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Table 1 Pharmacokinetics of commonly used targeted cancer therapies

From: Management of atrial fibrillation in patients taking targeted cancer therapies

Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

Molecular Target(s)

FDA-Approved Indications

Clinically Significant Drug Metabolism/Elimination

Clinically Significant Adverse Effects

Afatinib

ErbB family (EGFR, HER-2,-4)

NSCLC

P-gp substrate

 

Axitinib

VEGFR-1,-2,-3

RCC

CYP3A4 substrate

 

Bosutinib

BCR-ABL, SRC family (SRC, LYN, HCK), c-KIT, PDGFR

CML

CYP3A4 substrate; P-gp inhibitor

QT prolongation

Cabozantinib

HGFR, RET, VEGFR-1, −2, −3, KIT, FLT3, TIE-2, TRKB, AXL

Medullary thyroid cancer

CYP3A4 substrate

 

Ceritinib

ALK, IGF-1R, InsR, ROS1

NSCLC

CYP3A4 substrate & strong inhibitor; P-gp substrate

QT prolongation

Bradycardia

Crizotinib

ALK, HGFR, RON

NSCLC

CYP3A4 substrate & moderate inhibitor; CYP2B6 moderate inhibitor; P-gp substrate and inhibitor

QT prolongation

Bradycardia

Dasatinib

SRC family (SRC, LCK, YES, FYN), BCR-ABL, c-KIT, EPH-A2, PDGFR-β

ALL, CML

CYP3A4 substrate & weak inhibitor

QT prolongation

Erlotinib

EGFR

NSCLC, Pancreatic cancer

CYP3A4 substrate

 

Gefitinib

EGFR

NSCLC

CYP3A4 substrate; CYP2D6 substrate

 

Ibrutinib

BTK

CLL, MCL, WM

CYP3A4 substrate; P-gp inhibitor

 

Imatinib

BCR-ABL, c-KIT, PDGFR, SCF

ALL, CEL, CML, GIST, ASM, DFSP, MDS/MPD

CYP3A4 substrate & moderate inhibitor; P-gp substrate

 

Lapatinib

EGFR, HER2

Breast cancer

CYP3A4 substrate; CYP2C8 moderate inhibitor; P-gp substrate & inhibitor

QT prolongation

Lenvatinib

VEGFR-1,-2,-3, FGFR-1,-2,-3,-4, PDGF-α, KIT, RET

Thyroid cancer

 

QT prolongation

Nilotinib

BCR-ABL, PDGFR, c-KIT

CML

CYP3A4 substrate & moderate inhibitor; CYP2D6 moderate inhibitor; CYP2C8 moderate inhibitor; P-gp inhibitor

QT prolongation

Osimertinib

EGFR

NSCLC

CYP3A4 substrate; BRCP inhibitor

QT prolongation

Pazopanib

VEGFR-1,-2,-3, PDGFR-α,-β, FGFR-1,-3, c-KIT, IL-2 inducible TcK, Lck, c-Fms

RCC, STS

CYP3A4 substrate; P-gp substrate

QT prolongation

Ponatinib

BCR-ABL, VEGFR, FGFR, PDGFR, EPH, SRC, KIT, RET, TIE2, FLT3

ALL, CML

CYP3A4 substrate

 

Regorafenib

VEGFR-1,-2,-3, KIT, PDGFR-α,-β, RET, FGFR-1,-2, TIES2, DDR2, TrkA, EPH-A2, RAF-1, BRAF, BRAFV600E, SAPK2, PTK5, ABL

Colorectal cancer, GIST

CYP3A4 substrate

Bradycardia

Ruxolitinib

JAK-1,-2

Myelofibrosis, Polycythemia vera

CYP3A4 substrate

Bradycardia

Sorafenib

RAF, VEGFR-1,-2,-3, PDGFR-β, c-KIT, FLT-3, RET, RET/PTC

RCC, HCC, Thyroid carcinoma

CYP2C9 moderate inhibitor; CYP2B6 moderate inhibitor

QT prolongation

Sunitinib

PDGFR-α,-β, VEGFR-1,-2,-3, FLT3, CSF-1R, RET

RCC, GIST, PNET

CYP3A4 substrate; P-gp inhibitor

QT prolongation

Vandetanib

EGFR, VEGFR, RET, BRK, TIES2, EPH, SRC

Medullary thyroid cancer

P-gp inhibitor

QT prolongation

  1. ALK anaplastic lymphoma kinase, BCR-ABL fusion gene, BRAF B-Raf Proto-Oncogene, Serine/Threonine Kinase, BRK protein tyrosine kinase 6, BTK Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase, c-Fms transmembrane glycoprotein receptor tyrosine kinase, c-KIT cytokine receptor, CSF-1R colony-stimulating factor type 1, DDR2 discoidin domain receptor 2, EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor, EPH Ephrin Receptor, ErbB family of tyrosine kinase inhibitors, FGFR fibroblast growth factor receptor, FLT FMS-like Tyrosine Kinase, HCK Hemopoietic cell kinase, HER human epidermal growth factor receptor, HGFR hepatocyte growth factor receptor, IGF-1R insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor. IL-2 inducable, TCK interleukin-2 receptor inducible T-cell Kinase, InsR insulin receptor, JAK Janus Associated Kinases, Lck Leukocyte-specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase, PDGFR platelet-derived growth factor receptor, PTK protein tyrosine kinase 2 beta, RET “Rearranged During Transfection”, RON Recepteur d’Origine Nantais, SCF stem cell factor, TIE Tyrosine Kinase with Immunoglobulin-like and EGF-like Domains, VEGFR vascular endothelial growth receptor, ALL acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ASM aggressive systemic mastocytosis, CEL chronic eosinophilic leukemia, CML chronic myeloid leukemia, DFSP Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans, GIST gastrointestinal stromal tumor, HCC hepatocellular carcinoma, MCL mantle cell lymphoma, MDS/MPD myelodysplastic syndrome/myeloproliferative disease, NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer, PNET pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, RCC renal cell carcinoma, STS soft tissue sarcoma, WM Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia, BRCP breast cancer resistance protein, P-gp P-glycoprotein