The present invention relates to medical uses comprising the administration of anti-human CCR8 antibodies in specifically defined dosage regimens in monotherapy or
combination therapy with an anti-PD-(L)1
antibody. The dosing schemes were developed for anti-human / cynomolgus CCR8
antibody TPP-23411, but they can also be used for other antibodies having similar properties as TPP-23411. The medical uses or dosage regimens may comprise a stratification step to select patients with an increased probability of
treatment success. Suggested biomarkers are a) Tumor Proportion
Score or Combined Positive
Score as a measure for PD-(L)1 expression, b) analysing in a blood,
plasma or serum sample inflammatory cytokines and c) previous treatment of the
cancer for at least 6 months with an anti-PD-(L)1
antibody. Furthermore, provided are anti-human CCR8 antibody-based medical uses and treatment methods comprising the administration of a Zr-89-labeled anti-CD8 minibody to determine the abundance and / or distribution of CD8 cells by means of a PET scan for stratification or for monitoring
treatment success or
disease progression. Also provided is a method to reliably determine an anti-anti-CCR8 antibody in cynomolgus or
human plasma. Finally, an anti-murine CCR8 surrogate antibody is disclosed that mimics the unusual half-life of TPP-23411.