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Table 3 Summary of main trials evaluating anti-BCMA CAR-T cell therapy

From: The changing landscape of relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma (MM): fundamentals and controversies

Trials

(N)

Construct

Baseline features

CAR-T cell dose

Lymphodepletion

RR

PFS

(median)

CRS all/≥G3

(%)

ICANS all/≥G3

(%)

   

Phase 1/2

     

KarMMa/Ide-cel

(N = 128) [97]

Lentivirus

Murine scFv

4-1BB/CD3ζ

6 y since diagnosis

6 prior lines

HR cytogenetics: 35%

Triple/Penta-refractory: 84/26%

150-450 x 106 cells/kg

Cy/Flu

ORR 73%; ≥CR 33%

MRD- at 10-5 79% a

8.8 m

84/5

18/3

EVOLVE/Orva-cel

(N = 62) [98]

Lentivirus

Human scFv

4-1BB/CD3ζ, EGFRt

7 y since diagnosis

6 prior lines

HR cytogenetics: 41%

Triple/Penta-refractory: 94/48%

300-600 x 106 cells

Cy/Flu

ORR 92%; ≥CR 36%

MRD- at 10-5 84%

NR

89/3

13/3

CARTITUDE-1/Cilta-cel

(N = 97) [99]

Lentivirus

Llama VHH1-24-1BB/CD3ζ

5.9 y since diagnosis

6 prior lines

HR cytogenetics: 23.7%

Triple/Penta-refractory: 87.6/42.3%

EMD: 13.4%

0.5-1.0 x 106 cells/kg

Cy/Flu

ORR 96.9%; ≥CR 67%

MRD- at 10-5 54.6%

At 12-m, 76.6

94.8/5

16.5/2.1

PRIME/P-BCMA-101

(N = 53) [100]

PiggyBac

Human Centyrin

4-1BB/CD3ζ

4.9 y since diagnosis

8 prior lines

Triple-refractory: 60%

51-1178 x 106 cells Q2W cycles or combined with Rix or Lena

Cy/Flu

ORR 56.7% (out of 30 evaluable pts)

NR

17/0

3.8/3.8

LUMMICAR-2/CT053

(N = 20) [101]

Lentivirus

Human scFv

4-1BB/CD3ζ

6 y since diagnosis

5 prior lines

HR cytogenetics: 55%

Triple/Penta-refractory: 85/50%

EMD: 25%

1.5-3 x 108 cells

Cy/Flu

ORR 94%; ≥CR 27.8%

(out of 18 pts with ≥8 w of follow-up)

NR

78.9/0

15.8/5.3

   

Phase 1

     

NCI [102]

(N = 16) [102]

γ-retrovirus

Murine scFv

CD28/CD3ζ

9.5 prior lines

HR cytogenetics: 40%

9 x 106 cells/kg

Cy/Flu

ORR 81%; ≥CR 12.5%

MRD- at 10-5 75%

EFS, 31 w

94/37.5

NR/19

CAR-T BCMA/UPenn

(N = 25) [103]

Lentivirus

Human scFv

4-1BB/CD3ζ

4.6 y since diagnosis

7 prior lines

HR cytogenetics: 96%

Penta-refractory: 44%

C1: 1-5 x 108 cells

C2: 1-5 x 107 cells

C3: 1-5 x 108 cells

C1: No

C2: Cy

C3: Cy

C1: ORR 44%; ≥CR 9%

C2: ORR 20%; ≥CR 0%

C3: ORR 64%; ≥CR11%

C1: 65 d

C2: 57 d

C3: 125 d

C1: 89/33

C2: 60/0

C3: 100/45

C1: 33/22

C2: 20/0

C3: 36/9

CRB-402/bb21217

(N = 69) [104]

Lentivirus

Murine scFv

4-1BB/CD3ζ bb007

PI3K inh

5.7 y since diagnosis

6 prior lines

HR cytogenetics: 33%

Triple-refractory: 64%

C1: 150 x 106 cells

C2: 300 x 106 cells

C3: 450 x 106 cells

Exp: 450 x 106 cells

Cy/Flu

C1: ORR 83%; ≥CR 42%

C2: ORR 43%; ≥CR 14%

C3: ORR 57%; ≥CR 29%

Exp: ORR 84%; ≥CR 32%

NR

70/4

16/4

MSKCC/MCARH171

(N = 11) [98]

γ-retrovirus

Human scFv

4-1BB/CD3ζ, EGFRt

6 prior lines

HR cytogenetics: 82%

72-818 x 106 cells

Cy or Cy/Flu

ORR 64% (≥CR 0%)

NR

60/20

10/0

FHCRC/FCARH143

(N = 7) [105]

Lentivirus

Human scFv

4-1BB/CD3ζ, EGFRt

8 prior lines

HR cytogenetics: 100%

50-800 x 106 cells

Cy/Flu

ORR 100% (≥CR 36%)

NR

91/0

9/0

HRAIN

Biotechnology

(N = 20) [106]

γ-retrovirus

Murine scFv

4-1BB/CD3ζ, EGFRt

5.5 prior lines

9 x 106 cells/kg

Cy/Flu

ORR 79% (≥CR 45%)

15 m

45/5

NR/7

FHVH-BCMA

(N = 12) [107]

γ-retrovirus

FHVH33

4-1BB/CD3ζ, EGFRt

6 prior lines

HR cytogenetics: 58%

0.75-3 x 106 cells/kg

Cy/Flu

ORR 83% (≥CR 17%)

NR

91.7/8.3

25/8.3

CT103A

(N = 14) [108]

Lentivirus

Human scFv

4-1BB/CD3ζ

4 prior lines

1-6 x 106 cells/kg

Cy/Flu

ORR 100% (≥CR 71%)

NR

94.4/28

0/0

C-CAR088

(N = 23) [109]

Lentivirus

Human scFv

4-1BB/CD3ζ

4 prior lines

1-6 x 106 cells/kg

Cy/Flu

ORR 95.7% (≥CR 43.5%)

At 6-m: 65.1%

91.3/4.3

4.3/0

UNIVERSAL/

ALLO-715

(N = 31) [110]

Lentivirus

Human scFv

Rix-RD 4-1BB/CD3ζ

Allogeneic TC with disrupted TCRα and CD52

5.4 y since diagnosis

5 prior lines

HR cytogenetics: 48%

40-480 x 106 cells

ALLO-647/

Cy +/- Flu

ORR 62% (≥VGPR 38%) at 320 x106 cells (n=13)

NR

45/0

0/0

  1. aMRD is referred to patients with ≥CR.
  2. C cohort; CR complete response; CRS cytokine-release syndrome; Cy cyclophosphamide; d days; EFS event-free survival; EMD extramedullary disease; Exp expansion; FHVH fully human heavy-chain variable domain; Flu fludarabine; G grade; HR high-risk; ICANS immune-effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome; Lena lenalidomide; m months; MRD minimal residual disease; NR not reported; ORR overall response rate; PFS progression-free survival; Rix rituximab; Rix-RD rituximab recognition domain; RR response rate; scFv single chain variable fragment, TC T-cells; TCR T cell receptor; VGPR very good partial response; VHH variable domain of heavy chain; w weeks; y year