Lapatinib is an anti-cancer drug developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as a treatment for solid tumours such as breast and lung cancer. It was approved by the FDA on March 13, 2007, for use in patients with advanced metastatic breast cancer in conjunction with the chemotherapy drug capecitabine. Lapatinib is a human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER2/ERBB2) and epidermal growth factor receptor (HER1/EGFR/ERBB1) tyrosine kinases inhibitor. It binds to the intracellular phosphorylation domain to prevent receptor autophosphorylation upon ligand binding.
Indicated in combination with capecitabine for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer whose tumors overexpress the human epidermal receptor type 2 (HER2) protein and who have received prior therapy including an anthracycline, a taxane, and trastuzumab.
University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
GSK Investigational Site, Sutton, United Kingdom
Novartis Investigative Site, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Bunting-Blaustein Cancer Research, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
UAB Cancer Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
GSK Investigational Site, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
GSK Investigational Site, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
GSK Investigational Site, Yakima, Washington, United States
GSK Investigational Site, Saitama, Japan
Centre de Lutte Contre le Cancer Georges-Francois Leclerc, Dijon, France
Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France
Institut Curie Hopital, Paris, France
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