Aponermin-Based Bridging Therapy Prior to CAR-T Infusion in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma Patients With Extramedullary Disease: A Prospective, Single-Arm, Multicenter, Open-Label Study
This is a prospective, single-arm, multicenter, open-label study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of aponermin-based bridging therapy prior to CAR-T infusion in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma patients with extramedullary disease.
• Be informed and voluntarily sign the Informed Consent Form (ICF).
• Age ≥18 years.
• Confirmed diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma(MM) (IMWG consensus guidelines)
• Subjects with diagnosed relapsed or refractory extramedullary multiple myeloma according to IMWG criteria and have had at least 1 prior lines of therapy. Extramedullary disease (EMD) is defined as soft-tissue plasmacytomas NOT arising from skeletal lesions. The maximum diameter of extramedullary lesions should ≥2cm detected by physical exam and confirmed (when required) by Weight Bearing CT/MRI/PET-CT and/or biopsy.
• ECOG score is ≤ 2
• No active infections.
• Negative for HBV-DNA, HCV-RNA, and HIV.
• Liver function meeting the following criteria: Total bilirubin \<1.5 × ULN (patients with Gilbert's syndrome must have total bilirubin \<3 × ULN), ALT and AST \<3 × ULN.
• Renal function meeting the following criteria: Creatinine clearance ≥30mL/min (calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault formula).
⁃ Blood tests conducted within 7 days before screening must meet the following standards: WBC count ≥1.0×10⁹/L, Hemoglobin ≥70g/L, Platelet count ≥75×10⁹/L or ≥50×10⁹/L (if ≥50% plasma cells are present in bone marrow); Or as determined appropriate by the investigator.
⁃ Patients receiving hematopoietic growth factors (e.g., erythropoietin, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor \[G-CSF\], granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor \[GM-CSF\], and platelet-stimulating factors such as thrombopoietin \[TPO\] or interleukin-11) must stop such treatments at least 2 weeks prior to screening.
⁃ Non-pregnant female patients must confirm pregnancy negativity at screening (via β-hCG serum test or urine pregnancy test).
⁃ Male patients, female patients of childbearing potential, and their partners must agree to use effective contraception during the treatment period and for at least 3 months after CAR-T cell infusion.
⁃ Male patients must agree not to donate sperm, starting from the initial screening period until 90 days after the last dose.
⁃ Patients must agree to comply with study procedures and follow-up visits.