Gilead's Kite Applies to FDA for Earlier Use of Yescarta in Large B-cell Lymphoma

 Kite, a Gilead Company (Nasdaq: GILD), today announced that it has submitted a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Yescarta® (axicabtagene ciloleucel) to expand its current indication to include the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) in the second-line setting.

The sBLA filing is based on data from the ZUMA-7 study with the longest follow-up – over two years – of any Phase 3 CAR T-cell therapy trial. Top-line results from the primary analysis of ZUMA-7 were recently reported and showed superiority of Yescarta compared to standard of care (SOC) in second-line relapsed or refractory LBCL. With a median follow-up of two years, the study met the primary endpoint of event-free survival (EFS; hazard ratio 0.398, p <0.0001). This represents a clinically meaningful 60% reduction in risk of EFS events versus standard of care. The study also met the key secondary endpoint of objective response rate (ORR). The interim analysis of overall survival (OS) showed a trend favoring Yescarta; however, the data are immature at this time, and further analyses are planned for the future.

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