Drugs / Bempegaldesleukin
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Bempegaldesleukin

Protein / enzyme biologic

Developed for
cancer of unknown primary site · head and neck squamous cell carcinoma · melanoma · non-small cell lung carcinoma · renal cell carcinoma · castration-resistant prostate carcinoma · COVID-19 · cutaneous melanoma
+20 more · ependymoma · Ewing sarcoma · gastric cancer · head and neck cancer · high grade astrocytic tumor · hormone receptor-positive breast cancer · infiltrating bladder urothelial carcinoma · lymphoid hemopathy · medulloblastoma · metastatic melanoma · metastatic neoplasm · neuroblastoma · non-Hodgkin lymphoma · prostate carcinoma · rhabdomyosarcoma · sarcoma · soft tissue sarcoma · triple-negative breast carcinoma · urinary bladder neoplasm · urothelial carcinoma
Investigated by
Nektar Therapeutics · Bristol-Myers Squibb · Astellas Pharma Inc · Calithera Biosciences, Inc · Cancer Research Institute, New York City · Celldex Therapeutics
+18 more · Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. · EMD Serono · ImaginAb, Inc. · Inovio Pharmaceuticals · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · Nykode Therapeutics ASA · Oncovir, Inc. · Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. · Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy · Pfizer · Rockefeller University · SFJ Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Stanford University · The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University · University of Wisconsin, Madison · Vaccibody AS

Trials 20 · a red edge is where a trial was stopped

PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 15 trials
Phase 1 NCT04646044 Nov 2020 → May 2021 COVID-19 Nektar Therapeutics Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT04955262 Aug 2019 → Jun 2021 metastatic melanoma Nektar Therapeutics Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT03835533 Jun 2019 → Oct 2022 prostate carcinoma Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT03745807 Apr → Dec 2019 cancer of unknown primary site Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT03772288 Apr 2019 → Nov 2021 non-Hodgkin lymphoma Calithera Biosciences, Inc Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 1/26 trials
Phase 1/2 NCT04730349 Jun 2021 → Jun 2022 Ewing sarcoma, ependymoma, high grade astrocytic tumor, lymphoid hemopathy +3 Bristol-Myers Squibb Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT04052204 Dec 2019 → Sep 2020 castration-resistant prostate carcinoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma Pfizer Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT03548467 Apr 2018 → Jan 2023 Nykode Therapeutics ASA Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT03138889 Jun 2017 → Jul 2022 non-small cell lung carcinoma Nektar Therapeutics Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT02983045 Dec 2016 → Apr 2022 gastric cancer, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, melanoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma +3 Nektar Therapeutics Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT02869295 Dec 2015 → Oct 2018 cancer of unknown primary site Nektar Therapeutics Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 24 trials
Phase 2 NCT07156643 Oct 2025 → Oct 2030 expected soft tissue sarcoma The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT04936841 Aug 2021 → Oct 2022 head and neck squamous cell carcinoma University of Wisconsin, Madison Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT03785925 Apr 2019 → Feb 2022 metastatic neoplasm, urinary bladder neoplasm Nektar Therapeutics Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT03282344 Sep 2017 → Sep 2026 expected sarcoma Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2/31 trial
Phase 2/3 NCT04969861 Mar → Apr 2022 head and neck cancer Nektar Therapeutics Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 34 trials
Phase 3 NCT04410445 Jul 2020 → Sep 2022 cutaneous melanoma Nektar Therapeutics Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT04209114 Feb 2020 → Jun 2023 infiltrating bladder urothelial carcinoma Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT03729245 Dec 2018 → Jan 2022 renal cell carcinoma Nektar Therapeutics Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT03635983 Sep 2018 → Nov 2021 melanoma Bristol-Myers Squibb Completed No outcome recorded
Also used as a comparator or background therapy in 1 trial
PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 1/2 NCT03435640 Background Mar 2018 → May 2022 colorectal cancer, cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma +3 Nektar Therapeutics Terminated No outcome recorded

Press releases naming this drug 2 releases

DateIssuerRelease
2022-04-14 Bristol-Myers Squibb Nektar and Bristol Myers Squibb Announce Update on Clinical Development Program for Bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG) in Combination with Opdivo (nivolumab) bms.com
2022-03-14 Bristol-Myers Squibb Bristol Myers Squibb and Nektar Announce Update on Phase 3 PIVOT IO-001 Trial Evaluating Bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG) in Combination with Opdivo (nivolumab) in Previously Untreated Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma bms.com

Evidence & citations 10 cited values

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FieldValueCited text
Known as bempegaldesleukin “NKTR-214 (bempegaldesleukin) is a novel IL2 pathway agonist, designed to provide sustained signaling through heterodimeric IL2 receptor βγ to drive increased proliferation and...” PMID 30988166 Apr 2019
12

“OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the immunostimulatory interleukin-2 cytokine prodrug bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG) plus nivolumab in patients with advanced/mUC from the phase 2 multicenter...” PMID 35643589 May 2022

NCT04052204

NCT03548467

NCT04646044

NCT03785925

NCT04969861

NCT03729245

NCT03435640

NCT04955262

NCT07156643

NCT04410445

NCT04209114

Known as Aldesleukin prodrug nktr-214 ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL4298058
Known as BEMPEG “This is a multicenter, randomized, open-label, Phase 2/3 study that will evaluate the efficacy and safety of bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG; NKTR-214) combined with pembrolizumab...” NCT04969861
3

“A Phase 1b, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG; NKTR-214) Plus Standard of Care Versus Placebo Plus Standard of Care...” NCT04646044

“OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the immunostimulatory interleukin-2 cytokine prodrug bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG) plus nivolumab in patients with advanced/mUC from the phase 2 multicenter...” PMID 35643589 May 2022

Bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG), a pegylated interleukin-2 (IL-2) cytokine prodrug, demonstrated efficacy in the phase II PIVOT-02 trial.” PMID 37651676 Aug 2023

Known as Bempegaldesleukina ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL4298058
Known as Bempegaldesleukine ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL4298058
Known as NKTR 214 “This is a multicenter, randomized, open-label, Phase 2/3 study that will evaluate the efficacy and safety of bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG; NKTR-214) combined with pembrolizumab...” NCT04969861
11

“Here, we report a patient with metastatic melanoma who had a durable clinical response after treatment with the programmed cell death protein 1 inhibitor, nivolumab, combined...” PMID 33298619 Dec 2020

“A Phase 1b, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Bempegaldesleukin (BEMPEG; NKTR-214) Plus Standard of Care Versus Placebo Plus Standard of Care...” NCT04646044

NCT03138889

NCT03835533

NCT03745807

NCT03772288

NCT03635983

NCT02869295

NCT04730349

NCT03282344

NCT04936841

Known as NKTR-214 PRODRUG ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL4298058
Action Activate “NKTR-214 (bempegaldesleukin) is a novel IL2 pathway agonist” PMID 30988166 Apr 2019
Modality Protein / enzyme biologic “NKTR-214, a Novel IL2Rβγ-Biased Cytokine, in Patients with Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors.” PMID 30988166 Apr 2019
Route Intravenous “Patients received BEMPEG 0.006 mg/kg plus nivolumab 360 mg intravenously every 3 wk.” PMID 35643589 May 2022