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Lorvotuzumab mertansine (IMGN901) is anantibody-drug conjugate. It comprises the CD56-binding antibody,lorvotuzumab (huN901), with amaytansinoid cell-killing agent, DM1, attached using a disulfide linker, SPP. (When DM1 is attached to an antibody with the SPP linker, it ismertansine; when it is attached with the thioether linker, SMCC, it is emtansine.)[citation needed]
Lorvotuzumab mertansine is an experimental agent created for the treatment ofCD56 positive cancers (e.g. small-cell lung cancer,ovarian cancer).[1][2]
It has been grantedOrphan drug status forMerkel cell carcinoma.[3]
It has reported encouraging Phase II results forsmall-cell lung cancer.[4]
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