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CompletedNCT04196491KarMMa-4Updated Aug 23, 2023

A Study to Evaluate the Safety of bb2121 in Subjects With High Risk, Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma (NDMM)

A Phase 1 interventional study of bb2121 and Fludarabine in Multiple Myeloma, sponsored by Celgene. Completed at 22 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-08-23.

Sponsored by Celgene · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was Jun 2023, 3 years 4 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
13
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a multicenter, open-label, phase 1, single arm study intended to determine the optimal target dose and safety of bb2121 in subjects with HR (R-ISS Stage III per IMWG criteria) NDMM. Subjects should have received 3 Cycles of standard induction therapy prior to undergoing leukapheresis procedure to collect autologous mononuclear cells for manufacture of the drug product (bb2121). Following manufacture of the drug product, subjects will receive fourth cycle of induction therapy followed by lymphodepleting therapy with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide prior to bb2121 infusion. Maintenance therapy is recommended for all subjects who have received bb2121 infusion and should be initiated upon adequate bone marrow recovery or from 90-day post-bb2121 infusion, whichever is later.

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Conditions studied

  • Multiple Myeloma

Keywords

  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Newly diagnosed multiple myeloma
  • BB2121
  • KarMMa-4
  • Phase I
  • NDMM
  • High Risk
  • R-ISS III
  • KRd
  • RVd
  • Dara-KRd
  • Dara-RVd
  • CyBorD
  • BCMA
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In context

Multiple Myeloma

3,632 studies on the registry are indexed under Multiple Myeloma; 745 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 13 is below the median of 41 across 2,907 interventional studies indexed under Multiple Myeloma.

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Lead sponsor

Celgene is the lead sponsor of 419 studies on the registry; 13 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Subjects must satisfy all of the following criteria to be enrolled in the study:

  1. Subject is newly diagnosed and has symptomatic Multiple Myeloma (MM) prior to initiating induction anti-myeloma therapy
  2. Subject is ≥ 18 years of age at the time of initial diagnosis of MM
  3. Subject has measurable disease at initial diagnosis by

    • M-protein and/or
    • Light chain MM without measurable disease in the serum or urine
  4. Subject has high-risk MM at the time of initial diagnosis of MM per R-ISS Stage III as defined by IMWG:

    • ISS Stage III and cytogenetic abnormalities with t(4; 14) and/or del(17p); and/or t(14:16) by iFISH; or;
    • ISS Stage III and serum LDH > ULN
  5. Subject has Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance ≤ 1
  6. Subjects has received ≤ to 3 cycles of the following induction anti-myeloma therapy prior to enrollment:

    • Cycle 1: one of the following regimens (RVd, KRd, CyBorD, D-RVd and D-KRd)
    • Cycle 2 to Cycle 3: either KRd or RVd (Cycle 3 must be without dexamethasone)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

The presence of any of the following will exclude a subject from enrollment: The presence of any of the following will exclude a subject from enrollment:

At initial diagnosis, screening and prior to initiation of induction therapy for MM:

  1. Subject has non-secretory MM

    During Screening:

  2. Subject received any treatments for MM other than up to 3 cycles of induction therapy per protocol
  3. Subject has any of the following laboratory abnormalities:

    1. Absolute neutrophil count \< 1,000/μL
    2. Platelet count \< 50,000 mm3
    3. Hemoglobin \< 8 g/dL (\< 4.9 mmol/L)
    4. Serum creatinine clearance \< 45 mL/min
    5. Corrected serum calcium > 13.5 mg/dL (> 3.4 mmol/L)
    6. Serum aspartate aminotransferase or alanine aminotransferase > 2.5 × upper limit of normal
    7. Serum total bilirubin > 1.5 × ULN or > 3.0 mg/dL for subjects with documented Gilbert's syndrome
    8. INR or aPTT > 1.5 × ULN
  4. Subject has history or presence of clinically significant CNS pathology
  5. Subjects has high risk for developing deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolus and are unable or unwilling to undergo anti-thrombotic therapy
  6. Subject has peripheral neuropathy of > Grade 2 severity according to the NCI CTCAE Version 4.03 with bortezomib based induction regimen
  7. Subjects has moderate or severe pulmonary hypertension
  8. Subject has intolerance to components of induction regimen (KRd or RVd) or has any contraindication to one or the other drug
  9. Subject has not recovered from induction therapy-related toxicities (non-hematologic) to \< grade 1 CTCAE at the time of screening
  10. Subject has prior history of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolus (PE) within 6 months of starting study treatment
  11. Subject has cardiac conditions such as:

    1. Echocardiogram or multi gated acquisition assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction \< 45%
    2. Subject has a history of clinically significant cardiovascular disease or clinically significant ECG abnormalities
  12. Subject has Pulmonary conditions such as:

    1. Subject has known chronic obstructive pulmonary with a forced expiratory vol in 1 sec 50% of predicted normal.
    2. Inadequate pulmonary function defined as oxygen saturation \< 92 % on room air
  13. Subject needs ongoing treatment with chronic immunosuppressants
  14. Subject has history of primary immunodeficiency
  15. Subject is seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus, chronic or active hepatitis B or active hepatitis A or C
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
13 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Dose Escalation

    * bb2121 autologous CAR T cells will be infused at a dose ranging from 150 - 800 x 10\^6 CAR+ T cells after receiving lymphodepleting chemotherapy with a planned starting dose of 450 x 10\^6 CAR+ T cells. * Lenalidomide maintenance therapy is recommended for all patients and should be initiated upon adequate bone marrow recovery or from 90-day post-bb2121 infusion, whichever is later

    Biological: bb2121 · Drug: Fludarabine · Drug: Cyclophosphamide · Drug: Lenalidomide

Interventions

  • Biologicalbb2121

    CAR-T Cell Therapy

    Also known as: ide-cel

  • DrugFludarabine

    Lymphodepleting Chemotherapy

  • DrugCyclophosphamide

    Lymphodepleting Chemotherapy

  • DrugLenalidomide

    Maintenance Therapy

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) rates

    DLTs will be assessed during the DLT interval (ie, within 21 days immediately after bb2121 infusion). DLTs are defined as any bb2121 related Grade 3 to 5 toxicity.

