Pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) in First-MIND: A phase Ib, open-label, randomized study of tafasitamab (tafa) ± lenalidomide (LEN) in addition to R-CHOP in patients (pts) with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

Authors

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David Belada

4th Department of Internal Medicine - Haematology, Charles University, Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

David Belada , Katerina Kopeckova , Juan Miguel Bergua Burgues , Don A. Stevens , Grzegorz S. Nowakowski , Maeve Waldron-Lynch , Nira Hadar , Johannes Weirather , Charlotte Lässig , Derek Blair , Martin H. Dreyling

Organizations

4th Department of Internal Medicine - Haematology, Charles University, Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, Department of Oncology of the 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Hematology, Hospital San Pedro de Alcantara, Cáceres, Spain, Norton Cancer Institute - St. Matthews Campus, Louisville, KY, Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Clinical Development, MorphoSys US, Boston, MA, Biostatistics Department, MorphoSys AG, Planegg, Germany, Clinical Pharmacology, MorphoSys AG, Planegg, Germany, Clinical Biomarkers, MorphoSys AG, Planegg, Germany, Klinikum der Universität München, LMU, Munich, Germany

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company

Background: The combination of tafa + LEN has accelerated approval in the United States (2020) and conditional approval in Canada and Europe (2021) for R/R DLBCL in ASCT-ineligible adult pts. A tolerable safety profile for R-CHOP + tafa ± LEN in pts with newly diagnosed DLBCL in the Phase Ib First-MIND study (NCT04134936) was previously reported, with numerically superior efficacy for R-CHOP + tafa + LEN (ASH 2021; #3556). We report PK, PD, and immunogenicity of R-CHOP + tafa ± LEN in this first line setting. Methods: Eligible pts ≥18 years with treatment-naïve DLBCL, IPI 2–5, and ECOG PS 0–2 were randomized 1:1 to either six 21-day (D) cycles (C) of R-CHOP (R-CHO, D1; P, D1–5) + tafa (12 mg/kg IV, D1, 8, 15) (Arm A) or R-CHOP + tafa + LEN (25 mg orally, D1–10) (Arm B). Secondary endpoints included tafa serum conc and number and percentage of pts developing anti-tafa Abs. Exploratory endpoints included natural killer (NK) cell, T-cell, and B-cell count in peripheral blood. Results: Data cut-off: 13 March 2021 for safety analysis, incl. ≥1 month follow-up after EoT visit for all pts; 15 September 2021 for efficacy. Tafa serum conc reached steady state by C3 (geometric mean trough conc: Arm A, 186.40–216.55 µg/mL; Arm B, 171.77–201.54 µg/mL) and steadily declined after treatment completion. Anti-tafa Abs were detected in 1/65 (1.5%) pts. This pt showed pre-existing tafa Abs at baseline, which decreased during treatment. Median NK cell count decreased from baseline at C1D8 but was at baseline or higher levels by EoT visit (Arm A) and C1D15 (Arm B; Table). T-cell count decreased from baseline at C1D8 in both arms but was at baseline level or higher by C1D15 (Arm A) and EoT visit (Arm B). Median B-cell count decreased from baseline to 0 cells/μL (Arm A, C1D15; Arm B, C1D8); at 6-month follow-up after EoT visit, B-cell count had recovered to measurable levels in ̃50% of pts. Conclusions: Tafa serum conc reached and maintained a therapeutic dose level in this first-line regimen and declined in line with known tafa half-life (̃16 days) after treatment completion; tafa levels were comparable between the two treatment arms. No pt developed treatment-induced or treatment-boosted anti-tafa Abs. Median NK-cell, T-cell, and B-cell counts were comparable between treatment arms in all cycles. Clinical trial information: NCT04134936.


R-CHOP + tafa

n = 33
R-CHOP + tafa + LEN

n = 33
Median cells/μL

95% CI
Baseline
C1D8
C1D15
EoT
Baseline
C1D8
C1D15
EoT
NK cell
118.0

80.0–159.0
31.0

19.0–45.0
96.0

66.0–143.0
126.5

72.0–234.0
87.0

67.0–176.0
44.0

30.0–62.0
94.0

70.0–143.0
117.0

78.0–177.0
T-cell
763.0

528.0–937.0
499.0

281.0–624.0
930.5

555.0–1196.0
763.5

492.0–1031.0
854.0

361.0–1013.0
394.0

329.0–665.0
635.5

499.0–1003.0
872.0

601.0–1019.0
B-cell
112. 0

49.0–160.0
1.0

0.0–1.0
0.0

0.0–1.0
0.0

0.0–1.0
84. 0

54.0–151.0
0.0

0.0–1.0
0.0

0.0–0.0
0.0

0.0–1.0

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2022 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Hematologic Malignancies—Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Track

Hematologic Malignancies

Sub Track

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT04134936

Citation

J Clin Oncol 40, 2022 (suppl 16; abstr e19553)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.16_suppl.e19553

Abstract #

e19553

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