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What is New in AL Amyloidosis
Francis Buadi, MD Division of Hematology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
Scottsdale, Arizona Rochester, Minnesota Jacksonville, Florida
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Amyloidosis Disclosures
Relevant Financial Relationships : None
Off Label Usage: Yes
Learning Objectives Understand importance and new method of Subtyping Amyloid
Importance of immunoglobulin light chains in evaluation and monitoring
Role of Biomarkers and Prognostic models in selecting therapy
Targeting the Amyloid fibrils
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Merlini & Bellotti N Engl J Med 2003;349:583-96
Amyloidosis is a protein misfolding disease
>28 different proteins can form fibrillar deposits
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Primary Systemic (Light chain) Amyloidosis
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Organ Involvement
Predominantly Albuminuria >0.5g/day
Wall thickness >12 mm Grade 1 diastolic dysfunction Abnormal stain pattern Troponin NT-proBNP
Liver span >15 cm, Alk Phos >1 x ULN
Symmetric sensory motor PN Autonomic dysfunction Orthostatic hypotension Gastric emptying disorder Pseudo obstruction
Constitutional symptoms Biospy
Interstitial radiographic pattern Biopsy
Pseudohypertrophy Macroglossia
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Advances in AL Amyloidosis
The field of AL amyloidosis has witnessed significant advances in diagnosis, treatment options, and response assessment methods over the past 15 years:
Typing techniques: Mass spectrometry
sFLC assays: More sensitive screening test (potentiate an earlier diagnosis) Better response assessment
Treatment options:
More use of ASCT (Dsouza 2015) Effective non-transplant regimens since MDex (Palladini, 2004) Amyloid tissue directed therapy
Two papers showed improved survival over the past decades (Kumar
2011; Wechalekar 2016), but without improvement in the early death rate
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Amyloid subtyping workflow for FFPE specimens
Peptide Mixture
Liquid Chromatography
Electrospray Ionization
High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry
Tandem Mass Spectra
Protein Identification Profile
Laser Capture Deposit
Heat Mediated Extraction
Reduce Cys Bridges
Digest Proteins Into Peptides
Vrana et al. Blood. 2009, 114, (24), 4957-9 Theis et al. J Mass Spectrom. 2013, 48(10), 1067-77
AL ATTR,
AA LECT-2 Others Assign
Subtype Data
Analysis
Klein et al Arch Neurol/Vol 68 (No. 2), Feb 2011
TTR SAP
Congo red
Histologic uncertainty of the amyloid subtype
exposed surface
hidden surface
hinge region
carbohydrate
Previouslyhidden surface
Lambda
Kappa
Intact Immunoglobulin Free Light Chain
Bradwell, Serum free light chain assay; Lachmann 2003; Katzmann 2002
Sensitivity 97%; Specificity 100%
Free Light Chains (FLC)
Normal FKLC: 0.26-1.65 Normal FLLC: 0.26-1.65 Normal K/L ratio: 0.26-1.65 Abnormal ratio: Clonal process
Evaluation and Monitoring
Diagnostic performance in AL (n = 110)
Katzmann et al. Clinical Chemistry 51, No. 5, 2005: 878881
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New Criteria
CR negative serum and urine IFE normal / ratio
VGPR dFLC 50 mg/L
FLC response supersedes M-protein response
Palladini G, et al, J Clin Oncol 2012 Dec 20;30(36):4541-9
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Outcome of 300 AL Amyloidosis Patients Based on Hematologic Response at 3 months
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Palladini G, et al, J Clin Oncol 2012 Dec 20;30(36):4541-9
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Ref N 2 yr OS
Jaccard M-Dex
50 ~65%
Jaccard M-Dex
50 ~49%
Skinner ASCT
312 ~68%
Gertz ASCT
171 ~70%
Cohen ASCT
45 ~80%
Perfetti ASCT
22 ~60%
High-Dose Melphalan/ASCT Versus Melphalan-Dex
56.9 mo vs 22.2 mo HR 0.57 (95%CI 0.32-0.99)
Jaccard N Engl J Med. 2007;357:1083-1093. Skinner Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:85-93. Gertz BMT 2004;34:1025-1031. Cohen Br J Haematol. 2007;139:224-233. Perfetti Haematologica. 2006;91:1635-1643.
