Successful recent preclinical studies of TME targeting ADCs
Target | TME component | ADC | Payload | Tumour types | Translation to clinic |
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LRRC15 | CAF | ABBV-085 | MMAF | NSCLC, osteosarcoma, breast cancer, GBM | Phase I trial in sarcoma and other advanced solid tumours (published 2021) [113] |
FAPα | CAF | OMTX705 (+ ICI) | TAM470 (MTI) | NSCLC, TNBC, ovarian, pancreatic | Pending |
TEM8 | Stroma | m825-MMAE | MMAE | CRC, breast, lung, ovarian, pancreatic | Pending |
TF | Stroma | TF antibody-MMAE | MMAE | pancreatic | Phase II trial (TV) in refactaory cervical cancer—positive (published 2021) [127] |
EphA3 | Stroma | IIIA4-USAN | USAN | GBM | Pending |
CAF: cancer associated fibroblast; Eph: erythropoietin-producing hepatocellular carcinoma; FAPα: fibroblast activating protein α; LRRC15: leucine-rich repeat containing 15; MTI: microtubule inhibitor; TEM8: tumour endothelial marker 8; TF: tissue factor; TV: tisotumab vedotin; USAN: maytansine; +: plus
SM, SP and HKG contributed to the drafting and editing of the manuscript. SM created the figures. HKG contributed to conception and design of the review. All authors contributed to manuscript revision, read, and approved the submitted version.
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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