Shiga, Japan – May 29, 2023 - Takara Bio Inc., an innovative biotechnology company, announced that the results from the clinical trial of NY-ESO-1・siTCR~{TM} gene therapy in Japan (Development Code: TBI-1301, INN: mipetresgene autoleucel) will be presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) on June 2-6, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois US.

Name of Conference

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Place

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

Date

June 3, 1:15 pm – 4:15 pm (Local time)

Title

Results from phase I/II study of NY-ESO-1-specific TCR gene-transduced T cell therapy (TBI-1301, mipetresgene autoleucel) in patients with advanced synovial sarcoma.

Summary

[Objectives]
Synovial sarcoma is one of malignant soft tissue tumors with a poor prognosis. A cancer-testis antigen NY-ESO-1 is expressed in the tumors of 50-80 % synovial sarcoma patients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and the efficacy of gene engineered autologous T cell product with NY-ESO-1 siTCR retroviral vector which expressed affinity-enhanced NY-ESO-1-specific TCR and siRNA to silence endogenous TCR (TBI-1301).
[Methods]
- This was an open label phase I/II study.
- Subjects in this study was HLA-A*02:01 or HLA-A*02:06 positive synovial sarcoma, which were surgically unresectable and refractory to anthracycline therapy.
- TBI-1301 was infused for two days following cyclophosphamide treatment.
[Results]
- Eight subjects were enrolled and treated with TBI-1301.
- The objective response rate was 50.0% and the median overall survival was 650 days.
- Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) occurred in 50.0% and consisted of 1 subject with grade 1 CRS and 3 subjects with grade 2 CRS. All subjects who developed CRS recovered with prespecified treatment.
[Conclusions]
Adoptive immunotherapy with TBI-1301 to selectively target NY-ESO-1 positive tumors will become a promising treatment for advanced or recurrent synovial sarcoma with acceptable toxicity.

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Throughout its leading biotechnology, Takara Bio is proceeding with the preparation for the New Drug Application of TBI-1301 in Japan along with the establishment of its post marketing supply chain system.