CAR-T Cell Therapy as a New Option for Treating Multiple Myeloma

**CAR-T  Cell Therapy as a New Option for Treating Multiple Myeloma**

Multiple Myeloma

“CAR-T cell therapy has now become a new option for treating patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma, with hopes of changing the difficult situation in myeloma treatment where treatments are either ineffective or unavailable,” said Jin Jie, Director of the Hematology Department at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, in an interview with People’s Daily Health on October 23.

Early on October 23, Jin Jie visited the hospital ward to see a 72-year-old patient with multiple myeloma. Just the day before, the patient had begun receiving treatment with a domestically produced BCMA-targeting CAR-T drug.

“This 72-year-old patient came to the hospital due to bone pain and was even unable to walk steadily,” Jin recalled. After being diagnosed with multiple myeloma, the patient initially received a series of chemotherapy regimens that showed some efficacy. However, a year after undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, the disease relapsed, and various subsequent treatments proved suboptimal. As a result, the patient opted for CAR-T therapy.

Since the approval of Equecabtagene Autoleucel last year, Professor Jin Jie became one of the first doctors nationwide to prescribe CAR-T drugs for multiple myeloma. This patient is her tenth multiple myeloma patient to receive this innovative therapy. Discussing the treatment outcomes, Jin noted, “The overall efficacy for patients has been very good.” A month ago, another patient who underwent this CAR-T therapy returned for a follow-up. “Everything was going well; we will continue to monitor the patient’s indicators until all data are stable.”

Multiple myeloma is a malignant plasma cell disease that predominantly affects older adults. Jin observed that the incidence of multiple myeloma has been trending younger in recent years, with patients in their forties commonly seen in clinical settings. Currently, multiple myeloma remains an incurable disease, and most patients face inevitable relapse. However, thanks to the emergence of new drugs and advances in treatment, both the efficacy and overall survival of patients have significantly improved in recent years.

“CAR-T therapy involves collecting a patient’s T cells and equipping them with a ‘weapon.’ These T cells are then expanded outside the body and re-infused into the patient, where they target and attack tumor cells, while also being able to proliferate in the patient’s body to eliminate cancer cells,” Jin explained. CAR-T therapy has the potential to give patients a higher quality of life.

CAR-T cell therapy has been advancing rapidly in the field of multiple myeloma, with multiple products already approved and available. In Jin’s view, patients should, under professional guidance, choose drugs and treatments with extensive clinical experience and proven efficacy.

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