Blincyto (blinatumomab)

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

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)... Our conclusions are limited by the small number of patients due to slow accrual. However, our data suggest that INO is safe when combined with a melphalan plus fludarabine HCT conditioning regimen. The survival outcomes are encouraging and need to be validated in a larger number of patients.

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... In a large real-world cohort of adults with R/R B-ALL infused with brexu cel, we identified practice variation regarding the use of consolidative HCT. Among brexu cel recipients who entered an MRD- CR, we identified ClonoSeq NGS MRD negativity as a novel predictive factor of favorable oncologic outcomes, even without a consolidative HCT. Similar results have been obtained in pediatric ALL patietns ftreated with 41BB-based tisagenleucleucel (Pulsipher et al., Blood Cancer Discovery 2022).

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. The muTP53-ALL patients had similar CCR to first-line therapy to wtTP53-ALL. However, they had worse OS, likely because of relapses. The findings highlight the significant impact of TP53 mutation on outcomes in ALL.

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.

In this study, we infused allogeneic donor lymphocytes from haploidentical donors to patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who were receiving blinatumomab concurrently. Dose escalation of the T cell dose of the infused product was performed, while we monitored for unwanted effects from the T cell infusion. Starting doses were very small, 10e6 CD3+ cells/kg of recipient body weight, final doses were 100-fold larger, 10e8 CD3+/kg.

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... 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.

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.

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.

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+). Early achievement of NGS MRD negativity identifies pts with excellent outcomes after frontline therapy. 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.

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... The use of CAR-T in older adults with B-ALL in CR1 appears safe with no observed ICANS or ≥G2 CRS. 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.

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.

Significant progress has been made in recent years in the treatment of adults with Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph-positive) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).1 Combining BCR::ABL1 tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) with intensive chemotherapy regimens like hyper-fractionated cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone alternating with high-dose methotrexate and cytarabine (hyper-CVAD) and others has greatly improved patient outcomes.2 As a result, allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has become an additional valuable option...Specifically, the 5-year PFS rates were 81% with hyper-CVAD plus ponatinib, 54% with hyper-CVAD plus dasatinib, and 64% with hyper-CVAD plus imatinib...In contrast to the D-ALBA trial, only two patients underwent HSCT.26 Whether the combination of blinatumomab and ponatinib can overcome the poor prognosis of IKZF1plus and the negative impact of an elevated white blood cell count (higher than 70×109/L, as shown in a multivariate analysis to correlate with a higher risk of relapse) remains to be determined.Asciminib is a first-in-class selective allosteric ABL myristoyl pocket (STAMP) inhibitor that was evaluated in combination with dasatinib and prednisone in a phase 1 trial of 25 patients with Ph-positive ALL, with a median age of 65 years (range, 33 to 85 years).27 Fourteen patients were enrolled in the dose-escalation cohort and 11 in the dose-expansion cohort...Eighteen patients with newly diagnosed Ph-positive ALL received dasatinib/vincristine/prednisone followed by sequential infusions of CD19 and CD22 CAR T cells...The chemotherapy-free regimens involving TKIs alongside blinatumomab have demonstrated outstanding outcomes in the frontline setting, particularly with the utilization of ponatinib. The combination of ponatinib and blinatumomab exhibits high efficacy, with CMR rates of 83% by PCR and 98% by ClonoSEQ and a 3-year OS rate of 91%, with only two patients undergoing HSCT.

P2, N=50, Not yet recruiting, Amgen

P2, N=36, Active, not recruiting, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | Trial completion date: Sep 2024 --> Sep 2025 | Trial primary completion date: Sep 2024 --> Sep 2025

He underwent cord blood transplantation with the conditioning regimen of total body irradiation plus cyclophosphamide and cytarabine with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor priming. Prophylaxis for graft versus host disease was performed with short-term methotrexate and cyclosporin...At that time, he was treated with inotuzumab ozogamicin because the blasts expressed CD22 (75.4%), but this was ineffective. He was next administered blinatumomab with dexamethasone pretreatment, resulting in a complete remission (CR)...He has still maintained a CR for 12 months. Blinatumomab might be a promising treatment and a bridge to stem cell transplantation even in relapsed/refractory CD19-expressing MPAL-B/T.

Analysis of CSF by flow cytometry showed median CD4:CD8 ratio of 1.34. In conclusion, CSF pleocytosis is prevalent with blinatumomab but only demonstrated lower rates of non-CNS extramedullary relapse but no impact on CNS relapse or neurotoxicity.

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

P2, N=18, Recruiting, Amgen | Not yet recruiting --> Recruiting

P2, N=52, Recruiting, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Trial completion date: Jul 2025 --> Jul 2026 | Trial primary completion date: Jul 2024 --> Jul 2025

P2, N=2, Active, not recruiting, University of Maryland, Baltimore | Trial primary completion date: Jun 2024 --> Jun 2025