Hagop Kantarjian1, Anthony Stein1, Nicola Gökbuget1, Adele K Fielding1, Andre C Schuh1, Josep-Maria Ribera1, Andrew Wei1, Hervé Dombret1, Robin Foà1, Renato Bassan1, Önder Arslan1, Miguel A Sanz1, Julie Bergeron1, Fatih Demirkan1, Ewa Lech-Maranda1, Alessandro Rambaldi1, Xavier Thomas1, Heinz-August Horst1, Monika Brüggemann1, Wolfram Klapper1, Brent L Wood1, Alex Fleishman1, Dirk Nagorsen1, Christopher Holland1, Zachary Zimmerman1, Max S Topp1. 1. From the Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (H.K.); City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte (A.S.), and Amgen, Thousand Oaks (A.F., D.N., Z.Z.) - both in California; Goethe University, University Hospital, Department of Medicine II, Frankfurt am Main (N.G.), Medical Department II (H.-A.H., M.B.) and Hematopathology Section and Lymph Node Registry (W.K.), University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, and Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikums Würzburg, Würzburg (M.S.T.) - all in Germany; Royal Free Hospital and University College London Cancer Institute, London (A.K.F.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto (A.C.S.), and Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux de l'est de l'île de Montréal, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal (J.B.) - all in Canada; ICO-Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Jose Carreras Research Institute, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona (J.-M.R.), the Department of Medicine, Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe, University of Valencia, Valencia, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid (M.A.S.) - all in Spain; Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (A.W.); Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris), Paris (H.D.), and Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre-Benite (X.T.) - both in France; Ematologia, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Cellulari ed Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico Umberto I, Università Sapienza di Roma, Rome (R.F.), Azienda Unità Locale Socio Sanitaria 12 Veneziana Ospedale Dell Angelo, Venice (R.B.), and Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Università Statale di Milano, Milan (A.R.) - all in Italy; Ankara Universitesi, Tip Fakültesi, Cebeci Arastirma ve Uygulama Hastanesi, Ankara (Ö.A.), and Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İzmir (F.D.) - both in Turkey; Instytut Hematologii i Transfuzjologii and Centrum Medyczne Kształcenia Podyplomowego, Warsaw, Poland (E.L.-M.); University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle (B.L.W.); and Amgen, Washington, DC (C.H.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND:Blinatumomab, a bispecific monoclonal antibody construct that enables CD3-positive T cells to recognize and eliminate CD19-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) blasts, was approved for use in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor ALL on the basis of single-group trials that showed efficacy and manageable toxic effects. METHODS: In this multi-institutional phase 3 trial, we randomly assigned adults with heavily pretreated B-cell precursor ALL, in a 2:1 ratio, to receive either blinatumomab or standard-of-care chemotherapy. The primary end point was overall survival. RESULTS: Of the 405 patients who were randomly assigned to receive blinatumomab (271 patients) or chemotherapy (134 patients), 376 patients received at least one dose. Overall survival was significantly longer in the blinatumomab group than in the chemotherapy group. The median overall survival was 7.7 months in the blinatumomab group and 4.0 months in the chemotherapy group (hazard ratio for death with blinatumomab vs. chemotherapy, 0.71; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.55 to 0.93; P=0.01). Remission rates within 12 weeks after treatment initiation were significantly higher in the blinatumomab group than in the chemotherapy group, both with respect to complete remission with full hematologic recovery (34% vs. 16%, P<0.001) and with respect to complete remission with full, partial, or incomplete hematologic recovery (44% vs. 25%, P<0.001). Treatment with blinatumomab resulted in a higher rate of event-free survival than that with chemotherapy (6-month estimates, 31% vs. 12%; hazard ratio for an event of relapse after achieving a complete remission with full, partial, or incomplete hematologic recovery, or death, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.43 to 0.71; P<0.001), as well as a longer median duration of remission (7.3 vs. 4.6 months). A total of 24% of the patients in each treatment group underwent allogeneic stem-cell transplantation. Adverse events of grade 3 or higher were reported in 87% of the patients in the blinatumomab group and in 92% of the patients in the chemotherapy group. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with blinatumomab resulted in significantly longer overall survival than chemotherapy among adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor ALL. (Funded by Amgen; TOWER ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02013167 .).
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BACKGROUND:Blinatumomab, a bispecific monoclonal antibody construct that enables CD3-positive T cells to recognize and eliminate CD19-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) blasts, was approved for use in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor ALL on the basis of single-group trials that showed efficacy and manageable toxic effects. METHODS: In this multi-institutional phase 3 trial, we randomly assigned adults with heavily pretreated B-cell precursor ALL, in a 2:1 ratio, to receive either blinatumomab or standard-of-care chemotherapy. The primary end point was overall survival. RESULTS: Of the 405 patients who were randomly assigned to receive blinatumomab (271 patients) or chemotherapy (134 patients), 376 patients received at least one dose. Overall survival was significantly longer in the blinatumomab group than in the chemotherapy group. The median overall survival was 7.7 months in the blinatumomab group and 4.0 months in the chemotherapy group (hazard ratio for death with blinatumomab vs. chemotherapy, 0.71; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.55 to 0.93; P=0.01). Remission rates within 12 weeks after treatment initiation were significantly higher in the blinatumomab group than in the chemotherapy group, both with respect to complete remission with full hematologic recovery (34% vs. 16%, P<0.001) and with respect to complete remission with full, partial, or incomplete hematologic recovery (44% vs. 25%, P<0.001). Treatment with blinatumomab resulted in a higher rate of event-free survival than that with chemotherapy (6-month estimates, 31% vs. 12%; hazard ratio for an event of relapse after achieving a complete remission with full, partial, or incomplete hematologic recovery, or death, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.43 to 0.71; P<0.001), as well as a longer median duration of remission (7.3 vs. 4.6 months). A total of 24% of the patients in each treatment group underwent allogeneic stem-cell transplantation. Adverse events of grade 3 or higher were reported in 87% of the patients in the blinatumomab group and in 92% of the patients in the chemotherapy group. CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with blinatumomab resulted in significantly longer overall survival than chemotherapy among adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor ALL. (Funded by Amgen; TOWER ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02013167 .).
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