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    The first oral therapy!

    • Last Update: 2021-10-11
    • Source: Internet
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    On September 15, Takeda announced that the FDA has accelerated the approval of Exkivity (mobocertinib) for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) adults who carry EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations and undergo disease progression after platinum-based chemotherapy.
    Patient
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    This is the first oral therapy approved in the United States for EGFR Exon20 insertion mutations


    EGFR mutations are common gene mutations in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, accounting for about 10% to 15%.
    Among Asian populations, this value is about 40% to 50%
    .


    EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations account for approximately 9% of all EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer patients


    It is precisely because of the urgent situation that no medicine is available, amivantamab obtained accelerated FDA approval with a phase I study of only 81 patients
    .


    Similarly, mobocertinib won FDA approval this time with data from a small-scale phase I/II clinical trial (NCT0271611)


    The safety of Mobocertinib is controllable.
    The most common treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) include diarrhea (90%), rash (45%), paronychia (34%), nausea (32%), and decreased appetite (32%) , Dry skin (30%) and vomiting (30%)
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    TRAEs of grade 3 and above (≥5%) were diarrhea (21%)


    Mobocertinib has obtained breakthrough therapy qualifications granted by FDA and CDE at the same time
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    On May 24 this year, CDE also accepted Takeda's new drug marketing application submitted in China based on the Phase I/II study, and granted priority review qualifications


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