rovalpituzumab tesirine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 10561

Synonyms: Rova-T | SC0001-SCX
Compound class: Antibody
Comment: Rovalpituzumab tesirine is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) that was designed to exploit the expression of the NOTCH ligand DLL3 on certain tumours for anti-cancer efficacy [1]. It is a humanized anti-DLL3 monoclonal that is linked to a pyrrolobenzodiazepine dimer toxin called tesirine (or D6.5; PubChem CID 73672523). Once the ADC is internalized, its D6.5 payload is released and causes lethal DNA damage in the target cells.
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Rovalpituzumab tesirine was advanced to clinical trial, but its developer AbbVie, have discontinued its development. This decision was based on analysis of interim results from a Phase 3 study which indicated that rovalpituzumab tesirine demonstrated no survival benefit over placebo, as a first-line maintenance therapy for advanced small-cell lung cancer. Click here to link to ClinicalTrials.gov's full list of rovalpituzumab tesirine studies.