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CD40 CD40 molecule

ENSG00000101017 · protein coding · Open Targets profile

Receptor for TNFSF5/CD40LG (PubMed:31331973). Transduces TRAF6- and MAP3K8-mediated signals that activate ERK in macrophages and B cells, leading to induction of immunoglobulin secretion (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P27512, ECO:0000269|PubMed:31331973}.

None of the 10 drugs recorded against CD40 is approved yet

Each band is a group of drugs. It runs from the kind of drug on the left to the furthest stage that drug has reached in any disease on the right. Thicker bands mean more drugs.

6 antibody drugs at Phase 2: LUCATUMUMAB, SOTIGALIMAB, DACETUZUMAB, BLESELUMAB, ISCALIMAB, SELICRELUMAB1 antibody drug at Phase 1: GILORALIMAB3 unknown drugs at Phase 2: PG-102, CD40 LIGAND, CDX-1140Antibody 7Unknown 3Phase 2 9Phase 1 1

Approved bands are highlighted. Withdrawn means the drug was pulled from the market or from development. A combined phase counts as the later one (Phase 1/2 is shown as Phase 2). Hover a band for the drug names. Source: Open Targets Platform, fetched live.

In 2 of 15 cancers, the evidence for CD40 comes mainly from inherited variants

Each row is a cancer, strongest overall evidence first. The two dots show how strong the inherited (germline) and tumour-mutation (somatic) evidence is; the line between them is the gap.

Inherited (germline) variantsMutations in tumours (somatic)
00.250.50.751non-Hodgkin lymphomanon-Hodgkin lymphomanon-Hodgkin lymphoma: germline 0.71diffuse large B-cell lymphomadiffuse large B-cell lymphomadiffuse large B-cell lymphoma: germline 0.31melanomamelanomaB-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemiaB-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemiapancreatic ductal adenocarcinomapancreatic ductal adenocarcinomanon-small cell lung carcinomanon-small cell lung carcinomabreast cancerbreast cancerrenal cell carcinomarenal cell carcinomaovarian cancerovarian cancerglioblastomaglioblastomagastric cancergastric cancerlymphomalymphomacolorectal carcinomacolorectal carcinomabreast carcinomabreast carcinomaurinary bladder carcinomaurinary bladder carcinoma

Scores run from 0 (no evidence) to 1 (strongest). A missing dot at 0 means Open Targets holds no evidence of that kind. Source: Open Targets Platform, fetched live.

Tractability

Antibody
Advanced Clinical, GO CC high conf, UniProt loc med conf, UniProt SigP or TMHMM
PROTAC
Half-life Data, Small Molecule Binder
Other modalities
Advanced Clinical

gnomAD loss of function constraint: o/e 0.4936000108718872 (upper bound 0.7242699861526489). Low values mean loss of function is poorly tolerated, a safety flag for inhibition.

Who runs trials of these drugs

Principal investigators and study chairs on 42 registry trials, updated in the last three years, of the most advanced drugs against CD40 (lucatumumab, sotigalimab, PG-102, dacetuzumab, CD40 LIGAND, bleselumab, iscalimab, CDX-1140), ranked by Phase 2+ trials. Live from ClinicalTrials.gov.

25 of 41 trials of drugs against CD40 have sites only in United States

Registry trials of lucatumumab, sotigalimab, PG-102, dacetuzumab, CD40 LIGAND, bleselumab, iscalimab, CDX-1140 updated in the last three years, counted by the country group of their listed sites. A trial with sites in several groups counts in each; 30 of 41 have all sites in one country.

Sites only in this groupSites here and elsewhere
United StatesUnited States: 25 trials with sites only hereUnited States: 6 trials with sites here and elsewhere31ChinaChina: 0 trials with sites only hereChina: 2 trials with sites here and elsewhere2EuropeEurope: 3 trials with sites only hereEurope: 7 trials with sites here and elsewhere10JapanJapan: 0 trials with sites only hereJapan: 3 trials with sites here and elsewhere3OtherOther: 5 trials with sites only hereOther: 6 trials with sites here and elsewhere11

Site counts are not patients per country, and trials registered only outside ClinicalTrials.gov are not covered. Where sites are is a fact about the record, not a judgement of its quality. Europe is the EU and EEA, the UK and Switzerland. 1 trials list no sites and are left out. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, fetched live.

