Sacituzumab govitecan for hormone receptor-positive and triple-negative breast cancers. 2023

Siem A Satti, and M Saeed Sheikh
Department of Pharmacology, Sate University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.

Sacituzumab govitecan is an antibody-drug conjugate. It is composed of a humanized monoclonal antibody raised against the trophoblast cell-surface antigen 2 (Trop-2), and linked to SN-38, which is an active metabolite of topoisomerase I inhibitor anticancer drug irinotecan. A hydrolyzable linker conjugates the antibody and the drug. Trop-2 is overexpressed in various tumors including the triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) that are more aggressive with limited therapeutic options. Sacituzumab govitecan has proven to be an important therapeutic modality to manage the TNBCs. It has shown progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) benefits when compared to standard-of-care chemotherapeutics. Accordingly, it is approved for the treatment of TNBCs in the United States and the European Union. Sacituzumab govitecan has also shown PFS and OS benefits for hormone receptor-positive (HR+) and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-negative (HER2-) metastatic breast cancers. Therefore, sacituzumab govitecan appears to be an option for HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancers that are heavily pretreated and exhibit endocrine resistance. Although sacituzumab govitecan has shown promise, it also is toxic. Additional studies are therefore needed to further refine the use of sacituzumab govitecan in improving the management of metastatic breast cancer.

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