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MD (n=34) versus APBSCT (n=55) AL Amyloidosis
Gertz et al, Cancer 2016;122:2197-205
P = .02
P < .01
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IMiD Trials in AL Amyloidosis
30. Wechalekar AD. Blood 2007;109:457-64. 31. Palladini G. Ann of hematology 2009;88:347-50. 32. Dispenzieri A. Blood 2007;109:492-6. 34. Palladini G, Ann of hematology 2012;91:89-92. 35. Moreau P. Blood 2010;116:4777-82. 36. Dinner S. Haematologica 2013;98:1593-9.
37. Sanchorawala V. Haematologica 2013;98:789-92. 38. Palladini G. Haematologica 2013;98:433-6. 39. Kumar SK. Blood 2012;119:4860-7. 40. Kastritis E. Blood 2012;119:5384-90. 41. Dispenzieri A. Blood 2012;119:5397-404.
Regimen
N
No prior Rx, %
Cardiac, %
Heme response / CR, %
Median f/u, mo
OS
CTX/Thal/Dex30
65
41
16
74 /21
18
2-yr 77%
Mel-Dex-thal 31
22
86
100
36 / 5
28
1-yr 20%
Len Dex 32
22
43
64
43 / 5
17
2-yr 50%
Len Dex 33
69
6
45
47b / 16
NR
NR b
Len Dex 34
24
0
75
38 / 0
23
1-yr 50%
Len-Mel- Dex 35
26
100
58
58 / 23
19
2-yr 81%
Len-Mel- Dex36
25
92
92
58 / 8
17
1-yr 58%
Len-Mel- Dex37
16
69
69
43 / 7
34
3-yr 70%
Len-Cyclo-Dex 38
21
0
62
62 / 5
38
3-yr 50%
Len-Cyclo-Dex 39
35
69
63
60 / 11
32
38 mo
Len-Cyclo- Dex 40
37
65
57
55 / 8
29
3-yr ~33%
Pom-Dex 41
33
0
82
48 / 3
28
28 mo
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Bortezomib is highly effective in AL amyloidosis
Regimen N. of patients [newly diagnosed] Overall hematologic Response (CR)
[upfront] Survival
Bort1 70 67% (29%) median 5.1 years
BDex2 94 [18] 71% (25%) [81% (47%)] 76% @ 1 y
CyBorD3 43 [20] 81% (42%) [90% (65%)] 98% @ 2 y
CyBorD4 17 [10] 94% (71%) [90% (60%)] -
BMDex5 [16] [94% (56%)] -
BMDex6 [87] [69% (42%)] 83% @ 2 y
CyBorD7 [69] [71% (40.5%)] 65% @ 1 y
CyBorD8 [60] [86% (17%)] 57% @ 1 y
CyBorD9 [230] [60% (23%)] 55% @ 5 y
1Reece et al. Blood 2014 6 Palladini et al. Leukemia 2014 2Kastritis et al. JCO 2010 7Venner et al. Leukemia 2014 3Venner et al. Blood 2012 8Jaccard et al. Haematologica 2014 4Mikhael et al. Blood 2012 9Palladini et al. Blood 2015 5Gasparetto et al. JCO 2010 [abstract]
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Newly diagnosed AL patients with a visceral disease seen in 2000-2014
Three equal-length periods were compared: 2000-2004 (n=422, 27%) 2005-2009 (n=604, 39%) 2010-2014 (n=525, 34%)
Objectives of assessment: Disease extent 1st line treatment Response Survival, early death
Changes in Therapy and Outcome 2000 - 2014
Muchtar et al, Blood. 2017 Jan 26. [Epub ahead of print]
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Non-ASCT treatments
Muchtar et al, Blood. 2017 Jan 26. [Epub ahead of print]
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Response to 1st line tx Rate of VGPR increased over time: 51% to 58% to 66%
Rate of those who did not achieved any response decreased:
30% to 20% to 12%
ASCT patients stable response over time (70-77%)
Non-ASCT patients: improved response over time 24% to 49% to 58%
Organ response was parallel to VGPR rates
Muchtar et al, Blood. 2017 Jan 26. [Epub ahead of print]
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VGPR by regimen type
Muchtar et al, Blood. 2017 Jan 26. [Epub ahead of print]
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Changes in OS over time
A. Whole study population B. ASCT patients C. Non-ASCT patients D. Landmark 6-month non-ASCT population
Muchtar et al, Blood. 2017 Jan 26. [Epub ahead of print]
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Eligibility for ASCT
10 month mortality, 25% P=0.0003
Troponin T
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Transplant Eligibility Criteria
