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ArticleBlood advances2020

Loncastuximab tesirine, an anti-CD19 antibody-drug conjugate, in relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Nitin Jain, Wendy Stock, Amer Zeidan, Ehab Atallah, James McCloskey, Leonard Heffner, Benjamin Tomlinson, Bhavana Bhatnagar, Jay Feingold, David Ungar and 6 more

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase I
In one paragraph

Article in Blood advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02669264 (A Phase 1, Open-label, Adaptive Dose-escalation, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Tolerability, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Anti-tumor Activity of ADCT-402 in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory B-cell Lineage Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02669264 phase1terminatednot on this map

A Phase 1, Open-label, Adaptive Dose-escalation, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Tolerability, Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Anti-tumor Activity of ADCT-402 in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory B-cell Lineage Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL)

TypeinterventionalSponsorADC Therapeutics S.A.Ran2016 to 2018Enrolled35ConditionsAcute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaArmsADCT-402
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Nitin JainDepartment of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Wendy StockDuchossois Center for Advanced Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Amer ZeidanDepartment of Hematology, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT.
Ehab AtallahDivison of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
James McCloskeyHackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ.
Leonard HeffnerDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Benjamin TomlinsonDepartment of Medicine-Hematology and Oncology, Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
Bhavana BhatnagarComprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Jay FeingoldADC Therapeutics America, Inc, Murray Hill, NJ.
David UngarADC Therapeutics America, Inc, Murray Hill, NJ.
Grace ChaoADC Therapeutics America, Inc, Murray Hill, NJ.
Xiaoyan ZhangADC Therapeutics America, Inc, Murray Hill, NJ.
Yajuan QinADC Therapeutics America, Inc, Murray Hill, NJ.
Karin HavenithADC Therapeutics (UK) Limited, London, United Kingdom; and.
Hagop KantarjianDepartment of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Matthew J WieduwiltMoores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USEmory University · USHackensack University Medical Center · USMedical College of Wisconsin · USThe Ohio State University · USUniversity Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center · USUniversity of California San Diego · USUniversity of Chicago · USYale Cancer Center · US

Funding

VIRAL MALIGNANCYP30CA023100 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DIANE M SIMEONE · 1985 to 2026
$124.9M
Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Yale Pathology Tissue Services Shared ResourceP30CA016359 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI DAVID L RIMM · 1985 to 2026
$85.0M
UM1 Supplement for Early Therapeutic Trials with Phase 2 IntentUM1CA186712 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SUSANNE M ARNOLD, WILLIAM E. CARSON · 2014 to 2026
$19.3M
TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH ONCOLOGY TRAINING GRANTK12CA076917 · NCI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI GERSON, STANTON L. · 1997 to 2022
$14.2M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NCI NIH HHS K12 CA076917NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016359NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023100NCI NIH HHS UM1 CA186712
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Relapsed or refractory (R/R) B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) remains a therapeutic challenge. Loncastuximab tesirine is an antibody-drug conjugate against CD19, an antigen expressed in many B-cell malignancies. This open-label, single-arm, dose-escalation, dose-expansion study assessed the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PKs), immunogenicity, and preliminary clinical activity of loncastuximab tesirine in adults with R/R B-ALL. A total of 35 patients were enrolled, with a median age of 55 years (range, 20-80) and a median of 3 prior therapies (range, 1-15). All patients received at least 1 IV infusion of loncastuximab tesirine at 15 to 150 μg/kg once every 3 weeks (Q3W; n = 30) or 50 μg/kg IV weekly (n = 5). Common treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were nausea (42.9%), febrile neutropenia (37.1%), and reversible liver test abnormalities. Grade ≥3 TEAEs were reported in 85.7% patients, most commonly febrile neutropenia and other hematologic abnormalities and reversible liver test abnormalities. There were no treatment-related deaths. Four patients (11.4%) had grade 2 infusion-related reactions, and 1 patient (150 μg/kg Q3W) had a dose-limiting toxicity of hyperbilirubinemia that resolved within 6 days without further action. The maximum tolerated dose was not reached. Three patients achieved complete responses, 1 each at 30, 120, and 150 μg/kg Q3W. PK studies showed marked interpatient variability, with target-mediated drug disposition seeming to contribute to time- and dose-dependent disposition. No clinically relevant anti-drug-antibody formation occurred. The trial was terminated in the dose-escalation phase because of slow accrual. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02669264.

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ImmunoconjugatesPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntigens, CD19BenzodiazepinesB-LymphocytesHumansMiddle AgedYoung AdultAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntigens, CD19BenzodiazepinesImmunoconjugatesloncastuximab tesirine

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PMID32012214
PMCPMC7013258
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