Phase Ib Study of SC Milatuzumab in SLE

Summary

Milatuzumab will be given subcutaneously at different dose levels once (depending on the dose level) for 4 weeks to determine if milatuzumab helps to control lupus (SLE).

Timeline

Start

2007-01

Primary completion

2009-06

Completion

2009-06

Publications

• Background Frolich D, Blassfeld D, Reiter K, Giesecke C, Daridon C, Mei HE, Burmester GR, Goldenberg DM, Salama A, Dorner T. The anti-CD74 humanized monoclonal antibody, milatuzumab, which targets the invariant chain of MHC II complexes, alters B-cell proliferation, migration, and adhesion molecule expression. Arthritis Res Ther. 2012 Mar 9;14(2):R54. doi: 10.1186/ar3767.
• Background Gupta P, Goldenberg DM, Rossi EA, Cardillo TM, Byrd JC, Muthusamy N, Furman RR, Chang CH. Dual-targeting immunotherapy of lymphoma: potent cytotoxicity of anti-CD20/CD74 bispecific antibodies in mantle cell and other lymphomas. Blood. 2012 Apr 19;119(16):3767-78. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-09-381988. Epub 2012 Jan 23.
• Background Alinari L, Mahoney E, Patton J, Zhang X, Huynh L, Earl CT, Mani R, Mao Y, Yu B, Quinion C, Towns WH, Chen CS, Goldenberg DM, Blum KA, Byrd JC, Muthusamy N, Praetorius-Ibba M, Baiocchi RA. FTY720 increases CD74 expression and sensitizes mantle cell lymphoma cells to milatuzumab-mediated cell death. Blood. 2011 Dec 22;118(26):6893-903. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-06-363879. Epub 2011 Oct 31.
• Background Santana JM, Grellier P, Rodier MH, Schrevel J, Teixeira A. Purification and characterization of a new 120 kDa alkaline proteinase of Trypanosoma cruzi. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1992 Sep 30;187(3):1466-73. doi: 10.1016/0006-291x(92)90467-y.
• Background Alinari L, Yu B, Christian BA, Yan F, Shin J, Lapalombella R, Hertlein E, Lustberg ME, Quinion C, Zhang X, Lozanski G, Muthusamy N, Praetorius-Ibba M, O'Connor OA, Goldenberg DM, Byrd JC, Blum KA, Baiocchi RA. Combination anti-CD74 (milatuzumab) and anti-CD20 (rituximab) monoclonal antibody therapy has in vitro and in vivo activity in mantle cell lymphoma. Blood. 2011 Apr 28;117(17):4530-41. doi: 10.1182/blood-2010-08-303354. Epub 2011 Jan 12.
• Background Hertlein E, Triantafillou G, Sass EJ, Hessler JD, Zhang X, Jarjoura D, Lucas DM, Muthusamy N, Goldenberg DM, Lee RJ, Byrd JC. Milatuzumab immunoliposomes induce cell death in CLL by promoting accumulation of CD74 on the surface of B cells. Blood. 2010 Oct 7;116(14):2554-8. doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-11-253203. Epub 2010 Jun 23.
• Background Berkova Z, Tao RH, Samaniego F. Milatuzumab - a promising new immunotherapeutic agent. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2010 Jan;19(1):141-9. doi: 10.1517/13543780903463854.
• Background Stein R, Smith MR, Chen S, Zalath M, Goldenberg DM. Combining milatuzumab with bortezomib, doxorubicin, or dexamethasone improves responses in multiple myeloma cell lines. Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Apr 15;15(8):2808-17. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-08-1953. Epub 2009 Apr 7.
• Background Mark T, Martin P, Leonard JP, Niesvizky R. Milatuzumab: a promising new agent for the treatment of lymphoid malignancies. Expert Opin Investig Drugs. 2009 Jan;18(1):99-104. doi: 10.1517/13543780802636162.
• Background Stein R, Mattes MJ, Cardillo TM, Hansen HJ, Chang CH, Burton J, Govindan S, Goldenberg DM. CD74: a new candidate target for the immunotherapy of B-cell neoplasms. Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Sep 15;13(18 Pt 2):5556s-5563s. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-1167.

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