- Kreitman, Robert;
- Dearden, Claire;
- Zinzani, Pier;
- Delgado, Julio;
- Karlin, Lionel;
- Robak, Tadeusz;
- Gladstone, Douglas;
- le Coutre, Philipp;
- Dietrich, Sascha;
- Gotic, Mirjana;
- Larratt, Loree;
- Offner, Fritz;
- Schiller, Gary;
- Swords, Ronan;
- Bacon, Larry;
- Bocchia, Monica;
- Bouabdallah, Krimo;
- Breems, Dimitri;
- Cortelezzi, Agostino;
- Dinner, Shira;
- Doubek, Michael;
- Gjertsen, Bjorn;
- Gobbi, Marco;
- Hellmann, Andrzej;
- Lepretre, Stephane;
- Maloisel, Frederic;
- Ravandi, Farhad;
- Rousselot, Philippe;
- Rummel, Mathias;
- Siddiqi, Tanya;
- Tadmor, Tamar;
- Troussard, Xavier;
- Yi, Cecilia;
- Saglio, Giuseppe;
- Roboz, Gail;
- Balic, Kemal;
- Standifer, Nathan;
- He, Peng;
- Marshall, Shannon;
- Wilson, Wyndham;
- Pastan, Ira;
- Yao, Nai-Shun;
- Giles, Francis
This is a pivotal, multicenter, open-label study of moxetumomab pasudotox, a recombinant CD22-targeting immunotoxin, in hairy cell leukemia (HCL), a rare B cell malignancy with high CD22 expression. The study enrolled patients with relapsed/refractory HCL who had ≥2 prior systemic therapies, including ≥1 purine nucleoside analog. Patients received moxetumomab pasudotox 40 µg/kg intravenously on days 1, 3, and 5 every 28 days for ≤6 cycles. Blinded independent central review determined disease response and minimal residual disease (MRD) status. Among 80 patients (79% males; median age, 60.0 years), durable complete response (CR) rate was 30%, CR rate was 41%, and objective response rate (CR and partial response) was 75%; 64 patients (80%) achieved hematologic remission. Among complete responders, 27 (85%) achieved MRD negativity by immunohistochemistry. The most frequent adverse events (AEs) were peripheral edema (39%), nausea (35%), fatigue (34%), and headache (33%). Treatment-related serious AEs of hemolytic uremic syndrome (7.5%) and capillary leak syndrome (5%) were reversible and generally manageable with supportive care and treatment discontinuation (6 patients; 7.5%). Moxetumomab pasudotox treatment achieved a high rate of independently assessed durable response and MRD eradication in heavily pretreated patients with HCL, with acceptable tolerability.