Outpatient teclistamab treatment plan for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

Outpatient-based Teclistamab Step-up Dosing in Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma: Process Development in Academic and Community Centres, and Evaluating Impact on Caregiver Burden

This pilot will try giving teclistamab to adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma in an outpatient clinic to see if it can be delivered safely and practically while measuring effects on caregivers.

Quick facts

• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (estimated)
• Ages: 18 Years and up
• Sex: All
• Sponsor: University Health Network, Toronto (Academic / other)
• Drugs / interventions: Teclistamab
• Locations: 1 site (Toronto, Ontario)
• Trial ID: NCT06251076 on ClinicalTrials.gov

What this trial studies

This Phase 4 pilot implements an outpatient process for administering teclistamab to adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least three prior lines of therapy and have progressive disease. Participants will receive teclistamab with supportive measures (including tocilizumab as needed for cytokine release) at specified cancer centres, with monitoring to document safety, logistics, and caregiver burden. The study will enroll cohorts treated at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and at Stronach Regional Cancer Centre to refine workflows for outpatient delivery. Data collected will include clinical safety events, feasibility metrics, and caregiver-reported burden to inform broader outpatient adoption.

Who should consider this trial

Good fit: Adults (18+) with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have had at least three prior lines of therapy including a proteasome inhibitor, an immunomodulatory agent, and an anti‑CD38 antibody, with documented progression on their last therapy and willingness to be treated at the specified centre.

Not a fit: Patients who require active inpatient monitoring for comorbidities, those who do not meet the prior‑therapy or progression criteria, or those unable to attend the designated treatment centres are unlikely to benefit from this outpatient-focused approach.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this could allow eligible patients to receive teclistamab safely as an outpatient, reducing inpatient stays and improving convenience and access.

How similar studies have performed: Teclistamab has demonstrated clinical activity in prior trials for heavily pretreated myeloma, but structured outpatient delivery programs are relatively new and are now being piloted.

Eligibility criteria

Multiple Myeloma Patients to Receive Outpatient Teclistamab (Part 1):

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Eligible for teclistamab treatment as per Health Canada approved indication:

   1. Age 18 and greater
   2. Relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma
   3. Received at least 3 prior lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor, an immunomodulatory agent and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody
   4. Demonstrated disease progression on the last therapy
2. For Cohorts 1 and 2, participants must agree to receive treatment at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. For Cohort 3, participants must agree to receive treatment at Stronach Regional Cancer Centre.
3. Must sign the informed consent form (or their legally acceptable representative must sign) indicating that the participant understands the purpose of, and procedures required for the study and is willing to participate in the study. Consent is to be obtained prior to the initiation of any study-related tests or procedures that are not part of standard of care for the patient's disease.
4. Have one or more caregivers meeting study criteria.
5. Have clinical laboratory values meeting study criteria.
6. Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale - threshold score ≤ 5
7. A woman of childbearing potential must have a negative highly-sensitive serum pregnancy test at screening and must agree to:

   1. Practicing true abstinence; or
   2. Have a sole partner who is vasectomized; or
   3. Practicing ≥1 highly-effective, user-independent method of contraception.
8. A woman must agree not to donate eggs (ova, oocytes) or freeze for future use, for the purposes of assisted reproduction during the study. Upon study end, female participants must agree to continue with product monograph guidelines with ongoing teclistamab off-study.
9. A man must wear a condom (with or without spermicidal foam/gel/film/cream/suppository) when engaging in any activity that allows for passage of ejaculate to another person during the study, and thereafter to continue with product monograph guidelines. If a female partner is of childbearing potential, she must also be practicing a highly effective method of contraception.
10. A male participant must agree not to donate sperm for the purpose of reproduction during the study, and thereafter to follow product monograph guidelines with ongoing teclistamab off-study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Contraindications or life-threatening allergies, hypersensitivity, or intolerance to any study drug or its excipients.
2. Prior or concurrent exposure to any of the following:

   1. Teclistamab or any anti-BCMA therapy
   2. Other myeloma therapy (standard of care or investigational) including corticosteroids, within 3 days of first step-up dose of teclistamab
3. Toxicities from previous anticancer therapies that have not resolved to baseline levels or to Grade 1 or less except for alopecia or peripheral neuropathy
4. High risk disease features including:

