A Phase 1b/2 Study of the CD123-Targeting Antibody-Drug Conjugate IMGN632 As Monotherapy or in Combination with Venetoclax and Azacitidine for Patients with CD123-Positive Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Authors: Daver Naval , Aribi Ahmed , Montesinos Pau , Roboz Gail J. , Wang Eunice S. , Walter Roland B. , Jeyakumar Deepa , DeAngelo Daniel J. , Erba Harry P. , Advani Anjali , Burke Patrick W. , Martinelli Giovanni , Gastaud Lauris , Thomas Xavier , Altman Jessica K. , Mendez Lourdes M. , de la Fuente Adolfo , Todisco Elisabetta , Gaidano Gianluca , Curti Antonio , Boissel Nicolas , Recher Christian , Schliemann Christoph , Sloss Callum M , Wang Jiuzhou , Malcolm Kara E , Zweidler-McKay Patrick A , Sweet Kendra 
Published: November 2021

Background: Overexpression of CD123 is characteristic of a number of hematological malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN). IMGN632 is a CD123-targeting antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) with a novel anti-CD123 antibody coupled to a unique DNA-alkylating payload of the recently developed IGN (indolinobenzodiazepine pseudodimer) class of payloads. In preclinical models of AML, IMGN632 exhibited potent anti-leukemia activity, with a wide therapeutic index. Confirming preclinical expectations, encouraging single-agent activity and favorable tolerability were observed in the Phase I trial (Daver ASH 2019, Blood 2019, vol 134, suppl 1, 734). Preclinical data from AML xenograft models have demonstrated synergy in IMGN632 combinations with azacitidine and venetoclax (Kuruvilla ASH 2020, Blood 2020, vol 136, suppl 1, 32-33), supporting the exploration of these combinations in AML patients.

Methods: This Phase 1b/2 study is designed to determine the safety, tolerability, and preliminary anti-leukemia activity of IMGN632 when administered in combination with azacitidine and venetoclax to patients with relapsed and frontline CD123-positive AML, and the single-agent activity of IMGN632 in patients with minimal residual disease (MRD)-positive AML in frontline or 1 st salvage treatment.

Study Design: Adult patients with CD123-positive relapsed or refractory AML, who are deemed appropriate for experimental therapy, are eligible to enroll as part of the dose escalation phase. Key exclusion criteria for all regimens include active central nervous system disease, and history of sinusoidal obstruction syndrome/venous occlusive disease of the liver. Current enrollment is focused on the triplet, IMGN632 plus azacitidine and venetoclax (IMGN632+AZA+VEN). Once an RP2D is selected, Phase 2 dose expansion will further characterize the safety profile and assess antileukemia activity in frontline or relapsed AML patients. In addition, IMGN632 monotherapy is being explored in expansion cohorts of MRD-positive patients to assess conversion rate from MRD+ to MRD- and RFS in both fit and unfit AML subpopulations (NCT04086264). IMGN632 is also being tested as a monotherapy in a pivotal cohort for adults with frontline BPDCN (NCT03386513, https://BPDCNtrial.com).

