Table 1.
FDA-approved ADCs for the treatment of solid tumors
Target | Payload | Linker | DAR | Indications | |
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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) |