PMID- 23529133 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150416 LR - 20211021 IS - 1942-0870 (Electronic) IS - 1942-0862 (Print) IS - 1942-0862 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 3 DP - 2013 May-Jun TI - Agonistic TAM-163 antibody targeting tyrosine kinase receptor-B: applying mechanistic modeling to enable preclinical to clinical translation and guide clinical trial design. PG - 373-83 LID - 10.4161/mabs.23826 [doi] AB - TAM-163, an agonist monoclonal antibody targeting tyrosine receptor kinase-B (TrkB), is currently being investigated as a potential body weight modulatory agent in humans. To support the selection of the dose range for the first-in-human (FIH) trial of TAM-163, we conducted a mechanistic analysis of the pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) data (e.g., body weight gain) obtained in lean cynomolgus and obese rhesus monkeys following single doses ranging from 0.3 to 60 mg/kg. A target-mediated drug disposition (TMDD) model was used to describe the observed nonlinear PK and Emax approach was used to describe the observed dose-dependent PD effect. The TMDD model development was supported by the experimental determination of the binding affinity constant (9.4 nM) and internalization rate of the drug-target complex (2.08 h(-1)). These mechanistic analyses enabled linking of exposure, target (TrkB) coverage, and pharmacological activity (e.g., PD) in monkeys, and indicated that >/= 38% target coverage (time-average) was required to achieve significant body weight gain in monkeys. Based on the scaling of the TMDD model from monkeys to humans and assuming similar relationship between the target coverage and pharmacological activity between monkey and humans, subcutaneous (SC) doses of 1 and 15 mg/kg in humans were projected to be the minimally and the fully pharmacologically active doses, respectively. Based on the minimal anticipated biological effect level (MABEL) approach for starting dose selection, the dose of 0.05 mg/kg (3 mg for a 60 kg human) SC was recommended as the starting dose for FIH trials, because at this dose level<10% target coverage was projected at Cmax (and all other time points). This study illustrates a rational mechanistic approach for the selection of FIH dose range for a therapeutic protein with a complex model of action. FAU - Vugmeyster, Yulia AU - Vugmeyster Y AD - Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism; Pfizer, Inc.; Cambridge, MA USA. FAU - Rohde, Cynthia AU - Rohde C AD - Drug Safety R&D; Pfizer, Inc.; Cambridge, MA USA. FAU - Perreault, Mylene AU - Perreault M AD - Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Research Unit; Pfizer, Inc.; Cambridge, MA USA. FAU - Gimeno, Ruth E AU - Gimeno RE AD - Chief Scientific Officer; Eli Lilly & Co; Indianapolis, IN USA. FAU - Singh, Pratap AU - Singh P AD - Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism; Pfizer, Inc.; Cambridge, MA USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20130325 PL - United States TA - MAbs JT - mAbs JID - 101479829 RN - 0 (Anti-Obesity Agents) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Obesity Agents/administration & dosage/adverse effects/*pharmacology MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/administration & dosage/adverse effects/*pharmacology MH - Body Weight/drug effects MH - CHO Cells MH - Cachexia/*therapy MH - Clinical Trials as Topic MH - *Computer Simulation MH - Cricetulus MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Drug Dosage Calculations MH - Drug Evaluation, Preclinical MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Immunotherapy/*methods MH - Macaca fascicularis MH - Macaca mulatta MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Obesity/*therapy MH - Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*agonists MH - Species Specificity PMC - PMC4169031 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cachexia OT - PK/PD modeling OT - TAM-163 OT - TMDD OT - TrkB OT - antibody OT - body weight OT - modeling OT - pharmacodynamics OT - pharmacokinetics EDAT- 2013/03/27 06:00 MHDA- 2015/04/17 06:00 PMCR- 2014/05/01 CRDT- 2013/03/27 06:00 PHST- 2013/03/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/03/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/04/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 23826 [pii] AID - 2012MABS0313R [pii] AID - 10.4161/mabs.23826 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - MAbs. 2013 May-Jun;5(3):373-83. doi: 10.4161/mabs.23826. Epub 2013 Mar 25.