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Antibody-Drug Conjugates

Targeted cytotoxic delivery: payload and linker design, the antigens that make a tumour addressable, and how ADCs perform once the obvious targets are taken.

3 articles in this topic

  • August 3, 2026Clinical Cancer ResearchNCT04251416 (investigator-initiated, single-center)

    Sacituzumab Govitecan Shows 28% Response Rate in Recurrent Endometrial Cancer

    A single-center, investigator-initiated Phase II trial using a Simon two-stage design tested sacituzumab govitecan (SG), a Trop-2-directed antibody-drug conjugate, in 50 evaluable patients with recurrent or persistent endometrial cancer who had progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy, enrolled between March 2020 and December 2024.

  • July 13, 2026Nature MedicineDYP688 First-in-Human Study (NCT05415072)

    First-in-Human ADC Shows Early Activity in GNAQ/GNA11-Mutant Uveal Melanoma

    Phase 1, first-in-human dose-escalation trial of DYP688 — an antibody-drug conjugate that targets the melanocyte antigen PMEL and delivers a Gq/11 signaling inhibitor payload — in 66 patients with metastatic uveal melanoma and other GNAQ/GNA11-mutant melanomas, a population largely excluded from the only approved therapy for this disease.

  • March 15, 2026New England Journal of MedicineOptiTROP-Lung04 (NCT05870319)

    Sacituzumab Tirumotecan Demonstrates Superior Progression-Free and Overall Survival in EGFR-TKI–Resistant Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    The Phase III OptiTROP-Lung04 trial randomized 376 patients with EGFR-mutated advanced NSCLC that progressed after EGFR-TKI therapy to sacituzumab tirumotecan (sac-TMT) monotherapy or platinum-based chemotherapy

Cancer types covered: Endometrial Cancer · Melanoma · Lung Cancer