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• Description

  Larotrectinib (VITRAKVIR) is an orally administered, small molecule, highly-selective, tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) inhibitor that was developed by Loxo Oncology in collaboration with Bayer AG as a treatment for adult and paediatric patients whose cancers harbour neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase (NTRK) gene fusions. 
  Larotrectinib is a highly selective, potent inhibitor of TRKA, TRKB and TRKC (in vitro 50% inhibitory constant 5–11 nmol/L), with minimal or no activity against other kinase and non-kinase targets [1, 2]. Inhibition of TRKs prevents TRK activation, resulting in both the induction of cellular apoptosis and the inhibition of cell growth in tumours that overexpress TRKs. 

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• Uses

  LOXO-101 is a drug used to treat adults and children with certain types of solid tumors that have spread or cannot be removed by surgery and have the NTRK gene fusion. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.;

• Application status

  LOXO-101 was the first drug to be specifically developed and approved to treat any cancer containing certain mutations, as opposed to cancers of specific tissues (i.e., the approval is "tissue agnostic"). Several earlier drugs, including pembrolizumab, were eventually approved by the FDA for treatment of specific mutations independent of the type of cancer, but those drugs had been initially developed for specific cancer types.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers it to be a first-in-class medication.Phase II clinical trials evaluating the drug for efficacy and safety in treating several types of solid tumors are ongoing.[12]Larotrectinib was approved for medical use in the European Union in September 2019.[13][14] It was approved for medical use in Australia in August 2020.;

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