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AUTHOR
Yan Xin
Abstract CT-08: A Phase 1 study of MEHD7945A (MEHD), a first-in-class EGFR/HER3 dual action antibody, in patients (pts) with locally advanced or metastatic epithelial tumors
Abstract Background Dysregulated human epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase (HER RTK) signaling is an important driver of tumor growth, metastasis, and survival. Extensive HER RTK co-expression and heterodimerization suggest that simultaneous blockade of multiple RTKs may be more effective than targeting individual RTKs, and may help prevent or delay development of resistance mechanisms. MEHD is a novel dual-action human IgG1 antibody. Each antigen-binding fragment blocks ligand binding to both EGFR and HER3, which is meant to inhibit the activity of the major ligand-dependent HER dimers in cancer. MEHD also elicits antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, and has single-a…
Human pharmacokinetic (PK) characterization of the novel dual-action anti-HER3/EGFR antibody MEHD7945A (MEHD) in patients with refractory/recurrent epithelial tumors.
2567 Background: MEHD is a novel dual-action human IgG1 antibody that blocks ligand binding to HER3 and EGFR, and elicits antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). MEHD demonstrates single-agent activity in a broad panel of tumor models, including models resistant to anti-HER3 or anti-EGFR treatment alone. The objective of this analysis was to characterize the PK of MEHD associated with body weight (BW)-based dosing used in a phase I study in patients with epithelial tumors and to evaluate the potential for using fixed dosing in future studies. Methods: Preliminary non-compartmental and population PK analyses were performed using patient data from the dose-escalation stage [1, …