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ArticleCancer science2021

Antibody-drug conjugate MORAb-202 exhibits long-lasting antitumor efficacy in TNBC PDx models.

Keiji Furuuchi, Katherine Rybinski, James Fulmer, Tomoyuki Moriyama, Brian Drozdowski, Allis Soto, Shawn Fernando, Kerrianne Wilson, Andrew Milinichik, Mary Lou Dula and 4 more

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Article in Cancer science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Keiji FuruuchiEpochal Precision Anti-Cancer Therapeutics (EPAT), Eisai Inc, Exton, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2810-6283
Katherine RybinskiEpochal Precision Anti-Cancer Therapeutics (EPAT), Eisai Inc, Exton, PA, USA.
James FulmerEpochal Precision Anti-Cancer Therapeutics (EPAT), Eisai Inc, Exton, PA, USA.
Tomoyuki MoriyamaTsukuba Research Laboratory, Eisai, Co. Ltd, Tsukuba, Japan.
Brian DrozdowskiEpochal Precision Anti-Cancer Therapeutics (EPAT), Eisai Inc, Exton, PA, USA.
Allis SotoEpochal Precision Anti-Cancer Therapeutics (EPAT), Eisai Inc, Exton, PA, USA.
Shawn FernandoEpochal Precision Anti-Cancer Therapeutics (EPAT), Eisai Inc, Exton, PA, USA.
Kerrianne WilsonEpochal Precision Anti-Cancer Therapeutics (EPAT), Eisai Inc, Exton, PA, USA.
Andrew MilinichikEpochal Precision Anti-Cancer Therapeutics (EPAT), Eisai Inc, Exton, PA, USA.
Mary Lou DulaEpochal Precision Anti-Cancer Therapeutics (EPAT), Eisai Inc, Exton, PA, USA.
Keigo TanakaTsukuba Research Laboratory, Eisai, Co. Ltd, Tsukuba, Japan.
Xin ChengEpochal Precision Anti-Cancer Therapeutics (EPAT), Eisai Inc, Exton, PA, USA.
Earl AlboneEpochal Precision Anti-Cancer Therapeutics (EPAT), Eisai Inc, Exton, PA, USA.
Toshimitsu UenakaEpochal Precision Anti-Cancer Therapeutics (EPAT), Eisai Inc, Exton, PA, USA.
Precision Therapeutics (United States) · USEisai (Japan) · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) MORAb-202, consisting of farletuzumab paired with a cathepsin B-cleavable linker and eribulin, targets folate receptor alpha (FRA), which is frequently overexpressed in various tumor types. MORAb-202 was highly cytotoxic to FRA-positive cells in vitro, with limited off-target killing of FRA-negative cells. Furthermore, MORAb-202 showed a clear in vitro bystander cytotoxic effect in coculture with FRA-positive/negative cells. In vivo antitumor efficacy studies of MORAb-202 were conducted with a single administration of MORAb-202 in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patient-derived xenograft (PDx) models expressing low and high levels of FRA. MORAb-202 exhibited durable efficacy proportional to tumor FRA expression. Toxicology studies (Q3Wx2) in nonhuman primates suggested that the major observed toxicity of MORAb-202 is hematologic toxicity. Overall, these findings support the concept that MORAb-202 represents a promising investigational ADC for the treatment of TNBC patients.

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AnimalsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalFemaleFuransHumansImmunoconjugatesKetonesMicePatient-Specific ModelingPolyether PolyketidesPrimatesTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic AgentseribulinfarletuzumabFuransImmunoconjugatesKetonesMORAb-202Polyether PolyketidesRABEP2 protein, humanVesicular Transport Proteinsantibody-drug conjugatebystander effectfolate receptor alphaFRAserum biomarkertarget engagementtriple-negative breast cancer

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PMID33756060
PMCPMC8177789
OpenAlexW3139514272

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