Blincyto (blinatumomab)

P2, N=20, Recruiting, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University

P2, N=20, Recruiting, Northside Hospital, Inc. | Trial completion date: Aug 2025 --> Dec 2025 | Trial primary completion date: Nov 2024 --> Nov 2025

Starting from the initiation of blinatumomab treatment, with a median follow-up of 12 months, all patients remained in complete remission. Our study was the first to demonstrate that blinatumomab could further eradicate ddPCR MRD after patients achieve MFC-MRD undetectable status in B-ALL patients.

Incorporation of blinatumomab and/or inotuzumab in CR1 may mitigate the negative prognostic significance of MRD, however it is unclear if intensity of standard post-remission therapy can be safely reduced without compromising outcomes...We designed a phase I clinical trial to determine safety and tolerability of UCD19 CAR-T cell therapy for adults with B-ALL in MRD+ CR1 who are at high risk for relapse.Methods : Eligible patients include adults (≥18yo) with B-ALL in CR1 after induction therapy, with MRD positivity by either flow cytometry or NGS (Clonoseq)...Longer follow-up is needed to determine if remissions remain durable, and to determine the relationship between functional persistence (as measured by B-cell aplasia) and remission durability. Enrollment is ongoing at DL2.

P3, N=488, Active, not recruiting, National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Trial completion date: Dec 2024 --> Mar 2025

P2, N=53, Active, not recruiting, National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Trial completion date: Oct 2024 --> Oct 2025

Blinatumomab, a CD19/CD3 bispecific T-cell engager; inotuzumab ozogamicin (INO), a CD22 antibody drug conjugate; and chimeric-antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell constructs are novel immune-therapeutic options for treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Herein, we discuss strategies to address the unique adverse effects of blinatumomab and ways to optimize its administration and integration into the treatment backbone of B-ALL. We outline our approach to combining and sequencing blinatumomab with other immunotherapies, such as INO and CD19 CAR T-cells, and provide recommendations for the management of toxicities and dose-optimization of blinatumomab therapy in clinical practice.

In further investigations of this issue, we show here that the pharmacological inhibition of MYC in various lymphoma and multiple myeloma cell lines, as well as patient-derived primary tumor cells, enhances their susceptibility to NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity induced by conventional antibodies targeting CD20 (rituximab) and CD38 (daratumumab), as well as T cell-mediated cytotoxicity induced by the CD19-targeting bispecific T-cell engager blinatumomab. In conclusion, MYC overexpressing tumor cells mitigated the efficacy of therapeutic antibodies through several non-overlapping mechanisms. Given the challenges associated with direct MYC inhibition due to toxicity, successful modulation of MYC-mediated immune evasion mechanisms may improve the outcome of immunotherapeutic approaches in B-cell malignancies.

ALL with CREBBP gene mutation is more common in girls and has a low induction remission rate and a high recurrence rate, and it is often accompanied by other types of gene mutations and abnormal karyotypes. Most children with recurrence can achieve long-term survival after immunotherapy or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

P2, N=30, Recruiting, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University | Not yet recruiting --> Recruiting

"Introduction : Brexucabtagene autoleucel (brexu cel) is a CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy approved for the treatment of adults with relapsed/refractory (R/R) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)...No differences were observed with respect to sex, TP53 mutation status, prior inotuzumab (ino) or blinatumomab (blina) exposure, disease burden prior to CAR, or development of any cytokine release syndrome (CRS) or any neurotoxicity with brexu cel...Similar results have been obtained in pediatric ALL patietns ftreated with 41BB-based tisagenleucleucel (Pulsipher et al., Blood Cancer Discovery 2022). Longer follow-up is needed to validate the safety of omitting consolidative HCT in such pts, but these results encourage the potential for definitive therapy with brexu cel when D28 ClonoSeq NGS MRD is negative."

We recently demonstrated that INO can be added safely to a non-myeloablative conditioning of bendamustine, fludarabine, and rituximab in patients with indolent lymphoid malignancies who required an allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation (HCT) (Am J Hematol 2024)...Patients who received transplants from MUDs received an additional dose of methotrexate 5 mg/m2 on day +11 and 1 mg/kg of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin IV on days -1 and -2 before HCT...The patient who was in CR2 at transplant had Ph+ ALL and was maintained on ponatinib after HCT. Key prior therapies in ALL patients included blinatumomab (n=5) and INO (n=5)...The survival outcomes are encouraging and need to be validated in a larger number of patients. Currently, post-transplant cyclophosphamide has been implemented to lessen the risk of GVHD.

