Phase 1b Results for Subcutaneous Talquetamab Plus Daratumumab in Patients with Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

Introduction:Novel agents are needed for multiple myeloma (MM), which remains incurable with most patients (pts) relapsing or becoming refractory to standard therapies. Talquetamab (Tal) is a bispecific antibody that binds to G protein-coupled receptor family C group 5 member D (GPRC5D), a receptor highly expressed on plasma cells with limited expression in healthy tissue, and CD3 to redirect T cells to GPRC5D-expressing MM cells. Tal monotherapy at the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) was well tolerated and yielded an overall response rate of 70% after 6.3 months of follow-up in pts with relapsed/refractory MM (RRMM) in the phase 1 MonumenTAL-1 study; responses were durable and continued to deepen over time. Daratumumab (Dara) is a monoclonal antibody approved for MM treatment that targets CD38 on MM cells, resulting in direct cytotoxicity of MM cells. Dara also impacts immune cell populations, ie, increasing helper and cytotoxic T cells and decreasing suppressive CD38+ immunoregulatory cells. Preclinical studies showed addition of Dara enhanced Tal-mediated lysis of MM cells, suggesting the combination may also increase clinical activity in pts with RRMM. We report initial findings for pts with RRMM who received Tal + Dara in a phase 1b multicohort study (TRIMM-2; NCT04108195).