Mirvetuximab Soravtansine in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer.
Eduardo Gonzalez-OchoaAna C VenezianiEduardo Gonzalez-OchoaPublished in: Clinical Medicine Insights. Oncology (2023)
Ovarian cancer is the second leading cause of death from gynecologic malignancies worldwide. Management of platinum-resistant disease is challenging and clinical outcomes with standard chemotherapy are poor. Over the past decades, significant efforts have been made to understand drug resistance and develop strategies to overcome treatment failure. Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) are a rapidly growing class of oncologic therapeutics, which combine the ability to target tumor-specific antigens with the cytotoxic effects of chemotherapy. Mirvetuximab soravtansine is an ADC comprising an IgG1 monoclonal antibody against the folate receptor alpha (FRα) conjugated to the cytotoxic maytansinoid effector molecule DM4 that has shown promising clinical activity in patients with FR-α-positive ovarian cancer. This review summarizes current evidence of mirvetuximab soravtansine in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, focusing on clinical activity, toxicity, and future directions.
Keyphrases
- monoclonal antibody
- small molecule
- photodynamic therapy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- prostate cancer
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- adipose tissue
- magnetic resonance
- immune response
- computed tomography
- squamous cell carcinoma
- current status
- minimally invasive
- drug delivery
- robot assisted
- smoking cessation
- glycemic control
- anti inflammatory