Bivatuzumab mertansine

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Bivatuzumab mertansine
Monoclonal antibody
Type	Whole antibody
Source	Template:Infobox drug/mab source
Target	CD44 v6
Identifiers
ATC code	none

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Bivatuzumab mertansine is a combination of bivatuzumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody, and mertansine, a cytotoxic agent. It is designed for the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma.^[1]

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v t e Humanized monoclonal antibodies ("-zu-")
"-tuzu-" (tumor)	Afutuzumab, Alemtuzumab, Bevacizumab, Bivatuzumab mertansine, Cantuzumab mertansine, Citatuzumab bogatox, Dacetuzumab, Elotuzumab^†, Etaracizumab, Farletuzumab, Gemtuzumab ozogamicin, Inotuzumab ozogamicin, Labetuzumab, Lintuzumab, Matuzumab^§, Milatuzumab, Nimotuzumab, Oportuzumab monatox, Pertuzumab, Sibrotuzumab, Tacatuzumab tetraxetan, Tigatuzumab, Trastuzumab, Tucotuzumab celmoleukin, Veltuzumab
"-lizu-" (immune system)	immunosuppressive: Aselizumab, Apolizumab, Benralizumab^†, Cedelizumab, Certolizumab pegol, Daclizumab, Eculizumab, Efalizumab, Epratuzumab, Erlizumab, Fontolizumab, Mepolizumab, Natalizumab, Ocrelizumab, Omalizumab, Pascolizumab, Pexelizumab, PRO 140^†, Reslizumab, Rontalizumab, Rovelizumab, Ruplizumab, Siplizumab, Talizumab, Teplizumab, Tocilizumab, Toralizumab, Vedolizumab, Visilizumab, TGN1412^§ non-immunosuppressive: Ibalizumab^†
"-bazu-" (bacterial)	Tefibazumab^†
"-cizu-" (cardiovascular)	Alacizumab pegol, Bevacizumab/Ranibizumab, Etaracizumab, Tadocizumab
"-nezu-"/"-neuzu-" (nervous system)	Bapineuzumab^†, Solanezumab, Tanezumab
"-toxazu-" (toxin as target)	Urtoxazumab
"-vizu-" (viral)	Felvizumab, Motavizumab, Palivizumab
"-kizu-" (interleukin as target)	Lebrikizumab
"-anibizu-" (angiogenesis inhibitor)	Ranibizumab
^†Undergoing clinical trials. ^§Never marketed.

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↑ Tijink, BM; Buter, J; De Bree, R; Giaccone, G; Lang, MS; Staab, A; Leemans, CR; Van Dongen, GA (2006). "A phase I dose escalation study with anti-CD44v6 bivatuzumab mertansine in patients with incurable squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck or esophagus". Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. 12 (20 Pt 1): 6064–72. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-06-0910. PMID 17062682.