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ArticleThe AAPS journal2026

Minimum Significant Ratio for Defining Treatment-Boosted ADA Responses Using Signal-to-Noise as an Alternative to Titer.

Lili Guo, Kenneth Goldberg, Yong Jiang, Christopher Ehlinger

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Lili GuoBioanalytical Discovery and Development Sciences, Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, Pennsylvania, 19477, USA. lguo25@its.jnj.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-7785-9907
Kenneth GoldbergStatistics and Decision Sciences, Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, Pennsylvania, 19477, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-9040-070X
Yong JiangBioanalytical Discovery and Development Sciences, Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, Pennsylvania, 19477, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-8605-6943
Christopher EhlingerBioanalytical Discovery and Development Sciences, Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, Pennsylvania, 19477, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-7183-0603

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Abstract

Signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) has emerged as a practical alternative to endpoint titer for evaluating anti-drug antibody (ADA) response magnitude. When titration is not performed, a scientifically justified threshold is needed to interpret longitudinal increases in S/N, particularly for identifying treatment-boosted ADA responses in subjects with pre-existing ADA. In conventional titer-based assessments, treatment-boosted responses are typically defined by an increase of two dilution steps relative to the pre-dose titer. In the absence of titer testing, an alternative threshold is needed to determine whether a post-dose/pre-dose increase in S/N exceeds expected analytical variability. This study evaluated minimum significant ratio (MSR) as a project-specific, analytical variability-based threshold for treatment-boosted ADA response classification using S/N. Two MSR calculation approaches were assessed across 11 validated clinical ADA assays representing diverse assay formats, therapeutic modalities, and analytical platforms. MSR

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AntibodiesSignal-To-Noise RatioHumansReproducibility of ResultsAntibodiesanti-drug antibody (ADA)minimum significant ratio (MSR)signal-to-noise (S/N)titertreatment-boosted response

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