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Tourdot S, Abdolzade-Bavil A, Bessa J, Broët P, Fogdell-Hahn A, Giorgi M, Jawa V, Kuranda K, Legrand N, Pattijn S, Pedras-Vasconcelos JA, Rudy A, Salmikangas P, Scott DW, Snoeck V, Smith N, Spindeldreher S, Kramer D. 10 th European immunogenicity platform open symposium on immunogenicity of biopharmaceuticals. MAbs 2021; 12:1725369. [PMID: 32063088 PMCID: PMC7039638 DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2020.1725369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Therapeutic proteins and emerging gene and cell-based therapies are attractive therapeutic tools for addressing unmet medical needs or when earlier conventional treatment approaches failed. However, the development of an immune response directed against therapeutic agents is a significant concern as it occurs in a substantial number of cases across products and indications. The specific anti-drug antibodies that develop can lead to safety adverse events as well as inhibition of drug activity or accelerated clearance, both phenomena resulting in loss of treatment efficacy. The European Immunogenicity Platform (EIP) is a meeting place for experts and newcomers to the immunogenicity field, designed to stimulate discussion amongst scientists across industry and academia, encourage interactions with regulatory agencies and share knowledge and the state-of-the-art of immunogenicity sciences with the broader scientific community. Here we report on the main topics covered during the EIP 10th Open Symposium on Immunogenicity of Biopharmaceuticals held in Lisbon, 26–27 February 2019, and the 1-d training course on practical and regulatory aspects of immunogenicity held ahead of the conference. These main topics included immunogenicity testing, clinical relevance of immunogenicity, immunogenicity prediction, regulatory aspects, tolerance induction as a mean to mitigate immunogenicity and immunogenicity in the context of gene therapy.
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- S Tourdot
- BioMedicine Design, Pfizer Inc, Andover, MA, USA
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- Large Molecule Bioanalytical Sciences, Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Roche Innovation Center Munich, Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Roche Innovation Center Basel, Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Medicine Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Certara QSP, Certara UK Limited, UK
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- Predictive and Clinical Immunogenicity, PPDM, Merck & Co, Kenilworth, NJ, USA
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- Translational Department, Sparks Therapeutics, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- HEXAL AG, Holzkirchen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Translational Biomarkers and Bioanalysis, UCB Biopharma SRL, Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium
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- Sanofi R&D, Translational Medicine & Early Development, Sanofi, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Harbeck N, Zbarskaya I, Lipatov O, Frolova M, Udovitsa D, Topuzov E, Ganea-Motan DE, Nakov R, Singh P, Rudy A, Blackwell K. Abstract P1-10-01: A randomized, double-blind trial to compare the efficacy and safety of proposed biosimilar pegfilgrastim (LA-EP2006) with reference pegfilgrastim in patients with breast cancer (PROTECT1). Cancer Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs15-p1-10-01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: An abbreviated pathway for biological products shown to be biosimilar to the reference product exists in Europe and the US. The randomized PROTECT1 trial compared the efficacy and safety of the proposed biosimilar pegfilgrastim with reference pegfilgrastim.
Methods: In this multinational, prospective, double-blind trial, chemotherapy-naïve women aged ≥18 years with histologically proven breast cancer received up to 6 cycles of (neo)-adjuvant TAC chemotherapy (docetaxel 75 mg/m2, doxorubicin 50 mg/m2, cyclophosphamide 500 mg/m2). Patients were randomized to a single 6 mg SC injection of the proposed biosimilar pegfilgrastim (LA-EP2006) or the reference (Neulasta®) on day 2 of each cycle. Primary endpoint was duration of severe neutropenia (DSN) during Cycle 1, defined as number of consecutive days with an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) <0.5 x 109/L. The study was powered at 90% and had a hierarchical testing procedure utilizing a ±1 day margin to test for equivalence (2-sided 95% confidence interval [CI]) and a subsequent −0.6 day non-inferiority margin (1-sided 97.5% CI) for DSN during Cycle 1. DSN was analyzed with an ANCOVA model adjusted for treatment, chemotherapy, region and baseline ANC. Secondary efficacy assessments were: time to ANC recovery, ANC nadir, incidence of febrile neutropenia, number of days of fever, frequency of infections and mortality due to infection. Safety was assessed at 4 weeks and 6 months after the last pegfilgrastim administration. Immunogenicity was assessed by testing for neutralizing anti-pegfilgrastim antibodies.
