This is a single-arm, non-inferiority study in which patients who have achieved a very good partial response (VGPR) or better, according to International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) response criteria, following 6 to 9 months of treatment with teclistamab, a B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed T-cell engager (anti-BCMAxCD3 bispecific antibody), will be offered monitored drug discontinuation. Teclistamab is typically dosed on a regular schedule (every 1-4 weeks) indefinitely until disease progression ("continuous therapy"). Here, a limited-duration regimen will be studied in which patients achieving ≥VGPR after 6-9 months of standard teclistamab dosing will discontinue therapy and resume if laboratory or clinical parameters suggest early disease progression ("limited-duration therapy"). Patients will enter the clinical trial protocol after completing 6-9 months of standard teclistamab monotherapy and achieving ≥VGPR. The study's hypothesis is that the failure probability six months after stopping teclistamab in this patient population will be non-inferior compared to that of historical controls treated with continuous therapy. Reducing drug exposure may be beneficial by reducing risk of infection and reducing anti-BCMA selective pressure toward generation of BCMA-negative relapses. Analysis of minimal residual disease (MRD), tumor features, and bone marrow microenvironment parameters, which will be pursued as exploratory correlative analyses in this study, may identify factors that predict durable response to limited-duration therapy and thereby enable more precise selection of patients likely to benefit from this approach. A subset of patients will be enrolled on a biomarker study for analysis of these exploratory endpoints.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
75
After stopping teclistamab, participants will be monitored monthly by standard serum paraprotein studies for disease progression. Participants will resume teclistamab at time of disease progression. After Teclistamab therapy re-initiation on-study, monthly response assessments and data for other study endpoints will be obtained. All participants will undergo peripheral blood collection for correlative research studies at baseline and every two months on-study. Participants who enroll on the biomarker sub-study will undergo bone marrow examination and peripheral blood collection for correlative studies at study entry, at time of disease progression and at six months from enrollment.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
RECRUITINGUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
RECRUITINGColumbia University
New York, New York, United States
RECRUITINGAbramson Cancer Center at University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
RECRUITINGThomas Jefferson University, Honickman Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
RECRUITINGFailure free at six months following teclistamab discontinuation
Failure-free survival is defined as the rate of evaluable individuals who have not experienced any of the following predefined failure events within 6 months of discontinuing teclistamab. Failure is defined as earliest occurrence of any of the following: Participants who progress by IMWG criteria after discontinuing teclistamab, failure to achieve at least minimal response within 90 days after reinitiating teclistamab or failure to resume teclistamab within 90 days of IMWG-defined disease progression. Participants who reinitiate teclistamab due to rise in disease markers before IMWG criteria for disease progression are met, disease progression by IMWG criteria after reinitiation of teclistamab. Initiation of non-teclistamab systemic multiple myeloma therapy. Failure date will be defined as the date of initiating subsequent therapy. Death due to complications of multiple myeloma, teclistamab therapy, or infection
Time frame: Six months after teclistamab discontinuation
Time to progression and progression-free survival
Time-to-progression and progression-free survival by IMWG criteria from time of teclistamab discontinuation, using the best response to initial teclistamab course as the baseline for scoring disease progression.
Time frame: Two years after teclistamab discontinuation.
Time-to-treatment failure
Time-to-treatment failure as defined in the primary endpoint
Time frame: Two years after teclistamab discontinuation
Re-initiation rate
Proportion of subjects who re-initiate teclistamab within six months following discontinuation
Time frame: Six months after teclistamab discontinuation
Rate of response to teclistamab re-initiation
Among subjects with IMWG-defined measurable disease at time of teclistamab re-initiation, overall response rate (PR or better) and clinical benefit rate (minimal response or better) to teclistamab upon re-initiating therapy.
Time frame: Two years after teclistamab discontinuation
Rate of infectious complications
Frequency of infectious complications from time of teclistamab discontinuation.
Time frame: 12 months after teclistamab discontinuation
Rate and type of clinical complications of progressive disease
Frequency of the type and rate of clinical complications of progressive disease (e.g., new osteolytic lesions) from time of teclistamab discontinuation through 6 months post-discontinuation.
Time frame: Six months after teclistamab discontinuation
Quality of life
QOL is measured using the MM-FACT instrument. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) as measured by Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Multiple Myeloma (FACT-MM) questionnaire score at enrollment and monthly post-enrollment assessments. The higher the score, the better the quality of life. Two scores will be derived - FACT-MM Trial Outcome Index (TOI) (range: 0-112) and FACT-MM total score (range: 0-164).
Time frame: Two years after teclistamab discontinuation
Mean percent change in peripheral blood studies
Mean percent change in peripheral blood cell counts, immunoglobulin levels, and T cell counts (total and CD4/CD8 subsets) from the time of enrollment through teclistamab resumption and through the end-of-study.
Time frame: Two years after teclistamab discontinuation
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