6 results match your criteria: "Centre Pilote de Suivi Biologique des Traitements par Anticorps (CePiBAc)[Affiliation]"

Despite major therapeutic advances for two decades, including the most recently approved anti-HER2 drugs, brain metastatic localizations remain the major cause of death for women with metastatic HER2 breast cancer. The main reason is the limited drug passage of the blood-brain barrier after intravenous injection and the significant efflux of drugs, including monoclocal antibodies, after administration into the cerebrospinal fluid. We hypothesized that this efflux was linked to the presence of a FcRn receptor in the blood-brain barrier.

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  • Bevacizumab, a monoclonal antibody, is used to treat hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), but this is the first randomized trial investigating its effectiveness.
  • In a double-blind study involving 24 patients, those treated with bevacizumab showed a greater decrease in blood transfusions compared to the placebo group, with significant improvements in hemoglobin levels over six months.
  • Despite some positive results, the trial was underpowered, meaning more research is needed to confirm that bevacizumab helps reduce the need for blood transfusions in HHT patients, especially in those exposed to higher doses.
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Background And Objective: Cetuximab, an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig)G1 antibody, has been approved for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). The influence of target-antigen on cetuximab pharmacokinetics has never been investigated using target-mediated drug disposition (TMDD) modelling. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between cetuximab concentrations, target kinetics and progression-free survival (PFS).

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Resistance to anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies in metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) is frequent and prognostic biomarkers are lacking. MicroRNAs (miR) are good candidates in this context. We aimed to characterize cetuximab and panitumumab exposure influence on miR expression in colorectal cancer cells to identify those regulating the EGFR pathway and implicated in resistance to treatment.

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Ramucirumab, an anti-VEGFR2 monoclonal antibody, has been approved for the treatment of metastatic gastric and colorectal cancer. An assay measuring ramucirumab serum concentrations was needed to investigate its pharmacokinetics and concentration-response relationship. An ELISA was developed and validated according to the international guidelines for ligand-binding assays.

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Respiratorytract infections (RTIs) are frequent and life-threatening diseases, accounting for several millions of deaths worldwide. RTIs implicate microorganisms, including viruses (influenza virus, coronavirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)), bacteria (, , and ) and fungi ( spp., spp.

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