Weekly dosing regimens for anti-CD30 VC-PAB-MMAE antibody drug-conjugates
Methods for the treatment of CD30-expressing cancers are provided. The methods comprise administering to a subject in need thereof a weekly dose of from about 0.8 mg/kg to about 1.8 mg/kg of an antibody-drug conjugate compound having formula (I); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein: mAb is an anti-CD30 antibody unit, S is a sulfur atom of the antibody, A- is a Stretcher unit, and p is from about 3 to about 5.
1. A method for treating a CD30-expressing hematologic cancer in a human subject, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a dose of a pharmaceutical composition comprising (i) cAC10-MC-vc-PAB-MMAE antibody-drug conjugate, and (ii) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the administered dose of cAC10-MC-vc-PAB-MMAE antibody-drug conjugate is 1.8 mg/kg of the subject's body weight and the pharmaceutical composition is administered every three weeks.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is administered by injection or by intravenous infusion to the human subject.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the average number of MMAE molecules per cAC10 antibody of the cAC10-MC-vc-PAB-MMAE antibody-drug conjugate in the pharmaceutical composition is about 4.
4. The method of any one of claims 1 - 3 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is administered for two or more 21-day treatment cycles.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is administered for 3 or more treatment cycles.
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is administered for 5 or more treatment cycles.
7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is administered for 10 or more treatment cycles.
8. The method of claim 4 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition is administered on day 1 of the 21 day treatment cycles.