Nonmyeloablative Conditioning Combined with Anti-CD117 Antibody Briquilimab in Older Adults with High-Risk AML and MDS. (PubMed, Blood)
Based on preclinical data demonstrating the antibody clears hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) and myeloid malignant cells, we conducted a phase 1 trial examining briquilimab plus non-myeloablative fludarabine (flu) and total body irradiation (TBI) as conditioning for older adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) undergoing matched donor allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT)...Graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis consisted of tacrolimus, sirolimus, and mycophenolate mofetil...In summary, we demonstrate the feasibility, safety, and proof of concept of CD117 targeting with briquilimab as HCT conditioning for AML/MDS. The trial is registered at clinicaltrials.gov; using identifier: NCT04429191.