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Claims for Patent: 10,314,921


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Summary for Patent: 10,314,921
Title:Antibody-drug-conjugate and its use for the treatment of cancer
Abstract: The present invention relates to an antibody-drug-conjugate. From one aspect, the invention relates to an antibody-drug-conjugate comprising an antibody capable of binding to a Target, said antibody being conjugated to at least one drug selected from derivatives of dolastatin 10 and auristatins. The invention also comprises method of treatment and the use of said antibody-drug-conjugate for the treatment of cancer.
Inventor(s): Rilatt; Ian (Castres, FR), Perez; Michel (Castres, FR), Goetsch; Liliane (Ayze, FR), Broussas; Matthieu (Seyssel, FR), Beau-Larvor; Charlotte (Jonzier Epagny, FR), Haeuw; Jean-Francois (Beaumont, FR), Lamothe; Marie (Montredon Labessonnie, FR)
Assignee: PIERRE FABRE MEDICAMENT (Boulogne-Billancourt, FR)
Application Number:15/306,404
Patent Claims:1. An antibody-drug-conjugate of the following formula (I): Ab-(L-D).sub.n (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: Ab is a target antibody or an antigen antibody, or a target binding fragment thereof or an antigen binding fragment thereof; L is a linker of the following formula (III): ##STR00260## wherein: L.sub.2 is (C.sub.4-C.sub.10)cycloalkyl-carbonyl, (C.sub.2-C.sub.6)alkyl, or (C.sub.2-C.sub.6)alkyl-carbonyl; W is an amino acid; w is an integer between 0 and 5; Y is p-aminobenzoyloxycarbonyl (PAB-carbonyl) with PAB being ##STR00261## y is 0 when w is 0 and y is 1 when w is an integer between 1 and 5; the asterisk indicates the point of attachment to D; the wavy line indicates the point of attachment to Ab; D is a drug moiety of the following formula (II): ##STR00262## wherein: R.sub.1 is H or OH; R.sub.2 is (C.sub.1-C.sub.6)alkyl, COOH, COO-((C.sub.1-C6)alkyl) or thiazolyl; R.sub.3 is H or a (C.sub.1-C.sub.6)alkyl group; A is: a group of formula -Het-Alk-, wherein Alk is a (C.sub.1-C.sub.8) alkanediyl group and is linked to NR.sub.3, and Het is a heterocycle optionally substituted by a (C.sub.1-C.sub.6) alkyl group and containing at least one nitrogen atom, said nitrogen atom being linked to L, or a group of formula -A.sub.a-A.sub.b-, wherein A.sub.a is linked to L and is O or NR.sub.9 with R.sub.9 being H or (C.sub.1-C6)alkyl, and A.sub.b is linked to NR.sub.3 and is: an aryl-(C.sub.1-C8)alkanediyl or heterocycle-(C.sub.1-C.sub.8)alkanediyl group, said group being optionally substituted by a (C.sub.1-C.sub.6)alkyl group, the aryl or heterocycle moiety being linked to A.sub.a and the (C.sub.1-C.sub.8)alkanediyl moiety being linked to NR.sub.3; the wavy line indicates the point of attachment to L; and n is an integer between 1 and 12.

2. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein the target or antigen of said Ab or a target binding fragment thereof or an antigen binding fragment thereof is selected from cluster of differentiation 19 (CD19), cluster of differentiation 20 (CD20), cluster of differentiation 22 (CD22), cluster of differentiation 25(CD25), cluster of differentiation 30 (CD30), cluster of differentiation 33 (CD33), cluster of differentiation 40 (CD40), cluster of differentiation 56 (CD56), cluster of differentiation 64 (CD64), cluster of differentiation 70 (CD70), cluster of differentiation 74 (CD74), cluster of differentiation 79 (CD79), cluster of differentiation 105 (CD105), cluster of differentiation 138 (CD138), cluster of differentiation 174 (CD174), cluster of differentiation 205 (CD205), cluster of differentiation 227 (CD227), cluster of differentiation 326 (CD326), cluster of differentiation 340 (CD340), mucin 16 (MUC16), glycoprotein Nmb (GPNMB), prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA), cripto, extra-domain B (ED-B), transmembrane protein with epidermal growth factor like and two follistatin like domains 2 (TMEFF2), ephrin type-B receptor 2 (EphB2), ephrin type-A receptor 2 (EphA2), fibroblast activation protein (FAP), alpha-V integrin (av integrin), mesothelin, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), tumor-associated glycoprotein 72 (TAG-72), disialoganglioside 2 (GD2), carbonic anhydrase 9 (CAIX), 5T4, human epidermal growth factor receptor 1 (HER1), human epidermal growth factor receptor 3 (HER3), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1R), Axl, and their extra cellular membrane (ECD) fragment.

3. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein said target or antigen of said Ab or a target binding fragment thereof or an antigen binding fragment thereof is selected from the group consisting of HER2, IGF-1R, Axl, and the extra cellular membrane (ECD) fragment thereof.

4. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein said Ab is an antibody, or an antigen binding fragment thereof, and wherein said Ab binds to human IGF-1 R and is selected from the group consisting of: i) the antibodies 208F2, 212A11, 214F8, 219D6 and 213B10; ii) the antibodies which compete for binding to IGF-1R with the antibodies of i); and iii) the antibodies which bind to the same epitope of IGF-1R as the antibodies of i).

5. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein said Ab is an antibody, or an antigen binding fragment thereof, and wherein said Ab binds to human IGF-1R and is selected from the group consisting of: i) an antibody which comprises the three heavy chain complementarity determining regions (CDR.sub.s) of sequence SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2 and 3 and the three light chain CDRs of sequence SEQ ID NOs: 4, 5 and 6; ii) an antibody which competes for binding to IGF-1R with the antibody of i); and iii) an antibody which binds to the same epitope of IGF-1R as the antibody of i).

6. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein said Ab comprises: a) a heavy chain variable domain (VH) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 33, wherein said sequence SEQ ID NO: 33 comprises at least 1 back-mutation selected from the residues 20, 34, 35, 38, 48, 50, 59, 61, 62, 70, 72, 74, 76, 77, 79, 82 or 95; and b) a light chain variable domain (VL) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 35, wherein said sequence SEQ ID NO: 35 comprises at least 1 back-mutation selected from the residues 22, 53, 55, 65, 71, 72, 77 or 87.

7. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein said Ab is an antibody, or an antigen binding fragment thereof, and wherein said Ab binds to human protein Axl and is selected from the group consisting of: i) an antibody which comprises the three heavy chain complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of sequence SEQ ID NOs: 59, 60 and 61 and the three light chain CDRs of sequence SEQ ID NOs: 56, 57 and 58; ii) an antibody which competes for binding to Axl with the antibody of i); and iii) an antibody which binds to the same epitope of Axl as the antibody of i).

8. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein said Ab is an antibody or an antigen binding fragment thereof, and wherein said Ab binds to human HER2 and consists of trastuzumab.

9. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein L.sub.2is the following formula: ##STR00263## and wherein: the asterisk indicates the point of attachment to (W).sub.w; and the wavy line indicates the point of attachment to the nitrogen atom of the maleimide moiety.

10. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein w =0; or w =2 and (W).sub.w is selected from the group consisting of: ##STR00264## and wherein: the asterisk indicates the point of attachment to (Y).sub.y; and the wavy line indicates the point of attachment to L.sub.2.

11. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein L is selected from the group consisting of: ##STR00265## and wherein the asterisk indicates the point of attachment to D, and the wavy line indicates the point of attachment to Ab.

12. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein A is a group of formula -A.sub.a-A.sub.b-, and wherein A.sub.a is as defined in claim 1 and A.sub.b is: phenyl-(C.sub.1-C.sub.2)alkanediyl, or heterocycle-(C1-C2)alkanediyl optionally substituted by a (C1-C6)alkyl group, the heterocycle being a saturated, unsaturated or aromatic ring with 5 or 6 members comprising 1 or 2 nitrogen atoms.

13. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein A is a group of the following formula: ##STR00266## wherein: R.sub.9 is as defined in claim 1 and m is an integer between 1 and 8, the wavy line indicates the point of attachment to L, and the asterisk indicates the point of attachment to NR.sub.3.

14. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein (L-D) is selected from the group consisting of: ##STR00267## ##STR00268## ##STR00269## and wherein the wavy line indicates the point of attachment to Ab.

