Adaptimmune Receives U.S. FDA Accelerated Approval of TECELRA® (afamitresgene autoleucel), the First Approved Engineered Cell Therapy for a Solid Tumor
Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc (
NASDAQADAP), a company working to redefine the treatment of solid tumor cancers with cell therapy, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accelerated approval of TECELRA® (afamitresgene autoleucel) for the treatment of adults with unresectable or metastatic synovial sarcoma who have received prior chemotherapy, are HLA-A*02:01P, -A*02:02P, -A*02:03P, or -A*02:06P positive and whose tumor expresses the MAGE-A4 antigen as determined by FDA-approved or cleared companion diagnostic devices. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on overall response rate and duration of response. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial. TECELRA is the first engineered cell therapy for a solid tumor cancer approved in the U.S., and the first new therapy option in more than a decade for synovial sarcoma, a rare, soft tissue cancer that most commonly impacts young adults.
