Considerations for Use of Pharmacodynamic Biomarkers to Support Biosimilar Development - (I) A Randomized Trial with PCSK9 Inhibitors

Published 2022. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA..

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance outlines how biosimilars can be developed based on pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) similarity study data in lieu of a comparative clinical efficacy study. There is a paucity of PD comparability studies in biosimilar development, leaving open questions about how best to plan these studies. To that end, we conducted a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, single-dose, parallel-arm clinical study in healthy participants to evaluate approaches to address information gaps, inform analysis best practices, and apply emerging technologies in biomarker characterization. Seventy-two healthy participants (n = 8 per arm) received either placebo or one of four doses of the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors alirocumab (15-100 mg) or evolocumab (21-140 mg) to evaluate the maximum change from baseline (ΔPDmax ) and the baseline-adjusted area under the effect curve (AUEC) for the biomarkers low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and apolipoprotein B (apoB) in serum. We investigated approaches to minimize variability in PD measures. Coefficient of variation was lower for LDL-C than apoB at therapeutic doses. Modeling and simulation were used to establish the dose-response relationship and provided support that therapeutic doses for these products are adequately sensitive and are on the steep part of the dose-response curves. Similar dose-response relationships were observed for both biomarkers. ΔPDmax plateaued at lower doses than AUEC. In summary, this study illustrates how pilot study data can be leveraged to inform appropriate dosing and data analyses for a PK and PD similarity study.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:113

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Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 113(2023), 1 vom: 02. Jan., Seite 71-79

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sheikhy, Morasa [VerfasserIn]
Schrieber, Sarah J [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Qin [VerfasserIn]
Gershuny, Victoria [VerfasserIn]
Matta, Murali K [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Jane P F [VerfasserIn]
Du, Xiulian [VerfasserIn]
Vegesna, Giri [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Aanchal [VerfasserIn]
Prentice, Kristin [VerfasserIn]
Nalepinski, Colleen [VerfasserIn]
Zineh, Issam [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yow-Ming [VerfasserIn]
Strauss, David G [VerfasserIn]
Florian, Jeffry [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Anticholesteremic Agents
Apolipoproteins B
Biomarkers
Biosimilar Pharmaceuticals
Cholesterol, LDL
EC 3.4.21.-
Journal Article
PCSK9 Inhibitors
PCSK9 protein, human
Proprotein Convertase 9
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Date Completed 23.12.2022

Date Revised 09.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cpt.2769

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347967485