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BIOANALYSIS
Volume 5, Issue 9, Pages 1007-1023Publisher
Newlands Press Ltd
DOI: 10.4155/BIO.13.64
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Background: Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) such as Kadcyla (TM) (ado-trastuzumab emtansine [T-DMI]) present covalently bound cytotoxic drugs, which may influence their immunogenicity potential compared with antibody therapies. Therefore, ADCs require assay strategies that allow measurement of responses to all the molecular components. Results: The immunogenicity strategy for T-DMI used a risk-based, tiered approach that included screening and titration to detect antitherapeutic antibodies; confirmation of positive responses; and characterization to assess whether the immune response is primarily to the antibody or to the linker drug and/or new epitopes in trastuzumab resulting from conjugation. Conclusion: The tiered immunogenicity assay strategy for T-DMI allowed detection of antitherapeutic antibodies to all components of the ADC in multiple nonclinical and clinical studies. Characterization strategies implemented in clinical studies provided additional insights into the specificity of the immune response.
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