individual CS1 and BCMA CAR. When compared to the OR-gate (tandem) CAR, dual-target CAR require a much larger genetic payload, leading to poorer transduction efficiency and reduced proliferation. A recent Chinese study using BCMA-CD19 dual FasT CAR-T showed an overall response rate of 93.8% with median duration of follow up of 7.3 months at cutoff. Importantly, most patients showed high-risk features. 87 A much more compact genetic footprint may greatly support viral integration, thus product manufacturing, suggesting an advantage for single-chain tandem CAR in relation to dual-targeting. With respect to CARpools, this strategy could avoid poor transduction efficiency. Among these three approaches, mechanistically, CAR pool may be the least effective. 80 The BM milieu is heavily involved in MM pathogenesis and resistance to treatment. Conflicting data exist on whether monoclonal antibodies against CD38 are effective in the BM microenvironment, 88 whereas immunomodulatory agents may be able to overcome these inhibitory effects. 89 Accordingly, combining these drugs with CAR-T therapy may provide synergistic effects. 59 Conversely, tissue microenvironment itself is modulated by secretory programs and stable cell-cycle arrest, defined as cellular senescence, which is a tumorsuppressive mechanism. Accumulating aberrant senescent cells create an inflammatory milieu resulting in tissue damage and fibrosis. In order to eliminate these senescent cells, "senolytic" CAR-T have been proposed. 90 One study discovered the cell-surface protein urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) being broadly induced during senescence, 88 and further dissected that anti-uPAR CAR-T efficiently ablated senescent cells in vitro and in vivo, restoring tissue homeostasis in mice with liver fibrosis. 90 In MM, it has been shown that u-PAR contributes to the functioning of cancer-associated fibroblasts during MM progression, 91 and that higher expression of u-PAR was associated with disease progression, worse survival and early extramedullary spread of MM cells. Although it has to be noted that a caveat of senolytic CAR-T are the potential off-target toxicities, 92 these results may encourage the incorporation of cellular strategies specifically addressing the MM microenvironment. Allogeneic CAR-T may decrease cost and enable broader availability. 93 Notwithstanding, allogeneic CAR-T bare the risk for graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). For this reason, TALEN-and CRISPR-based gene editing has been introduced to produce allogeneic CAR-T with off-theshelf availability. 68, 93, 94 One recent study on allogeneic anti-BCMA CAR-T used gene editing, namely TALEN, to confer resistance to lymphodepletion and to reduce GvHD risk. 95 By further incorporating a CD20 mimotope-based switch-off within the CAR, rituximab could be given to eliminate the CAR-T in case of adverse events. Another preclinical approach using similar safety features but anti-CS1 CAR-T (UCARTCS1), 35 specifically degranulated and proliferated in response to MM cells, supporting further evaluation and testing of this universal therapy. Current investigational studies also include (i) the non-viral piggyBac system, aimed at transposing stem cell memory T cells together with (ii) the Cas-CLOVER TM gene editing system consisting of CRISPR guide-RNA and dead Cas9 fused to Clo51 nuclease, and (iii) a nano-particle delivery system carrying the gene for an anti-BCMA Centyrinbased CAR with a fully human binding domain. Rimiducid, a lipid-permeable tacrolimus analogue and protein dimerizer, may be administered for safety switch activation. 96 Two phase I dose escalation and cohort expansion studies have recently been initiated. The CTX120 (clinicaltrials gov. Identifier: NCT04244656) is using anti-BCMA allogeneic CRISPR-Cas9-engineered T cells and the PBCAR269A (clinicaltrials gov. Identifier: NCT04171843) which applies its own gene editing tool (ARCUS) for GvHD risk reduction. Since 2018, with version 7.0, the *Joint Accreditation Committee of ISCT and the **European Bone Marrow Transplantation Group (EBMT) (JACIE) prerequisites for cell therapy accreditation have included standards for infusions of immune-effector cells and CAR-T. The current recommendation is that CAR-T should be administered within the framework of an accredited allogeneic transplant program. The Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT)-JACIE do not cover the manufacturing of CAR-T but do include supply chain and handover of responsibilities when the product is provided by third party. Overall, JACIE standards are structured on the basis of three major functional areas in cellular therapy: cell collection, laboratory processing, and clinical program. All areas required dedicated and highly qualified personnel. Accredited programs for cell therapy must implement a product labeling system that guarantees identification and traceability from collection to manufacturing site and return to clinical units. EBMT recommendations further stress the importance of staff training 97 and of multidisciplinary approaches with teams who include transplant physicians along with qualified internal medicine sub-specialists after a specific education program. Importantly, CAR-T infusions should be coordinated with intensive care specialists. All accredited centers must implement a policy for rapid escalation of care for critically ill patients including availability of specific drugs (i.e., tocilizumab). Though complications may vary among CAR-T products, they tend to follow a predictable timeline contributing to bed-planning decisions. Recent reports allow designing protocols for anti-infective prophylaxis and common postinfusion complications such as infections and tumor lysis syndrome. 98 Inevitably, the unfortunate COVID-19 pandemic stresses the importance of scrupulous adherence to recommended hygiene procedures. 99 Importantly, an EBMT registry, for all transplant centers accredited for cell therapies, has been created to collect date on efficacy, side effects and clinical outcomes for post-marketing surveillance. The clinical role of CAR-T in the current armamentarium of MM treatments remains as yet to be fully determined. Moreover, other promising forms of antibodybased immunotherapies have been added. Despite some limitations of CAR-T therapy experienced in early studies in MM, one advantage of this cellular therapy is the inherent potential to finetune its design. Simpler structures and multi-target approaches may significantly improve efficacy and safety. Constant learning to handle CAR-T therapy may also enable better patient-centered management. Last, long-term outcome studies and specific detection and analysis of CAR-T dynamics in vivo are essential to allow deeper understanding of their inherent functions which will facilitate future designs of improved CAR-T products. However, selecting patients who may most benefit from CAR-T and best timing of their administration still require rather lengthy and thorough clinical investigations. One more challenge that lies ahead will be the cost effectiveness of future commercial products. This issue has already been addressed in patients with lymphoma where cost reductions will be inevitable to make CAR-T sustainable therapies for health care systems. 100 Despite all remaining open questions and issues that still need to be addressed, and hopefully answered and resolved within the next years, we are now, without any doubt, at the dawn of a new era that will significantly improve patient outcome. No conflicts of interest to disclose. BB, ME, NWCJD designed the review and wrote the manuscript; LG, MD, FG, ET, LGRL, SD, NG, NK, RP and ET provided data and interpretation; MAD, PS, HE and MB reviewed the manuscript. LGRL as BITRECS fellow has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 754550 and from "La Caixa" Foundation. SD has received funding from the Mildred Scheel Early Career Center funded by the German Cancer Aid. 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