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. 2021 Jan 28;14:20. doi: 10.1186/s13045-021-01035-z

Table 1.

FDA-approved ADCs for the treatment of solid tumors

Target Payload Linker DAR Indications

Trastuzumab emtansine

(T-DM1)

HER2

Maytansine

(microtubule inhibitor)

Non-cleavable thioether linker 3.5

HER2-positive mBC pretreated with trastuzumab and a taxane;

HER2-positive early BC with residual disease after neoadjuvant trastuzumab and taxanes

Trastuzumab deruxtecan

(T-DXd)

HER2 Deruxtecan (topoisomerase inhibitor) Protease-cleavable linker 8 HER2-positive mBC progressing to two or more prior anti-HER2-based regimens in the metastatic setting

Enfortumab vedotin

(EV)

Nectin-4

Monomethyl auristatin E

(microtubule inhibitor)

Protease-cleavable linker 3.8 Locally advanced/metastatic UC previously treated with a PD-(L)1 and a platinum-based chemotherapy in the (neo)adjuvant or metastatic setting

Sacituzumab govitecan

(SG)

Trop-2

SN-38

(topoisomerase inhibitor)

Hydrolysable linker 7.5 Triple-negative mBC (who have received at least two prior therapies for metastatic disease)