Trastuzumab-MMAU Antibody-Auristatin Conjugates: Valine-Glucoserine Linker with Stabilized Maleimide Conjugation Improves In Vivo Efficacy and Tolerability.
Shalom D GoldbergTero SatomaaOlulanu AinaOlli AitioKrista BurkeVadim DudkinBrian GeistOnyi IrrechukwuAnna-Liisa HänninenAnnamari HeiskanenJari HelinJukka O HiltunenJacqueline Kinyamu-AkundaDonna M KleinNeeraj KohliTitta KotirantaTuula LähteenmäkiRitva NiemeläVirve PitkänenHenna PynnönenWilliam RittaseKristen WileyJunguo ZhouJuhani SaarinenPublished in: Molecular cancer therapeutics (2024)
The optimized trastuzumab-MMAU ADC showed potent antitumor activity and was well tolerated with excellent pharmacokinetics in non-human primates, leading to a superior preclinical therapeutic window. The data supports potential utility of trastuzumab-MMAU for treatment of HER2+ tumors.