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Abstract Number: 0019

A Novel Product Candidate (CPTX2309) for In Vivo mRNA Engineering of Anti-CD19 CAR T Cells Utilizing Novel CD8-Targeted Lipid Nanoparticles

Theresa Hunter1, Ferran Soldevila1, Yan Zhang1, Brittany Ross1, Daiki Matsuda1, Yanjie Bao1, John Li1, Michelle Nguyen1, Matthew Butcher1, MIchael Pica1, Claudia Fernandez1, James Vestal1, Goutam Mondal1, Yi Kuo1, Jeffrey Chen1, Josephine Nguyen2, Young Yoon Choi2, Diana Galvan1, Duy Nguyen1, Donald Jhung2, Stuart Sievers1, Steven Tanis1, Cory Bentley2, Michael Rosenzweig1, Priya Karmali1, Adrian Bot1, Haig Aghajanian1 and Gregor Adams1, 1Capstan Therapeutics, San Diego, CA, 2Capstan Therapeutics, San Diego

Meeting: ACR Convergence 2024

Keywords: B-Cell Targets, Biologicals, gene therapy, immunology, Mouse Models, Other

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Session Information

Date: Saturday, November 16, 2024

Title: B Cell Biology & Targets in Autoimmune & Inflammatory Disease Poster

Session Type: Poster Session A

Session Time: 10:30AM-12:30PM

Background/Purpose: Ex vivo chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies have revolutionized cancer treatment and are demonstrating clinical efficacy in various autoimmune disease indications. Despite the success of current CAR T cell therapies, challenges in cell manufacturing, scalability, utilization of integrating viral vectors, and the need for lymphodepleting chemotherapy highlight the necessity for an off-the-shelf in vivo CAR technology applicable to broader indications. To that aim, we developed a novel in vivo anti-CD19 CAR mRNA product delivered by a CD8-targeted lipid nanoparticle (tLNP) (CPTX2309) optimized for performance in the preclinical setting with a goal to advance CPTX2309 to clinical development.

Methods: CPTX2309 comprises a fully human anti-CD19 CAR mRNA payload encompassed by a tLNP containing a novel ionizable lipid and a CD8 targeting antibody enabling effective CAR transfection of CD8+ T cells, designed for transient engineering and tunability of the dose-regimen. We evaluated the tLNP-mediated CAR engineering and functional activity of CAR T cells produced from the peripheral blood of healthy donors in vitro and in vivo.

Results: CPTX2309 selectively and efficiently engineered non-activated primary human CD8+ T cells into functional CAR T cells in vitro. These engineered CAR T cells demonstrated reproducibly high CAR expression levels and robust cytotoxicity against both autologous B cells and CD19+ cell lines. This was coupled with antigen-specific T cell activation, proliferation, and polyfunctionality manifested through cytokine production. When compared to CAR T cells produced via viral transduction, CPTX2309-engineered CAR T cells demonstrated superior CAR expression and more rapid activation and killing of CD19+ target cells. To determine if this rapid pharmacological activity translated in vivo, we utilized the humanized NSG-PBMC mouse model. Animals administered CPTX2309 by intravenous injection exhibited specific and efficient CAR engineering of CD8+ T cells, leading to rapid and profound B cell depletion in blood and tissues by 3 hours post-treatment. Single dose studies in the same model revealed a dose-effect relationship, with a dose as low as 0.075 mg/kg depleting the majority of human B cells in the spleen. To evaluate the efficacy of CPTX2309 in a model with reconstitutive capacity for human B cells, CPTX2309 was dosed into NSG-CD34+ mice. Repeat dosing every three days at 1.5 mg/kg for three infusions was well tolerated, showed selective CD8+ T cell engineering, and led to effective elimination of all human B cells in the blood.

Conclusion: CPTX2309 is a novel in vivo CAR therapy aimed to bring together the unprecedented potency of CAR constructs with scalability and feasibility of this novel tLNP-mRNA platform. CPTX2309 rapidly, efficiently, and specifically delivers a therapeutic anti-CD19 CAR mRNA payload to human T cells resulting in highly functional CD8+ anti-CD19 CAR T cells in vitro and in vivo. These data support the development of CPTX2309 for a broad range of B cell disorders including autoimmune diseases.


Disclosures: T. Hunter: None; F. Soldevila: None; Y. Zhang: None; B. Ross: None; D. Matsuda: None; Y. Bao: None; J. Li: None; M. Nguyen: None; M. Butcher: None; M. Pica: None; C. Fernandez: None; J. Vestal: None; G. Mondal: None; Y. Kuo: None; J. Chen: None; J. Nguyen: None; Y. Choi: None; D. Galvan: None; D. Nguyen: None; D. Jhung: None; S. Sievers: None; S. Tanis: None; C. Bentley: None; M. Rosenzweig: None; P. Karmali: None; A. Bot: None; H. Aghajanian: Pfizer, 6; G. Adams: None.

To cite this abstract in AMA style:

Hunter T, Soldevila F, Zhang Y, Ross B, Matsuda D, Bao Y, Li J, Nguyen M, Butcher M, Pica M, Fernandez C, Vestal J, Mondal G, Kuo Y, Chen J, Nguyen J, Choi Y, Galvan D, Nguyen D, Jhung D, Sievers S, Tanis S, Bentley C, Rosenzweig M, Karmali P, Bot A, Aghajanian H, Adams G. A Novel Product Candidate (CPTX2309) for In Vivo mRNA Engineering of Anti-CD19 CAR T Cells Utilizing Novel CD8-Targeted Lipid Nanoparticles [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024; 76 (suppl 9). https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/a-novel-product-candidate-cptx2309-for-in-vivo-mrna-engineering-of-anti-cd19-car-t-cells-utilizing-novel-cd8-targeted-lipid-nanoparticles/. Accessed .
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