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.
Harper University Hospital - DMC, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Wayne State University/Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, United States
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Gynecologic Oncology Group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
GSK Investigational Site, London, United Kingdom
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
GSK Investigational Site, London, United Kingdom
Southwest Oncology Group, San Antonio, Texas, United States
ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States
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