    Time frame: Up to completion of DLT period after last subject bb2121 infused

  2. Adverse Events (AEs)

    An AE is any noxious, unintended, or untoward medical occurrence that may appear or worsen in a subject during the course of a study. It may be a new intercurrent illness, a worsening concomitant illness, an injury, or any concomitant impairment of the subject's health, including laboratory test values, regardless of etiology. Any worsening (ie, any clinically significant adverse change in the frequency or intensity of a preexisting condition) should be considered an AE.

    Time frame: Approximately 2 years after last subject bb2121 infused

Secondary outcomes

  1. Proportion of subjects who achieved Complete Response (CR) Rate

    Is defined as proportion of subjects who achieved CR or better according to IMWG Uniform Response Criteria for Multiple Myeloma for multiple myeloma will be determined by an Investigator assessment.

    Time frame: Approximately 2 years after last subject bb2121 infused

  2. Overall Response Rate (ORR)

    Is defined as proportion of subjects who achieved PR or better according to IMWG Uniform Response Criteria for Multiple Myeloma as determined by an Investigator assessment

    Time frame: Approximately 2 years after last subject bb2121 infused

  3. Duration of Response (DoR)

    Is defined as time from first documentation of response (PR or better) to first documentation of progressive disease (PD) or death from any cause, whichever occurs first, for responders.

    Time frame: Approximately 2 years after last subject bb2121 infused

  4. Time to Complete Response (TCR)

    Is defined as time from bb2121 infusion date to first documentation of CR for responders (Complete Response (CR) or better).

    Time frame: Approximately 2 years after last subject bb2121 infused

  5. Time to start maintenance

    Is defined as time to start lenalidomide maintenance therapy post-bb2121 infusion

    Time frame: Approximately 2 years after last subject bb2121 infused

  6. Feasibility of initiating maintenance

    Number of subjects starting the maintenance or on maintenance between D90 and D110

    Time frame: Approximately 2 years after last subject bb2121 infused

  7. Progression-free Survival (PFS)

    Is defined as time from bb2121 infusion date to first documentation of PD, or death due to any cause, whichever occurs first.

    Time frame: Approximately 2 years after last subject bb2121 infused

  8. Overall Survival (OS)

    Is defined as time from bb2121 infusion date to time of death due to any cause

    Time frame: Approximately 2 years after last subject bb2121 infused

  9. Pharmacokinetics - Cmax

    Maximum transgene level

    Time frame: Approximately 2 years after last subject bb2121 infused

  10. Pharmacokinetics - Tmax

    Time to peak transgene level

    Time frame: Approximately 2 years after last subject bb2121 infused

  11. Pharmacokinetics - AUC

    Area under the curve of the transgene level

    Time frame: Approximately 2 years after last subject bb2121 infused

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Study locations

22 sites
  • Local Institution - 119
    Phoenix, Arizona 85054, United States
  • Local Institution - 110
    Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
  • Local Institution - 116
    San Francisco, California 94143, United States
  • Local Institution - 106
    Denver, Colorado 80218, United States
  • Local Institution - 101
    Jacksonville, Florida 32224, United States
  • Local Institution - 113
    Tampa, Florida 33612, United States
  • Local Institution - 108
    Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
  • Local Institution - 123
    Atlanta, Georgia 30342, United States
  • Local Institution - 115
    Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States
  • Local Institution - 122
    Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
  • Local Institution - 117
    Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, United States
  • Local Institution - 121
    New York, New York 10016, United States
  • Local Institution - 109
    New York, New York 10029, United States
  • Local Institution - 124
    New York, New York 10065, United States
  • Local Institution - 120
    Charlotte, North Carolina 28207, United States
  • Local Institution - 112
    Portland, Oregon 97239, United States
  • Local Institution - 118
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
  • Local Institution - 103
    Nashville, Tennessee 37203, United States
  • Local Institution - 102
    Dallas, Texas 75390, United States
  • Local Institution - 114
    Houston, Texas 77030, United States
  • Local Institution - 104
    Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, United States
  • Local Institution - 107
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226-3522, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Parmar H, Vesole DH, Biran N. From VAD to VRD: Is Transplant Still Needed in the Upfront Setting of Myeloma? Cancer J. 2021 May-Jun 01;27(3):190-195. doi: 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000522. PubMed 34549906 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Information relating to our policy on data sharing and the process for requesting data can be found at the following link: https://www.celgene.com/research-development/clinical-trials/clinical-trials-data-sharing/

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Icf, Csr, Analytic code

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 23, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04196491
Lead sponsor
Celgene
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 12, 2019
Start date
May 27, 2020
Primary completion
Jun 7, 2023
Completion
Jun 7, 2023
Last update
Aug 23, 2023

Study contacts

Bristol-Myers Squibb
study director · Bristol-Myers Squibb

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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