Blinatumomab was not used during consolidation therapy in the reported patients. Its incorporation in the routine therapy of newly diagnosed patients may increase the proportion of patients receiving AHCT in a MRD negative state and further improve outcomes in this historically poor risk patient population.

Because of the above, further research is needed to explore whether using upfront immunotherapy like inotuzumab ozogamicin or blinatumomab in the upfront setting, as well as administering allogeneic transplant early in the treatment course of muTP53-ALL would decrease the risk of relapse and improve long-term survival. Although muTP53 ALL achieved a higher MRD-FC negative response compared to wtTP53 ALL, this did not translate into long-term survival in the muTP53 ALL. Whether using NGS for B-cell and T-cell receptors as a method for MRD testing, like clonoSEQ®, would provide a better prognostic tool is currently unknown.

Stem cell products with this T cell content will readily engraft into patients who have received lymphodepleting conditioning, yet despite this, we observed no unwanted engraftment, graft-versus-host disease, cytokine release syndrome after infusion of donor T cells, or enhanced toxicity of the blinatumomab. By demonstrating safety of infusion of large doses of unmodified donor lymphocytes, this study paves the way for future clinical trials of combinations of bispecific T cell engagers with allogeneic effector cells ('BiTEs plus cells').

Samples derived from cases from both the experimental and the control arm, based respectively on ponatinib followed by blinatumomab and on a combination of imatinib and conventional chemotherapy. While some groups reported a higher predictive prognostic power of IG/TR monitoring, our findings do not confirm these data, also in view of the very low rate of relapses so far observed. Nevertheless, a double-hit strategy may be informative for MRD monitoring and possibly for the distinction between typical/lymphoid Ph+ ALL vs multilineage/CML-like Ph+ ALL.

Method : This study involved adult patients aged 19 or older with B-ALL, treated with modified hyper-CVAD (hyperfractionated cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone) and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (allogeneic-HSCT) at Catholic Hematology Hospital from May 2022 to June 2024...Poor MRD response was defined as > 0.1%, and complete MRD response as < 0.001%, and poor MRD responders were treated with MRD-directed therapy using blinatumomab or next-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors...Conclusion : Our data suggested all MRD detection methods showed acceptable power and good concordance rates, but the detection power was different between Ph-positive and Ph-negative ALL. We also suggested MRD-directed therapeutic strategies might predict the significant time point of MRD for the prediction of survival outcomes.

Non-responders to blinatumomab have poor outcomes (2-year RFS : 25%) but may be salvaged by ASCT. The relatively low rate of NGS MRD negativity with blinatumomab monotherapy (31% in Ph- B-ALL) highlights the need for combination therapies in B-ALL.

Ten (77%) pts received blinatumomab as part of initial therapy...Among pts who completed the DLT period (n=11), 7 (64%) experienced transient grade (G) 1 cytokine release syndrome (CRS) that resolved with tocilizumab +/- corticosteroid...CAR T cells had a robust expansion in the blood and CSF despite the low antigen setting. We have observed preliminary durable remissions and pts maintained function and cognition on day 100 post CAR-T.

Frontline therapy was hyper-CVAD-based ± immunotherapy (e.g. inotuzumab ozogamicin and/or blinatumomab) in 43% (n=69), mini-hyper-CVD-based ± immunotherapy in 28% (n=45), and chemotherapy-free in 29% (n=47, all of whom were Ph+). Importantly, no relapses were observed in pts with HR cytogenetic/molecular features who achieved early NGS MRD negativity, suggesting that early MRD dynamics should be included in ALL risk stratification systems. Pts with HR Ph- ALL who achieve deep MRD negativity within the first 6 months of frontline therapy do not appear to benefit from allogeneic SCT.

P1/2, N=35, Active, not recruiting, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | N=98 --> 35 | Trial completion date: Jul 2029 --> Mar 2025 | Trial primary completion date: Aug 2025 --> Jun 2024

P2, N=300, Suspended, National Cancer Institute (NCI) | N=550 --> 300

This report presents two pediatric ALL cases (one Ph+ and one Ph-like) with minimal residual disease negativity established by multicolor flow cytometry but persistent transcript detection by quantitative PCR (qPCR) even after second-line treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors combined with blinatumomab immunotherapy. Using droplet digital PCR, BCR::ABL1 or TPM3::PDGFRB transcripts were identified in CD19+ cells as well as in non-CD19+ cells, suggesting the presence of a Ph+ or Ph-like ALL-M subtype originating from hematopoietic stem cells. This report provides information for better characterization, diagnosis, and treatment of these ALL subtypes.