21 trials of drugs against CD40 were stopped early; 4 give no reason

Terminated, withdrawn and suspended interventional trials of lucatumumab, sotigalimab, PG-102, dacetuzumab, CD40 LIGAND, bleselumab, iscalimab, CDX-1140, selicrelumab, giloralimab, newest update first, live from ClinicalTrials.gov. Each reason is quoted exactly as the registry gives it; we do not sort reasons into safety, efficacy or business. Dates are the last registry update. Showing the 21 most recent of 21.

  • suspended · 2026-06-04 · James Cleary, MD, PhD · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    “Efficacy concerns.”
  • terminated · 2025-11-21 · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    “<75% participant accrual”
  • terminated · 2025-05-16 · Novartis Pharmaceuticals · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    “The study was terminated following less favorable efficacy by Iscalimab (CFZ533) in liver transplant patients compared to tacrolimus.”
  • terminated · 2024-10-08 · Washington University School of Medicine · CDX-1140
    “Celldex decision”
  • terminated · 2024-04-10 · HiberCell, Inc. · CDX-1140
    “sponsor decision”
  • terminated · 2024-02-28 · Albert Einstein College of Medicine · anti-CD40 antibody (CDX-1140)
    “Low accrual”
  • terminated · 2024-02-13 · Apexigen America, Inc. · sotigalimab
    “Business decision (not due to safety reason).”
  • terminated · 2023-11-07 · Hoffmann-La Roche · Selicrelumab
    “The Sponsor made the decision to terminate the study due to start up and recruitment issues caused by limited resource availability at the treating centers.”
  • withdrawn · 2023-09-11 · Nordic Society of Gynaecological Oncology - Clinical Trials Unit · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    “IMP provider company (Apexigen) is sold, thus both IMP and grant is terminated”
  • terminated · 2021-07-26 · The Lymphoma Academic Research Organisation · Selicrelumab
    “End of drug development”
  • terminated · 2020-09-03 · BioNTech US Inc. · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    “Closed due to historically slow enrollment compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
  • terminated · 2017-06-20 · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    “Slow accrual”
  • withdrawn · 2016-05-04 · Weill Medical College of Cornell University · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    “No funding available.”
  • withdrawn · 2016-05-03 · Weill Medical College of Cornell University · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    “No funding was obtained for this study. No subject were receruited.”
  • terminated · 2016-02-08 · Baylor College of Medicine · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    No reason given
  • terminated · 2015-02-25 · Seagen Inc. · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    No reason given
  • terminated · 2014-05-22 · University of Southern California · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    “Lack of efficacy”
  • terminated · 2012-10-01 · Novartis Pharmaceuticals · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    “Slow enrollment and minimal preliminary biological and clinical efficacy.”
  • withdrawn · 2012-05-21 · Baylor College of Medicine · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    No reason given
  • terminated · 2010-10-26 · PanGenetics UK Limited · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    “poor recruitment”
  • terminated · 2009-10-15 · Fairview University Medical Center · matched by the registry's drug synonyms
    No reason given
Paediatric incentives and obligations for CD40's drugs

For lucatumumab, sotigalimab, PG-102, dacetuzumab, CD40 LIGAND, bleselumab, iscalimab, CDX-1140, selicrelumab, giloralimab: what EMA and FDA publish about paediatric plans, orphan status and pediatric approvals, and how many registered studies take children. Each line is a yes, no or not published fact from the record linked under it; none of it is a forecast.

