Shiga, Japan – Jun 1, 2022 - Takara Bio Inc., an innovative biotechnology company, announced that the results from the investigator-initiated clinical trial in Canada of NY-ESO-1・siTCR~{TM} gene therapy* will be presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (June 3 - 7, 2022, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.).
*Development Code: TBI-1301, INN: mipetresgene autoleucel

 

 

[Outline of presentation]

Name of Conference

ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) Annual Meeting 2022

Place

McCormick Place (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.)

Date

June 5, 8:00 am – 11 am (Local time)

Title

The addition of fludarabine to cyclophosphamide for lymphodepleting chemotherapy enhances the persistence of infused NY-ESO-1 TCR anticancer therapy TBI-1301

Summary

[Objectives, Methods]
In this study, we examined a repeat infusion of TBI-1301 and the addition of fludarabine to cyclophosphamide for pre-infusion lymphodepletion. Repeat infusions were performed in two cohorts: Cohort B - patients who had previously received NY-ESO-1 TCR-transduced cells and Cohort C - NY-ESO-1 TCR treatment naïve patients. Ten patients in total were enrolled (5 for each cohort) and nine patients in total are evaluable for response and toxicity (cohort B: 5, cohort C: 4).
[Safety]
- no DLTs have been observed
- In each cohort, 4 patients experienced grade 1-2 cytokine release syndrome.
[Efficacy]
- Best overall response by RECIST v1.1 was 3 stable disease, and 2 progressive disease in cohort B; and 2 stable disease and 2 progressive disease in cohort C.
- Biomarker analysis demonstrated substantially longer persistence of transferred TBI-1301 cells in infused patients who received fludarabine and display a less differentiated phenotype.
[Conclusions]
Repeat infusions of TBI-1301 following lymphodepletion appears to be safe and to possess anti-tumor activity. Addition of FLU to lymphodepletion regimen may contribute to longer persistence of gene-engineered T cells.

 

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