Physiologic Age 70 years Performance Score 2 Systolic BP 100 mmHg TnT < 0.06 ng/ml CrCl 30 ml/min * (unless on chronic dialysis) NYHA Class I/II* No more than 2 organs significantly involved
*Selected patients may become eligible for PBSCT with cardiac and renal transplantation
Newly Diagnosed AL Amyloidosis
Transplant Eligible1
Transplant Ineligible1
BM PC 10% or CRAB
Not wanting transplant
Mel-Dex or CyBorD3
1 Criteria for ASCT: Troponin T 90 mmHg 4 For Age >70 or CrCl
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Overall survival improvement
(N=121)
(N=343
(N=636)
(N=1017)
Kumar et al, Mayo Clin Proc. 2011 Jan;86(1):12-8.
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Targeting Amyloid deposits
Major cause of morbidity and Death in AL amyloidosis is Organ failure (eg heart and kidney)
Existing therapies reduce LC production But they DO NOT address resident amyloid ~75% of patients do not achieve organ response and have persistent organ dysfunction1-
6 a major unmet need
NEOD001 is an investigational antibody designed to specifically target AL amyloid
Chimeric Fibril-Reactive Monoclonal Antibody 11-1F4
AL, amyloid light chain; LC, light chain. 1. Palladini G et al. Blood. 2015;126. Abstract 190. 2. Palladini G et al. Blood. 2015;126:612-615. 3. Comenzo RL et al. Leukemia. 2012;2317-2325. 4. Palladini G et al. Haematologica. 2013;98:433-436. 5. Dispenzieri A et al. Blood. 2012;119:4397-4504. 6. Reece DE et al. Blood. 2011;118:865-873.
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NEOD001 Phase 1/2 Trial (N = 69) Design
Primary objectives Evaluate the safety and tolerability of NEOD001 (NCT01707264) Determine MTD or recommended dose for future clinical study of NEOD001
Secondary objectives Evaluate the serum PK of NEOD001 Assess the immunogenicity of NEOD001 Evaluate organ response (cardiac, renal, peripheral neuropathy)
Dose-escalation phase (3+3) 27 patients with AL amyloidosis 7 cohorts; IV q28 days; determine MTD/RP3D All patients escalated to 24 mg/kg
Maximum of 2500 mg per dose permitted 24 mg/kg selected based on patient body weight.
24 mg/kg
16 mg/kg
8 mg/kg
4 mg/kg
0.5 mg/kg
1 mg/kg
2 mg/kg
IV, intravenous; MTD, maximum tolerated dose; PC, plasma cell; PK, pharmacokinetics; q28d, every 28 days; RP3D, recommended phase 3 dose.
Expansion Cohorts
42 additional previously treated patients with cardiac, renal, and/or peripheral neuropathy involvement
Previous PC-directed treatment and persistent organ dysfunction
Morie A. Gertz et al, ASH 2016
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Patient Characteristics All Patients (N = 69)
Median age, years (range) 61 (38-82)
Sex, n (% male) 42 (61)
Median time since initial diagnosis, years (range) 2.9 (0.4-16.0)
Median previous regimens, n (range) 2 (1-8)
No. (%) previous PCD regimens per patient 1 22 (32)
2 16 (23)
3 31 (45)
No. organ systems involved, n (%) 1 22 (32)
2 29 (42)
3 18 (26)
Median months since last PCD treatment, months (range) 5.8 (0.5-85.8)
Median NT-proBNP (pg/mL) at baseline, median (range)
Total cardiac evaluable [n = 36 patients] 1507 (651-5620)
PCD, plasma celldirected. Morie A. Gertz et al, ASH 2016
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Response: >30% decrease in proteinuria or a decrease to
25% worsening in eGFR Stable disease: Neither response nor progression
Total renal evaluable (n = 36) 23 responders (64%)
13 stable (36%)
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eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate. Evaluable patients had baseline proteinuria >0.5 g/24 hours Palladini G et al. Blood. 2014;124:2325-2332.
