Video

Dr Berdeja on the Safety and Efficacy of BMS-986393 in R/R Multiple Myeloma

Jesus G. Berdeja, MD, discusses the investigation of BMS-986393 in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Jesus G. Berdeja, MD, director, Myeloma Research, Sarah Cannon Research Institute, discusses the investigation of BMS-986393 in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

BMS-986393 is a GPRC5D-directed CAR T-cell therapy. Interim results from the dose-escalation portion of a phase 1 trial (NCT04674813) examining the product were presented at the 2022 ASH Annual Meeting.

Patients on the trial were administered BMS-986393 across 5 dose levels, ranging from 50 x 106 CAR T cells to 450 x 106 CAR T cells, Berdeja explains. Among patients evaluable for efficacy (n = 19), BMS-986393 elicited an overall response rate of 89.5%, including a complete response rate of 47.4%, Berdeja says.

Regarding safety, any-grade neutropenia occurred in 66.7% of patients, Berdeja notes. Among non-hematologic treatment-emergent adverse effects, any-grade cytokine release syndrome (CRS) was reported in 63.6% of patients; however, only 6.1% of patients experienced grade 3/4 CRS, Berdeja concludes.

Related Videos
Ben Levy, MD, and Yan Leyfman, MD
Viktor Grünwald, MD, PhD
Aaron Gerds, MD
Christine M. Lovly, MD, PhD, Ingram Associate Professor of Cancer Research, associate professor, medicine (hematology/oncology), Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Haeseong Park, MD, MPH
David L. Porter, MD
Timothy Yap, MBBS, PhD, FRCP
Leo I. Gordon, MD, Abby and John Friend Professor of Oncology Research, professor, medicine (hematology and oncology), Feinberg School of Medicine, Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center
Hetty E. Carraway, MD, MBA, staff associate professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University; member, Immune Oncology Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center; vice chair, Strategy and Enterprise Development, Taussig Cancer Institute, Division of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders, Cleveland Clinic
David A. Braun, MD, PhD, assistant professor, medicine (medical oncology), Louis Goodman and Alfred Gilman Yale Scholar, member, Center of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Yale Cancer Center