Legend Biotech Unveils Groundbreaking 5-Year Survival Data for CARVYKTI® in Multiple Myeloma at 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting

Core Insights - Legend Biotech Corporation announced long-term results from the CARTITUDE-1 study, showing that 33% of heavily pretreated relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma patients remained progression-free for five years after a single infusion of CARVYKTI [1][4][6] Group 1: Study Results - In the CARTITUDE-1 study, at a median follow-up of 61.3 months, patients treated with CARVYKTI demonstrated a median overall survival (OS) of 60.7 months [4] - Among 97 patients, 32 (33%) remained progression-free for five years or more without further myeloma treatment [4][6] - A subset analysis of 12 patients who underwent minimal residual disease assessments showed all remained progression-free and MRD-negative for five years [3] Group 2: Safety and Efficacy - Safety signals were consistent with the known profile of CARVYKTI, with no new movement or neurocognitive treatment-emergent adverse events reported [5] - Two new cases of second primary malignancies were reported, both solid tumors [5] - The CARTITUDE-4 study indicated that CARVYKTI improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) compared to standard therapies in high-risk subgroups [7][9] Group 3: Future Developments - Ongoing Phase 1 studies of LB1908 and LB2102 in gastroesophageal and lung cancers, respectively, show promising early results, indicating potential for next-generation cell therapies [8][11] - Legend Biotech entered an exclusive global license agreement with Novartis for certain CAR-T cell therapies targeting DLL3, including LB2102 [15][17]