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. 2021 Jul 26;10(3):30. doi: 10.3390/antib10030030

Table 1.

Antibody-drug conjugates approved by the FDA.

Generic Name Brand Name
(Manufacturer)
Indication Approval Year ADC Characteristics
Antibody Isotype Target
Antigen
Linker Payload
Brentuximab
vedotin
Adcetris
(Seattle Genetics)
HL, ALCL 2011 IgG1 CD30 Cleavable
(protease)
MMAE
Ado-trastuzumab
emtasine
Kadcyla
(Genentech)
HER2+ mBC
HER2+ eBC
2013 IgG1 HER2 Non-cleavable DM1
Inotuzumab
ozogamicin
Besponsa
(Pfizer)
ALL 2017 IgG4 CD22 Cleavable
(acid labile)
Calicheamicin
Gemtuzumab
ozogamicin
Mylotarg
(Pfizer)
CD33+ AML 2017 IgG4 CD33 Cleavable
(disulfide)
Calicheamicin
Moxetumomab
pasudotox-tdfk
Lumoxiti
(AstraZeneca)
r/r HCL 2018 IgG1 CD22 Cleavable
(disulfide)
Pseudomonas
exotoxin
Polatuzumab
vedotin
Polivy
(Genentech)
r/r DLBCL 2019 IgG1 CD79b Cleavable
(protease)
MMAE
Enfortumab
vedotin
Padcev
(Seattle Genetics)
mUC 2019 IgG1 Nectin-4 Cleavable
(protease)
MMAE
Trastuzumab deruxtecan Enhertu
(AstraZeneca)
(Daiichi-Sankyo)
HER2+ BC
HER2+ GC/GEJ
2019 IgG1 HER2 Cleavable
(peptides)
DXd
Sacituzumab govitecan Trodelvy
(Imunomedics)
mTNBC 2020 IgG1 Trop-2 Cleavable
(acid labile)
SN-38
Belantamab mafodotin-blmf Blenrep
(GlaxoSmithKline)
Multiple
myeloma
2020 IgG1 BCMA Cleavable
(protease)
MMAF

Abbreviations: ALCL, aplastic large cell lymphoma; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; BC, breast cancer; DLBCL, diffuse large B cell lymphoma; DM1, mertansine; Dxd, topoisomerase I inhibitor; eBC, early breast cancer; GC, gastric cancer; GEJ, gastroesophogeal junction adenocarcinoma; HCL, hairy cell lymphoma; HL, Hodgkin lymphoma; mBC, metastatic breast cancer; mc, maleimidocaproyl; MMAE, monomethyl auristatin E; MMAF, monomethyl auristatin F; mTNBC, metastatic triple-negative breast cacner; mUC, metastatic urothelial cancer; r/r, relapsed/refractory; SN-38, active metabolite of irinotecan.