Table 2 Summary of ADC drugs approved by the FDA as of march 2024

From: Exploring treatment options in cancer: tumor treatment strategies

Drug

Maker

Target

Toxin

Linker

Indications

DAR

Approval Date

Effect

Mylotarg

Pfizer

CD33

Calicheamicin

hydrazone

AML

2 ~ 3

2000

Only Chemotherapy mPFS: 9.5 months, Combined Chemotherapy mPFS: 17.3 months

Adcetris

Seagen

CD30

MMAE

dipeptide

Hodgkin’s lymphoma

4

2011

2-year PFS at 82.1%, Control at 7.2%, progession risk lowered by 34%

Kadcyla

Roche

HER2

DM1

organic sulphide

Early-stage and metastatic HER2+ breast cancer

3.5

2013

mPFS at 6.2 months, control at 3.3 months; ORR at 31.3% vs. 8.6%

Besponsa

Pfizer

CD22

Calicheamicin

hydrazone

BCP-ALL

5 ~ 7

2017

CR at 80.%, Chemotherapy at 29.4%, mOS at 7.7 vs. 6.7 months

Lumoxiti

AstraZeneca

CD22

PE38

mc-VC-PABC

HCL

/

2018

ORR at 75%, CR at 36%

Polivy

Roche

CD79β

MMAE

dipeptide

LBCB

3.5

2019

CR at 40, control at 19%, mOS at 12.4 vs. 4.7 months

Enhertu

Daiichi Sankyo

HER2

Dxd

Boc-Gly-Gly-Phe-Gly-OH

Breast/Stomach Cancer

8

2019

mOS at 12.5 months, Chemotherapy at 8.4 mpnths, ORR at 41% vs. 11%

Padcev

Seagen

Nectin-4

MMAE

mc-VC-PABC

Bladder Cancer

4

2019

mOS at 12.9 months, Chemotherapy at 9.0 months

Trodelvy

Immunomdecis

TROP-2

SN38

CL2A

TNBC

8

2020

mPFS at 4.8 months, Chemotherapy at 1.7 months; mOS at 11.8 vs. 6.9

Belenrep

GSK

BCMA

MMAF

Not Cleavable

multiple myeloma

4

2020

ORR at 32%, mPFS at 11 months, mOS at 11.8 vs. 6.9

Akalux

Rakuten Medical

EGFR

IRDye700DX

N/A

Head and Neck Cancer

/

2020

ORR at 43.3%, CR at 13.3%

Zynlonta

ADC Therapeutics

CD19

PBD

dipeptide

LBCB

2.3

2021

ORR at 48.3%, CR at 24.8% (Including failed CAR-T patients)

RC48 -ADC

RemeGen

HER2

MMAE

mc-VA-PABC

Stomach cancer

3.5

2021

ORR at 40%, mPFS at 6.3 months

Tivdak

Genmab/Seagen

TF

MMAE

Enzyme-cleaved

Cervical cancer

4

2021

OOR at 24%, DOR at 8.3 months

Elahere

ImmunoGen

FRα

DM4

Non-cleavable

ovarian cancer

3.4

2022

ORR 42.3%, mPFS 5.62 months, OS 16.5 months

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan

Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca

HER2

Deruxtecan

Chemical cleavable

Breast cancer

8

2022

ORR 43.2%, DCR 79.5%, mPFS 5.6 months, 12.8 months

  1. mPFS Median Progression-Free Survival, ORR Objective Response Rate, CR Complete Response, DCR Disease Control Rate, DOR Duration of Response, mOS Median Overall Survival, PFS Progression-Free Survival, LBCB Large B-Cell Lymphoma, BCP-ALL B-Cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, HCL Hairy Cell Leukemia, TNBC Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, EGFR Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, BCMA B-Cell Maturation Antigen, MMAE Monomethyl auristatin E, TROP-2 Trophoblast Cell Surface Antigen 2, TF Tissue Factor, HER2 Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2, FRα Folate Receptor Alpha. Data accessed on 24th March 2024