Characterization of CAR-T cellular kinetics and efficacy in solid tumor patients with and without prior lymphodepletion chemotherapy using a PBPK-PD model. (PubMed, J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn)
Model was developed based on digitized individual level CK, categorical antitumor activity and percentage tumor antigen expression dataset from following phase-1 dose-escalation studies: (A) anti-mesothelin CAR-T in multiple cancer indications (n = 15, cohorts w/ and w/o LDC), (B) gavocabtagene autoleucel (n = 7, w/ and w/o LDC) in multiple indications, (C) anti-glypican 3 CAR-T in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 13, dose-range 0.7-5.18 billion) and (D) anti-PSMA/TGFβ CAR-T in prostate cancer (n = 10, w/ and w/o LDC)...Using model simulation, CAR-T cell expansion was found to be dependent on initial tumor burden and antigen positive tumor fraction. The developed PBPK-PD model could be leveraged as an effective tool in future to provide mechanistic understanding on CK-PD behavior of cell therapies targeting solid tumors.