Evaluating Blinatumomab for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory ALL: Design, Development, and Place in Therapy

Audrey M Sigmund,* Kieran D Sahasrabudhe,* Bhavana Bhatnagar Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University and the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Bhavana Bha...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b11495eba1d74f478741d26b3469e17b2021-12-02T11:22:39ZEvaluating Blinatumomab for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory ALL: Design, Development, and Place in Therapy1179-9889https://doaj.org/article/b11495eba1d74f478741d26b3469e17b2020-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/evaluating-blinatumomab-for-the-treatment-of-relapsedrefractory-all-de-peer-reviewed-article-BLCTThttps://doaj.org/toc/1179-9889Audrey M Sigmund,* Kieran D Sahasrabudhe,* Bhavana Bhatnagar Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University and the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Bhavana BhatnagarOSU Wexner Medical Center, 320 W 10th Avenue Tel +1-614-688-7939Fax +1-614-293-6050Email Bhavana.Bhatnagar@osumc.eduAbstract: Although adults with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) achieve high complete remission (CR) rates following treatment with intensive multi-agent chemotherapy regimens, up to two-thirds of these patients eventually relapse. Unfortunately, adults with relapsed or refractory (R/R) B-ALL have a poor prognosis, with variable responses to salvage chemotherapy regimens and allogeneic stem cell transplant. As such, the need to develop effective and well-tolerated treatments for this patient population has been of paramount importance over the past decade. In this regard, treatment options for R/R B-ALL patients have expanded considerably over a relatively short period of time, with the approvals of blinatumomab, inotuzumab ozogamicin and tisagenlecleucel occurring within only the past six years. Blinatumomab, a CD19 x CD3 bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) was the first of these immune therapies to receive approval, and for many patients, is used as first-line salvage therapy. A number of large clinical trials have demonstrated improved progression-free survival and overall survival for R/R B-ALL patients receiving blinatumomab as compared to those receiving conventional salvage chemotherapy. In addition to being approved for both Philadelphia chromosome-negative and Philadelphia chromosome-positive R/R B-ALL, blinatumomab is also the only ALL therapy that carries approval for the treatment of measurable residual disease (MRD). Although blinatumomab has changed the therapeutic landscape for adults with R/R B-ALL, a number of important clinical considerations and questions remain, including the potential role of blinatumomab in the frontline setting, mechanisms of resistance, optimal goal MRD level, the role of transplant following MRD clearance, the optimal place for blinatumomab in the context of other recently approved immune-mediated therapies, and real world outcomes for patients treated outside the context of clinical trials. These issues are the focus of ongoing studies, which will hopefully inform future clinical practice regarding the utility of blinatumomab in the treatment of B-ALL patients.Keywords: blinatumomab, BiTE antibody, B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, relapsed and refractory disease, measurable residual disease, MRDSigmund AMSahasrabudhe KDBhatnagar BDove Medical Pressarticleblinatumomabbite antibodyb-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiarelapsed and refractory diseasemeasurable residual diseasemrdDiseases of the blood and blood-forming organsRC633-647.5ENBlood and Lymphatic Cancer: Targets and Therapy, Vol Volume 10, Pp 7-20 (2020)
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topic blinatumomab
bite antibody
b-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
relapsed and refractory disease
measurable residual disease
mrd
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
RC633-647.5
spellingShingle blinatumomab
bite antibody
b-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
relapsed and refractory disease
measurable residual disease
mrd
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
RC633-647.5
Sigmund AM
Sahasrabudhe KD
Bhatnagar B
Evaluating Blinatumomab for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory ALL: Design, Development, and Place in Therapy
description Audrey M Sigmund,* Kieran D Sahasrabudhe,* Bhavana Bhatnagar Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University and the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Bhavana BhatnagarOSU Wexner Medical Center, 320 W 10th Avenue Tel +1-614-688-7939Fax +1-614-293-6050Email Bhavana.Bhatnagar@osumc.eduAbstract: Although adults with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) achieve high complete remission (CR) rates following treatment with intensive multi-agent chemotherapy regimens, up to two-thirds of these patients eventually relapse. Unfortunately, adults with relapsed or refractory (R/R) B-ALL have a poor prognosis, with variable responses to salvage chemotherapy regimens and allogeneic stem cell transplant. As such, the need to develop effective and well-tolerated treatments for this patient population has been of paramount importance over the past decade. In this regard, treatment options for R/R B-ALL patients have expanded considerably over a relatively short period of time, with the approvals of blinatumomab, inotuzumab ozogamicin and tisagenlecleucel occurring within only the past six years. Blinatumomab, a CD19 x CD3 bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) was the first of these immune therapies to receive approval, and for many patients, is used as first-line salvage therapy. A number of large clinical trials have demonstrated improved progression-free survival and overall survival for R/R B-ALL patients receiving blinatumomab as compared to those receiving conventional salvage chemotherapy. In addition to being approved for both Philadelphia chromosome-negative and Philadelphia chromosome-positive R/R B-ALL, blinatumomab is also the only ALL therapy that carries approval for the treatment of measurable residual disease (MRD). Although blinatumomab has changed the therapeutic landscape for adults with R/R B-ALL, a number of important clinical considerations and questions remain, including the potential role of blinatumomab in the frontline setting, mechanisms of resistance, optimal goal MRD level, the role of transplant following MRD clearance, the optimal place for blinatumomab in the context of other recently approved immune-mediated therapies, and real world outcomes for patients treated outside the context of clinical trials. These issues are the focus of ongoing studies, which will hopefully inform future clinical practice regarding the utility of blinatumomab in the treatment of B-ALL patients.Keywords: blinatumomab, BiTE antibody, B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, relapsed and refractory disease, measurable residual disease, MRD
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title Evaluating Blinatumomab for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory ALL: Design, Development, and Place in Therapy
title_short Evaluating Blinatumomab for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory ALL: Design, Development, and Place in Therapy
title_full Evaluating Blinatumomab for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory ALL: Design, Development, and Place in Therapy
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