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Trial reportClinical pharmacokinetics2025

Population Cellular Kinetics of Idecabtagene Vicleucel in Patients with Triple-Class-Exposed Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma.

Fan Wu, Jian Zhou, Xirong Zheng, Madhan Masilamani, Yiming Cheng, Andrea Caia, Mark Cook, Julia Piasecki, Manisha Lamba

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Trial report in Clinical pharmacokinetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03651128 (A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of bb2121 Versus Standard Regimens in Subjects With Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.

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NCT03651128 phase3completednot on this map

A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of bb2121 Versus Standard Regimens in Subjects With Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM) (KarMMa-3)

TypeinterventionalSponsorCelgeneRan2019 to 2026Enrolled386ConditionsMultiple MyelomaArmsbb2121, Daratumumab, Pomalidomide, Dexamethasone, Bortezomib
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Fan WuTranslational Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA. fanwunj@icloud.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8339-4049
Jian ZhouTranslational Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Xirong ZhengTranslational Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Madhan MasilamaniTranslational Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Yiming ChengTranslational Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Andrea CaiaClinical Science, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boudry, Switzerland.
Mark CookClinical Development, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boudry, Switzerland.
Julia PiaseckiCancer Immunology & Cell Therapy, Bristol Myers Squibb, Seattle, WA, USA.
Manisha LambaTranslational Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIdecabtagene vicleucel (ide-cel, ABECMA) is an autologous, B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. The current modeling analyses aim to characterize the cellular kinetics (CK) of ide-cel and to assess the covariate effects impacting ide-cel cellular kinetics in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

methodsA modified piecewise model was developed to characterize ide-cel CK through the nonlinear mixed effects method. The model parameterization was conducted using the ide-cel whole-blood transgene data in CK-evaluable subjects (N = 225) from the ide-cel arm of the study KarMMa-3 (NCT03651128). The structural model consists of an initial lag phase and then saturable cell expansion, followed by conversion from effector cells to memory cells and their elimination. Model simulations were performed to evaluate covariate effects on ide-cel exposure parameters.

resultsThe piecewise CK model with saturable expansion sufficiently captured the clinically observed ide-cel transgene data. The simulations using the final population CK model suggested that the magnitude of covariate effects on ide-cel exposure parameters was considerably smaller than the intersubject variability in the population. Additional analyses revealed a negative effect of treatment-emergent immunogenicity on the ide-cel persistence. Apparent associations were identified between cellular kinetic parameters and clinical responses.

conclusionsThe cellular kinetics of ide-cel can be adequately described by the modified piecewise model. No clinically meaningful covariate effects on cellular kinetics were identified from this modeling study. The population CK model suggests that higher cell expansion rate and lower elimination rates of effector and memory cells were observed in patients with longer progression-free survival.

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Immunotherapy, AdoptiveMultiple MyelomaAgedB-Cell Maturation AntigenFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedModels, BiologicalReceptors, Chimeric AntigenRecurrenceB-Cell Maturation Antigenidecabtagene vicleucelReceptors, Chimeric Antigen

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PMID40461939
PMCPMC12185632

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