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Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Antitumor Activity from a Phase I Study of Simlukafusp Alfa (FAP-IL2v) in Advanced/Metastatic Solid Tumors

17-abr-2024 | Revista: Clinical Cancer Research

Neeltje Steeghs  1 , Carlos Gomez-Roca  2 , Kristoffer S Rohrberg  3 , Morten Mau-Sørensen  4 , Debbie Robbrecht  5 , Josep Tabernero  6 , Samreen Ahmed  7 , Maria E Rodriguez-Ruiz  8 , Caroline Ardeshir  9 , Daniela Schmid  10 , Nassim Sleiman  11 , Carl Watson  12 , Hanna Piper-Lepoutre  13 , David Dejardin  14 , Stefan Evers  15 , Christophe Boetsch  14 , Jehad Charo  16 , Volker Teichgräber  14 , Ignacio Melero  17


Purpose: Simlukafusp alfa (FAP-IL2v), a tumor-targeted immunocytokine, comprising an interleukin-2 variant moiety with abolished CD25 binding fused to human immunoglobulin G1, is directed against fibroblast activation protein-α. This phase I, open-label, multicenter, dose-escalation and extension study (NCT02627274) evaluated the safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and antitumor activity of FAP-IL2v in patients with advanced/metastatic solid tumors.

Methods: Participants received FAP-IL2v intravenously once weekly. Dose escalation started at 5 mg; flat dosing (≤25 mg) and intra-participant up-titration regimens (15/20 mg, 20/25 mg, 20/20/35 mg, 20/35/35 mg) were evaluated. Primary objectives were dose-limiting toxicities (DLT), maximum tolerated dose (MTD), recommended expansion dose, and pharmacokinetics.

Results: Sixty-one participants were enrolled. DLTs included fatigue (flat dose 20 mg: n = 1), asthenia (25 mg: n = 1), drug-induced liver injury (up-titration regimen 20/25 mg: n = 1), transaminase increase (20/25 mg: n = 1), and pneumonia (20/35/35 mg: n = 1). Up-titration regimen 15/20 mg was the MTD and was selected as the recommended expansion dose. Increases in peripheral blood absolute immune cell counts were seen for all tested doses (natural killer cells, 13-fold; CD4+ T cells [including Tregs], 2-fold; CD8+ T cells, 3.5-fold), but without any percentage change in Tregs. Clinical activity was observed from 5 mg (objective response rate, 5.1% [n = 3]; disease control rate, 27.1% [n = 16]). Responses were durable (n = 3; 2.8 [censored], 6.3, and 43.4 months).

Conclusions: FAP-IL2v had a manageable safety profile and showed initial signs of antitumor activity in advanced/metastatic solid tumors.

CITA DEL ARTÍCULO  Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Apr 17. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-3567