HUMAN ANTI NIVOLUMAB

Human Anti-Nivolumab Antibody, clone AbD30258_hIgG1 is a paratope specific, inhibitory anti-idiotypic antibody that specifically recognizes the monoclonal antibody drug nivolumab. The antibody does not recognize recombinant human programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) or nivolumab in complex with recombinant human PD-1 and can be used to measure free nivolumab levels in serum from patients.Clone AbD30258_hIgG1 is a fully human recombinant monoclonal antibody with IgG1 isotype and is suitable as a reference standard in an anti-drug antibody (ADA) assay. A pair of anti-nivolumab antibodies can be used to develop a pharmacokinetic (PK) bridging assay to measure free drug. This antibody, in full immunoglobulin format, is recommended as the detection antibody paired with clone AbD30255 (HCA299) in monovalent Fab format as the capture antibody.Nivolumab (Opdivo) is a fully human antibody (IgG4/kappa), with the heavy chain mutation S228P (IgG4-Pro). It is used as a first line treatment for inoperable or metastatic melanoma in combination with ipilimumab if the cancer does not have a mutation in BRAF. It is also approved for treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer, advanced renal cell carcinoma, classical Hodgkin's lymphoma and advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Nivolumab is a checkpoint inhibitor and acts as an immuno-modulator by blocking ligand activation of PD-1 receptor on T cells, thereby activating T cells to attack the cancer. Nivolumab blocks PD-1 interaction with PD-1 ligand (PD-L1) and PD-1 ligand 2 (PD-L2).View a summary of all anti-nivolumab antibodies