Overview

NCI Definition [1]:
An antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) composed of a conditionally active biologic (CAB) antibody against receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 2 (ROR2) conjugated to an as of yet undisclosed cytotoxic agent, with potential antineoplastic activity. Upon administration of CAB-ROR2-ADC BA3021, the anti-ROR2 antibody becomes activated through an as of yet not fully elucidated process, only under the unique microphysical conditions that are present in the tumor microenvironment (TME) as a result of the glycolytic metabolism of cancer cells and not in the microenvironment of normal, healthy tissues. Upon binding to ROR2-expressing cancer cells and internalization, the cytotoxic agent kills the cancer cells through an as of yet undisclosed mechanism of action (MoA). ROR2, highly expressed during embryonic development while only minimally expressed on certain normal, healthy cells, is involved in Wnt signal transduction and is overexpressed on certain cancer cells. It plays a key role in cancer cell proliferation, migration and invasion. High levels of ROR2 expression often correlates with poor prognosis. The CAB antibody allows for efficient binding to ROR2-expressing cancer cells only, thereby maximizing efficacy while minimizing toxicity by avoiding activation and thus binding of the antibody to normal, healthy ROR2-expressing cells under normal conditions.

Ba3021 has been investigated in 1 clinical trial, of which 1 is open and 0 are closed. Of the trial investigating ba3021, 1 is phase 1/phase 2 (1 open).

ER Negative, ER No Expression, and HER2 Deficient Expression are the most frequent biomarker inclusion criteria for ba3021 clinical trials.

Breast carcinoma, malignant solid tumor, and non-small cell lung carcinoma are the most common diseases being investigated in ba3021 clinical trials [2].

Top Biomarker Inclusion Criteria for Open Clinical Trials Investigating Ba3021
This graph displays the 20 most frequently occurring biomarkers curated on clinical trials investigating ba3021 and the cancer types associated with these biomarkers. These numbers are derived from a set of 5,956 clinical trials for which biomarker status defines treatment.

Drug Details

Synonyms [2]:
adc ba3021, anti-ror2 cab adc, antibody-drug conjugate ba3021, ba 3021, ror2-targeted adc ba3021, conditionally active biologic anti-ror2 antibody-drug conjugate, cab-ror2-adc ba3021, cab-ror2-adc, cab anti-ror2 adc ba3021
Drug Target(s) [2]:
ROR2
NCIT ID [1]:
C155812

References

1. National Cancer Institute. NCI Thesaurus Version 18.11d. https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/. [2018-07-30] [2018-08-02].

2. All assertions and clinical trial landscape data are curated from primary sources. You can read more about the curation process here.