TPX-0131, a Potent CNS-Penetrant, Next-Generation Inhibitor of Wild-Type ALK and ALK-Resistant Mutations. (PubMed, Mol Cancer Ther)
Since 2011, with the approval of crizotinib and subsequent approval of four additional targeted therapies, ALK inhibitors have become important treatments for a subset of patients with lung cancer...The solvent front mutation (G1202R) and gatekeeper mutation (L1196M) are major resistance mechanisms to the first two generations of inhibitors while patients treated with the third-generation ALK inhibitor lorlatinib often experience progressive disease with multiple mutations on the same allele (mutations in cis, compound mutations)...Following repeat oral administration of TPX-0131 to rats, brain levels of TPX-0131 were ~66% of those observed in plasma. Taken together, preclinical studies show that TPX-0131 is a CNS-penetrant, next-generation ALK inhibitor that has potency against wild-type ALK and a spectrum of acquired resistance mutations, especially the G1202R solvent front mutation and compound mutations, for which there are currently no effective therapies.