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FDA Grants Accelerated Approval for Recurrent or Metastatic Cervical Cancer Treatment to Tivdak

September 23, 2021

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FDA granted accelerated approval to Seagen and Genmab’s Tivdak (tisotumab vedotin-tftv), a tissue factor-directed antibody and microtubule inhibitor conjugate, according to a Sept. 20, 2021, FDA press release. According to the Seagen company press release, Tivdak is the first and only approved antibody-drug conjugate for the treatment of adult patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer with disease progression on or after chemotherapy.

In the innovaTV 204 clinical trial, 101 patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer who had received no more than two prior systemic regimens in the recurrent or metastatic setting, including at least one prior platinum-based chemotherapy regimen, received Tivdak.

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