Abstract

Specificity and sensitivity are essential in assays for immunogenicity assessment of biotherapeutics. Nonspecific interactions from excess therapeutic or anti-therapeutic antibody, soluble ligands (e.g., target receptor), or serum proteins associated with autoimmune conditions (e.g., rheumatoid factor) in samples can impact the detection of a true anti-therapeutic response. Electrochemiluminescence-based bridging assay formats could eliminate the interference due to rheumatoid factor with no pretreatment with Melon Gel™ or aggregated IgG. The interference due to soluble factors was not platform specific for the four therapeutics evaluated in this study. Melon Gel pretreatment and avidin high-bind (Meso Scale Discovery) plates can effectively reduce interference due to rheumatoid factor in ELISA- and electrochemiluminescence-based assays, respectively. Excess levels of therapeutic and anti-therapeutic antibodies in bridging assays can impact assay specificity.

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