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.
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, United States
House Reserach Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States
Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
GSK Investigational Site, Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain
Hospital General de Granollers, Granollers, Barcelona, Spain
Onkologikoa, Donostia-San Sebastián, Guipuzcoa, Spain
Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
1200.44.01001 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site, Houston, Texas, United States
1200.44.12005 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site, Ijui, Brazil
1200.44.12007 Boehringer Ingelheim Investigational Site, Natal, Brazil
GSK Investigational Site, Amsterdam, Netherlands
GSK Investigational Site, London, United Kingdom
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