Synonyms: BYL 719 | BYL-719 | NVP-BYL719 | Piqray® | Vijoice®
alpelisib is an approved drug (FDA (2019),EMA (2020))
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Alpelisib is an orally bioavailable phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor that exhibits antineoplastic activity. It is selective for the α isoform (PIK3CA). It was the first PIK3CA inhibitor to be approved for the treatment of breast cancer.
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Summary of Clinical Use |
Multiple clinical trials are assessing alpelisib in a range of PIK3CA mutated solid and haematologic cancers, either as a monotherapy or in combination with established and/or novel oncology drugs. Click here to link to ClinicalTrials.gov's full list of alpelisib trials. A combination therapy of alpelisib and fulvestrant was FDA approved in May 2019 [4], as a treatment for men and postmenopausal women with HR+ve, HER2-ve, PIK3CA-mutated advanced/metastatic breast cancer that has progressed on or after an endocrine-based therapy. CLOVES syndrome is a genetic disorder that results from gain-of-function mutations of the PIK3CA gene (e.g. the H1047R mutation), and is one of a spectrum of PIK3CA-related overgrowth syndromes (PROS). A study in France demonstrated that targeted therapy with alpelisib produced substantial therapeutic effects in all nineteen CLOVES patients included in the trial [5]. The EMA granted orphan designation as a PROS therapy in March 2021. In April 2022, the FDA approved alpelisib (Vijoice) as the first therapy for patients (≥2 years old) with severe manifestations of PROS. A case study in a child with congenital hyperinsulinism (due to homozygous deletion of ABCC8) found that adjuvant alpelisib improved glucose control without serious adverse effects, and deferred the necessity for total pancreatectomy [1]. |