TPX-0131

This comparative study of the potential binding effects of fourth-generation inhibitors TPX-0131 and repotrectinib and third-generation inhibitor LOR for ALK F1174C/L/V mutations revealed the atomistic insights of the binding mechanism. These computational findings enable us to carry out further research for the clinical implementation of fourth-generation ALK inhibitors on ALK-positive NSCLC.

P1/2, N=11, Terminated, Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. | Trial completion date: Aug 2026 --> Apr 2023 | Active, not recruiting --> Terminated | Trial primary completion date: Apr 2025 --> Apr 2023; Adverse change in the risk/benefit.

Strategies to combat ALK TKI resistance mediated by on-target resistance mechanisms include 4 generation TKIs (TPX-0131, NVL-655) and proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) currently in development. Strategies to overcome resistance to currently available ALK inhibitors are urgently needed. Given the variety of resistance mechanisms, tailormade approaches are required for disease control.

P1/2, N=11, Active, not recruiting, Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. | Recruiting --> Active, not recruiting | N=210 --> 11

We developed a PCR-based system for predicting drug resistance mutations. When this system was applied to repotrectinib and ensartinib, the results suggested that these drugs can be used for the second-line treatment of ALK-positive NSCLC. Predicting resistance mutations against TKIs will provide useful information to aid in the development of effective therapeutic strategies.

P1/2, N=210, Recruiting, Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. | Initiation date: Mar 2021 --> Aug 2021

How these 4G ALK TKIs would be used in the future will depend on which line of treatment the clinical trial design(s) is adopted provided the trial is positive. If approved, 4G ALK TKIs may usher in a new treatment paradigm for advanced ALK+ NSCLC that is based on classifying ALK TKIs based on the intrinsic functional capabilities ("singe mutant active" versus "double mutant active") rather than the loosely-defined "generational" (first-, second-,third-,fourth-) classification and avoid the current clinical approaches of seemingly random sequential use of 2G and 3G ALK TKIs.

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.

P1/2, N=210, Recruiting, Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc.