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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2025

TIGIT inhibitor M6223 as monotherapy or in combination with bintrafusp alfa in patients with advanced solid tumors: a first-in-human, phase 1, dose-escalation trial.

Aung Naing, Meredith McKean, Anthony Tolcher, Anja Victor, Ping Hu, Wei Gao, Marco A F Nogueira Filho, Thomas Kitzing, Stephan Gleicher, Daniel Holland and 3 more

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.

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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.

NCT04457778 phase1completednot on this map

Phase I, First-in-Human, Open-Label, Multiple Ascending Dose Study to Investigate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Clinical Activity of M6223, an Inhibitor of TIGIT, as Single Agent and in Combination With Bintrafusp Alfa (Anti-PDL1/ TGFß Trap) in Participants With Metastatic or Locally Advanced Solid Unresectable Tumors

TypeinterventionalSponsorEMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.Ran2020 to 2023Enrolled58ConditionsMetastatic Solid TumorsArmsM6223, Bintrafusp alfa
NCT05327530 phase2active not recruitingnot on this map

A Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized, Open Label, Parallel-Arm, Umbrella Study of Avelumab (MSB0010718C) in Combination With Other AntiTumor Agents as a Maintenance Treatment in Participants With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma Whose Disease Did Not Progress With First Line Platinum-Containing Chemotherapy (JAVELIN Bladder Medley)

TypeinterventionalSponsorEMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.Ran2022 to 2026Enrolled256ConditionsLocally Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial CarcinomaArmsAvelumab, Sacituzumab Govitecan, M6223, NKTR-255
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Aung NaingThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, Texas, USA anaing@mdanderson.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4803-8513
Meredith McKeanSarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Anthony TolcherNEXT Oncology and Texas Oncology, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Anja VictorMerck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Ping HuEMD Serono, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA.
Wei GaoEMD Serono, Billerica, Massachusetts, USA.
Marco A F Nogueira FilhoMerck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Thomas KitzingMerck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3424-4882
Stephan GleicherMerck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Daniel HollandMerck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Emilia RichterMerck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Keyvan Tadjalli-MehrMerck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Lillian L SiuPrincess Margaret Hospital Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundM6223 is an intravenous (IV), Fc-competent, fully human, antagonistic, anti-T cell immunoreceptor with immunoglobulin and immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif domains (TIGIT) antibody. Bintrafusp alfa (BA) is a bifunctional fusion protein that simultaneously blocks nonredundant immunosuppressive TGF-β and PD-(L)1 pathways.

methodsThis first-in-human, dose-escalation study in patients with advanced solid tumors (N=58; aged ≥18 years, ECOG PS≤1) evaluated M6223 alone (Part 1A, n=40; M6223 10-2400 mg every 2 weeks, n=32; M6223 2400 mg every 3 weeks, n=8) or with BA (Part 1B, n=18; M6223 300-1600 mg with BA 1200 mg; both every 2 weeks, intravenous). Primary objectives were safety, tolerability, maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and recommended dose for expansion (RDE). Additional objectives included pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and clinical activity (NCT04457778).

resultsTwo dose-limiting toxicities were observed: grade 3 adrenal insufficiency (Part 1A: M6223 900 mg every 2 weeks) and grade 3 anemia (Part 1B: M6223 300 mg, only BA related). MTD was not reached. Overall, median overall survival and progression-free survival were 7.6 (95% CI 4.9, 12.0) and 1.4 (95% CI 1.3, 1.8) months, respectively. Stable disease as best response was observed in 13 (32.5%) and 5 (27.8%) patients in parts 1A and 1B, respectively. M6223±BA displayed a linear pharmacokinetic profile. Anti-TIGIT mode-of-action-related pharmacodynamic effects were observed in peripheral blood and in tumor tissue. RDEs were 1600 mg every 2 weeks or 2400 mg every 3 weeks for M6223 monotherapy and 1600+1200 mg every 2 weeks for M6223+BA.

conclusionsM6223±BA had a manageable safety profile, with RDEs defined for both monotherapy and combination therapy. Further evaluation of M6223 is ongoing in combination with the PD-L1 inhibitor avelumab in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma (JAVELIN Bladder Medley; NCT05327530). TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT04457778.

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsNeoplasmsReceptors, ImmunologicRecombinant Fusion ProteinsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsMaleMaximum Tolerated DoseMiddle AgedImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsReceptors, ImmunologicRecombinant Fusion ProteinsTIGIT protein, humanAntibodyImmune Checkpoint InhibitorImmunotherapySolid tumor

Identifiers

PMID39929671
PMCPMC11815413

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