IP Library Granted Patent US 12,721,899
Granted Patent B2
US 12,721,899 · App. 18/029,075 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Pharmaceutical compositions comprising an anti-claudin 18.2 antibody-drug conjugate and method of use thereof to treat a tumor or cancer

Inventors: Zhiwan Wang (Shanghai, CN); Tingting Wu (Shanghai, CN); Xun Liu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignees: JIANGSU HENGRUI PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.; SHANGHAI HENGRUI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
A61K47/6803A61K9/19A61K31/4375A61K47/26A61P35/00C07K16/28
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Patent No.
US 12,721,899
App. No.
18/029,075
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a pharmaceutical composition comprising an antibody-drug conjugate, and use of the pharmaceutical composition. Specifically provided is a pharmaceutical composition, comprising an anti-claudin antibody-drug conjugate.

Claims (51)

1 . A pharmaceutical composition, comprising an anti-Claudin18.2 antibody drug conjugate and a buffer, wherein an anti-Claudin18.2 antibody in the anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody drug conjugate comprises a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region, wherein:

i) the heavy chain variable region comprises HCDR1, HCDR2 and HCDR3 having amino acid sequences identical to those of a heavy chain variable region set forth in SEQ ID NO: 5, and the light chain variable region comprises LCDR1, LCDR2 and LCDR3 having amino acid sequences identical to those of a light chain variable region set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6; or

il) the heavy chain variable region comprises HCDR1, HCDR2 and HCDR3 having amino acid sequences identical to those of a heavy chain variable region set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3, and the light chain variable region comprises LCDR1, LCDR2 and LCDR3 having amino acid sequences identical to those of a light chain variable region set forth in SEQ ID NO: 4;

the buffer is a histidine salt buffer.

2 . The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody comprises a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variable region, wherein:

iii) the heavy chain variable region comprises HCDR1, HCDR2 and HCDR3 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 16 and SEQ ID NO: 17, respectively, and the light chain variable region comprises LCDR1, LCDR2 and LCDR3 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 18, SEQ ID NO: 19 and SEQ ID NO: 20, respectively; or

iv) the heavy chain variable region comprises HCDR1, HCDR2 and HCDR3 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10 and SEQ ID NO: 11, respectively, and the light chain variable region comprises LCDR1, LCDR2 and LCDR3 set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 13 and SEQ ID NO: 14, respectively.

3 . The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-Claudin18.2 antibody drug conjugate has a structure of general formula (Pc-L-Y-D):

wherein:

Y is selected from the group consisting of —O—(CR a R b ) m —CR 1 R 2 —C(O)—, —O—CR 1 R 2 —(CR a R b ) m —, —O—CR 1 R 2 —, —NH—(CR a R b ) m —CR 1 R 2 —C(O)— and —S—(CR a R b ) m —CR 1 R 2 —C(O)—;

R a and R b are identical or different and are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, deuterated alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, amino, cyano, nitro, hydroxyalkyl, cycloalkyl and heterocyclyl;

or, R a and R b , together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form cycloalkyl or heterocyclyl;

R 1 is selected from the group consisting of halogen, haloalkyl, deuterated alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl and heteroaryl;

R 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, haloalkyl, deuterated alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl and heteroaryl;

or, R 1 and R 2 , together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form cycloalkyl or heterocyclyl;

or, R a and R 2 , together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, form cycloalkyl or heterocyclyl;

m is an integer from 0 to 4;

n is a decimal or an integer from 1 to 10;

L is a linker unit;

Pc is an anti-Claudin18.2 antibody.

4 . The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition further comprises a surfactant which is polysorbate.

5 . The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 4 , wherein the surfactant is at a concentration of 0.05 mg/ml to 0.5 mg/mL.

6 . The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises a sugar selected from the group consisting of sucrose, mannitol and trehalose.

7 . The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 6 , wherein the sugar is at a concentration of 20 mg/mL to 100 mg/mL.

8 . The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody drug conjugate is at a protein concentration of 1 mg/mL to 100 mg/mL.

9 . The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer is at a concentration of 5 mM to 50 mM.

10 . The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the pharmaceutical composition has a pH of 5.0-6.5.

11 . The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 , comprising the following components:

(a) the anti-Claudin18.2 antibody drug conjugate at a protein concentration of 10 mg/mL to 30 mg/mL, (b) 0.1 mg/ml to 0.2 mg/mL polysorbate, (c) 40 mg/ml to 80 mg/ml sugar, and (d) 10 mM to 30 mM histidine salt buffer; the pharmaceutical composition having a pH of 5.0-5.5.

12 . A lyophilized formulation comprising an antibody drug conjugate, wherein the formulation can be reconstituted to form the pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 .

13 . A method for preparing a lyophilized formulation comprising an antibody drug conjugate, comprising a step of lyophilizing the pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 .

14 . A lyophilized formulation comprising an antibody drug conjugate, wherein the formulation is obtained by lyophilizing the pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 .

15 . A reconstituted solution comprising an antibody drug conjugate, wherein the reconstituted solution is prepared by reconstituting the lyophilized formulation according to claim 12 .

16 . An article of manufacture, comprising a container containing the pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 .

17 . A method for treating a tumor or cancer comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 ;

wherein the tumor or cancer is selected from the group consisting of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, head and neck cancer, brain cancer, neuroglioma, glioblastoma multiforme, neuroblastoma, central nervous system carcinoma, neuroendocrine tumor, throat cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, thyroid cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma, lung cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer, hepatoma, hepatobiliary cancer, pancreatic cancer, gastric cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, intestinal cancer, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, kidney cancer, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, cervical cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, skin cancer, melanoma, bone cancer, chondrosarcoma, Krukenberg tumor, squamous cell carcinoma, Ewing's sarcoma, and Merkel cell carcinoma.

18 . The pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-Claudin18.2 antibody drug conjugate has a structure of the formula shown below:

wherein:

n is a decimal or an integer from 2 to 8;

Pc is an anti-Claudin18.2 antibody.

19 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the lung cancer is selected from the group consisting of non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer.

20 . A pharmaceutical composition, comprising:

an anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody drug conjugate at a protein concentration of 20 mg/mL,

0.2 mg/mL polysorbate 80,

40 mg/mL sucrose, and

30 mM histidine-acetate buffer;

the pharmaceutical composition having a pH of 5.0 to 5.3;

the anti-Claudin18.2 antibody drug conjugate having a structure of the formula shown below:

wherein:

n is a decimal or an integer from 2 to 8;

Pc is an anti-Claudin 18.2 antibody comprising a heavy chain set forth in SEQ ID NO: 49 and a light chain set forth in SEQ ID NO: 47.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2024
From: WANG, ZHIWAN; WU, TINGTING; LIU, XUN
To: JIANGSU HENGRUI PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD.; SHANGHAI HENGRUI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066419/0650 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202011061863.1 · Sep 30, 2020 · national
CN 202111069020.0 · Sep 13, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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