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Have we overestimated the benefit of human(ized) antibodies?

Daniel R Getts, Meghann T Getts, Derrick P McCarthy, Emily M L Chastain, Stephen D Miller

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Daniel R GettsTolera Therapeutics Inc., Kalamazoo, MI, USA. d-getts@northwestern.edu
Meghann T Getts
Derrick P McCarthy
Emily M L Chastain
Stephen D Miller

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The infusion of animal-derived antibodies has been known for some time to trigger the generation of antibodies directed at the foreign protein as well as adverse events including cytokine release syndrome. These immunological phenomena drove the development of humanized and fully human monoclonal antibodies. The ability to generate human(ized) antibodies has been both a blessing and a curse. While incremental gains in the clinical efficacy and safety for some agents have been realized, a positive effect has not been observed for all human(ized) antibodies. Many human(ized) antibodies trigger the development of anti-drug antibody responses and infusion reactions. The current belief that antibodies need to be human(ized) to have enhanced therapeutic utility may slow the development of novel animal-derived monoclonal antibody therapeutics for use in clinical indications. In the case of murine antibodies, greater than 20% induce tolerable/negligible immunogenicity, suggesting that in these cases humanization may not offer significant gains in therapeutic utility. Furthermore, humanization of some murine antibodies may reduce their clinical effectiveness. The available data suggest that the utility of human(ized) antibodies needs to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, taking a cost-benefit approach, taking both biochemical characteristics and the targeted therapeutic indication into account.

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AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalHumansMiceAntibodies, Monoclonal

Identifiers

PMID20935511
PMCPMC3011222

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