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drug_type
RELEVANT_DRUG
intervention_type
Biologic (bispecific monoclonal antibody)
drug_description
Subcutaneous CD3×CD20 bispecific T‑cell–engaging antibody that redirects patient T cells (via CD3) to CD20‑positive lymphoma cells, inducing perforin/granzyme‑mediated cytotoxicity and cytokine release.
nci_thesaurus_concept_id
C163022
nci_thesaurus_preferred_term
Epcoritamab
nci_thesaurus_definition
A bispecific monoclonal antibody, with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities. Epcoritamab contains two antigen-recognition sites: one for human CD3, a T-cell surface antigen, and one for human CD20, a tumor-associated antigen (TAA) that is exclusively expressed on B-cells during most stages of B-cell development and is often overexpressed in B-cell malignancies. Upon administration, epcoritamab binds to both T-cells and CD20-expressing B-lineage tumor cells. The resulting cross-linkage may trigger a potent cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response against the CD20-expressing tumor B-cells.
drug_mesh_term
Epcoritamab
drug_category
BISPECIFIC T ENGAGER
drug_class
Engager
drug_delivery_route
Subcutaneous
drug_mechanism_of_action
Bispecific CD3×CD20 antibody that binds CD3 on patient T cells and CD20 on B‑cell lymphoma cells, crosslinking them to activate T cells and induce immunologic‑synapse formation, perforin/granzyme‑mediated cytotoxicity, and cytokine release for MHC‑independent killing of CD20‑positive tumor cells.
drug_name
Epcoritamab
nct_id_drug_ref
NCT06414148