KTE-X19 for relapsed or refractory adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: phase 2 results of the single-arm, open-label, multicentre ZUMA-3 study.
Despite treatment with novel therapies and allogeneic stem-cell transplant (allo-SCT) consolidation, outcomes in adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia remain poor, underlining the need for more effective therapies.
We report the pivotal phase 2 results of ZUMA-3, an international, multicentre, single-arm, open-label study evaluating the efficacy and safety of the autologous anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy KTE-X19 in adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Patients were enrolled at 25 sites in the USA, Canada, and Europe. Eligible patients were aged 18 years or older, with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0-1, and morphological disease in the bone marrow (>5% blasts). After leukapheresis and conditioning chemotherapy, patients received a single KTE-X19 infusion (1 × 106 CAR T cells per kg bodyweight). The primary endpoint was the rate of overall complete remission or complete remission with incomplete haematological recovery by central assessment. Duration of remission and relapse-free survival, overall survival, minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity rate, and allo-SCT rate were assessed as secondary endpoints. Efficacy and safety analyses were done in the treated population (all patients who received a dose of KTE-X19). This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02614066.
Between Oct 1, 2018, and Oct 9, 2019, 71 patients were enrolled and underwent leukapheresis. KTE-X19 was successfully manufactured for 65 (92%) patients and administered to 55 (77%). The median age of treated patients was 40 years (IQR 28-52). At the median follow-up of 16·4 months (13·8-19·6), 39 patients (71%; 95% CI 57-82, p<0·0001) had complete remission or complete remission with incomplete haematological recovery, with 31 (56%) patients reaching complete remission. Median duration of remission was 12·8 months (95% CI 8·7-not estimable), median relapse-free survival was 11·6 months (2·7-15·5), and median overall survival was 18·2 months (15·9-not estimable). Among responders, the median overall survival was not reached, and 38 (97%) patients had MRD negativity. Ten (18%) patients received allo-SCT consolidation after KTE-X19 infusion. The most common adverse events of grade 3 or higher were anaemia (27 [49%] patients) and pyrexia (20 [36%] patients). 14 (25%) patients had infections of grade 3 or higher. Two grade 5 KTE-X19-related events occurred (brain herniation and septic shock). Cytokine release syndrome of grade 3 or higher occurred in 13 (24%) patients and neurological events of grade 3 or higher occurred in 14 (25%) patients.
KTE-X19 showed a high rate of complete remission or complete remission with incomplete haematological recovery in adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, with the median overall survival not reached in responding patients, and a manageable safety profile. These findings indicate that KTE-X19 has the potential to confer long-term clinical benefit to these patients.
Kite, a Gilead Company.
Shah BD
,Ghobadi A
,Oluwole OO
,Logan AC
,Boissel N
,Cassaday RD
,Leguay T
,Bishop MR
,Topp MS
,Tzachanis D
,O'Dwyer KM
,Arellano ML
,Lin Y
,Baer MR
,Schiller GJ
,Park JH
,Subklewe M
,Abedi M
,Minnema MC
,Wierda WG
,DeAngelo DJ
,Stiff P
,Jeyakumar D
,Feng C
,Dong J
,Shen T
,Milletti F
,Rossi JM
,Vezan R
,Masouleh BK
,Houot R
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Safety and activity of CTX130, a CD70-targeted allogeneic CRISPR-Cas9-engineered CAR T-cell therapy, in patients with relapsed or refractory T-cell malignancies (COBALT-LYM): a single-arm, open-label, phase 1, dose-escalation study.
Effective treatment options are scarce for relapsed or refractory T-cell lymphoma. This study assesses the safety and activity of CTX130 (volamcabtagene durzigedleucel), a CD70-directed, allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) immunotherapy manufactured from healthy donor T cells, in patients with relapsed or refractory T-cell lymphoma.
This single-arm, open-label, phase 1 study was done at ten medical centres across the USA, Australia, and Canada in patients (aged ≥18 years) with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma or cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, who had received at least one or at least two previous systemic therapy lines, respectively, and had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-1. Patients underwent lymphodepletion with fludarabine 30 mg/m2 and cyclophosphamide 500 mg/m2 (intravenously daily for 3 days), followed by intravenous CTX130 infusion at dose levels ranging from 3 × 107 CAR+ T cells (dose level 1) to 9 × 108 CAR+ T cells (dose level 4). The primary endpoint was the incidence of adverse events, defined as dose-limiting toxicities occurring within 28 days post-infusion. Secondary endpoints included objective response rate. Safety and activity analyses were performed on data from all patients who received CTX130. The trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04502446) and EudraCT (2019-004526-25) and is closed to enrolment.
Between Aug 28, 2020, and May 30, 2023, 41 patients were enrolled and 39 (95%) received CTX130. The median patient follow-up was 7·4 months (IQR 3·1-12·2). 21 (54%) of 39 patients were female and 18 (46%) were male. 24 (62%) patients were White, eight (21%) were Black, three (8%) were Asian, three (8%) were from other racial or ethnic groups, and one (3%) was not reported. The median number of previous lines of anticancer therapy was 2·5 (IQR 1·3-4·0) for patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma and 5·0 (IQR 5·0-7·0) for patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Cytokine release syndrome was the most common adverse event, occurring in 26 (67%) of 39 patients (23 were grade 1-2, two were grade 3, and one was a grade 4 dose-limiting toxicity at dose level 4). Grade 1-2 neurotoxic events were observed in four (10%) of 39 patients. The most common grade 3-4 adverse events were neutropenia (14 [36%]), anaemia (11 [28%]), and thrombocytopenia (six [15%]). Serious adverse events occurred in 25 (64%) patients, with CTX130-related serious adverse events in 14 (36%) patients, the most common related serious adverse event being cytokine release syndrome in 11 (28%) patients. 21 patients died, 16 from progressive disease and five from adverse events considered unrelated to CTX130 treatment. 18 of 39 patients (46·2% [95% CI 30·1-62·8) had an objective response. Of those treated at dose level 3 and higher, 16 of 31 patients (51·6% [33·1-69·8]) had objective responses, including six (19·4% [7·5-37·5]) with complete response and ten (32·3% [16·7-51·4]) with a partial response.
In patients with heavily pretreated T-cell lymphoma, CTX130 showed manageable safety and a promising objective response rate. This study shows that allogeneic, readily available CAR T cells can be safely given to patients with relapsed or refractory T-cell lymphoma. A next-generation CAR T-cell therapy containing additional potency gene edits (CTX131) is in clinical development.
CRISPR Therapeutics.
Iyer SP
,Sica RA
,Ho PJ
,Prica A
,Zain J
,Foss FM
,Hu B
,Beitinjaneh A
,Weng WK
,Kim YH
,Khodadoust MS
,Huen AO
,Williams LM
,Ma A
,Huang E
,Ganpule A
,Nagar SD
,Sripakdeevong P
,Cullingford EL
,Karnik S
,Dequeant ML
,Patel JN
,He XS
,Li Z
,He QA
,Mendonez JH
,Keegan A
,Horwitz SM
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