P=N/A, N=30, Not yet recruiting, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, China

Case presentation: Herein, we present the case of a 23-month-old girl with high-risk B-ALL who experienced very early isolated medullary relapse; following the failure of conventional chemotherapy according to the ALL-IC REL 2016 protocol, she went on to receive the bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) blinatumomab and subsequently, due to refractory disease, the combination of fludarabine, cytarabine, and the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib without achieving remission. The minimal residual disease (MRD) was 0.08% on day 28, and InO was continued, thus achieving MRD negativity; the patient successfully underwent an allogeneic stem cell transplantation from a matched family donor. Our case highlights the efficacy and safety of InO as a salvage treatment in the setting of relapsed B-ALL refractory not only to conventional chemotherapy but also to novel treatments, such as blinatumomab and bortezomib.

P1, N=33, Recruiting, Imugene Limited | N=52 --> 33 | Trial completion date: Sep 2025 --> May 2029 | Trial primary completion date: Sep 2024 --> Jun 2027

P1, N=10, Not yet recruiting, Amgen

P=N/A, N=36, Not yet recruiting, Shandong University

Two patients did not achieve remission even after two rounds of induction chemotherapy, with one achieving complete remission after treatment with blinatumomab immunotherapy...Five patients died, while two patients survived with sustained complete remission. TCF3-HLF-positive B-ALL is rare and has a high relapse rate and poor prognosis.

P1, N=31, Completed, Amgen | Phase classification: P1b --> P1

P1, N=28, Active, not recruiting, National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Trial completion date: Sep 2024 --> Jul 2025

P4, N=10, Terminated, Amgen | N=45 --> 10 | Trial completion date: Dec 2025 --> Sep 2024 | Recruiting --> Terminated | Trial primary completion date: Dec 2025 --> Sep 2024; The decision to terminate is not based on safety or efficacy but due to slow enrollment impacting the ability to complete the study as planned.

P2, N=171, Not yet recruiting, National Cancer Institute (NCI) | Trial completion date: Dec 2027 --> Dec 2028 | Initiation date: Oct 2024 --> Jan 2025 | Trial primary completion date: Dec 2027 --> Dec 2028

P3; Initiation date: Jul 2024 --> Feb 2025

P2, N=170, Active, not recruiting, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Recruiting --> Active, not recruiting | N=52 --> 170

CAR-MNZ bearing the CD28-OX40-CD3ζ signaling modules, and CAR-BG2, designed on the Tisagenlecleucel CAR sequence (Kymriah®), carrying the 4-1BB and CD3ζ signaling elements, were employed. CIK + Blina displayed strongest NFAT and IFN-ɣ induction, whereas CARCIK-BG2 demonstrated superior synapse formation. All the effectors have shown therapeutic activity in vivo against the CD19+ Daudi tumor model, with CARCIK cells showing a more durable response compared to CIK + Blina, likely due to the short half-life of Blina in this model.

P2/3, N=90, Recruiting, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

P1, N=6, Recruiting, The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Can chemotherapy-free approaches, such as blinatumomab in conjunction with more potent TKIs, obviate the need for an allograft in high-risk patients?...Can salvage therapy and a subsequent allograft cure patients who relapse after not being transplanted in CR1? This manuscript reviews the latest data influencing contemporary management and discusses these controversies.

She was treated with modified Ph-negative EWALL induction (Vincristine, Idarubicin, dexamethasone) and achieved a complete remission. However, she subsequently experienced an early relapse and was refractory to targeted therapy with blinatumomab. After treatment with inotuzumab ozogamicin, she achieved a second complete remission...It demonstrates that patients with ostensibly favourable prognostic factors may experience poor response rates to traditional chemotherapy as well as targeted salvage agents. It also illustrates the challenges of treating B-ALL in the elderly population.

P1, N=20, Recruiting, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute | Trial completion date: Jun 2026 --> Dec 2026 | Trial primary completion date: Jun 2025 --> Dec 2025

Blinatumomab was associated with greater benefit in terms of OS and EFS relative to SC. Probabilistic, deterministic, and scenario analyses indicate that blinatumomab represents the best value for money. Therefore, blinatumomab administered as part of consolidation therapy in B-ALL pediatric patients with high-risk first relapse is a cost-effective option.