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KarMMa-3

Ide-cel tripled progression-free time versus standard regimens in heavily pretreated myeloma, but did not clearly extend life after most control patients crossed over.

PFS 13.3 vs 4.4 months (HR 0.49); ORR 71% vs 42%. OS HR 1.01 unadjusted; crossover-adjusted analyses favour ide-cel. Approved ≥2 lines April 2024.

Setting
Triple-class-exposed myeloma after 2-4 prior lines: ide-cel vs standard regimens
Phase
Phase 3
Sponsor
BMS / 2seventy
Registry
Headline result
PFS 13.3 vs 4.4 months, HR 0.49.
Reported
2023
Enrolled
386

Outcomes

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In plain words
What these results mean for people, not percentages
386 people took part
Progression-free survival (median)primarysurrogate endpoint
  • Median 13.3 vs 4.4 months with Ide-cel compared with Standard regimens; about 8.9 months longer for half the group.
  • A median is a midpoint: half the people did better than this and half did worse, so it is not a prediction for any one person.
  • Put another way, the treated group had about 51 percent lower chance of the event at any given time (hazard ratio 0.49, likely range 0.38 to 0.65).
  • This is a surrogate endpoint: it measures the cancer being controlled or absent on scans and tests, which often, but not always, translates into living longer.
  • These results apply to the people the trial enrolled: Triple-class-exposed myeloma after 2-4 prior lines: ide-cel vs standard regimens. People in a different situation may not see the same effect.

Numbers are from the trial as recorded here; see the source links in the table below. This is orientation, not medical advice: ask your team how closely the trial population matches you.

386 participants enrolled.

Progression-free survival (median)primary
HR 0.49 (0.38–0.65) · p <0.001
Ide-cel
13.3 mo
Standard regimens
4.4 mo
Source
EndpointArmnValueHR (95% CI)pSource
Progression-free survival (median)primaryIde-cel25413.3 months0.49 (0.38–0.65)<0.001link
Standard regimens1324.4 months

Key papers

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