A phase 3 trial of ciltacabtagene autoleucel for adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma met its primary endpoint, according to the agent’s manufacturer.
Ciltacabtagene autoleucel (Carvykti; Janssen, Legend Biotech) — often called cilta-cel — is a B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy.
The FDA approved the agent last year for treatment of patients who received four or more previous lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor, an immunomodulatory agent and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody.
The randomized CARTITUDE-4