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drug_type
RELEVANT_DRUG
intervention_type
Cellular therapy (CAR T-cell)
drug_description
Autologous BCMA-directed chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy; engineered T cells bind BCMA on myeloma cells and trigger T-cell cytotoxicity and cytokine release to eliminate malignant plasma cells.
nci_thesaurus_concept_id
C148498
nci_thesaurus_preferred_term
Ciltacabtagene Autoleucel
nci_thesaurus_definition
A preparation of autologous T-lymphocytes that are transduced, ex vivo, with LCAR-B38M, a lentiviral vector expressing a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) containing two bispecific anti-B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) variable fragments of llama heavy-chain murine antibodies fused to the signaling domain of 4-1BB (CD137), with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities. The antigen-binding region of the CAR is a non-scFv structure targeting two distinct regions of BCMA. Upon intravenous administration back into the patient, ciltacabtagene autoleucel are directed to cells expressing BCMA, bind to two different epitopes on BCMA and induce selective toxicity in BCMA-expressing tumor cells. BCMA, a tumor-associated antigen (TAA) and a receptor for both a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) and B-cell activating factor (BAFF), is a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily (TNFRSF) and plays a key role in plasma cell survival. BCMA is overexpressed on malignant plasma cells.
drug_mesh_term
Ciltacabtagene Autoleucel
drug_category
CAR T
drug_class
Cellular Therapy
drug_delivery_route
Intravenous
drug_mechanism_of_action
Autologous T cells engineered to express a BCMA-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (with 4-1BB costimulation) bind BCMA (TNFRSF17) on malignant plasma cells, triggering T-cell activation, cytokine release, and cytotoxic killing of BCMA-expressing myeloma cells.
drug_name
Ciltacabtagene Autoleucel
nct_id_drug_ref
NCT05767359