Therapeutic CD47 antibodies

• US 10,669,336 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2017
• Issued: 06/02/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arch Oncology, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Arch Oncology, Inc.
• Inventors: Frazier, William A., Manning, Pamela T., Frey, Gerhard, Chang, Hwai Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): Roark, Jessica H
• Application Number:
  US15/723,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20180051081A1
• Time in Patent Office: 973 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2039/505 comprising antibodies
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• CPC Class Codes: C07K 16/2803 against the immunoglobulin superfamily
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 16/2896 against molecules with a "CD"-designation, not provided for elsewhere
• CPC Class Codes: C07K 2317/24 containing regions, domains or residues from different species, e.g. chimeric, humanized or veneered
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• CPC Class Codes: C07K 2317/75 : Agonist effect on antigen
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• CPC Class Codes: C07K 2317/92 : Affinity (KD), association rate (Ka), dissociation rate (Kd) or EC50 value

Abstract

Provided are monoclonal antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind to CD47 of multiple mammalian species, block the binding of SIRPalpha and TSP1 to CD47, promote phagocytosis of susceptible cancer cells, and reverse TSP1 inhibition of nitric oxide signaling, as well as monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that compete with the former for binding to CD47 and that exhibit similar biological activities. Also provided are combinations of any of the foregoing. Such antibody compounds are variously effective in 1) treating tissue ischemia and ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in the setting of organ preservation and transplantation, pulmonary hypertension, sickle cell disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, and other instances of surgery and/or trauma in which IRI is a component of pathogenesis; 2) in treating autoimmune and inflammatory diseases; and 3) as anti-cancer agents for treating susceptible cancer cells, promoting their phagocytic uptake and clearance.

Claims

1. A monoclonal antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, that specifically binds CD47, wherein the monoclonal antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, comprises a light chain variable region (LCVR), SEQ ID NO:

20, and a heavy chain variable region (HCVR), SEQ ID NO;

70, wherein SEQ ID NO;

20 further comprises a light chain constant domain of SEQ ID NO;

117, and wherein SEQ ID NO;

70 further comprises a heavy chain constant domain selected from among SEQ ID NO;

118, SEQ ID NO;

119, SEQ ID NO;

120, SEQ ID NO;

121, and SEQ ID NO;

124.

2. The monoclonal antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, of claim 1 which comprises a heavy chain constant domain of SEQ ID NO:

118.