Not reported in the public reviews. Reviewers summarise selectively, so this usually means it wasn't discussed publicly, not that it wasn't studied.
Instead of genotoxicity
Not stated in public reviews
Not reported in the public reviews. Reviewers summarise selectively, so this usually means it wasn't discussed publicly, not that it wasn't studied.
DRG histopathology
Not stated in public reviews
Not reported in the public reviews. Reviewers summarise selectively, so this usually means it wasn't discussed publicly, not that it wasn't studied.
Reproductive & developmental
Not conducted (no relevant species; late-stage malignancy)
“Studies to investigate reproductive and developmental toxicity have not been performed due to the lack of an appropriate animal species, the intended patient population with late-stage malignant disease.”
No dedicated studies; inferred from BiLu studies, human tissue cross-reactivity and in vitro hepatocytes
“Due to the restricted specificity of catumaxomab for human target antigens, safety aspects were assessed in vivo using the surrogate antibody BiLu in a secondary PD study and as part of a toxicology study (see Toxicology section).”
Not conducted (ICH S6); no proliferation of EpCAM+ or CD3+ tumour cells in vitro
“Standard carcinogenicity studies are generally inappropriate for biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals according to ICH S6. Catumaxomab does not have the potential to induce proliferation of EpCAM-positive or CD3-positive tumour cells (as demonstrated in 2° PD studies in vitro).”
Not conducted; no dedicated safety pharmacology endpoints; cardiovascular effects not expected (no heart tissue binding)
“Dedicated safety pharmacology endpoints were not included in these studies. However, catumaxomab is unlikely to affect the central nervous system as it is not expected to cross the blood-brain-barrier. Cardiovascular effects are not expected considering the lack of catumaxomab to human heart tissue in the tissue cross-reactivity study.”