Median time to initial response: 4 months
NEOD001: Renal Biomarker Response Best Response Analysis
Morie A. Gertz et al, ASH 2016
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32 doses of NEOD001
NEOD001 Start: 40 months after hematologic CR with no change
61-Year-Old Man Previous treatment: LDex then Bor-LDex then HDM/ASCT Baseline proteinuria (24 hours): 5129 mg/d Best proteinuria (24 hours): 294 mg/d (94%) Safety: No SAEs; no grade 3 AEs; no dose interruptions Clinical outcome: Progressive functional improvement; edema completely resolved; patient no longer has fatigue
NEOD001 Renal Responses Continues to Deepen for 30 Months
ASCT, autologous stem cell transplantation; Bor-LDex, bortezomib, lenalidomide, dexamethasone; HDM, high-dose melphalan; LDex, lenalidomide, dexamethasone. Morie A. Gertz et al, ASH 2016
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NEOD001: Cardiac Biomarker Response Best Response Analysis
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Total cardiac evaluable (n = 36) 19 responders (53%)
17 stable (47%)
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*30% decline, 453 pg/mL reduction from baseline. 42% decline, 271 pg/mL reduction from baseline. 1. Comenzo R et al. Leukemia. 2012;26:2317-2325. 2. Palladini G et al. J Clin Oncol. 2012;30:4541-4549.
Median time to initial response: 2 months
Evaluable patients had baseline NT-proBNP 650 pg/mL without progressive renal dysfunction1,2 Response: >30% and >300 pg/mL decrease in NT-proBNP Progression: >30% and >300 pg/mL increase in NT-proBNP Stable disease: Neither response nor progression
Morie A. Gertz et al, ASH 2016
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CR, complete response; CyBorD, cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, dexamethasone; OLE, open-label extension.
NEOD001 Cardiac Responses Continue to Deepen for 36 Months
47-Year-Old Man
Previous treatment: CyBorD Baseline NT-proBNP: 3312 pg/mL Best NT-proBNP: 513 pg/mL (85%) Safety: 1 grade 3 SAE (chest pain), not related; no dose interruptions Clinical outcome: Progressive functional improvement; edema significantly improved with reduction in diuretic needs
NEOD001 Start: 10 months after hematologic
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Morie A. Gertz et al, ASH 2016
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Chimeric Fibril-Reactive Monoclonal Antibody 11-1F4 in AL Amyloidosis
Bence Jones protein isolated and used to develop Ab
Structure of soluble light chain in circulation not reactive with mAb 11-1F4
Structure of light chain in fibril reactive with mAb 11-1F4
Suzanne Lentzsch et al, ASH 2016 Courtesy of Alan Solomon and Jonathan Wall Lab
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Specificity of Antibody Binding
CR
m11-1F4
m11-1F4 + peptide
AL11
Co-localization of 124I-m11-1F4 with Hepatosplenic and Bone AL Amyloid
coronal sagittal MIP biopsy IHC
Wall, JS et al. Blood. 2010 Sep 30;116(13):2241-4.
