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ArticleCPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology2023

Mechanistically modeling peripheral cytokine dynamics following bispecific dosing in solid tumors.

Jared Weddell

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Article in CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Bispecific Antibodies in Solid Tumors: Advances and Challenges.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  7. Clinical Pharmacology of Cytokine Release Syndrome with T-Cell-Engaging Bispecific Antibodies: Current Insights and Drug Development Strategies.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jared WeddellClinical Pharmacology and Exploratory Development, Astellas Pharma Global Development Inc., Northbrook, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4585-1605
Center for Global Development · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bispecific antibodies exhibit proven clinical benefit, and many bispecifics are currently in clinical development for oncology. Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) is a common clinical adverse effect observed following CD3-based bispecific dosing. However, the pathophysiology of CRS is not fully understood, and no computational model mechanistically describing clinical cytokine dynamics following bispecific dosing in solid tumors exists. Here, a quantitative systems pharmacology (QSP) model describing peripheral clinical cytokine dynamics following bispecific dosing in solid tumors is presented. Using tebentafusp as a case study, a CD3-bispecific approved for uveal melanoma, the model successfully captures the dynamics of five cytokines. The QSP model was shown to predict observed phenomena, such as cytokine maximum concentration suppression using step-up dosing regimens and the importance of on-target off-tumor binding toward CRS and toxicity. Furthermore, the QSP model provides rationale for these biological phenomena based on dynamics of immune cell activation and desensitization in tumors and healthy tissues. Overall, the QSP model structure presented here serves as a basis to infer cytokine dynamics for other CD3-based bispecifics or tumor types by altering model parameters to capture the scenario of interest, supporting applications including dose selection, candidate nomination, and disease area selection.

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Antibodies, BispecificNeoplasmsCytokinesHumansAntibodies, BispecificCytokines

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PMID36710368
PMCPMC10681545
OpenAlexW4318455078

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