Inventors:
Maher Albitar - Sugarland TX, US
Michael J. Keating - Houston TX, US
Taghi Manshouri - Houston TX, US
Assignee:
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System - Austin TX
International Classification:
G01N 31/00
US Classification:
435 721, 435 4, 435 71, 4352879, 436501, 436518, 436525, 436529, 436535, 436809, 427287, 427337, 427338, 530300, 530350
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the field of immunology and hyperproliferative diseases. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of detecting and monitoring therapeutic antibody:antigen complex, soluble antigen and soluble therapeutic antibody, wherein a patient has undergone at least one course of immunotherapy. Yet further, levels of therapeutic antibody:antigen complexes, soluble antigens or soluble therapeutic antibodies may be measured and used to stage or monitor a hyperproliferative disease.