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Therapy Name | Afatinib + Alectinib |
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Drug Name | Trade Name | Synonyms | Drug Classes | Drug Description |
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Afatinib | Gilotrif | BIBW 2992|Giotrif | EGFR Inhibitor (Pan) 65 EGFR Inhibitor 2nd gen 5 HER inhibitor (Pan) 6 | Gilotrif (afatinib) is a second-generation pan-Egfr inhibitor with activity against EGFR T790M and EGFR exon 19 and 21 deletions, and also inhibits ERBB2 (HER2), ERBB3 (HER3), ERBB4 (HER4) (PMID: 24435321, PMID: 25505694). Gilotrif (afatinib) is FDA approved for use in non-small cell lung cancer patients harboring non-resistant EGFR mutations, including exon 19 deletions, L858R, S768I, G719X, and L861Q, and for patients with metastatic squamous NSCLC (FDA.gov). |
Alectinib | Alecensa | CH5424802|RO5424802 | ALK Inhibitor 33 RET Inhibitor 53 | Alecensa (alectinib) is an inhibitor of RET and ALK, including ALK fusions and the gatekeeper mutation, L1196M (PMID: 21575866, PMID: 25349307). Alecensa (alectinib) is FDA-approved for use in patients with ALK-positive (rearrangements and fusions) non-small cell lung cancer (FDA.gov). |
Molecular Profile | Indication/Tumor Type | Response Type | Therapy Name | Approval Status | Evidence Type | Efficacy Evidence | References |
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EML4 - ALK | lung non-small cell carcinoma | sensitive | Afatinib + Alectinib | Preclinical - Cell culture | Actionable | In a preclinical study, treatment with the combination of Gilotrif (afatinib) and Alecensa (alectinib) increased inhibition of downstream signaling, viability, and residual colony formation in a non-small cell lung cancer cell line harboring EML4-ALK compared to Alecensa (alectinib) treatment alone in culture (PMID: 37748191). | 37748191 |
EML4 - ALK | lung non-small cell carcinoma | sensitive | Afatinib + Alectinib | Preclinical - Cell line xenograft | Actionable | In a preclinical study, combination of Gilotrif (afatinib) and Alecensa (alectinib) restored sensitivity to Alecensa (alectinib) in non-small cell lung cancer cells harboring EML4-ALK fusion that acquired resistance to Alecensa (alectinib) through up-regulating Egfr signaling in culture and inhibited tumor progression in cell line xenograft models (PMID: 26682573). | 26682573 |
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