2017
DOI: 10.1111/ejh.12902
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CD38‐negative relapse in multiple myeloma after daratumumab‐based chemotherapy

Abstract: We present a case report of a patient relapsing after anti-CD38 treatment (daratumumab). The phenotype of the disease changed during this treatment, and the myeloma clone became CD38 negative and daratumumab refractory. We expected clonal shift, however, based on immunophenotyping, cytogenetics and arrayCGH; the clone was identical as before daratumumab-based treatment with the exception of CD38 negativity. We suggest that the downregulation or loss of CD38 might be an epigenetic "escape mechanism" of malignan… Show more

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“…Our results show that the effect of DARA in MM is indisputable. Several issues are still to be resolved including the long-term outcomes when DARA is used in earlier treatment lines, the unexpectedly good synergy of DARA and lenalidomide or possible down-regulation of CD38 and the occurrence of CD38-negative relapses after DARA as reported in our previous paper 18 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…Our results show that the effect of DARA in MM is indisputable. Several issues are still to be resolved including the long-term outcomes when DARA is used in earlier treatment lines, the unexpectedly good synergy of DARA and lenalidomide or possible down-regulation of CD38 and the occurrence of CD38-negative relapses after DARA as reported in our previous paper 18 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…Such approaches are very effective against receptors like CD33, which is endocytosed after Ab binding, enabling the cytotoxic payload to internalize and result in cell killing (32,33). Futhermore, after CD33 antibody therapy, blasts in relapsed/refractory disease continue to express CD33, suggesting that AML cells may not use downregulation of CD33 as an epigenetic "escape mechanism" (22), in contrast to the use of anti-CD38 mAb daratumumab which may result in relapse due to a CD38myeloma clone (34). Therefore, CD33 PET imaging would be useful in monitoring treatment response post intervention, including CD33 targeted treatment.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Such approaches are very effective against receptors like CD33, which is endocytosed after Ab binding, enabling the cytotoxic payload to internalize and result in cell killing (31,32). Furthermore, after CD33 antibody therapy, blasts in relapsed/refractory disease continue to express CD33, suggesting that AML cells may not use downregulation of CD33 as an epigenetic "escape mechanism" (24), in contrast to the use of anti-CD38 mAb daratumumab which may result in relapse due to a CD38 À myeloma clone (33). Anti-CD33 mAb has been clinically validated as an ADC (34)(35)(36) and for RIT (37)(38)(39)40).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%