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Published on: May 4, 2017
Biosimilar Pegfilgrastim-cbqv Demonstrated Similar Immunogenicity to Pegfilgrastim in Healthy Subjects Across Three
Francesca Civoli1, Barbara Finck2, Helen Tang2
1Coherus BioSciences, Inc., 333 Twin Dolphin Drive Suite 600, Redwood City, CA, 94065, USA. fcivoli@coherus.com.
Introduction:
Biologic therapeutics can trigger immune responses in patients. As part of the totality of evidence that is required for regulatory approval of biosimilars, immunogenicity similarity must be assessed in the clinical programs. Pegfilgrastim-cbqv (UDENYCA®) is a pegfilgrastim biosimilar approved in the USA and European Union. This article demonstrates the similar immunogenicity of pegfilgrastim-cbqv compared with its reference product, pegfilgrastim (Neulasta®).
Methods:
The immunogenicity of pegfilgrastim-cbqv was assessed in three clinical studies in healthy subjects (one specifically designed to evaluate immunogenicity similarity and two studies to assess pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics bioequivalence) using a tiered approach, in which plasma samples were tested for the presence of antidrug antibodies (ADAs) as well as ADA binding-specificity, titer and neutralizing activity. To assess the clinical impact of ADAs, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and safety profiles were compared between ADA-positive and -negative subjects.
Results:
These studies demonstrated similar immunogenicity of pegfilgrastim-cbqv and pegfilgrastim. The small differences in ADA incidence between treatment groups observed in the immunogenicity study were driven by non-neutralizing, low-titer, polyethylene glycol (PEG)-reactive ADAs, which are commonly present in healthy subjects. No treatment-emergent neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) were detected in either treatment group, and there was no apparent impact of ADAs on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics or safety.
Conclusion:
Pegfilgrastim-cbqv has similar immunogenicity to pegfilgrastim. The presented immunogenicity, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and safety data support the overall demonstration of no clinically meaningful differences between pegfilgrastim-cbqv and pegfilgrastim.
Clinical Trial Registration:
NCT02418104 (CHS-1701-04, April 2015), NCT02650973 (CHS-1701-05, February 2016) and NCT02385851 (CHS-1701-03, March 2015).
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