Clinical immunogenicity of the d -amino acid peptide therapeutic etelcalcetide: Method development challenges and anti-drug antibody clinical impact assessments

Autor: Raju Subramanian, Hongjie Deng, Michael Serenko, M. Benjamin Hock, Dohan Weeraratne, Benjamin M. Wu, Bethlyn Sloey, Mark A. Kroenke
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Immunological Methods. 445:37-44
ISSN: 0022-1759
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2017.03.005
Popis: The immunogenicity risk assessment and bioanalytical strategy for novel therapeutics should account for both unique biophysical properties and potential consequences of immunogenicity. When assessing the immunogenicity risk of etelcalcetide, a peptide agonist of the calcium-sensing receptor, we considered the potential that the d-amino acid 'backbone' and biotransformation of etelcalcetide could allow the drug to act as a hapten. As a consequence, we validated and implemented a surface plasmon resonance immunoassay platform with both etelcalcetide and etelcalcetide-'carrier' surfaces to detect anti-drug antibodies (ADA). No evidence of in-vitro neutralizing activity with surrogate controls was detected despite multiple immunization approaches and a sensitive cell-based activity assay. Therefore, a neutralizing assay was not implemented for clinical support. We conducted an integrated analysis of immunogenicity data pooled from two pivotal placebo-controlled trials to define the clinical impact of anti-etelcalcetide antibodies. While both pre-existing and developing anti-etelcalcetide antibodies were detected, we show here that they have no consequences for clinical exposure, efficacy, or safety of etelcalcetide.
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