15. The antibody-drug-conjugate according to claim 1, wherein the antibody-drug conjugate has a formula selected from the group consisting of: ##STR00270## ##STR00271## ##STR00272## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Ab is a target antibody or an antigen antibody, or a target binding fragment thereof or an antigen binding fragment thereof.

16. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 15, wherein the target or antigen of said Ab or a target binding fragment thereof or an antigen binding fragment thereof is selected from the group consisting of CD19, CD20, CD22, CD25, CD30, CD33, CD40, CD56, CD64, CD70, CD74, CD79, CD105, CD138, CD174, CD205, CD227, CD326, CD340, MUC16, GPNMB, PSMA, Cripto, ED-B, TMEFF2, EphB2, EphA2, FAP, av integrin, mesothelin, EGFR, TAG-72, GD2, CAIX, 5T4, HER1, HER3, HER2, IGF-1R, Axl and their extra cellular membrane (ECD) fragment.

17. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 15, wherein the target or antigen of said Ab or a target binding fragment thereof or an antigen binding fragment thereof is selected from the group consisting of HER2, IGF-1R and Axl.

18. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 15, wherein the target or antigen of said Ab or a target binding fragment thereof or an antigen binding fragment thereof is selected from the group consisting of human HER2, human IGF-1R and human Axl.

19. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 15, wherein said Ab is an antibody, or an antigen binding fragment thereof, and is selected from the group consisting of: a) an Ab, or an antigen binding fragment thereof, wherein said Ab binds to human IGF-1R and is selected from the group consisting of: i) the antibodies 208F2, 212A11, 214F8, 219D6 and 213B10; ii) the antibodies which compete for binding to IGF-1R with the antibodies of i); and iii) the antibodies which bind to the same epitope of IGF-1R as the antibodies of i), b) an Ab, or an antigen binding fragment thereof, wherein said Ab binds to human IGF-1R and is selected from the group consisting of: i) an antibody which comprises the three heavy chain complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of sequence SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2 and 3 and the three light chain CDRs of sequence SEQ ID NOs: 4, 5 and 6; ii) an antibody which competes for binding to IGF-1R with the antibody of i); and iii) an antibody which binds to the same epitope of IGF-1R as the antibody of i), c) an Ab which comprises: i) a heavy chain variable domain (VH) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 33, wherein said sequence SEQ ID NO: 33 comprises at least 1 back-mutation selected from the residues 20, 34, 35, 38, 48, 50, 59, 61, 62, 70, 72, 74, 76, 77, 79, 82 or 95; and ii) a light chain variable domain (VL) of sequence SEQ ID NO: 35, wherein said sequence SEQ ID NO: 35 comprises at least 1 back-mutation selected from the residues 22, 53, 55, 65, 71, 72, 77 or 87, d) an Ab, or an antigen binding fragment thereof, wherein said Ab binds to human Axl and is selected from the group consisting of: i) an antibody which comprises the three heavy chain CDRs of sequence SEQ ID NOs: 59, 60 and 61 and the three light chain complementarity determining regions (CDRs) of sequence SEQ ID NOs: 56, 57 and 58; ii) an antibody which competes for binding to Axl with the antibody of i); and iii) an antibody which binds to the same epitope of Axl as the antibody of i), and e) an Ab, or an antigen binding fragment thereof, wherein said Ab binds to human HER2 consisting of trastuzumab or pertuzumab.

20. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein n is 2.

21. The antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1, wherein n is 4.

22. A composition comprising at least one antibody-drug-conjugate of claim 1.

23. The composition of claim 22, further comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.

Details for Patent 10,314,921

Applicant Tradename Biologic Ingredient Dosage Form BLA Approval Date Patent No. Expiredate
Genentech, Inc. HERCEPTIN trastuzumab For Injection 103792 09/25/1998 ⤷  Try a Trial 2034-04-25
Genentech, Inc. HERCEPTIN trastuzumab For Injection 103792 02/10/2017 ⤷  Try a Trial 2034-04-25
Genentech, Inc. PERJETA pertuzumab Injection 125409 06/08/2012 ⤷  Try a Trial 2034-04-25
Genentech, Inc. HERCEPTIN HYLECTA trastuzumab and hyaluronidase-oysk Injection 761106 02/28/2019 ⤷  Try a Trial 2034-04-25
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