Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28753442›Full record

ArticleNeoplasia (New York, N.Y.)2017

The Antitumor Activity of IMGN529, a CD37-Targeting Antibody-Drug Conjugate, Is Potentiated by Rituximab in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Models.

Stuart W Hicks, Katharine C Lai, L Cristina Gavrilescu, Yong Yi, Surina Sikka, Prerak Shah, Meghan E Kelly, Jenny Lee, Leanne Lanieri, Jose F Ponte and 2 more

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. CD9, a tetraspanin target for cancer therapy?Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2021
    Review
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2020
    Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Review
  18. Review
  19. Antibody-Drug Conjugates: Possibilities and Challenges.Avicenna journal of medical biotechnology
    Review
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stuart W HicksImmunoGen, Inc., Waltham, MA. Electronic address: stuart.hicks@immunogen.com.
Katharine C LaiImmunoGen, Inc., Waltham, MA.
L Cristina GavrilescuImmunoGen, Inc., Waltham, MA.
Yong YiImmunoGen, Inc., Waltham, MA.
Surina SikkaImmunoGen, Inc., Waltham, MA.
Prerak ShahImmunoGen, Inc., Waltham, MA.
Meghan E KellyImmunoGen, Inc., Waltham, MA.
Jenny LeeImmunoGen, Inc., Waltham, MA.
Leanne LanieriImmunoGen, Inc., Waltham, MA.
Jose F PonteImmunoGen, Inc., Waltham, MA.
Callum M SlossImmunoGen, Inc., Waltham, MA.
Angela RomanelliImmunoGen, Inc., Waltham, MA.
ImmunoGen (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naratuximab emtansine (IMGN529) is an investigational antibody-drug conjugate consisting of a CD37-targeting antibody conjugated to the maytansine-derived microtuble disruptor, DM1. IMGN529 has shown promising preclinical and clinical activity in non-Hodgkin lymphoma, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Due to the aggressive nature of the disease, DLBCL is often treated with combination therapies to maximize clinical outcomes; therefore, we investigated the potential of combining IMGN529 with both standard-of-care and emerging therapies against multiple oncology-relevant targets and pathways. The strongest enhancement in potency was seen with anti-CD20 antibodies, including rituximab. The combination of IMGN529 and rituximab was more potent than either agent alone, and this combinatorial benefit was associated with increased apoptotic induction and cell death. Additional studies revealed that rituximab treatment increased the internalization and degradation of the CD37-targeting antibody moiety of IMGN529. The combination of IMGN529 and rituximab was highly efficacious in multiple xenograft models, with superior antitumor efficacy seen compared to either agent alone or treatment with R-CHOP therapy. These findings suggest a novel mechanism whereby the potency of IMGN529 can be enhanced by CD20 binding, which results in the increased internalization and degradation of IMGN529 leading to the generation of greater amounts of cytotoxic catabolite. Overall, these data provide a biological rationale for the enhanced activity of IMGN529 in combination with rituximab and support the ongoing clinical evaluation of IMGN529 in combination with rituximab in patients with relapsed and/or refractory DLBCL.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntibody-Dependent Cell CytotoxicityCell Line, TumorDisease Models, AnimalDrug SynergismFemaleHumansLymphoma, Non-HodgkinMiceMolecular Targeted TherapyProteolysisRituximabXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysAntibodies, Monoclonal, Humanizednaratuximab emtansineRituximab

Identifiers

PMID28753442
PMCPMC5540712
OpenAlexW2736511490

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.