Imvotamab is an engineered bispecific IgM antibody for the treatment of patients with CD20-positive cancers. It contains ten high affinity binding domains for CD20, and one binding domain for CD3. Imvotamab is able to eliminate CD20-positive lymphoma cells by engaging T-cells and lymphoma cells, leading to T-cell dependent cellular cytotoxicity. Additionally, imvotamab is also able to eliminate lymphoma cells by recruiting complement to the surface of lymphoma cells, leading to complement dependent cytotoxicity.
In our preclinical studies, we observed activity against rituximab resistant cells carrying low levels of CD20. We have also observed much lower cytokine release with imvotamab relative to comparable IgG format bispecific T-cell engaging antibodies, which is expected to result in reduced risk of the serious adverse effects from cytokine release syndrome (CRS).
For the combination stage, imvotamab will be combined with loncastuximab tesirine, a CD19-targeting antibody drug conjugate.
