Bivatuzumab mertansine

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Bivatuzumab mertansine
Monoclonal antibody

Type	Whole antibody
Source	Humanized (from mouse)
Target	CD44 v6
Clinical data
ATC code	none
Identifiers
ChemSpider	none
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Bivatuzumab mertansine is a combination of bivatuzumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody, and mertansine, a cytotoxic agent. It is designed for the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma.^[1]

References

↑ Tijink BM, Buter J, de Bree R, Giaccone G, Lang MS, Staab A, et al. (October 2006). "A phase I dose escalation study with anti-CD44v6 bivatuzumab mertansine in patients with incurable squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck or esophagus". Clinical Cancer Research. 12 (20 Pt 1): 6064–72. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-06-0910 . PMID 17062682.

Monoclonal antibodies for tumors

Tumor

Human	Adecatumumab ^§ Amivantamab (+hyaluronidase) Ascrinvacumab ^§ Balstilimab ^† Botensilimab Cixutumumab ^§ Conatumumab ^§ Cosibelimab Daratumumab Drozitumab ^§ Duligotumab ^§ Dusigitumab ^§ Enfortumab vedotin Enoticumab ^§ Figitumumab ^§ Flanvotumab ^§ Ganitumab ^† Glembatumumab vedotin ^† Intetumumab ^§ Ipilimumab Iratumumab ^§ Istiratumab Icrucumab ^§ Lexatumumab ^§ Linvoseltamab Lucatumumab ^§ Mapatumumab ^§ Narnatumab ^§ Necitumumab Nesvacumab ^§ Nivolumab ^# (+hyaluronidase, +relatlimab) Ofatumumab Olaratumab ^† Panitumumab Patritumab ^§ Pritumumab ^§ Radretumab ^§ Ramucirumab Rilotumumab ^† Robatumumab ^§ Seribantumab ^§ Sugemalimab Tarextumab ^§ Tisotumab vedotin Teprotumumab ^† Tovetumab ^§ Vantictumab ^§ Votumumab ^§ Zalutumumab ^†
Mouse	Abagovomab Altumomab pentetate Anatumomab mafenatox Arcitumomab Bectumomab Blinatumomab Capromab pendetide Detumomab Edrecolomab Ibritumomab tiuxetan Igovomab Lilotomab Minretumomab Mitumomab Nacolomab tafenatox Moxetumomab pasudotox Naptumomab estafenatox Oregovomab Pemtumomab ^† Racotumomab Satumomab pendetide Solitomab Taplitumomab paptox Nofetumomab merpentan Pintumomab Tenatumomab Tositumomab
Chimeric	Amatuximab ^§ Bavituximab ^§ Brentuximab vedotin Carotuximab ^† Cetuximab Derlotuximab biotin ^§ Dinutuximab Ecromeximab ^§ Ensituximab ^§ Futuximab ^§ Girentuximab ^† Indatuximab ravtansine ^§ Isatuximab Loncastuximab tesirine Margetuximab Mirvetuximab soravtansine Rituximab ^# Siltuximab Ublituximab Zolbetuximab
Humanized	Abituzumab ^§ Alemtuzumab Atezolizumab (+hyaluronidase) Axatilimab Belantamab mafodotin Bevacizumab Bivatuzumab mertansine ^§ Brontictuzumab ^§ Cantuzumab mertansine ^§ Cantuzumab ravtansine ^§ Cirmtuzumab Citatuzumab bogatox ^§ Clivatuzumab tetraxetan Cofetuzumab pelidotin Dacetuzumab ^§ Demcizumab ^§ Dalotuzumab ^§ Datopotamab deruxtecan Denintuzumab mafodotin ^§ Elotuzumab Emactuzumab Emibetuzumab ^§ Enoblituzumab ^§ Epcoritamab Etaracizumab ^§ Farletuzumab ^§ Ficlatuzumab ^§ Flotetuzumab ^§ Gemtuzumab ozogamicin Glofitamab Imgatuzumab ^§ Inotuzumab ozogamicin Labetuzumab ^§ Lifastuzumab vedotin ^§ Lintuzumab ^§ Lorvotuzumab mertansine ^§ Lumretuzumab ^§ Matuzumab ^§ Milatuzumab ^§ Naxitamab Nimotuzumab ^† Obinutuzumab Ocaratuzumab ^§ Odronextamab Otlertuzumab ^§ Onartuzumab ^§ Oportuzumab monatox ^† Parsatuzumab ^§ Pembrolizumab ^# (+berahyaluronidase alfa) Penpulimab Pertuzumab Pinatuzumab vedotin ^§ Polatuzumab vedotin Rosmantuzumab Rovalpituzumab tesirine ^† Sacituzumab govitecan Sibrotuzumab ^§ Simtuzumab ^§ Sofituzumab vedotin ^§ Tacatuzumab tetraxetan ^§ Tigatuzumab ^§ Trastuzumab ^# (+deruxtecan / +emtansine) Tucotuzumab celmoleukin ^§ Vandortuzumab vedotin ^§ Vanucizumab ^§ Veltuzumab ^§ Vorsetuzumab mafodotin ^§ Zenocutuzumab
Rat/mouse hybrid	Catumaxomab Ertumaxomab ^§
Chimeric + humanized	Depatuxizumab mafodotin ^† Duvortuxizumab Ontuxizumab ^§

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^‡ Withdrawn from market
Clinical trials:
- ^† Phase III
- ^§Never to phase III

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