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drug_type
RELEVANT_DRUG
intervention_type
Drug
drug_description
Investigational bispecific monoclonal antibody that binds glypican-3 (GPC3) on tumor cells and delivers 4-1BB (CD137) costimulation to T cells to locally activate anti-tumor immunity (IV).
nci_thesaurus_concept_id
C210452
nci_thesaurus_preferred_term
Anti-GPC3/Anti-4-1BB Bispecific Antibody BGB-B2033
nci_thesaurus_definition
A bispecific antibody directed against both the tumor-associated antigen (TAA) glypican-3 (GPC3; GPC-3) and the costimulatory receptor 4-1BB (CD137; tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 9; TNFRSF9), with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities. Upon administration, anti-GPC3/anti-4-1BB bispecific antibody BGB-B2033 simultaneously targets and binds to GPC3 expressed on tumor cells and 4-1BB expressed on activated T-lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells. This crosslinks GPC3-expressing tumor cells and 4-1BB-expressing T-cells and NK cells, and activates 4-1BB signaling locally in the tumor microenvironment (TME). This results in cytotoxic T-cell co-stimulation, enhances T-lymphocyte-mediated anti-tumor activity and leads to cytotoxic T-cell-mediated lysis of GPC3-expressing tumor cells. GPC3, a heparan sulfate proteoglycan and a member of the glypican family, is overexpressed on certain tumor cell types while minimally expressed in normal, healthy cells. GPC3 plays an important role in tumor cell proliferation in various tumor cell types.
drug_category
BISPECIFIC T ENGAGER
drug_class
Engager
drug_delivery_route
Intravenous
drug_mechanism_of_action
Bispecific antibody that binds GPC3 on tumor cells and 4-1BB (CD137) on activated T cells (and NK cells), crosslinking them to deliver local 4-1BB costimulation in the tumor microenvironment, thereby enhancing cytotoxic lymphocyte activity and lysis of GPC3-expressing tumor cells.
drug_name
BGB-B2033
nct_id_drug_ref
NCT06427941