Improving MRD Negativity Rates in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patients: a Response-adaptive Approach of Consolidation With One or Two Bispecific T-cell Engagers Against GPRC5D or BCMA
Multiple myeloma is characterized by a pattern of recurrent relapse and remains an incurable malignancy. Participants with minimal residual disease (MRD) after front line therapy with induction with or without transplant have worse prognosis than those with MRD negative disease. Bispecific T-cell-based immunotherapies have the potential to promote further reduction of malignant plasma cells thus improving rates of MRD negativity and improve patient outcomes. In this study, participants who are MRD positive after front line therapy will receive consolidation with GPRC5D-targeted bispecific talquetamab. We will test MRD negative conversion and if MRD negativity was not achieved, the participant will switch to a different target using the B-cell maturation antigen TCE, teclistamab. Consolidation will be continued for up to 1 year in participants who have achieved MRD negativity.
⁃ To qualify for participation in this study, an individual must satisfy each of the following criteria:
• Provision of signed and dated ICF.
• Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study.
• Male or female aged 18 years or older.
• Newly diagnosed multiple myeloma participants who are transplant eligible and have completed at least four cycles of quadruplet, anti-CD38 antibody-based induction and have received HDM ASCT within 60-120 days. If consolidation with the same induction regimen is used post ASCT, enrolment up to 60 days post consolidation.
• Must have MRD positive disease at 10-5 based on NGS with a PR or better response.
• Must not be progressing as per IMWG criteria
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status Scale of 0 or 1. ECOG 2 or 3 are eligible for the study if the ECOG PS score is related to stable physical limitations (e.g., wheelchair-bound due to prior spinal cord injury) and not related to multiple myeloma or associated therapy. Adequate bone marrow function:
∙ Hemoglobin 8 g/dl (³5mmol/L; without prior RBC transfusion within 7 days before the laboratory test; recombinant human erythropoietin use is permitted).
‣ Absolute neutrophil count ≥1.0×109/L (prior growth factor support is permitted but must be without support for 7 days for G-CSF or GM-CSF and for 14 days for pegylated-G-CSF).
‣ Platelets ³75×109/L (without transfusion support or thrombopoietin receptor agonist within 7 days before the laboratory test).
• Estimated creatinine clearance ≥30 mL/min based on the Cockcroft-Gault Equation (see https://www.mdcalc.com/calc/43/creatinine-clearance-cockcroft-gault-equation)
• Must have adequate liver function:
∙ Aspartate aminotransferase ≤2.5 folds of the upper limit of normal (ULN).
‣ Alanine aminotransferase ≤2.5 folds of the ULN.
‣ Serum bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN (except in participants with congenital bilirubinemia, such as Gilbert syndrome where must be \<5xULN).
⁃ Participants must adhere to the following reproductive and contraceptive requirements while on study treatment and for the specified duration after the last dose of talquetamab or teclistamab:
• For participants receiving talquetamab, these criteria apply for three months after the last dose.
∙ For participants receiving teclistamab, these criteria apply for five months for those assigned female at birth and three months for those assigned male at birth.
∙ General Requirements:
⁃ i. Participants must not be pregnant or breastfeeding. ii. Participants must not donate gametes (i.e., eggs or sperm) or freeze gametes for future use related to assisted reproduction.
⁃ d. For participants of childbearing potential: Participant of childbearing potential is defined as an individual who is premenopausal and capable of becoming pregnant, including those using contraception, those who are single, or those with partners who have had a vasectomy.
⁃ ii. A negative highly sensitive pregnancy test must be obtained at screening within 24 hours before the first dose of talquetamab (first study treatment), and participants must agree to further pregnancy tests throughout the study.
⁃ iii. Participants must practice at least one highly effective method of contraception.
⁃ e. For Partners of Participants: i. If the participant's partner is of childbearing potential, the partner must also practice a highly effective method of contraception while the participant is on study treatment and for three months after the last dose of talquetamab or the last dose of teclistamab, unless the participant is vasectomized.
⁃ f. Highly effective methods of contraception include, but are not limited to: i. Combined hormonal contraception (estrogen and progestogen) that inhibits ovulation (oral, intravaginal, or transdermal).
⁃ ii. Progestogen-only hormonal contraception that inhibits ovulation (oral, injectable, or implantable).
⁃ iii. Intrauterine device (IUD). iv. Intrauterine hormone-releasing system. v. Bilateral tubal occlusion. vi. Sexual abstinence (the reliability of abstinence must be evaluated concerning the duration of the clinical study and the participant's lifestyle).
⁃ vii. A vasectomized partner (provided the partner is the sole sexual partner of the WOCBP study participant and that the vasectomized partner has received medical confirmation of the surgical success).