Results: A total of 316 patients were randomized and included in the full analysis set (LA-EP2006: n=159; reference: n=157). Baseline demographics were similar in both groups (mean±SD age: LA-EP2006 49.9±9.53, reference 50.5±10.87 years; breast cancer stage II-III: LA-EP2006 n=155 [97.5%], reference n=151 [96.2%]). Mean±SD DSN in Cycle 1 was 0.75±0.88 days with LA-EP2006 and 0.83±0.90 days with reference, with a treatment difference of 0.07 days (95% CI: −0.12, 0.26); LA-EP2006 was both equivalent and non-inferior to the reference. There were no clinically meaningful differences between LA-EP2006 and reference in incidence of febrile neutropenia (3.8% vs 7.0% in Cycle 1, 5.7% vs 7.6% across all cycles), days with fever, depth of ANC nadir in Cycle 1, time to ANC recovery in Cycle 1, or frequency of infections in Cycle 1 and across all cycles. Treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were similar across groups and consistent with the known safety profile of pegfilgrastim. Most frequently reported TEAEs related to treatment were musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders (LA-EP2006 4.4%, reference 5.7%). Serious TEAEs were reported in 10.1% of LA-EP2006 and 13.4% of reference patients. No neutralizing anti-pegfilgrastim antibodies were detected.
Conclusions: Proposed biosimilar pegfilgrastim (LA-EP2006) met the primary endpoint demonstrating both equivalence and non-inferiority to the reference. LA-EP2006 and the reference are similar with no clinically meaningful differences regarding efficacy and safety in breast cancer patients receiving (neo)-adjuvant myelosuppressive chemotherapy.
Citation Format: Harbeck N, Zbarskaya I, Lipatov O, Frolova M, Udovitsa D, Topuzov E, Ganea-Motan DE, Nakov R, Singh P, Rudy A, Blackwell K. A randomized, double-blind trial to compare the efficacy and safety of proposed biosimilar pegfilgrastim (LA-EP2006) with reference pegfilgrastim in patients with breast cancer (PROTECT1). [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: 2015 Dec 8-12; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P1-10-01.
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- N Harbeck
- Breast Center, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Leningrad Regional Oncological Dispensary, Leningrad, Russian Federation; Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of the Ministry of Public Health of Bashkortostan Republic, Ufa, Russian Federation; Russian Oncology Research Center n.a. N.N. Blochin of RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation; Oncological Dispensary #2 of Healthcare Department of Krasnodar Territory, Krasnodar, Russian Federation; Northwest State Medical University n.a. I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; Spitalul Judetean de Urgenta, Suceava, Romania; Hexal AG, Holzkirchen/Oberhaching, Germany; Duke University, DUMC, Durham, NC
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- Breast Center, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Leningrad Regional Oncological Dispensary, Leningrad, Russian Federation; Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of the Ministry of Public Health of Bashkortostan Republic, Ufa, Russian Federation; Russian Oncology Research Center n.a. N.N. Blochin of RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation; Oncological Dispensary #2 of Healthcare Department of Krasnodar Territory, Krasnodar, Russian Federation; Northwest State Medical University n.a. I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; Spitalul Judetean de Urgenta, Suceava, Romania; Hexal AG, Holzkirchen/Oberhaching, Germany; Duke University, DUMC, Durham, NC
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- Breast Center, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Leningrad Regional Oncological Dispensary, Leningrad, Russian Federation; Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of the Ministry of Public Health of Bashkortostan Republic, Ufa, Russian Federation; Russian Oncology Research Center n.a. N.N. Blochin of RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation; Oncological Dispensary #2 of Healthcare Department of Krasnodar Territory, Krasnodar, Russian Federation; Northwest State Medical University n.a. I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; Spitalul Judetean de Urgenta, Suceava, Romania; Hexal AG, Holzkirchen/Oberhaching, Germany; Duke University, DUMC, Durham, NC
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- Breast Center, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Leningrad Regional Oncological Dispensary, Leningrad, Russian Federation; Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of the Ministry of Public Health of Bashkortostan Republic, Ufa, Russian Federation; Russian Oncology Research Center n.a. N.N. Blochin of RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation; Oncological Dispensary #2 of Healthcare Department of Krasnodar Territory, Krasnodar, Russian Federation; Northwest State Medical University n.a. I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; Spitalul Judetean de Urgenta, Suceava, Romania; Hexal AG, Holzkirchen/Oberhaching, Germany; Duke University, DUMC, Durham, NC