Disclosures

Daver: FATE Therapeutics: Research Funding; Sevier: Consultancy, Research Funding; Amgen: Consultancy, Research Funding; Hanmi: Research Funding; Genentech: Consultancy, Research Funding; Glycomimetics: Research Funding; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy, Research Funding; Trillium: Consultancy, Research Funding; Gilead Sciences, Inc.: Consultancy, Research Funding; ImmunoGen: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novimmune: Research Funding; Abbvie: Consultancy, Research Funding; Astellas: Consultancy, Research Funding; Bristol Myers Squibb: Consultancy, Research Funding; Pfizer: Consultancy, Research Funding; Trovagene: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy; Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Other: Data Monitoring Committee member; Dava Oncology (Arog): Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy; Syndax: Consultancy; Shattuck Labs: Consultancy; Agios: Consultancy; Kite Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; SOBI: Consultancy; STAR Therapeutics: Consultancy; Karyopharm: Research Funding; Newave: Research Funding. Aribi: Seagen: Consultancy. Montesinos: Pfizer: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Sanofi: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Teva: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Stemline/Menarini: Consultancy; Forma Therapeutics: Consultancy; Glycomimetics: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Janssen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Karyopharm: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Tolero Pharmaceutical: Consultancy; Incyte: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Agios: Consultancy; AbbVie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; Astellas Pharma, Inc.: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Advisory board, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau. Roboz: Novartis: Consultancy; Agios: Consultancy; Helsinn: Consultancy; AstraZeneca: Consultancy; Jasper Therapeutics: Consultancy; Jazz: Consultancy; Celgene: Consultancy; MEI Pharma - IDMC Chair: Consultancy; Janssen: Research Funding; Blueprint Medicines: Consultancy; Bayer: Consultancy; AbbVie: Consultancy; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy; Glaxo SmithKline: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy; Bristol Myers Squibb: Consultancy; Astex: Consultancy; Amgen: Consultancy; Actinium: Consultancy; Astellas: Consultancy; Mesoblast: Consultancy; Otsuka: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy; Roche/Genentech: Consultancy. Wang: DAVA Oncology: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Advisory board; Astellas: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Kura Oncology: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Advisory board, steering committee, Speakers Bureau; Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Advisory Board; BMS/Celgene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Genentech: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; GlaxoSmithKline: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Advisory Board; Stemline Therapeutics: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Advisory board, Speakers Bureau; Kite Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Advisory Board; AbbVie: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Advisory Board; Mana Therapeutics: Consultancy, Honoraria; Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Advisory Board, Speakers Bureau; Rafael Pharmaceuticals: Other: Data safety monitoring committee; Gilead: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Advisory board; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Advisory board; PTC Therapeutics: Consultancy, Honoraria, Other: Advisory board; Genentech: Consultancy; MacroGenics: Consultancy. Walter: Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Consultancy, Research Funding; Amgen, Inc.: Consultancy, Research Funding; Amphivena Therapeutics, Inc.: Current equity holder in publicly-traded company; Aptevo Therapeutics, Inc.: Consultancy, Research Funding; Arog Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Research Funding; Astellas Pharma US, Inc.: Consultancy; BioLineRx, Ltd.: Consultancy, Research Funding; Boston Biomedical, Inc.: Consultancy; Bristol Myers Squibb, Inc.: Consultancy; Celgene, Inc.: Consultancy, Research Funding; Genentech, Inc.: Consultancy; GlaxoSmithKline, Inc.: Consultancy; ImmunoGen, Inc.: Research Funding; Janssen Global Services, LLC: Consultancy; Janssen Research & Development, Inc.: Research Funding; Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Consultancy, Research Funding; Kite Pharma, Inc.: Consultancy; Kronos Bio, Inc.: Consultancy; Kura Oncology, Inc.: Research Funding; Macrogenics, Inc.: Research Funding; New Link Genetics: Consultancy; Pfizer, Inc.: Consultancy, Research Funding; Race Oncology Ltd.: Consultancy; Selvita: Research Funding; Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.: Research Funding. Jeyakumar: Jazz: Research Funding; Pfizer: Research Funding. DeAngelo: GlycoMimetics: Research Funding; Forty-Seven: Consultancy; Abbvie: Research Funding; Autolus: Consultancy; Incyte Corporation: Consultancy; Shire: Consultancy; Blueprint Medicines Corporation: Consultancy; Amgen: Consultancy; Agios: Consultancy; Jazz: Consultancy; Novartis: Consultancy, Research Funding; Pfizer: Consultancy; Takeda: Consultancy. Erba: AbbVie Inc; Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc; ALX Oncology; Amgen Inc; Daiichi Sankyo Inc; FORMA Therapeutics; Forty Seven Inc; Gilead Sciences Inc; GlycoMimetics Inc; ImmunoGen Inc; Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc; MacroGenics Inc; Novartis; PTC Therapeutics: Research Funding; AbbVie Inc: Other: Independent review committee; AbbVie Inc; Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc; Bristol Myers Squibb; Celgene, a Bristol Myers Squibb company; Incyte Corporation; Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc; Novartis: Speakers Bureau; AbbVie Inc; Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc; Astellas; Bristol Myers Squibb; Celgene, a Bristol Myers Squibb company; Daiichi Sankyo Inc; Genentech, a member of the Roche Group; GlycoMimetics Inc; Incyte Corporation; Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc; Kura Oncology; Nov: Other: Advisory Committee. Advani: Abbvie: Research Funding; Macrogenics: Research Funding; Pfizer: Honoraria, Research Funding; Amgen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; OBI: Research Funding; Immunogen: Research Funding; Glycomimetics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Seattle Genetics: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Kite Pharmaceuticals: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Martinelli: Incyte: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Daichii Sankyo: Consultancy; Astellas: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy; Celgene /BMS: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Roche: Consultancy; Abbvie: Consultancy; Stemline Therapeutics: Consultancy. Gastaud: PFIZER: Consultancy; CELGENE/BMS: Consultancy; ABBVIE: Consultancy; GSK: Consultancy. Altman: Biosight: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Other: reimbursement for travel, Research Funding; ImmunoGen: Research Funding; Kartos Therapeutics: Research Funding; Kura Oncology: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Fujifilm: Research Funding; Glycomimetics: Other: data monitoring committee; Loxo: Research Funding; Celgene: Research Funding; Boehringer Ingelheim: Research Funding; Astellas: Honoraria, Research Funding; Aptos: Research Funding; Aprea: Research Funding; Amgen: Research Funding; Abbvie: Honoraria, Research Funding; ALX Oncology Inc.: Research Funding; Syros: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. de la Fuente: Incyte: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Abbie: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau; Novartis: Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Speakers Bureau. Gaidano: Incyte: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Beigene: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Astrazeneca: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau; Janssen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Speakers Bureau. Curti: Jazz Pharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Pfizer: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Abbvie: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Boissel: Servier: Consultancy, Honoraria; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; PFIZER: Consultancy, Honoraria; Bristol-Myers Squibb: Honoraria, Research Funding; CELGENE: Honoraria; Amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; JAZZ Pharma: Honoraria, Research Funding; SANOFI: Honoraria; Incyte: Honoraria. Recher: Pfizer: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Macrogenics: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; MaatPharma: Research Funding; Jazz: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Janssen: Honoraria; Incyte: Honoraria; Daiichi Sankyo: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; BMS/Celgene: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Astellas: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Amgen: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Roche: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; Takeda: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Agios: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding; AbbVie: Consultancy, Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees, Research Funding. Schliemann: Philogen S.p.A.: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Abbvie: Consultancy, Other: travel grants; Astellas: Consultancy; AstraZeneca: Consultancy; Boehringer-Ingelheim: Research Funding; BMS: Consultancy, Other: travel grants; Jazz Pharmaceuticals: Consultancy, Research Funding; Novartis: Consultancy; Roche: Consultancy; Pfizer: Consultancy. Wang: Immunogen: Current Employment. Malcolm: Immunogen: Current Employment. Zweidler-McKay: ImmunoGen: Current Employment. Sweet: Astellas: Consultancy, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Novartis: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; AROG: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Gilead: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Bristol Meyers Squibb: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees.