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drug_type
RELEVANT_DRUG
intervention_type
Drug
drug_description
Oral selective HER2/ERBB2 tyrosine-kinase inhibitor.
nci_thesaurus_concept_id
C77896
nci_thesaurus_preferred_term
Tucatinib
nci_thesaurus_definition
An orally bioavailable inhibitor of the human epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase ErbB-2 (also called HER2) with potential antineoplastic activity. Tucatinib selectively binds to and inhibits the phosphorylation of ErbB-2, which may prevent the activation of ErbB-2 signal transduction pathways, resulting in growth inhibition and death of ErbB-2-expressing tumor cells. ErbB-2 is overexpressed in a variety of cancers and plays an important role in cellular proliferation and differentiation.
drug_mesh_term
Tucatinib
drug_category
SMALL MOLECULE DRUG
drug_class
Inhibitor
drug_delivery_route
Oral
drug_mechanism_of_action
Selective HER2 (ERBB2) tyrosine-kinase inhibitor that binds the HER2 kinase domain, blocks receptor autophosphorylation and signaling (including HER2 homodimers and HER2/EGFR heterodimers), suppresses downstream MAPK/ERK and PI3K/AKT pathways, and inhibits proliferation and survival of HER2-driven tumor cells.
drug_name
Tucatinib
nct_id_drug_ref
NCT06067776