   1. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement with myeloma
   2. Extramedullary disease (≥1 soft tissue plasmacytoma not associated with bone)
   3. Circulating plasma cells (plasma cell leukemia)
   4. Rapidly progressive disease, as per investigator assessment
5. Concurrent disorders, including:

   e. Light chain amyloidosis f. Second malignancy requiring active therapy, exceptions including prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy or adequately treated breast cancer carcinoma on anti-hormonal agents and considered to have a very low risk of recurrence g. Underlying neurologic dysfunction (history of seizure, Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) or Transient ischemic attack (TIA), intracranial hemorrhage, dementia or other cognitive impairment) h. Hepatitis B infection (HBV-DNA positive). Patients with HepBsAg (Surface antigen of Hepatitis B virus) or HepBcAb (Hepatitis B viral protein) positive are allowed on study, only if on antiviral prophylaxis and HBV-DNA viral load is undetectable.

   i. Active infection requiring anti-infective therapy (prophylactic antibiotics are allowed). Cytomegalovirus (CMV) IgG (Immunoglobulin G) positivity allowed, but must be CMV PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) negative.

   j. Underlying coagulopathy that may increase the risk of bleeding in the setting of cytopenia.
6. Presence of the following cardiac conditions:

   1. New York Heart Association stage III or IV congestive heart failure
   2. Myocardial infarction or coronary artery bypass graft ≤6 months prior to randomization
   3. History of clinically significant ventricular arrhythmia or unexplained syncope, not believed to be vasovagal in nature or due to dehydration
   4. History of severe non-ischemic cardiomyopathy
7. Major surgery within 2 weeks prior to the start of administration of study treatment (kyphoplasty or vertebroplasty are not considered major surgery).
8. Concurrent medical or psychiatric condition or disease that is likely to interfere with study procedures or results, or that in the opinion of the investigator would constitute a hazard for participating in this study, such as:

   1. Uncontrolled diabetes
   2. Acute diffuse infiltrative pulmonary disease
   3. Evidence of active systemic viral, fungal, or bacterial infection, requiring systemic antimicrobial therapy
   4. History of autoimmune disease with the exception of vitiligo, type I diabetes, and prior autoimmune thyroiditis that is currently euthyroid based on clinical symptoms and laboratory testing
   5. Disabling psychiatric conditions (e.g., alcohol or drug abuse), severe dementia, or altered mental status
   6. Other comorbidities felt by treating physician to require hospitalization for teclistamab step-up dosing, such as poorly controlled pain despite use of narcotics, multiple concurrent comorbidities (diabetes, advanced age, cardiac disease)
   7. Any other issue that would impair the ability of the participant to receive or tolerate the planned treatment at the investigational site, to understand informed consent or any condition for which, in the opinion of the investigator, participation would not be in the best interest of the participant (e.g., compromise the well-being) or that could prevent, limit, or confound the protocol-specified assessments
   8. History of non-compliance with recommended medical treatments

Caregivers of multiple myeloma subjects treated with outpatient-based teclistamab (Part 2):

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Agree to be a caregiver for a participant with multiple myeloma enrolled in this study protocol to receive outpatient teclistamab (any of Cohorts 1, 2, 3)
2. Age 18 and greater
3. English-speaking
4. Must sign an Informed consent form
5. Attend mandatory orientation, equipment training, and provide transportation by car to and from Princess Margaret Cancer Centre until two days after completion of first three doses (at minimum 8 days to encompass step up dosing), and twice weekly to Day 27
6. Accompany the participant through the night and during the day, with no more than 2-hour gaps during the day during which the patient is alone, to end of study (Day 27 or completion of 6 total doses \[2 step up doses + 4 full doses\], whichever is later). More than one caregiver may participate to fill the required hours of accompaniment.
7. Agree to help administer home medications, buy groceries, prepare food and otherwise support the participant
8. Agree and capable of monitoring the participants vital signs, apply the Immune Effector Cell Encephalopathy (ICE) score, record findings, and report to the study team (by phone or in person)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Not sufficiently comfortable or understanding of the use of vital sign equipment, applying the ICE score, or other caregiver requirements, as per Investigator discretion
2. Unable to complete caregiver follow-up assessments at 30 and 90 days after last treatment subject dose.

Where this trial is running

Toronto, Ontario

• Princess Margaret Cancer Centre — Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Recruiting)

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Christine Chen, Dr. — University Health Network, Toronto
• Study coordinator: Christine Chen, Dr.

Conditions Multiple Myeloma; Relapsed Cancer; Refractory Cancer