The pharmacology of blinatumomab: state of the art on pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, adverse drug reactions and evaluation in clinical trials
Pauline Mocquot, Yasmine Mossazadeh, Léopoldine Lapierre, Fanny Pineau, Fabien Despas
Abstract
WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE: Bispecific drugs (BDs) belong to the family of immunotherapies along with checkpoint inhibitors and CAR-T cells. In the field of oncology, BDs are designed to simultaneously bind a tumour antigen on the one side and an antigen present on the surface of effector cells on the other. This review summarizes the information available to date on the first marketed BiTE-format bispecific antibody, blinatumomab BLINCYTO® in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. METHODS: A literature search was conducted in the PubMed database by including studies published in English using the term blinatumomab. Furthermore, bibliographies of selected references were also evaluated for relevant articles. Clinical trial (CT) data were retrieved from clinicaltrials.gov (ongoing trials, adverse events [AEs]) and global pharmacovigilance data were retrieved from VigiBase®. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: . The major AEs are cytokine release syndrome, neurotoxicity and hypogammaglobulinemia. The three most frequent system organ classes in CTs are haematological, gastrointestinal and general disorders. These results are also found in VigiBase® but neurological disorders and infections appear more frequently in real life. WHAT IS NEW AND CONCLUSION: This review summarizes the current knowledge of blinatumomab in the literature. The subject of many CTs is to improve the route of administration and expand the indications for treatment.