Impact of age, prior therapies, and subsequent transplant on long-term outcomes of adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (R/R B-ALL) treated with brexucabtagene autoleucel (brexu-cel) in ZUMA-3.

Authors

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Bijal D. Shah

Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL

Bijal D. Shah , Ryan Daniel Cassaday , Jae H. Park , Roch Houot , Olalekan O. Oluwole , Aaron Logan , Nicolas Boissel , Thibaut Leguay , Michael Russell Bishop , Max S. Topp , Kristen M. O'Dwyer , Maria R. Baer , Gary J. Schiller , Mehrdad Abedi , Monique C. Minnema , Patrick J. Stiff , Lang Zhou , Tsveta Hadjivassileva , Rita Damico Khalid , Armin Ghobadi

Organizations

Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, University of Washington & Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, CHU Rennes, Université Rennes, INSERM & EFS, Rennes, France, Vanderbilt University Cancer Center, Nashville, TN, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France, Service d'hématologie clinique et thérapie cellulaire Hopital du Haut-Leveque CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, Wilmot Cancer Institute of University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, University of California, Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA, University Medical Center Utrecht, on behalf of HOVON/LLPC, Ultrecht, Netherlands, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, Kite, a Gilead Company, Santa Monica, CA, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Kite, a Gilead Company

Background: Brexu-cel is an autologous anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy approved in the US for adults with R/R B-ALL and in the EU for adults ≥26 y with R/R B-ALL based on positive results of ZUMA-3. After 3-y follow-up in ZUMA-3, brexu-cel demonstrated an overall complete remission (CR)/CR with incomplete hematologic recovery (CRi) rate of 71% and a median overall survival (OS) of 26.0 mo in all treated pts (N = 55) and 38.9 mo in pts with CR (n = 31; Shah et al. EU CAR T 2023. Abstract 34). Here we report 3-y outcomes by age, prior therapies, and subsequent allogeneic stem cell transplant (alloSCT). Methods: Pts (≥18 y) had R/R B-ALL and received 1 brexu-cel infusion (1×10⁶ CAR T cells/kg) following leukapheresis and conditioning chemotherapy. The primary endpoint was overall CR/CRi rate per independent review. Post hoc subgroup analyses were exploratory, with descriptive statistics reported. Results: As of July 23, 2022, the median follow-up in Phase 2 (N = 55) was 38.8 mo (range, 32.7-44.6). The CR/CRi rate (95% CI) was 67% (35-90) for pts < 26 y (n = 12) and 72% (56-85) for pts ≥26 y (n = 43). The median (95% CI) OS was 28.6 mo (0.6-not estimable [NE]) for pts < 26 y and 34.1 mo (15.9-NE) for pts ≥26 y. Grade ≥3 treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) occurred in 92% of pts < 26 y and in 88% of pts ≥26 y. For pts with 1 prior therapy (n = 10), the CR/CRi rate was 90% (95% CI, 55-100) and for pts with ≥2 prior therapies (n = 45), the CR/CRi rate was 67% (95% CI, 51-80); medians (95% CI) for OS were not reached (NR; 2.1-NE) and 25.6 mo (14.2-38.9), respectively. The incidence of Grade ≥3 TRAEs was 90% for pts with 1 prior therapy and 89% for pts with ≥2 prior therapies. The CR/CRi rates (95% CI) for pts with (n = 25) and without (n = 30) prior blinatumomab (blina) were 60% (39-79) and 80% (61-92). The median (95% CI) OS was 14.2 mo (3.2-26.0) for pts with prior blina and NR (18.6-NE) for pts without prior blina; Grade ≥3 TRAEs occurred in 80% and 97% of pts, respectively. For responders (CR/CRi) who did (n = 10) or did not (n = 29) proceed to subsequent alloSCT, the median (95% CI) OS was NR (7.6-NE) and 38.9 mo (18.6-NE), respectively. Similar efficacy results were observed in a pooled subgroup analysis of Phase 1 and 2 pts treated at the pivotal dose (N = 78), with a median follow-up of 41.6 mo (range, 32.7-70.3). Conclusions: Adults with R/R B-ALL benefitted from brexu-cel, regardless of age, number of prior therapies, prior blina exposure, or subsequent alloSCT status. Survival appeared longer in pts with fewer prior therapies and in blina-naïve pts; however, small pt numbers and unmatched baseline characteristics limit interpretation of these results. Additional studies are needed to determine the impact of prior therapies and/or subsequent alloSCT on outcomes of pts who receive brexu-cel. Clinical trial information: NCT02614066.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Hematologic Malignancies—Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, and Allotransplant

Track

Hematologic Malignancies

Sub Track

Acute Leukemia

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02614066

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 7023)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.7023

Abstract #

7023

Poster Bd #

153

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