Bavituximab

Bavituximab (PGN401) is a human-mouse chimeric monoclonal antibody against phosphatidylserine, which is a component of cell membranes that is exposed when a cell is transformed into solid tumor cancer cell or dies,[1][2] and when cells are infected with hepatitis C.[3] The process of cell death is highly controlled and so there usually no immune response to phosphatidylserine but when bavituximab binds to it, the conjugate appears to stimulate an immune response in humans.[2]

Bavituximab
Monoclonal antibody
TypeWhole antibody
SourceChimeric (mouse/human)
Targetphosphatidylserine
Clinical data
Routes of
administration		infusion
ATC code
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Pharmacokinetic data
Elimination half-life30 hrs
Identifiers
CAS Number
ChemSpider
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UNII
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC6446H9946N1702O2042S42
Molar mass145.3 kg/mol g·mol−1
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History

Bavituximab was invented at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; Peregrine Pharmaceuticals exclusively licensed intellectual property related to bavituximab from the university, including US patent 6,300,308 invented by Alan J. Schroit and US Patents 6,406,693 and 6,312,694 invented in the laboratory Philip E. Thorpe.[4]:6[5]

As of January 2016, bavituximab had been in a Phase III clinical trial for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC),[6] a Phase II/III trial for breast cancer, a Phase II trial for pancreatic cancer, a phase I/II trial for hepatocellular carcinoma, and Phase I clinical trials in malignant melanoma and rectal cancer; its development had been discontinued for influenza and prostate cancer.[1] As of 2011 it had been in a Phase II trial for hepatitis C[3] but no results had been reported as of 2016.[1]

The phase III (SUNRISE) trial for NSCLC was discontinued in early 2016 after analysis of interim results.[7]

Peregrine changed its business focus to contract manufacturing and changed its name to Avid Bioservices at the end of 2017, and in February 2018 it sold bavituximab and its other drug assets to Oncologie Inc.[8][9]

References
  1. Staff, Adis Insight. Bavituximab profile Last updated Jan 27 2016
  2. Mahoney KM, Rennert PD, Freeman GJ (August 2015). "Combination cancer immunotherapy and new immunomodulatory targets". Nature Reviews. Drug Discovery. 14 (8): 561–84. doi:10.1038/nrd4591. PMID 26228759.
  3. Ahn J, Flamm SL (August 2011). "Hepatitis C therapy: other players in the game". Clinics in Liver Disease. 15 (3): 641–56. doi:10.1016/j.cld.2011.05.008. PMID 21867942.
  4. Peregrine's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015
  5. Peregrine press release: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Licenses Additional Intellectual Property for Its Anti-Phospholipid Therapy Platform Technology Archived 2016-02-16 at the Wayback Machine. July 6, 2004
  6. Phase 3 Study of Bavituximab Plus Docetaxel Versus Docetaxel Alone in Patients With Late-stage Non-squamous Non-small-cell Lung Cancer (SUNRISE)
  7. Inman S (February 26, 2016). "Peregrine Stops Phase III Trial of Bavituximab in NSCLC". OncLive.
  8. Brennan PJ (December 26, 2017). "Peregrine Names CEO, to Change Name". Orange County Business Journal.
  9. Elvidge S (February 13, 2018). "Avid sells off cancer assets, transitioning to CDMO". BioPharma Dive.
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