Department of Oncology, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland.
Department of Oncology and Immuno-Oncology, Warmian-Masurian Cancer Center of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration Hospital, Olsztyn, Poland.
Target Oncol. 2022 May;17(3):203-221. doi: 10.1007/s11523-022-00872-3. Epub 2022 May 14.
Currently available treatment options for patients with refractory metastatic prostate, bladder, or kidney cancers are limited with the prognosis remaining poor. Advances in the pathobiology of tumors has led to the discovery of cancer antigens that may be used as the target for cancer treatment. Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a relatively new concept in cancer treatment that broaden therapeutic landscape. ADCs are examples of a 'drug delivery into the tumor' system composed of an antigen-directed antibody linked to a cytotoxic drug that may release cytotoxic components after binding to the antigen located on the surface of tumor cells. The clinical properties of drugs are influenced by every component of ADCs. Regarding uro-oncology, enfortumab vedotin (EV) and sacituzumab govitecan (SG) are currently registered for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer following previous treatment with an immune checkpoint inhibitor (iCPI; programmed death receptor-1 [PD-1] or programmed death-ligand 1 [PD-L1]) inhibitor) and platinum-containing chemotherapy. The EV-301 trial showed that EV significantly prolonged the overall survival compared with classic chemotherapy. The TROPHY-U-01 trial conducted to evaluate SG demonstrated promising results as regards the objective response rate and duration of response. The safety and efficacy of ADCs in monotherapy and polytherapy (mainly with iCPIs) for different cancer stages and tumor types are assessed in numerous ongoing clinical trials. The aim of this review is to present new molecular biomarkers, specific mechanisms of action, and ongoing clinical trials of ADCs in genitourinary cancers. In the expert discussion, we assess the place of ADCs in uro-oncology and discuss their clinical value.
目前,对于难治性转移性前列腺癌、膀胱癌或肾癌患者,可供选择的治疗方案有限,预后仍然较差。肿瘤病理生物学的进展导致发现了可能作为癌症治疗靶点的癌症抗原。抗体药物偶联物(ADC)是癌症治疗的一个新概念,拓宽了治疗领域。ADC 是一种“将药物递送到肿瘤内”系统的范例,由与细胞毒性药物连接的抗原定向抗体组成,在与位于肿瘤细胞表面的抗原结合后,可能会释放细胞毒性成分。药物的临床特性受 ADC 每个组成部分的影响。在泌尿肿瘤学方面,enfortumab vedotin(EV)和 sacituzumab govitecan(SG)在先前接受免疫检查点抑制剂(iCPI;程序性死亡受体-1 [PD-1] 或程序性死亡配体 1 [PD-L1])抑制剂)和含铂化疗后,已被注册用于治疗局部晚期或转移性尿路上皮癌患者。EV-301 试验表明,与经典化疗相比,EV 显著延长了总生存期。为评估 SG 而进行的 TROPHY-U-01 试验显示出关于客观缓解率和缓解持续时间的有前途的结果。在众多正在进行的临床试验中,评估了 ADC 在不同癌症阶段和肿瘤类型中的单药治疗和联合治疗(主要与 iCPIs 联合)的安全性和有效性。本综述旨在介绍泌尿生殖系统癌症中 ADC 的新分子生物标志物、特定作用机制和正在进行的临床试验。在专家讨论中,我们评估了 ADC 在泌尿肿瘤学中的地位,并讨论了它们的临床价值。