SGNCD70A inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis of CD70+ CTCL cell lines and primary tumors from patient-derived xenograft (PDX) mice but had no inhibitory effect on CD70- lymphoblastic TCL cells and normal T cells....SGN-CD70A prolonged survival of treated mice in a dose-dependent fashion compared to untreated mice. Median survival was 21 days, 27.5 days (P=0.041), and 57 days (p<0.01) for the PBS control, SGN70A100 and SGN70A300 group, respectively....Our results showed that CD70 is highly expressed in mature TCL, especially in CTCL. Using CTCL PDX models, SGN-CD70A has marked anti-tumor activity, leading to long-term survival of treated mice.