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IASO Bio’s BCMA/GPRC5D dual-targeted CAR-T RD140 shows 88.9% response rate in Phase I

IASO Bio’s BCMA/GPRC5D dual-targeted CAR-T RD140 shows 88.9% response rate in Phase I

IASO Bio, a biopharmaceutical company with operations in Shanghai, Nanjing, and California, presented preliminary Phase I data for RD140, a fully human BCMA/GPRC5D dual-targeted CAR-T therapy, at the 2026 International Myeloma Society Annual Meeting, reporting an objective response rate of 88.9% across nine heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma or plasma cell leukemia.

The investigator-initiated NCT06655519 study enrolled patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma after at least three prior lines of therapy, as well as patients with plasma cell leukemia following progression after first-line treatment. All nine infused patients were triple-class exposed, six were penta-exposed, and two had previously received BCMA-targeted therapy.

As of the May 6, 2026 data cutoff, median follow-up was 6.05 months. The six patients treated at 3×10⁵ cells/kg achieved a 100% objective response rate, while 88.9% of all patients achieved minimal residual disease negativity at the 10⁻⁵ threshold. Median progression-free survival had not been reached.

RD140 simultaneously targets BCMA and GPRC5D and is manufactured using IASO Bio's FasT CAR-T platform, which the company said can complete cell production in three to four days.

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Cytokine release syndrome occurred in all nine patients, comprising eight Grade 1 or 2 cases and one Grade 3 case. No immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome was reported.

The multiple myeloma CAR-T market currently includes the BCMA-directed products Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel) and Carvykti (ciltacabtagene autoleucel), while Janssen's Talvey (talquetamab) targets GPRC5D through a bispecific antibody approach. Bristol Myers Squibb is also developing the GPRC5D-directed CAR-T arlocabtagene autoleucel, which met the primary endpoint in the registrational Phase II QUINTESSENTIAL trial in September 2026.


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