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ArticleBlood2024

ABBV-319: a CD19-targeting glucocorticoid receptor modulator antibody-drug conjugate therapy for B-cell malignancies.

Chewei Anderson Chang, Ethan Emberley, Aloma L D'Souza, Weilong Zhao, Cormac Cosgrove, Karen Parrish, Diya Mitra, Elmer Payson, Anatol Oleksijew, Paul Ellis and 30 more

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Article in Blood, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Advancing Immunotherapy in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  5. Feeder-cell-free system forFrontiers in immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

40 authors.

Chewei Anderson ChangAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Ethan EmberleyAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Aloma L D'SouzaAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.ORCID 0000-0001-9681-1198
Weilong ZhaoAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.ORCID 0000-0001-8909-5322
Cormac CosgroveAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.
Karen ParrishAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.
Diya MitraAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.
Elmer PaysonAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Anatol OleksijewAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.
Paul EllisAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.
Luis RodriguezAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.
Ryan DugganAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.ORCID 0000-0001-8962-0705
Cara HruschAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.
Loren LaskoAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.
Wissam AssailyAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Pingping ZhengAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Wei LiuAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Axel HernandezAbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, MA.
Kimberley McCarthyAbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, MA.
Zhaomei ZhangAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Geunbae RhaAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.
Zhensheng CaoAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.ORCID 0009-0002-3247-7965
Yingchun LiAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.
Olivia PerngAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Jos CampbellAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Gloria ZhangAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.ORCID 0009-0007-8657-0483
Tyler CurranAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Milan BrunckoAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.
Christopher C MarvinAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.ORCID 0000-0003-4984-8435
Adrian HobsonAbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, MA.ORCID 0000-0003-3948-0577
Michael McPhersonAbbVie Bioresearch Center, Worcester, MA.ORCID 0000-0001-6344-4600
Tamar UzielAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.
Marybeth A PyszAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Xi ZhaoAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Alex BankovichAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Joel HayflickAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Michael McDevittAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.
Kevin J FreiseAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.
Susan Morgan-LappeAbbVie Inc, North Chicago, IL.
James W PurcellAbbVie Bay Area, South San Francisco, CA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractGlucocorticoids are key components of the standard-of-care treatment regimens for B-cell malignancy. However, systemic glucocorticoid treatment is associated with several adverse events. ABBV-319 is a CD19-targeting antibody-drug conjugate engineered to reduce glucocorticoid-associated toxicities while possessing 3 distinct mechanisms of action (MOA) to increase therapeutic efficacy: (1) antibody-mediated delivery of a glucocorticoid receptor modulator (GRM) payload to activate apoptosis, (2) inhibition of CD19 signaling, and (3) enhanced fragment crystallizable (Fc)-mediated effector function via afucosylation of the antibody backbone. ABBV-319 elicited potent GRM-driven antitumor activity against multiple malignant B-cell lines in vitro, as well as in cell line-derived xenografts and patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) in vivo. Remarkably, a single dose of ABBV-319 induced sustained tumor regression and enhanced antitumor activity compared with repeated dosing of systemic prednisolone at the maximum tolerated dose in mice. The unconjugated CD19 monoclonal antibody (mAb) also displayed antiproliferative activity in a subset of B-cell lymphoma cell lines through the inhibition of phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling. Moreover, afucosylation of CD19 mAb enhanced Fc-mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. Notably, ABBV-319 displayed superior efficacy compared with afucosylated CD19 mAb in human CD34+ peripheral blood mononuclear cell-engrafted NSG-Tg(Hu-IL15) transgenic mice, demonstrating enhanced antitumor activity when multiple MOAs are enabled. ABBV-319 also showed durable antitumor activity across multiple B-cell lymphoma PDX models, including nongerminal center B-cell diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and relapsed lymphoma after R-CHOP treatment. Collectively, these data support the ongoing evaluation of ABBV-319 in a phase 1 clinical trial.

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Antigens, CD19ImmunoconjugatesReceptors, GlucocorticoidXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysAnimalsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansLymphoma, B-CellMaytansineMiceMice, SCIDAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntigens, CD19CD19 molecule, humancoltuximab ravtansineImmunoconjugatesMaytansineReceptors, Glucocorticoid

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PMID38701407
PMCPMC11375461

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