Sandra P D'Angelo, Dejka M Araujo, Albiruni R Abdul Razak, Mark Agulnik, Steven Attia, Jean-Yves Blay, Irene Carrasco Garcia, John A Charlson, Edwin Choy, George D Demetri, Mihaela Druta, Edouard Forcade, Kristen N Ganjoo, John Glod, Vicki L Keedy, Axel Le Cesne, David A Liebner, Victor Moreno, Seth M Pollack, Scott M Schuetze, Gary K Schwartz, Sandra J Strauss, William D Tap, Fiona Thistlethwaite, Claudia Maria Valverde Morales, Michael J Wagner, Breelyn A Wilky, Cheryl McAlpine, Laura Hudson, Jean-Marc Navenot, Tianjiao Wang, Jane Bai, Stavros Rafail, Ruoxi Wang, Amy Sun, Lilliam Fernandes, Erin Van Winkle, Erica Elefant, Colin Lunt, Elliot Norry, Dennis Williams, Swethajit Biswas, Brian A Van Tine
BACKGROUND: Afamitresgene autoleucel (afami-cel) showed acceptable safety and promising efficacy in a phase 1 trial (NCT03132922). The aim of this study was to further evaluate the efficacy of afami-cel for the treatment of patients with HLA-A*02 and MAGE-A4-expressing advanced synovial sarcoma or myxoid round cell liposarcoma. METHODS: SPEARHEAD-1 was an open-label, non-randomised, phase 2 trial done across 23 sites in Canada, the USA, and Europe. The trial included three cohorts, of which the main investigational cohort (cohort 1) is reported here...
March 27, 2024: Lancet