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Table 3 Pharmacokinetic characteristics and schedule of administration of approved ADCs. Information about the FDA-approved medical indication, target and payload is also provided

From: Considerations for the design of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) for clinical development: lessons learned

Drug name

Condition

Target

Payload (MW)

Half-life

Dose

Frequency

Belantamab mafodotin (Bienrep)

MM > 3 lines, including anti-CD38, proteasome inhibitor and one immunomodulator

BCMA

MMAF (732)

ADC: 11.5 days

2.5 mg/kg (Max 125 mg)

Q3W

cys-mcMMAF (925)

Brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris)

HL Ill or IV treatment-naive

CD30

MMAE (718)

ADC: 3.79–4.43 days

1.8 mg/kg

Q3W

Free drug: 3–4 days

Enfortumab vedotin (Padcev)

Advanced urothelioma that has received anti-PD-(L)l and platinum

Nectin-4

MMAE (718)

ADC: 3.4 days

1.25 mg/kg

Days 1, 8 and 15 every 28 days

Free drug: 2.4 days

Gemtuzumab ozogamicin (Mylotarg)

AML CD33 + treatment-naïve

Elderly, ECOG 2

CD33

Calicheamicin (1368)

ADC: 160h (6 days)

3 mg/m2/dose

Days 1, 4 y 7 induction phase

Inotuzumab ozogamicin (Besponsa)

Relapsed or refractory ALL CD22 + 

CD22

Calicheamicin (1368)

ADC:

Cycle 1: 6 days

Cycle 4: 13 days

First cycle: 1.8 mg/m2

Next cycles if complete response: 1.5 mg/m2

Next cycles if not complete response: 1.8 mg/m2

First cycle:

0.8 mg/m2 day 1

0.5 mg/m2 day 8 and 15

After the first three weeks:

0.5 mg/m2 on days 1, 8 y 15 every 28 days in case of complete response

Loncastuximab tesirine (Zynlonta)

DLBCL or HGBL. > 1 previous line

CD19

SG3199 (585)

ADC:

Cycle 1: 14.6 days

Cycle 5: 20.8 days

0.15 mg/kg in the first two cycles

0.075 mg/kg from cycle 3 on

Q3W

Mirvetuximab soravtansine (Elahere)

Ovarian cancer. Platinum-resistant. 1–3 previous lines. FRa positive

FRa

DM4 (780)

ADC: 4 days

6 mg/kg

Q3W

Free drug: 2.6 days

Polatuzumab vedotin (Polivy)

With rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone (R-CHP) for adult patients who have previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), not otherwise specified (NOS), or high-grade B-cell lymphoma (HGBL) and who have an InternationaI Prognostic Index (IPI) score of 2 or greater

CD79

MIMAE (718)

ADC: 12 days (cycle 6)

1.8 mg/kg

Q3W

Free drug: 3.8 days (cycle 1)

Sacituzumab govitecan (Trodelvy)

mTNBC > 2 previous lines. mLBC. Endocrine therapy, CDK-i and > 2 previous CT

Trop-2

SN-38 (392)

ADC: 16h

10 mg/kg

1 and 8 every 21 days

Total drug: 18h

Free drug: 18h

Metabolite: 15h

Tisotumab vedotin (Tivdak)

Metastatic cervix uterii. 1–2 previous lines

Tissue factor

MMAE (718)

ADC: 4 days

2 mg/kg (Max 200 mg)

Q3W

Free drug: 2.6 days

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan (Enhertu)

MBC HER2 + , previous line with a taxane and trastuzumab

HER2 + eBC with residual disease after NACT with taxane and trastuzumab mCM HER2 + . Previous taxane and trastuzumab, no T-DMl

HER2

DM1 (734)

ADC: 4 days

3.6 mg/kg

Q3W

Trastuzumab Emtansine (Kadcyla)

mCM HER2-low. HR + and HR-1–2 previous CT

HER2

Dxd (1034)

ADC: 5.4–5.7 days

5.4 mg/kg (breast and Iung)

6.4 mg/kg (gastric)

Q3W

mNSCLC. HER2 activating mutations > lL CT

Gastric o GEJ HER2 + . Previous trastuzumab, FluorP and platinum agent and > 2 L

Free drug: 5.4–6.1 days