CAR T cells
Update 4-9-2021
Information on idecabtagene vicleucel approval data and indication has been added, as noted below:
- Idecabtagene vicleucel is a BCMA-directed CAR T cell therapy, indicated for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma after four or more prior lines of therapy, including an immunomodulatory agent, a proteasome inhibitor, and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody. Approval was based on safety and efficacy in a multicenter study of 127 patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma who had received at least three prior lines of antimyeloma therapies with 88% having received four or more prior lines of therapies. Efficacy was evaluated in 100 patients who received idecabtagene vicleucel at a dose range of 300 to 460 x 106 CAR-positive T cells. The ORR (by IMWG criteria) was 72% (95% CI, 62% to 81%) and CR rate was 28% (95% CI, 19% to 38%). An estimated 65% of patients who achieved CR remained in CR for at least 12 months. The expert panel recommendations on CAR T cell therapy for multiple myeloma were developed, in part, based on experience from trials of idecabtagene vicleucel.