Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of the Patients.

From: Bispecific CS1-BCMA CAR-T cells are clinically active in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

All evaluable patients, n = 16

Median (range) or No.(%)

Age (years)

60 (42–73)

Gender

  male

8 (50)

  female

8 (50)

ECOG performance status

  1

8 (50)

  2

3 (19)

  3

4 (25)

  4

1 (6)

Monoclonal type

  IgG

7 (44)

  IgA

4 (25)

  IgM

1 (6)

  k light chain

3 (19)

  λ light chain

1 (6)

EMD

  with EMD

6 (38)

  solitary EMD

3 (19)

Complex karyotype

1 (6)

Cytogenetic profilesa

9 (56)

R-ISS stage

  I

3 (19)

  II

2 (13)

  III

11 (69)

Time since diagnosis, months

42 (5–96)

MM burden at enrollment

  Serum M protein (g/L)

4.1 (0–63.6)

  MM cells in BM by morphology (%)

11 (0–89)

  MM cells in BM by FCM (%)

5.93 (0–70)

  BCMA + MM (%)

81.12 (38.88–98.36)

  CS1 + MM (%)

98.64 (91.58–99.14)

Prior lines of therapies

4 (2–8)

Prior ASCT

7 (44)

Prior anti-BCMA CAR-T therapy

2 (13)

Prior daratumumab

5 (31)

Prior Selinexor

2 (13)

Prior proteasome inhibitors

  Bortezomib

16 (100)

  Carfilzomib

1 (6)

  Ixazomib

6 (38)

Prior immunomodulatory drugs

  Lenalidomide

15 (94)

  Thalidomide

8 (50)

  Pomalidomide

4 (25)

  1. BM bone marrow, MM mutiple myeloma, ECOG eastern cooperative oncology group, FCM flow cytometry, ASCT autologous stem cell transplantation, EMD extramedullary plasmacytoma.
  2. aCytogenetic profiles include amp(1q21), del(17p), t(4;14), t(14;16), and t(11;14).