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ReviewJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2020

Bispecific antibodies targeting dual tumor-associated antigens in cancer therapy.

Shuyu Huang, Sander M J van Duijnhoven, Alice J A M Sijts, Andrea van Elsas

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Review in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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62citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Salivary biomarkers: a promising approach for predicting immunotherapy response in head and neck cancers.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  15. Multispecific Antibodies Targeting PD-1/PD-L1 in Cancer.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Shuyu HuangAduro Biotech Europe, Oss, The Netherlands.
Sander M J van DuijnhovenAduro Biotech Europe, Oss, The Netherlands.
Alice J A M SijtsFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Andrea van ElsasAduro Biotech Europe, Oss, The Netherlands. andrea.vanelsas@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2966-114X
Utrecht University · NLAduro BioTech (United States) · US

Funding

H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 765394
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeBispecific antibodies (BsAbs) have emerged as a leading drug class for cancer therapy and are becoming increasingly of interest for therapeutic applications. As of April 2020, over 123 BsAbs are under clinical evaluation for use in oncology (including the two marketed BsAbs Blinatumomab and Catumaxomab). The majority (82 of 123) of BsAbs under clinical evaluation can be categorized as bispecific immune cell engager whereas a second less well-discussed subclass of BsAbs targets two tumor-associated antigens (TAAs). In this review, we summarize the clinical development of dual TAAs targeting BsAbs and provide an overview of critical considerations when designing dual TAA targeting BsAbs.

methodsHerein the relevant literature and clinical trials published in English until April 1st 2020 were searched using PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov database. BsAbs were considered to be active in clinic if their clinical trials were not terminated, withdrawn or completed before 2018 without reporting results. Data missed by searching ClinicalTrials.gov was manually curated.

resultsDual TAAs targeting BsAbs offer several advantages including increased tumor selectivity, potential to concurrently modulate two functional pathways in the tumor cell and may yield improved payload delivery.

conclusionsDual TAAs targeting BsAbs represent a valuable class of biologics and early stage clinical studies have demonstrated promising anti-tumor efficacy in both hematologic malignancies and solid tumors.

Indexed as

Antibodies, BispecificAntigens, NeoplasmHumansNeoplasmsAntibodies, BispecificAntigens, NeoplasmBispecific antibodiesCancer therapyClinical trialsDual targetingLiterature review

Identifiers

PMID32989604
PMCPMC7679314
OpenAlexW3090400931

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