Population pharmacokinetic analysis for tisotumab vedotin in patients with locally advanced and/or metastatic solid tumors

Tisotumab vedotin is an investigational antibody–drug conjugate (ADC) for treatment of solid tumors expressing tissue factor with accelerated approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for treatment of recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer with disease progression during or after chemotherapy. This study describes development of a population pharmacokinetic (PK) model to assess the PK profile of tisotumab vedotin and microtubule‐disrupting agent monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) using data from 399 patients with solid tumors across four phase I/II trials. The ADC–MMAE model describes ADC and MMAE concentrations following intravenous administration of tisotumab vedotin. This four‐compartment model comprises a two‐compartment ADC model with parallel linear and Michaelis–Menten elimination, a delay compartment, and a one‐compartment MMAE model. Nonspecific linear clearance of ADC was 1.42 L/day, central volume of distribution (V (c)) was 3.10 L, and median terminal half‐life of ADC was 4.04 days. Apparent clearance of MMAE was 42.8 L/day, and apparent volume of distribution was 2.09 L. Terminal slope of the MMAE concentration–time curve was defined by the delay compartment rate with a half‐life of 2.56 days. Patients with higher body weight and lower albumin concentration had faster ADC clearance. Male patients and those with higher body weight and lower albumin concentration had higher V (c). Body weight was the most influential covariate influencing distribution and elimination of ADC and MMAE, thus supporting weight‐based dosing of tisotumab vedotin. Presence of antidrug antibodies (detected in 3.3% of patients) did not affect key PK parameters or exposures for ADC and MMAE.