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Biologic Drug Quality Assurance to Optimize HER2 + Breast Cancer Treatment: Insights from Development of the Trastuzumab Biosimilar SB3

verfasst von: Diana Lüftner, Gary H. Lyman, João Gonçalves, Xavier Pivot, Minji Seo

Erschienen in: Targeted Oncology | Ausgabe 4/2020

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Abstract

SB3 is a biosimilar of trastuzumab that has been approved for use in the treatment of human epidermal growth factor 2-positive breast cancer and human epidermal growth factor 2-positive gastric cancer. Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity is one of several critical quality attributes of trastuzumab. Data from the development of SB3 support the hypothesis of a relationship between antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity activity and clinical outcomes in terms of the response rate and long-term survival. Current analytic methods utilizing advanced technology allow the detection of small changes in other quality attributes that influence antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity, such as glycosylation and FcγRIIIa binding. Use of such methods to monitor batch-to-batch consistency enables production of trastuzumab biosimilars with consistent quality. Trastuzumab biosimilars such as SB3 therefore have the potential to increase accessibility to trastuzumab-based therapy without compromising efficacy or safety.
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Metadaten
Titel
Biologic Drug Quality Assurance to Optimize HER2 + Breast Cancer Treatment: Insights from Development of the Trastuzumab Biosimilar SB3
verfasst von
Diana Lüftner
Gary H. Lyman
João Gonçalves
Xavier Pivot
Minji Seo
Publikationsdatum
03.08.2020
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Targeted Oncology / Ausgabe 4/2020
Print ISSN: 1776-2596
Elektronische ISSN: 1776-260X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11523-020-00742-w

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