PMID- 34493319 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211122 LR - 20211122 IS - 1756-8722 (Electronic) IS - 1756-8722 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Sep 8 TI - Matching-adjusted indirect treatment comparison of liso-cel versus axi-cel in relapsed or refractory large B cell lymphoma. PG - 140 LID - 10.1186/s13045-021-01144-9 [doi] LID - 140 AB - BACKGROUND: In the absence of randomized studies directly comparing chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapies, this study used matching-adjusted indirect comparisons (MAIC) to evaluate the comparative efficacy and safety of lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel) versus axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) in patients with relapsed or refractory large B cell lymphoma (LBCL). METHODS: Primary data sources included individual patient data from the TRANSCEND NHL 001 study (TRANSCEND [NCT02631044]; N = 256 for efficacy set, N = 269 for safety set) for liso-cel and summary-level data from the ZUMA-1 study (NCT02348216; N = 101 for efficacy set, N = 108 for safety set) for axi-cel. Inter-study differences in design, eligibility criteria, baseline characteristics, and outcomes were assessed and aligned to the extent feasible. Clinically relevant prognostic factors were adjusted in a stepwise fashion by ranked order. Since bridging therapy was allowed in TRANSCEND but not ZUMA-1, the initial efficacy and safety analyses included bridging therapy use as a matching factor (TRANSCEND patients who received bridging therapy were removed). Subsequent sensitivity analyses excluded this matching factor. RESULTS: The initial analysis showed similar MAIC-weighted efficacy outcomes between TRANSCEND and ZUMA-1 for overall and complete response rates (odds ratio [95% confidence interval (CI)], 1.40 [0.56-3.49] and 1.21 [0.56-2.64], respectively) and for overall survival and progression-free survival (hazard ratio [95% CI], 0.81 [0.44-1.49] and 0.95 [0.58-1.57], respectively). MAIC-weighted safety outcomes favored liso-cel, with significantly lower odds of all-grade and grade >/= 3 cytokine release syndrome (odds ratio [95% CI], 0.03 [0.01-0.07] and 0.08 [0.01-0.67], respectively) and study-specific neurological events (0.16 [0.08-0.33] and 0.05 [0.02-0.15], respectively). Efficacy and safety outcomes remained similar in sensitivity analyses, which did not include use of bridging therapy as a matching factor. CONCLUSIONS: After matching and adjusting for clinically relevant prognostic factors, liso-cel demonstrated comparable efficacy and a more favorable safety profile compared with axi-cel in patients with third- or later-line relapsed or refractory LBCL. TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT02631044 and NCT02348216. CI - (c) 2021. The Author(s). FAU - Maloney, David G AU - Maloney DG AD - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109-1024, USA. dmaloney@fredhutch.org. FAU - Kuruvilla, John AU - Kuruvilla J AD - Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada. FAU - Liu, Fei Fei AU - Liu FF AD - Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA. FAU - Kostic, Ana AU - Kostic A AD - Bristol-Myers Squibb, Seattle, WA, USA. FAU - Kim, Yeonhee AU - Kim Y AD - Bristol-Myers Squibb, Seattle, WA, USA. FAU - Bonner, Ashley AU - Bonner A AD - EVERSANA, Burlington, ON, Canada. FAU - Zhang, Yixie AU - Zhang Y AD - EVERSANA, Burlington, ON, Canada. FAU - Fox, Christopher P AU - Fox CP AD - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK. FAU - Cartron, Guillaume AU - Cartron G AD - Montpellier University Hospital Center, Montpellier, France. LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT02348216 SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT02631044 PT - Clinical Trial, Phase I PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Multicenter Study PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210908 PL - England TA - J Hematol Oncol JT - Journal of hematology & oncology JID - 101468937 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological) RN - 0 (Biological Products) RN - U2I8T43Y7R (axicabtagene ciloleucel) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological/adverse effects/*therapeutic use MH - Biological Products/adverse effects/*therapeutic use MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Immunotherapy, Adoptive/adverse effects/*methods MH - Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/*therapy MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/therapy MH - Treatment Outcome PMC - PMC8425084 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Axicabtagene ciloleucel OT - CAR T cell therapy OT - Indirect treatment comparison OT - Lisocabtagene maraleucel OT - Matching-adjusted indirect comparison COIS- DGM has received consultancy fees for scientific advisory board membership from A2 Biotherapeutics; honoraria from Amgen, BioLineRx, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, Janssen, Juno Therapeutics, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Kite Pharma, a Gilead Company, Legend Biotech, MorphoSys, Novartis, and Pharmacyclics; and grants for research paid directly to his institution from Celgene, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Juno Therapeutics, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, and Kite Pharma, a Gilead Company. He has patents with Juno Therapeutics, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (not licensed, no royalties), and stock options in A2 Biotherapeutics. JK has received consultancy fees from AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Karyopharm Therapeutics, Merck, Roche, and Seattle Genetics; honoraria from Amgen, Antengene, AstraZeneca, Celgene, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Gilead Sciences, Janssen, Karyopharm Therapeutics, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Seattle Genetics, and TG Therapeutics; and grants for research from AstraZeneca, Janssen, and Roche. FFL, AK, and YK are employees of Bristol-Myers Squibb and hold stock in Bristol-Myers Squibb. AB and YZ are employees of EVERSANA, which received funding from Bristol-Myers Squibb to conduct the analyses. CPF has received honoraria from AbbVie, Adienne, AstraZeneca, Atara Biotherapeutics, Celgene, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Genmab, Gilead Sciences, Incyte, Roche, Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, and Takeda; and grants for research from AbbVie, Adienne, Gilead Sciences, Roche, and Takeda. GC has received consultancy fees from Celgene, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, and F. Hoffmann-La Roche and honoraria from AbbVie, Celgene, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Gilead Sciences, Janssen, and Sanofi. EDAT- 2021/09/09 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/23 06:00 PMCR- 2021/09/08 CRDT- 2021/09/08 05:44 PHST- 2021/07/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/08/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/09/08 05:44 [entrez] PHST- 2021/09/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/09/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s13045-021-01144-9 [pii] AID - 1144 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s13045-021-01144-9 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Hematol Oncol. 2021 Sep 8;14(1):140. doi: 10.1186/s13045-021-01144-9.