Aptevo Therapeutics to Present at the American Association for Cancer Research Virtual Annual Meeting
The posters will provide preclinical updates on APVO603 and Aptevo's newest pipeline candidate, APVO442.
Title: APVO603: A Dual 4-1BB and OX40 bispecific approach utilizing ADAPTIR technology designed to deliver a conditional T cell/NK response against solid tumors (LB173)
Summary: The data to be presented will highlight the potential benefits of dual targeting of 4-1BB and OX40 by APVO603. In vitro data includes demonstration of APVO603's ability to reduce or reverse the negative effects of T-cell exhaustion and suppressive immune responses by augmenting cytokine production and reducing markers of T-cell exhaustion following repeat stimulation. In preclinical in vivo studies, APVO603 therapy induced a dose-dependent anti-tumor response and significantly increased the survival of mice in a murine bladder cancer model. A non-GLP NHP PK/Tox study was completed and it was found that APVO603 had a favorable safety profile without liver toxicity and a PK profile that supports clinical dosing. CMC activities are in progress and IND-enabling studies are underway to progress the program towards clinical development.
Title: APVO442: A bispecific T cell-engaging candidate utilizing the ADAPTIR-FLEX platform technology with unique properties designed to optimize drug tumor distribution and cytotoxic response against PSMA-expressing solid tumors
Summary: The data to be presented will highlight the unique properties of APVO442, Aptevo's first molecule utilizing our ADAPTIR-FLEX technology, designed with low affinity, monovalent targeting of CD3 and high affinity, bivalent targeting of PSMA to potentially reduce safety signals and improve efficacy for treatment of a solid tumor. In vitro, APVO442 retains strong binding to tumor cell lines with a range of (high to low) surface PSMA expression, and demonstrates reduced binding to CD3+ T cell lines when compared to higher affinity CD3 binding molecules. In vitro efficacy studies show that, despite lower CD3 binding affinity, APVO442 elicits equivalent T-cell activation, proliferation, and cytotoxicity against PSMA+ tumor cells, while limiting cytokine release, when compared to higher affinity CD3 engaging molecules. In vivo, APVO442 demonstrated a dose-dependent ability to limit tumor burden at responses comparable to a high affinity T-cell engager response in a murine xenograft PSMA+ prostate cancer model. APV0442 retains key manufacturability characteristics of the ADAPTIR platform and preclinical data to support the potential for a beneficial safety and efficacy profile. Continued pre-clinical evaluation and CMC efforts are ongoing to progress APVO442 toward clinical development.
Details of the e-Poster Presentations: The abstracts and the accompanying e-posters will be available in the Virtual Poster Hall to registered attendees from
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