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Background: Teclistamab, a B-cell maturation antigen × CD3 bispecific antibody, is approved in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) who have previously received an immunomodulatory agent, a proteasome inhibitor, and an anti-CD38 antibody. Objective: We report the population pharmacokinetics of teclistamab administered intravenously and subcutaneously (SC) and exposure–response relationships from the phase I/II, first-in-human, open-label, multicenter MajesTEC-1 study. Methods: Phase I of MajesTEC-1 consisted of dose escalation and expansion at the recommended phase II dose (RP2D; 1.5 mg/kg SC weekly, preceded by step-up doses of 0.06 and 0.3 mg/kg); phase II investigated the efficacy of teclistamab RP2D in patients with RRMM. Population pharmacokinetics and the impact of covariates on teclistamab systemic exposure were assessed using a 2-compartment model with first-order absorption for SC and parallel time-independent and time-dependent elimination pathways. Exposure–response analyses were conducted, including overall response rate (ORR), duration of response (DoR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and the incidence of grade ≥ 3 anemia, neutropenia, lymphopenia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and infection. Results: In total, 4840 measurable serum concentration samples from 338 pharmacokinetics-evaluable patients who received teclistamab were analyzed. The typical population value of time-independent and time-dependent clearance were 0.449 L/day and 0.547 L/day, respectively. The time-dependent clearance decreased rapidly to < 10% after 8 weeks of teclistamab treatment. Patients who discontinue teclistamab after the 13th dose are expected to have a 50% reduction from Cmax in teclistamab concentration at a median (5th to 95th percentile) time of 15 days (7–33 days) after Tmax and a 97% reduction from Cmax in teclistamab concentration at a median time of 69 days (32–163 days) after Tmax. Body weight, multiple myeloma type (immunoglobulin G vs non–immunoglobulin G), and International Staging System (ISS) stage (II vs I and III vs I) were statistically significant covariates on teclistamab pharmacokinetics; however, these covariates had no clinically relevant effect on the efficacy of teclistamab at the RP2D. Across all doses, ORR approached a plateau at the concentration range associated with RP2D, and in patients who received the RP2D, a flat exposure–response curve was observed. No apparent relationship was observed between DoR, PFS, OS, and the incidence of grade ≥3 adverse events across the predicted exposure quartiles. Conclusion: Body weight, myeloma type, and ISS stage impacted systemic teclistamab exposure without any clinically relevant effect on efficacy. The exposure–response analyses for ORR showed a positive trend with increasing teclistamab systemic exposure, with a plateau at the RP2D, and there was no apparent exposure–response trend for safety or other efficacy endpoints. These analyses support the RP2D of teclistamab in patients with RRMM. Clinical Trial Registration: NCT03145181 (phase I, 09 May 2017); NCT04557098 (phase II, 21 September 2020). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Teclistamab (JNJ-64007957), a B-cell maturation antigen × CD3 bispecific antibody, displayed potent T-cell–mediated cytotoxicity of multiple myeloma cells in preclinical studies. Objective: A first-in-human, Phase I, dose escalation study (MajesTEC-1) is evaluating teclistamab in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. Patients and Methods: To estimate the efficacious therapeutic dosing range of teclistamab, pharmacokinetic (PK) data following the first cycle doses in the low-dose cohorts in the Phase I study were modeled using a 2-compartment model and simulated to predict the doses that would have average and trough serum teclistamab concentrations in the expected therapeutic range (between EC50 and EC90 values from an ex vivo cytotoxicity assay). Results: The doses predicted to have average serum concentrations between the EC50 and EC90 range were validated. In addition, simulations showed that weekly intravenous and subcutaneous doses of 0.70 mg/kg and 0.72 mg/kg, respectively, resulted in mean trough levels comparable to the maximum EC90. The most active doses in the Phase I study were weekly intravenous doses of 0.27 and 0.72 mg/kg and weekly subcutaneous doses of 0.72 and 1.5 mg/kg, with the weekly 1.5 mg/kg subcutaneous doses selected as the recommended Phase II dose (RP2D). With active doses, exposure was maintained above the mean EC90. All patients who responded to the RP2D of teclistamab had exposure above the maximum EC90 in both serum and bone marrow on cycle 3, Day 1 of treatment. Conclusions: Our findings show that PK simulations of early clinical data together with ex vivo cytotoxicity estimates can inform the identification of a bispecific antibody's therapeutic range. Clinical Trial Registration: NCT03145181, date of registration: May 9, 2017. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This is a summary of a phase 1–2 clinical trial called MajesTEC-1. This trial tested the cancer drug teclistamab in people with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, a cancer that forms in a certain type of white blood cells known as plasma cells. Most participants who took part in the study had at least 3 prior treatments for multiple myeloma before their cancer came back. A total of 165 participants from 9 countries were included in this study. All participants were given teclistamab once per week and monitored for side effects. Once participants started taking teclistamab, they were checked regularly to monitor if their cancer had no change, improved (responded to treatment), or worsened or spread (known as disease progression). After approximately 14.1 months of follow-up (from 2020 to 2021), 63% of participants who were given teclistamab had a decrease in myeloma burden, meaning that they responded to treatment with teclistamab. Participants who responded to teclistamab lived without their myeloma coming back for approximately 18.4 months. The most common side effects were infections, cytokine release syndrome, abnormally low white and red blood cell counts (neutropenia, lymphopenia, and anemia), and low platelet cell counts (thrombocytopenia). Approximately 65% of participants experienced serious side effects. Overall, more than half of the participants (63%) in the MajesTEC-1 study responded to treatment with teclistamab despite previous myeloma treatment failures. Clinical Trial Registration: NCT03145181, NCT04557098 (ClinicalTrials.gov) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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