Seattle Genetics, Inc, announced that the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) voted 10-0 to recommend that the agency grant accelerated approval of brentuximab vedotin (ADCETRIS) for the treatment of patients with Hodgkin lymphoma who relapse after autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT). In addition, ODAC voted 10-0 to recommend that the FDA grant accelerated approval of brentuximab for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL). The FDA is expected to act on the two Biologics License Applications (BLAs) for brentuximab by August 30, 2011, under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act.
Brentuximab is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) directed to CD30, a defining marker of Hodgkin lymphoma and ALCL. The ADCETRIS BLAs were based primarily on data from a pivotal trial in relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma that was conducted under a Special Protocol Assessment with the FDA and from a phase II trial in relapsed or refractory systemic ALCL. ■
