SLAMF7 SLAM family member 7
ENSG00000026751 · protein coding · Open Targets profile
Self-ligand receptor of the signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM) family. SLAM receptors triggered by homo- or heterotypic cell-cell interactions are modulating the activation and differentiation of a wide variety of immune cells and thus are involved in the regulation and interconnection of both innate and adaptive immune response. Activities are controlled by presence or absence of small cytoplasmic adapter proteins, SH2D1A/SAP and/or SH2D1B/EAT-2. Isoform 1 mediates NK cell activation through a SH2D1A-independent extracellular signal-regulated ERK-mediated pathway (PubMed:11698418). Positively regulates NK cell functions by a mechanism dependent on phosphorylated SH2D1B. Downstream signaling implicates PLCG1, PLCG2 and PI3K (PubMed:16339536). In addition to heterotypic NK cells-target cells interactions also homotypic interactions between NK cells may contribute to activation. However, in the absence of SH2D1B, inhibits NK cell function. Also acts inhibitory in T-cells (By similarity). May play a role in lymphocyte adhesion (PubMed:11802771). In LPS-activated monocytes negatively regulates production of pro-inflammatory cytokines (PubMed:23695528). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8BHK6, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11698418, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11802771, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16339536, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23695528, ECO:0000269|Ref.4}.
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.
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 Withdrawn means the drug was pulled from the market or from development.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.
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.
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
- Approved Drug, GO CC high conf, UniProt SigP or TMHMM
- PROTAC
- Database Ubiquitination
- Other modalities
- Advanced Clinical
gnomAD loss of function constraint: o/e 0.763480007648468 (upper bound 1.059399962425232). 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 33 registry trials, updated in the last three years, of the most advanced drugs against SLAMF7 (elotuzumab), ranked by Phase 2+ trials. Live from ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Bristol-Myers SquibbBristol-Myers Squibb · 3 of 3 trials Phase 2+Ph3NCT03651128 · Efficacy and Safety Study of bb2121 Versus Standard Regimens in Subjects With Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma (RRMM)brief
- Andrew J YeeMassachusetts General Hospital · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Andrzej JakubowiakUniversity of Chicago · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Binod DhakalMedical College of Wisconsin · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Faith E DaviesUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Science-Myeloma Institute · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Francis AyukUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Hearn J. ChoChief Medical Officer · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Jacob P. LaubachDana-Farber Cancer Institute · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Jesus BerdejaSCRI Development Innovations, LLC · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- John H. StoneMassachusetts General Hospital · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Madhav V. DhodapkarMedical Monitor · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Manisha BhutaniWake Forest University Health Sciences · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Moritz BinderMayo Clinic in Rochester · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Natalia NeparidzeYale University · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
- Prithviraj BoseM.D. Anderson Cancer Center · 1 of 1 trials Phase 2+
Registry trials of elotuzumab 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; 20 of 32 have all sites in one country.
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.
17 trials of drugs against SLAMF7 were stopped early
Terminated, withdrawn and suspended interventional trials of elotuzumab, azintuxizumab vedotin, 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 17 most recent of 17.
- terminated · 2026-02-05 · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · elotuzumab, placebo for elotuzumab“The study was terminated early based on disease flare/lack of efficacy in the early phase of the trial.”
- terminated · 2026-01-05 · Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf · elotuzumab/lenalidomide/dexamethasone (ERD)“The reason for the end of recruitment is that the recruitment target could not be achieved despite all efforts and the G-BA (financing party) does not consider a continuation of the AlloRelapseMM study to be expedient.”
- terminated · 2025-02-14 · Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium · Elotuzumab, pomalidomide, dexamethasone“Pharmaceutical support has been discontinued.”
- withdrawn · 2024-09-05 · University of Arkansas · Elotuzumab“Study was not and will not be initiated due to lack of funding.”
- withdrawn · 2024-05-31 · Celgene · Elotuzumab“Business objectives have changed”
- terminated · 2023-09-21 · Fate Therapeutics · Elotuzumab“This study was terminated by the Sponsor.”
- terminated · 2023-03-29 · H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute · Elotuzumab“Sponsor no longer providing drug”
- withdrawn · 2022-05-04 · Tulane University School of Medicine · Elotuzumab, Selinexor, and Dexamethasone (ESd)“The study collaborator -Karyopharm- is not doing Myeloma studies funding, so they let the study investigators know they are not funding the study anymore.”
- terminated · 2022-03-31 · Oncotherapeutics · Elotuzumab“The study was terminated early by Funding Sponsor due to low enrollment.”
- withdrawn · 2021-08-23 · Natalie Callendar · Elotuzumab“Funder pulled support/funding”
- terminated · 2021-07-01 · Bristol-Myers Squibb · Elotuzumab“Insufficient enrollment”
- withdrawn · 2020-07-10 · University of Arkansas · Elotuzumab“Withdrawal of study support”
- withdrawn · 2019-07-17 · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Elotuzumab“Investigator decision in accordance with the promotor”
- withdrawn · 2019-01-28 · University of Arkansas · Elotuzumab“No study population. No subjects enrolled.”
- withdrawn · 2018-08-14 · Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · Elotuzumab“Withdrawn before enrollment due to issues around the FDA hold on PD-1/PD-L1 drugs in combination with IMIDs.”
- terminated · 2018-05-23 · PETHEMA Foundation · Elotuzumab“Safety”
- terminated · 2012-08-23 · Abbott · Elotuzumab (HuLuc63)“Enrollment has been halted”
Paediatric incentives and obligations for SLAMF7's drugs
For elotuzumab, azintuxizumab vedotin: 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: no · SLAMF7 is not on the listRule: Target is on FDA's Pediatric Molecular Target List (relevant targets). Source: FDA Pediatric Molecular Target List (Listed as February 2026 on the FDA Pediatric Oncology page; the file served is 9.7.22_the_relevant_molecular_target_list.xlsx, whose Summary of Changes sheet is headed 'SEPTEMBER 2022 UPDATE' (footnote date 2022-09-01)), 2026-11-11
- EU paediatric investigation plan: yes · EMEA-002377-PIP01-18 (Elotuzumab, Treatment of Multiple Myeloma): W: decision granting a waiver in all age groups for all conditions or indications, 13 Aug 2018Rule: An EMA PIP decision (agreement, modification or waiver) lists the drug as its active substance, exact name. Source: EMA EMEA-002377-PIP01-18, 2026-11-11
- EU orphan designation: yes · EU/3/12/1037 withdrawn 9 Aug 2012: Treatment of multiple myelomaRule: 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 EU/3/12/1037, 2026-11-11
- Authorised in the EU: yes · Empliciti: authorised since 11 May 2016Rule: 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 EPAR Empliciti, 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 linkRule: 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 elotuzumab, azintuxizumab vedotinRule: 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: no · No interventional study of elotuzumab, azintuxizumab vedotin includes patients under 18Rule: 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 2 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.
| Drug | Type | Highest stage | Indications | Source records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELOTUZUMAB | Antibody | approval | plasma cell myeloma, neoplasm, smoldering plasma cell myeloma, AL amyloidosis, myelofibrosis, acute myeloid leukemia | Open Targets · ChEMBL |
| AZINTUXIZUMAB VEDOTIN | Antibody drug conjugate | phase 1 | plasma cell myeloma | Open Targets · ChEMBL |