Abstract Number: B94
Presentation Title: Discovery of and first disclosure of the clinical candidate AZD9291, a potent and selective third-generation EGFR inhibitor of both activating and T790M resistant mutations that spares the wild type form of the receptor
Presentation Time: Monday, Oct 21, 2013, 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall C-D
Author Block: M. Raymond V. Finlay1, Mark Anderton1, Susan Ashton1, Peter G. Ballard1, Rob H. Bradbury1, Sam Butterworth1, Nicola Colclough1, Darren A.E. Cross1, Heather L. McFarland2, Martine J. Mellor1, Richard A. Ward1, Mike J. Waring1. 1AstraZeneca, Oncology Innovative Medicines, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4TG, United Kingdom; 2AstraZeneca, Global Medicines Development, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4TG, United Kingdom
Abstract Body: Small molecule inhibitors of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase such as gefitinib and erlotinib have been employed successfully in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients harboring an activating mutation (EGFRm+). However, resistance to these inhibitors in the form of additional mutations in the kinase domain such as T790M is emerging as a growing clinical issue. This presentation will describe the discovery of AZD9291, an orally bioavailable, irreversible EGFR inhibitor of both the resistance (NCI-H1975, cell phosphorylation IC50 <0.025 μM) and activating mutations (PC9, cell phosphorylation IC50<0.025 μM) that also spares inhibition of the wild type form of the receptor (A431, cell phosphorylation IC50>0.5 μM). Wild type EGFR inhibition is believed to drive the observed dose limiting toxicities (such as skin rash and diarrhea) for these first generation therapies in the clinic. New data will be discussed for the first time including the medicinal chemistry program that led to the identification of AZD9291, details of significant in vivo oral activity in pre-clinical xenograft models (including tumor regression in the L858R/T790M double mutant setting at a dose of 5 mpk) and the first disclosure of the candidate drug structure. The pre-clinical findings from this work strongly supported selection of AZD9291 as a clinical candidate, and first dose in man was achieved with AZD9291 in March 2013.
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