- INMAZEB must be administered by a healthcare provider.
- Allow the diluted infusion solution to come to room temperature prior to administration.
- Administer the diluted infusion solution intravenously through an intravenous line containing a sterile, in-line or add-on 0.2-micron filter.
- The infusion rate is based on the patient's body weight and prepared infusion volume. Select an appropriate infusion rate for the diluted infusion solution (see Table 1). It is important to follow the infusion time outlined in Table 1 based on the patient's weight.
- The rate of infusion of INMAZEB may be slowed or interrupted if the patient develops any signs of infusion-associated events or other adverse events [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)].
- Do not mix other medications with INMAZEB.
- Compatibility studies of INMAZEB have not been performed when co-administering other drugs simultaneously through the same infusion line.
Discontinuation and Infusion Rate Adjustments in the PALM Trial
Approximately 99% of subjects who received INMAZEB in the PALM trial were able to complete their dose within three hours. Two subjects who received INMAZEB (1%) did not receive their complete infusion. One of the two subjects did not complete their INMAZEB infusion because of fever elevation [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)].
Selected Laboratory Abnormalities in the PALM Trial
Table 4 presents selected laboratory abnormalities (worsening to Grade 3 or 4 compared to baseline) for adult and pediatric subjects in the PALM trial.
Table 4: Selected Grade 3 and 4 Laboratory Abnormalities, Worsened Grade from Baseline for Adult and Pediatric Subjects in the PALM Trial| Laboratory Test Graded per Division of AIDS (DAIDS) v2.1 | INMAZEB N=154 % | Control N=168 % |
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| ULN = upper limit of normal |
| Sodium, high ≥ 154 mmol/L | 9 | 4 |
| Sodium, low < 125 mmol/L | 7 | 11 |
| Potassium, high ≥ 6.5 mmol/L | 13 | 12 |
| Potassium, low < 2.5 mmol/L | 9 | 8 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) ≥ 1.8 × ULN ULN for creatinine was 1.2 mg/dL. Criterion for increase to ≥ 1.5 × from baseline was applied if the worsening grade was higher. | 15 | 23 |
| Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) ≥ 5 × ULN | 10 | 14 |
| Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) ≥ 5 × ULN | 21 | 18 |
Risk Summary
Zaire ebolavirus infection is life-threatening for both the mother and fetus and treatment should not be withheld due to pregnancy (see Clinical Considerations). Available data from the PALM trial and an expanded access program in which pregnant women with Zaire ebolavirus infection were treated with INMAZEB demonstrate the high rate of maternal and fetal/neonatal morbidity consistent with published literature regarding the risk associated with underlying maternal Zaire ebolavirus infection. These data are insufficient to evaluate for a drug-associated risk of major birth defects, miscarriage, or adverse maternal/fetal outcome. Animal reproduction studies with INMAZEB have not been conducted. Human monoclonal antibodies, such as INMAZEB, are transported across the placenta; therefore, INMAZEB has the potential to be transferred from the mother to the developing fetus.
Clinical Considerations
Disease-associated maternal and/or embryo/fetal risk
Maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes are poor among pregnant women infected with Zaire ebolavirus. The majority of such pregnancies result in maternal death with miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death. Treatment should not be withheld due to pregnancy.
Risk Summary
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend that patients with confirmed Zaire ebolavirus not breastfeed their infants to reduce the risk of postnatal transmission of Zaire ebolavirus infection.
There are no data on the presence of atoltivimab, maftivimab, and odesivimab-ebgn in human or animal milk, the effects on the breastfed infant, or the effects on milk production. Maternal IgG is known to be present in human milk. The effects of local gastrointestinal exposure and limited systemic exposure in the breastfed infant to atoltivimab, maftivimab, or odesivimab-ebgn are unknown.
Specific Populations
The effect of age (< 21 or > 60), renal impairment, or hepatic impairment on the pharmacokinetics of atoltivimab, maftivimab, and odesivimab is unknown.
Mechanism of Action
INMAZEB is a combination of three recombinant human IgG1κ monoclonal antibodies each targeting the Zaire ebolavirus glycoprotein (GP). Zaire ebolavirus encodes a sole envelope protein, the glycoprotein, which mediates virus attachment and membrane fusion with the host cell membranes. In addition, GP is expressed on the surface of Zaire ebolavirus infected host cells making it a target for antibodies that can mediate killing of these cells by antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity and/or other effector functions. The 3 antibodies that make up the combination can bind the GP simultaneously. The mean KD values for atoltivimab, odesivimab, and maftivimab were 7.84 nM, 8.26 nM, and 3.34 nM, respectively, as determined by surface plasmon resonance. Maftivimab is a neutralizing antibody that blocks entry of the virus into susceptible cells. Odesivimab is a non-neutralizing antibody that induces antibody-dependent effector function through FcyRIIIa signaling when bound to its target. Odesivimab also binds to the soluble form of Zaire ebolavirus glycoprotein (sGP). Atoltivimab combines both neutralization and FcyRIIIa signaling activities.
Antiviral Activity
In a live virus infection assay on Vero cells, maftivimab neutralized Mayinga, Kikwit, and Makona strains of Zaire ebolavirus, with a concentration between 0.2 and 1.2 nM (0.03 and 0.18 μg/mL) providing 80% inhibition of viral infection in a plaque-reduction neutralization test (PRNT-80). Atoltivimab and odesivimab did not demonstrate any neutralizing activity in this assay. Effector function activity of INMAZEB individual antibodies was assessed with an EBOV Makona-GP expressing cell line and Jurkat/NFAT-Luc/FcγRIIIa reporter effector cells. The EC50 values of atoltivimab and odesivimab were 2.9 nM and 1.6 nM, respectively, whereas maftivimab did not exhibit any FcγRIIIa signaling activity at the maximum concentration tested, 40 nM.
Treatment of Zaire ebolavirus infected rhesus macaques with a single intravenous dose of INMAZEB (50 mg of atolivimab, 50 mg of maftivimab, and 50 mg of odesivimab per kg) generally protected infected animals from Zaire ebolavirus mediated death when drug was administered 5 days post-infection.
Resistance
No clinical data are available on the development of EBOV resistance to INMAZEB. The cell culture development of EBOV resistance to INMAZEB has not been assessed to date. A GP_E280G amino acid substitution identified by routine surveillance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo resulted in a loss of neutralization activity of at least 134-fold mediated by the single human monoclonal antibody atoltivimab in a lentivirus-based pseudovirus system. A GP_E564K substitution identified in an infected NHP PK study resulted in a loss of neutralization activity of at least 215-fold mediated by the single human monoclonal antibody maftivimab in a lentivirus-based pseudovirus system. The clinical significance of these substitutions is unknown.
Immune Response
Interaction studies with recombinant live EBOV vaccines and INMAZEB have not been conducted [see Drug Interactions (7.1)].
Hypersensitivity Reactions Including Infusion-Associated Events
Inform patients that hypersensitivity reactions including infusion-associated events have been reported during and post-infusion with INMAZEB and to immediately report if they experience any symptoms of systemic hypersensitivity reactions [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)].
Lactation
Instruct patients with Zaire ebolavirus infection not to breastfeed because of the risk of passing Zaire ebolavirus to the baby [see Use in Specific Populations (8.2)].
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