Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy ( IF 4.6 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-26 , DOI: 10.1080/14712598.2021.1954157 Wenliang Dong 1, 2 , Min Chen 1, 2 , Suping Niu 3 , Bianzhen Wang 4 , Lin Xia 1, 5 , Jiaxue Wang 1, 2 , Tiantian Shen 1, 5 , Qian Wang 1 , Jie Lv 6 , Gang Liu 1 , Huaying Fan 3 , Zhenwei Xie 3 , Fan Xie 7 , Youzhong An 8 , Qingshan Zheng 9 , Huiying Rao 10 , Haifeng Song 11 , Yi Fang 1
ABSTRACT
Background
This study was conducted to compare the similarity of the pharmacokinetics (PKs), safety, and immunogenicity of GB222, a potential bevacizumab biosimilar, to that of reference bevacizumab in Chinese healthy males.
Research design and methods
This was a randomized, double-blind, single-dose, parallel-group clinical trial performed in 84 Chinese healthy males, who were randomly assigned to receive a single infusion dose of 1 mg/kg GB222 or bevacizumab with an 84-days follow-up. The primary endpoint was the area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) from zero to the last quantifiable concentration at time t (AUC0-t). The second endpoints were the safety and immunogenicity evaluation. The PK bioequivalence was verified by the 90% confidence intervals (CIs) of the geometrical mean (GM) ratio for AUC0-t falling within the bioequivalence margin, 80–125%.
Results
The PK profiles of GB222 and bevacizumab were comparable. The 90% CIs of GM ratio of GB222 to bevacizumab for AUC0-t was within the pre-specified bioequivalence margin. The most common treatment-related adverse event was sinus bradycardia. Seventeen subjects (20.2%) tested positive for anti-drug antibodies (ADAs).
Conclusion
GB222 was found to be comparable to bevacizumab in terms of PKs, safety, and immunogenicity for Chinese healthy males.
Trial registration
ChiCTR-IIR-17,011,143.