  • FDA pediatric target list: yes · CD40 is on the list. Membership alone neither requires nor waives a pediatric study.
  • EU paediatric investigation plan: yes · EMEA-002842-PIP01-20 (Iscalimab, Prophylaxis of solid organ transplant rejection): P: decision agreeing on a investigation plan, with or without partial waiver(s) and or deferral(s), 8 Jun 2021
    Rule: An EMA PIP decision (agreement, modification or waiver) lists the drug as its active substance, exact name. Source: EMA EMEA-002842-PIP01-20, 2026-11-11
  • EU orphan designation: no · No EU orphan designation names lucatumumab, sotigalimab, pg-102, dacetuzumab, cd40 ligand, bleselumab, iscalimab, cdx-1140, selicrelumab, giloralimab
    Rule: An EU orphan designation lists the drug as its active substance (exact name) or belongs to a medicine that does; withdrawn and expired designations are listed with their status. Source: EMA data download (dated snapshot), 2026-11-11
  • Authorised in the EU: no · EMA lists no centrally authorised medicine of lucatumumab, sotigalimab, pg-102, dacetuzumab, cd40 ligand, bleselumab, iscalimab, cdx-1140, selicrelumab, giloralimab
    Rule: An EMA medicine record lists the drug as its active substance or INN, exact name; national-only authorisations are not in this file. Source: EMA data download (dated snapshot), 2026-11-11
  • FDA orphan designation: not published · FDA's orphan designation database turns away automated requests, so this app does not read it; search it by hand at the link
    Rule: Would be: an FDA orphan designation names the drug. Source: FDA orphan designations search
  • FDA pediatric oncology approval: no · FDA's table lists no pediatric approval of lucatumumab, sotigalimab, pg-102, dacetuzumab, cd40 ligand, bleselumab, iscalimab, cdx-1140, selicrelumab, giloralimab
    Rule: FDA's Pediatric Oncology Drug Approvals table names the drug. Source: FDA Pediatric Oncology Drug Approvals (content current as of 2026-03-03), 2026-11-11
  • Registered studies open to children: yes · 13 interventional studies of lucatumumab, sotigalimab, pg-102, dacetuzumab, cd40 ligand, bleselumab, iscalimab, cdx-1140, selicrelumab, giloralimab include patients under 18; 2 are recruiting, not yet recruiting or active
    Rule: The registry's age group includes Child (birth to 17 years), which also counts studies that set no minimum age. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov search, 2026-11-11

Rare pediatric disease voucher. FDA, content current as of 29 Apr 2026: “As of February 3, 2026, enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, the rare pediatric disease PRV program will sunset after September 30, 2029. FDA may not award any PRVs under this program after September 30, 2029.” Voucher sale prices are not shown here; they appear only as company-reported news. FDA: Rare Pediatric Disease Designation and Priority Review Voucher Programs

All 10 drugs and clinical candidates as a table

Each drug, stage and indication links to its Open Targets record, where the trials and approvals behind it are listed. Salt forms (for example a mesylate) are listed as Open Targets records them, as separate entries.

DrugTypeHighest stageIndicationsSource records
LUCATUMUMABAntibodyphase 2lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Hodgkins lymphoma, plasma cell myeloma, follicular lymphomaOpen Targets · ChEMBL
SOTIGALIMABAntibodyphase 2melanoma, esophageal cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, rectum adenocarcinoma, ovarian cancer, non-small cell lung carcinoma, metastatic melanoma, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, +10 moreOpen Targets · ChEMBL
PG-102Unknownphase 2type 1 diabetes mellitus, obesity disorder, type 2 diabetes mellitus, psoriatic arthritisOpen Targets · ChEMBL
DACETUZUMABAntibodyphase 2diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, plasma cell myeloma, non-Hodgkin lymphomaOpen Targets · ChEMBL
CD40 LIGANDUnknownphase 2hyper-IgM syndrome type 1, alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma/peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor, melanoma, lung adenocarcinoma, systemic lupus erythematosus, kidney cancer, B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, +1 moreOpen Targets · ChEMBL
BLESELUMABAntibodyphase 2psoriasis vulgarisOpen Targets · ChEMBL
ISCALIMABAntibodyphase 2Graves disease, myasthenia gravis, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren syndrome, type 1 diabetes mellitus, systemic lupus erythematosus, lupus nephritis, acute graft vs. host disease, +2 moreOpen Targets · ChEMBL
CDX-1140Unknownphase 2pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, ovarian cancer, head and neck cancer, melanoma, cancer, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, Merkel cell skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, +2 moreOpen Targets · ChEMBL
SELICRELUMABAntibodyphase 1 2pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, HER2 positive breast carcinoma, triple-negative breast carcinoma, colorectal cancer, pancreatic neoplasm, malignant pancreatic neoplasm, melanoma, exocrine pancreatic carcinoma, +9 moreOpen Targets · ChEMBL
GILORALIMABAntibodyphase 1head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, pancreatic adenocarcinomaOpen Targets · ChEMBL