PMID- 37405396 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231107 LR - 20240502 IS - 1557-3265 (Electronic) IS - 1078-0432 (Print) IS - 1078-0432 (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 21 DP - 2023 Nov 1 TI - FDA Approval Summary: Axicabtagene Ciloleucel for Second-Line Treatment of Large B-Cell Lymphoma. PG - 4331-4337 LID - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-0568 [doi] AB - In April 2022, the FDA approved axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) for adults with large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) that is refractory to first-line chemoimmunotherapy or that relapses within 12 months of first-line chemoimmunotherapy. Approval was based on ZUMA-7, a randomized (1:1), open-label trial in 359 patients with primary refractory LBCL (74%) or early relapse who were transplant candidates. The study compared a single course of axi-cel to standard therapy, consisting of chemoimmunotherapy followed by high-dose therapy and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in responding patients. Overall, 94% of the experimental arm received chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell product, and 35% of the control arm received on-protocol HSCT. The primary endpoint was event-free survival, which was significantly longer in the axi-cel arm with an HR of 0.40 (95% confidence interval, 0.31-0.51; P value < 0.0001) and estimated median of 8.3 months, versus 2.0 months with standard therapy. Among 168 recipients of axi-cel, cytokine release syndrome occurred in 92% (Grade >/= 3, 7%), neurologic toxicity in 74% (Grade >/= 3, 25%), prolonged cytopenias in 33%, and fatal adverse reactions in 1.8%. This is the first FDA approval of a CAR T-cell therapy for LBCL in the second-line setting and reflects a potential paradigm shift. CI - (c)2023 American Association for Cancer Research. FAU - Sharma, Poornima AU - Sharma P AUID- ORCID: 0009-0009-0075-7939 AD - Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland. FAU - Kasamon, Yvette L AU - Kasamon YL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4676-2559 AD - Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland. AD - Oncology Center of Excellence, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland. FAU - Lin, Xue AU - Lin X AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3274-2645 AD - Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland. FAU - Xu, Zhenzhen AU - Xu Z AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8755-8597 AD - Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland. FAU - Theoret, Marc R AU - Theoret MR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4973-5297 AD - Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland. AD - Oncology Center of Excellence, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland. FAU - Purohit-Sheth, Tejashri AU - Purohit-Sheth T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3359-9673 AD - Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland. LA - eng GR - FD999999/ImFDA/Intramural FDA HHS/United States GR - FD/FDA HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Clin Cancer Res JT - Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research JID - 9502500 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD19) RN - U2I8T43Y7R (axicabtagene ciloleucel) RN - 0 (Biological Products) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Humans MH - Antigens, CD19 MH - *Biological Products/adverse effects/therapeutic use MH - Immunotherapy, Adoptive/methods MH - *Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/drug therapy/pathology MH - Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/drug therapy MH - Drug Approval PMC - PMC10767767 MID - NIHMS1909878 COIS- Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest: No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed. EDAT- 2023/07/05 13:05 MHDA- 2023/11/02 12:42 PMCR- 2024/05/01 CRDT- 2023/07/05 10:53 PHST- 2023/03/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/04/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/06/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/11/02 12:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/07/05 13:05 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/07/05 10:53 [entrez] PHST- 2024/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 727641 [pii] AID - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-0568 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Nov 1;29(21):4331-4337. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-0568.