CB307 : A Dual Targeting Costimulatory Humabody VH Therapeutic for Treating PSMA-Positive Tumors

©2024 The Authors; Published by the American Association for Cancer Research..

PURPOSE: CD137 is a T- and NK-cell costimulatory receptor involved in consolidating immunologic responses. The potent CD137 agonist urelumab has shown clinical promise as a cancer immunotherapeutic but development has been hampered by on-target off-tumor toxicities. A CD137 agonist targeted to the prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), frequently and highly expressed on castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer (mCRPC) tumor cells, could bring effective immunotherapy to this immunologically challenging to address disease.

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We designed and manufactured CB307, a novel half-life extended bispecific costimulatory Humabody VH therapeutic to elicit CD137 agonism exclusively in a PSMA-high tumor microenvironment (TME). The functional activity of CB307 was assessed in cell-based assays and in syngeneic mouse antitumor pharmacology studies. Nonclinical toxicology and toxicokinetic properties of CB307 were assessed in a good laboratory practice (GLP) compliant study in cynomolgus macaques.

RESULTS: CB307 provides effective CD137 agonism in a PSMA-dependent manner, with antitumor activity both in vitro and in vivo, and additional activity when combined with checkpoint inhibitors. A validated novel PSMA/CD137 IHC assay demonstrated a higher prevalence of CD137-positive cells in the PSMA-expressing human mCRPC TME with respect to primary lesions. CB307 did not show substantial toxicity in nonhuman primates and exhibited a plasma half-life supporting weekly clinical administration.

CONCLUSIONS: CB307 is a first-in-class immunotherapeutic that triggers potent PSMA-dependent T-cell activation, thereby alleviating toxicologic concerns against unrestricted CD137 agonism.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

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Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 30(2024), 8 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 1595-1606

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Archer, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Brailey, Phillip M [VerfasserIn]
Song, Minjung [VerfasserIn]
Bartlett, Phillip D [VerfasserIn]
Figueiredo, Ines [VerfasserIn]
Gurel, Bora [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Brucklacher-Waldert, Verena [VerfasserIn]
Thompson, H Lorraine [VerfasserIn]
Akinwale, Jude [VerfasserIn]
Boyle, Samantha E [VerfasserIn]
Rossant, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Birkett, Neil R [VerfasserIn]
Pizzey, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Maginn, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Legg, James [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Johnston, Colette M [VerfasserIn]
Bland-Ward, Philip [VerfasserIn]
de Bono, Johann S [VerfasserIn]
Pierce, Andrew J [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 16.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-3052

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NLM370825705