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Phase 1a/1b Dose Escalation
Level Dose (mg/m2) -2 0.125
-1 0.25
1 0.5*
2 5
3 10
4 50
5 100
6 250
7 500
Ch mAb 11-1F4 infusion Clinical Evaluation
Weeks
Ch mAb 11-1F4 infusion
Clinical Evaluation
Weeks
No dose limiting toxicity observed MTD = 500 mg/m2
Phase 1a
Phase 1b
Suzanne Lentzsch et al, ASH 2016
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Patient Characteristics Characteristic Median
Age (N=21 patients) 67 yrs (Range: 34 77) Gender Male N=15 (68%)
Female N=6 (32%)
Light Chain type
N=13 (52%) N=8 (48%)
Revised Mayo Stage II (Range: I to IV) Organ Involvement (No.) 2 (Range: 1 4) Heart N=11 (52%)
Kidney N=11 (52%) Skin/Soft tissue N=10 (48%) GI N=8 (38%) Nervous system N=4 (19%) Liver N=3 (14%) Lung N=2 (10%) Musculoskeletal N=1 (5%)
Best Hematologic Response to Therapy CR N=3 (14%) VGPR N=15 (71%) PR N=2 (10%) SD N=1 (5% )
Previous Regimen (No.) 2 (Range: 1 6) Baseline NT-proBNP (ng/L)a 2359 (Range: 894 13,131) Baseline 24 hr Urine Protein (mg/24hr)b 4998 (Range: 1078 10,170)
Time Since last Exposure to Chemotherapy (mos) 6 (Range 1 51) a Baseline NT-proBNP in patients with cardiac involvement who were evaluable for response (Baseline NT-proBNP> 650pg/mL) b Baseline 24 hour urine protein in patients with renal involvement who were evaluable for response (Baseline 24 hour urine protein > 500mg/24 h)
Suzanne Lentzsch et al, ASH 2016
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Marked and Sustained Renal Response with 11-1F4 mAb
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PATIENT 7 PROFILE: AL Amyloidosis Baseline 24-hr urine protein in mg/24hr approx. 10,000 Previous treatments 6 Organ response to chemotherapy No organ response Persistence of significant proteinuria
Suzanne Lentzsch et al, ASH 2016
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Summary Results
21 patients were accrued and are evaluable for toxicity 18 patients evaluable for response (N=1 had no measurable
disease, N=2 did not complete treatment) 12 out of 18 patients (67%) showed organ response Phase 1a: 63% of patients (5 of 8) with measurable disease
burden demonstrated organ response 2 renal, 2 cardiac and 1 GI
Phase 1b: 70% of patients (7 of 10) with measurable disease burden showed organ response
3 patients with cardiac response 4 patients with renal response 1 patient with GI response 1 patient with soft tissue response with improvement of arthritis 3 1
Suzanne Lentzsch et al, ASH 2016
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Advances in AL Amyloidosis
There has been improvement in the outcome of AL amyloidosis
Subtyping Amyloid: Mass spectrometry is the gold standard
sFLC assays: Is a more sensitive screening test (potentiate an earlier diagnosis) Also provides a better response assessment and superior to m-spike in
determining outcome
Treatment options: ASCT provides a better depth of response in eligible patients Effective non-transplant regimens since MDex (Palladini, 2004) Amyloid tissue directed therapy may result in reduction of early mortality
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Slide Number 1AmyloidosisSlide Number 3Primary Systemic (Light chain) AmyloidosisOrgan InvolvementAdvances in AL AmyloidosisAmyloid subtyping workflow for FFPE specimensSlide Number 8Slide Number 9Slide Number 10Slide Number 11Slide Number 12High-Dose Melphalan/ASCTVersus Melphalan-Dex MD (n=34) versus APBSCT (n=55) AL Amyloidosis IMiD Trials in AL AmyloidosisSlide Number 16Changes in Therapy and Outcome 2000 - 2014Non-ASCT treatmentsResponse to 1st line txVGPR by regimen typeChanges in OS over timeEligibility for ASCTTransplant Eligibility CriteriaSlide Number 24Overall survival improvement Targeting Amyloid depositsNEOD001 Phase 1/2 Trial (N = 69) DesignPatient CharacteristicsNEOD001: Renal Biomarker ResponseBest Response AnalysisNEOD001 Renal Responses Continues to Deepen for 30 MonthsNEOD001: Cardiac Biomarker ResponseBest Response AnalysisNEOD001 Cardiac Responses Continue to Deepen for 36 MonthsChimeric Fibril-Reactive Monoclonal Antibody 11-1F4 in AL AmyloidosisSpecificity of Antibody BindingPhase 1a/1b Dose EscalationPatient Characteristics Marked and Sustained Renal Response with 11-1F4 mAbSummary ResultsAdvances in AL AmyloidosisThanks