Lorlatinib

Pharmaceuticals -> Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents -> Antineoplastic agents

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Breast Feeding; Lactation; Milk, Human; Antineoplastic Agents; Enzyme Inhibitors; Protein Kinase Inhibitors; Signal Transduction Inhibitors; Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

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EMA approved medicines: Human medicine

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This chemical does not meet GHS hazard criteria for 25% (1 of 4) of reports.

Warning

H341 (75%): Suspected of causing genetic defects [Warning Germ cell mutagenicity]

P203, P260, P273, P280, P318, P319, P391, P405, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

Aggregated GHS information provided per 4 reports by companies from 4 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.

In large early clinical trials, elevations in serum aminotransferase levels occurred in up to 28% of patients treated with standard doses of lorlatinib but were above 5 times ULN in only 2% of patients and rarely led to early discontinuation of therapy. The abnormalities were typically transient, asymptomatic and not associated with jaundice. In prelicensure clinical trials there were no instances of clinically apparent liver injury. In contrast, most other ALK inhibitors have been linked to instances of acute liver injury which can be severe and even fatal. The liver injury typically arises within 4 to 12 weeks of starting therapy and presents with marked elevations in serum aminotransferase levels followed by jaundice and progressive hepatic dysfunction. While lorlatinib has not been associated with instances of severe liver injury, it has had limited clinical use.

Drug Induced Liver Injury Rank (DILIrank 2.0)

Lorlatinib

Ambiguous-DILI-concern

L - Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents

QL - Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents

Based on data from Study B7461001, exposure-response relationships for Grade 3 or 4 hypercholesterolemia and for any Grade 3 or 4 adverse reaction were observed at steady-state exposures achieved at the recommended dosage, with higher probability of the occurrence of adverse reactions with increasing lorlatinib exposure. In 295 patients who received lorlatinib at the recommended dosage of 100 mg once daily and had an ECG measurement in the same Study B7461001, the maximum mean change from baseline for their PR interval was 16.4 ms (2-sided 90% upper confidence interval [CI] 19.4 ms). Among the 284 patients with PR interval <200 ms at baseline, 14% had PR interval prolongation ≥200 ms after starting use with lorlatinib. The prolongation of PR interval occurred in a concentration-dependent manner and atrioventricular block occurred in 1% of patients. Finally, in 275 patients who received lorlatinib at the recommended dosage in the activity-estimating portion of Study B7461001, no large mean increases from baseline in the QTcF interval (i.e., >20 ms) were detected.

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for up to 85% of lung cancer cases worldwide and remains a particularly difficult to treat condition. The gene rearrangement of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a genetic alteration that drives the development of NSCLC in a number of patients. Ordinarily, ALK is a natural endogenous tyrosine kinase receptor that plays an important role in the development of the brain and elicits activity on various specific neurons in the nervous system. Subsequnetly, lorlatinib is a kinase inhibitor with in vitro activity against ALK and number of other tyrosine kinase receptor related targets including ROS1, TYK1, FER, FPS, TRKA, TRKB, TRKC, FAK, FAK2, and ACK. Lorlatinib demonstrated in vitro activity against multiple mutant forms of the ALK enzyme, including some mutations detected in tumors at the time of disease progression on crizotinib and other ALK inhibitors. Moreover, lorlatinib possesses the capability to cross the blood-brain barrier, allowing it to reach and treat progressive or worsening brain metastases as well. The overall antitumor activity of lorlatinib in in-vivo models appears to be dose-dependent and correlated with the inhibition of ALK phosphorylation. Although many ALK-positive metastatic NSCLC patients respond to initial tyrosine kinase therapies, such patients also often experience tumor progression. Various clinical trials performed with lorlatinib, however, have demonstrated its utility to effect tumor regression in ALK-positive metastatic NSCLC patients who experience tumor progression despite current use or having already used various first and second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors like crizotinib, alectinib, or ceritinib.