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LOXO-305 (BTK Inhibitor)
LOXO-305 (BTK Inhibitor)
LOXO-305 is a novel, potent selective, and reversible Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor with equivalent potency against wild-type and cysteine-481 (C481) mutated BTK.
We believe that the widespread use of covalent BTK inhibitors, such as ibrutinib1, will increasingly drive acquired resistance through a mutational event in BTK called C481S, leading to a group of relapsing patients in need of new therapies. Our work suggests that a highly selective, reversible BTK inhibitor can address this emerging unmet need in patients whose disease has progressed on a covalent BTK inhibitor.
LOXO-305 was designed to reversibly bind BTK and preserve activity in the presence of the C481S acquired resistance mutation. Additionally, it was designed to avoid off-target kinases that have complicated the development of both covalent and reversible BTK inhibitors, such as EGFR, ITK, BMX, TEC, ITK, BLK, LCK and SRC. LOXO-305 will be entering studies in late 2017 to enable submission of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application in 2018. LOXO-305 is expected to enter clinical development in 2018.
- BTKC481S-Mediated Resistance to Ibrutinib in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Acquired mutations associated with ibrutinib resistance in Waldenström macroglobulinemia
- Clonal evolution in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia developing resistance to BTK inhibition
- Functional characterization of BTKC481S mutation that confers ibrutinib resistance: exploration of alternative kinase inhibitors
- Resistance Mechanisms for the Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Ibrutinib
