Chimeric antigen receptor T-cells, bispecific antibodies, and antibody-drug conjugates for multiple myeloma: An update

Abstract

Patients with multiple myeloma who are refractory to currently available effective therapies have short expected survival. Modalities harvesting the knowledge of the immune characteristics and microenvironment of myeloma such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-lymphocytes, bispecific antibodies (bsAbs), and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) have shown potential in early phase trials. Based on data from phase 2 studies, idecabtagene vicleucel (ide cel), an anti-B-cell maturation antigen CAR T-product and belantamab mafodotin (belamaf), an ADC are currently approved in the relapsed/refractory setting. bsAbs have shown promise with quick and deep responses. In this review, we summarize the available evidence on these treatments from clinical trials.