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ArticleNature medicine2025

Precemtabart tocentecan, an anti-CEACAM5 antibody-drug conjugate, in metastatic colorectal cancer: a phase 1 trial.

Scott Kopetz, Valentina Boni, Ken Kato, Kanwal P S Raghav, Maria Vieito, Athanasios Pallis, Christina Habermehl, Abdul Siddiqui, Perrine Courlet, Willem Sloot and 3 more

Registry-linked trialAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Article in Nature medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05464030 (A Phase I, Multicenter, Open-Label First in Human Study of Anti-CEACAM5 Antibody Drug Conjugate M9140 in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05464030 phase1active not recruitingnot on this map

A Phase I, Multicenter, Open-Label First in Human Study of Anti-CEACAM5 Antibody Drug Conjugate M9140 in Participants With Advanced Solid Tumors (PROCEADE-CRC-01)

TypeinterventionalSponsorEMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.Ran2022 to 2026Enrolled220ConditionsColorectal CancerArmsM9140, Bevacizumab, Capecitabine, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), Folinic acid
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Antibody-drug conjugates in gastric cancer: clinical advances and resistance mechanisms.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Scott KopetzThe University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. SKopetz@mdanderson.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9647-3416
Valentina BoniNEXT Oncology, Universitary Hospital Quironsalud, Madrid, Spain.
Ken KatoNational Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1733-5072
Kanwal P S RaghavThe University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1311-4173
Maria VieitoDepartment of Medical Oncology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
Athanasios PallisMerck Santé S.A.S., Lyon, France, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Christina Habermehlthe healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-3738-7889
Abdul SiddiquiMerck Serono Ltd., Feltham, UK, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Perrine CourletMerck Institute of Pharmacometrics, Lausanne, Switzerland, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Willem Slootthe healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Sabine Raab-Westphalthe healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Felix Hartthe healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Ildefonso Rodriguez-RiveraNEXT Oncology, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CEACAM5, a cell surface protein, is overexpressed in colorectal cancer (CRC). Precemtabart tocentecan (Precem-TcT, previously M9140) is an anti-CEACAM5 antibody-drug conjugate with the topoisomerase 1 inhibitor exatecan as payload. Precem-TcT demonstrated strong antitumor activity and potent bystander activity in preclinical models. Its toxicity profile in cynomolgus monkeys was consistent with that of exatecan. In the dose-escalation stage of the phase 1 trial of Precem-TcT (PROCEADE-CRC-01), 40 heavily pretreated patients with irinotecan-refractory metastatic CRC received Precem-TcT every 3 weeks across seven dose levels (DLs, 0.6-3.2 mg kg

Indexed as

Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedCamptothecinColorectal NeoplasmsImmunoconjugatesAdultAgedCarcinoembryonic AntigenFemaleGPI-Linked ProteinsHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisTopoisomerase I InhibitorsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedCamptothecinCarcinoembryonic AntigenCEACAM5 protein, humanexatecanGPI-Linked ProteinsImmunoconjugatesTopoisomerase I Inhibitors

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PMID40739424
PMCPMC12532702

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