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- Breast Center, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Leningrad Regional Oncological Dispensary, Leningrad, Russian Federation; Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of the Ministry of Public Health of Bashkortostan Republic, Ufa, Russian Federation; Russian Oncology Research Center n.a. N.N. Blochin of RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation; Oncological Dispensary #2 of Healthcare Department of Krasnodar Territory, Krasnodar, Russian Federation; Northwest State Medical University n.a. I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; Spitalul Judetean de Urgenta, Suceava, Romania; Hexal AG, Holzkirchen/Oberhaching, Germany; Duke University, DUMC, Durham, NC
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- Breast Center, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Leningrad Regional Oncological Dispensary, Leningrad, Russian Federation; Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of the Ministry of Public Health of Bashkortostan Republic, Ufa, Russian Federation; Russian Oncology Research Center n.a. N.N. Blochin of RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation; Oncological Dispensary #2 of Healthcare Department of Krasnodar Territory, Krasnodar, Russian Federation; Northwest State Medical University n.a. I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; Spitalul Judetean de Urgenta, Suceava, Romania; Hexal AG, Holzkirchen/Oberhaching, Germany; Duke University, DUMC, Durham, NC
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- Breast Center, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Leningrad Regional Oncological Dispensary, Leningrad, Russian Federation; Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of the Ministry of Public Health of Bashkortostan Republic, Ufa, Russian Federation; Russian Oncology Research Center n.a. N.N. Blochin of RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation; Oncological Dispensary #2 of Healthcare Department of Krasnodar Territory, Krasnodar, Russian Federation; Northwest State Medical University n.a. I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; Spitalul Judetean de Urgenta, Suceava, Romania; Hexal AG, Holzkirchen/Oberhaching, Germany; Duke University, DUMC, Durham, NC
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- Breast Center, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Leningrad Regional Oncological Dispensary, Leningrad, Russian Federation; Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of the Ministry of Public Health of Bashkortostan Republic, Ufa, Russian Federation; Russian Oncology Research Center n.a. N.N. Blochin of RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation; Oncological Dispensary #2 of Healthcare Department of Krasnodar Territory, Krasnodar, Russian Federation; Northwest State Medical University n.a. I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; Spitalul Judetean de Urgenta, Suceava, Romania; Hexal AG, Holzkirchen/Oberhaching, Germany; Duke University, DUMC, Durham, NC
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- Breast Center, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Leningrad Regional Oncological Dispensary, Leningrad, Russian Federation; Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of the Ministry of Public Health of Bashkortostan Republic, Ufa, Russian Federation; Russian Oncology Research Center n.a. N.N. Blochin of RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation; Oncological Dispensary #2 of Healthcare Department of Krasnodar Territory, Krasnodar, Russian Federation; Northwest State Medical University n.a. I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; Spitalul Judetean de Urgenta, Suceava, Romania; Hexal AG, Holzkirchen/Oberhaching, Germany; Duke University, DUMC, Durham, NC
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- Breast Center, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Leningrad Regional Oncological Dispensary, Leningrad, Russian Federation; Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of the Ministry of Public Health of Bashkortostan Republic, Ufa, Russian Federation; Russian Oncology Research Center n.a. N.N. Blochin of RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation; Oncological Dispensary #2 of Healthcare Department of Krasnodar Territory, Krasnodar, Russian Federation; Northwest State Medical University n.a. I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; Spitalul Judetean de Urgenta, Suceava, Romania; Hexal AG, Holzkirchen/Oberhaching, Germany; Duke University, DUMC, Durham, NC
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- Breast Center, University of Munich, Munich, Germany; Leningrad Regional Oncological Dispensary, Leningrad, Russian Federation; Republican Clinical Oncology Dispensary of the Ministry of Public Health of Bashkortostan Republic, Ufa, Russian Federation; Russian Oncology Research Center n.a. N.N. Blochin of RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation; Oncological Dispensary #2 of Healthcare Department of Krasnodar Territory, Krasnodar, Russian Federation; Northwest State Medical University n.a. I.I. Mechnikov, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; Spitalul Judetean de Urgenta, Suceava, Romania; Hexal AG, Holzkirchen/Oberhaching, Germany; Duke University, DUMC, Durham, NC
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