Brentuximab vedotin - Seagen/Takeda Oncology
Alternative Names: Adcetris; Anti-CD30-MMAE; Anti-CD30-monoclonal-antibody-cAC10-auristatin-E-conjugate; Auristatin-E-anti-CD30-monoclonal-antibody-cAC10-conjugate; Brentuximab; cAC10-vcMMAE; MMAE-anti-CD30; SGN-35Latest Information Update: 22 Apr 2025
At a glance
- Originator Seattle Genetics; Stanford University
- Developer Bristol-Myers Squibb; Celgene Corporation; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Fondazione Italiana Linfomi; Fox Chase Cancer Center; Immune Tolerance Network; Lymphoma Academic Research Organisation; Massachusetts General Hospital; National Cancer Institute (USA); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Seagen; Seattle Genetics; Stanford University; Takeda; Takeda Oncology; UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center; Washington University School of Medicine
- Class Antineoplastics; Antiretrovirals; Auristatins; Drug conjugates; Immunotoxins; Monoclonal antibodies; Oligopeptides; Skin disorder therapies
- Mechanism of Action Apoptosis stimulants; Mitosis inhibitors; Tubulin inhibitors; Tubulin polymerisation inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Anaplastic large cell lymphoma; Hodgkin's disease; Mycosis fungoides; Peripheral T-cell lymphoma; Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma; T-cell lymphoma
- Registered Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
- Phase II Adult T-cell leukaemia-lymphoma; Diffuse scleroderma; Germ cell cancer; Malignant-mesothelioma; Mastocytosis; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; Sezary syndrome; Solid tumours
- Phase I HIV-1 infections
- No development reported Graft-versus-host disease
- Discontinued Leukaemia; Multiple myeloma; Systemic lupus erythematosus
Most Recent Events
- 02 Apr 2025 NICE Consortium recommend brentuximab vedotin in combination with doxorubicin, dacarbazine and vinblastine for routine use in Non Hodgkin's lymphoma
- 12 Feb 2025 Registered for Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (Second-line therapy or greater, Combination therapy) in USA (IV)
- 07 Dec 2024 Efficacy and adverse events data from phase III ECHELON-3 trial in Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma presented at the 66th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition (ASH-Hem-2024)