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Quizartinib, sold under the brand name Vanflyta, is an anti-cancer medication used for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.{{cite web |date=20 July 2023 |title=FDA approves quizartinib for newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia |url=https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-approvals-and-databases/fda-approves-quizartinib-newly-diagnosed-acute-myeloid-leukemia |accessdate=21 July 2023 |publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) |archive-date=21 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721005023/https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-approvals-and-databases/fda-approves-quizartinib-newly-diagnosed-acute-myeloid-leukemia |url-status=live }} {{PD-notice}}

It is a small molecule receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Its molecular target is FLT3, also known as CD135 which is a proto-oncogene.{{cite journal | vauthors = Chao Q, Sprankle KG, Grotzfeld RM, Lai AG, Carter TA, Velasco AM, Gunawardane RN, Cramer MD, Gardner MF, James J, Zarrinkar PP, Patel HK, Bhagwat SS | title = Identification of N-(5-tert-Butyl-isoxazol-3-yl)-N'-{4-[7-(2-morpholin-4-yl-ethoxy)imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]benzothiazol-2-yl]phenyl}urea dihydrochloride (AC220), a uniquely potent, selective, and efficacious FMS-like tyrosine kinase-3 (FLT3) inhibitor | journal = Journal of Medicinal Chemistry | date = December 2009 | volume = 52 | issue = 23 | pages = 7808–7816 | doi=10.1021/jm9007533 | pmid=19754199 }} FLT3 mutations are among the most common mutations in acute myeloid leukemia due to internal tandem duplication of FLT3, and the presence of this mutation is a marker of adverse outcome.{{cite journal | vauthors = Levis M, Murphy KM, Pham R, Kim KT, Stine A, Li L, McNiece I, Smith BD, Small D | title = Internal tandem duplications of the FLT3 gene are present in leukemia stem cells | journal = Blood | volume = 106 | issue = 2 | pages = 673–80 | date = July 2005 | pmid = 15797998 | pmc = 1895185 | doi = 10.1182/blood-2004-05-1902 }}

The most common side effects of include low white blood cell counts with or without fever, reduced levels of electrolytes (potassium, magnesium or calcium) in blood, increased levels of liver or muscles enzymes, diarrhea, ulcers or redness inside the mouth (mucositis), nausea, abdominal pain, sepsis (serious infection throughout the body and organs), headache, vomiting, and upper respiratory tract infection.{{cite web | title=Drug Trials Snapshots: Vanflyta | website=U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | date=20 July 2023 | url=https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-approvals-and-databases/drug-trials-snapshots-vanflyta | access-date=18 April 2024}} {{PD-notice}}

It was approved for medical use in Japan in October 2019,{{cite press release |title=Daiichi Sankyo Launches FLT3 Inhibitor Vanflyta in Japan for the Treatment of Patients with Relapsed/Refractory FLT3-ITD AML |url=https://www.daiichisankyo.com/media/press_release/detail/index_3169.html |access-date=16 February 2021 |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810224925/https://www.daiichisankyo.com/media/press_release/detail/index_3169.html |url-status=live }} in the United States in July 2023, and the European Union in November 2023.

Medical uses

Quizartinib is indicated, in combination with standard cytarabine and anthracycline induction and cytarabine consolidation, and as maintenance monotherapy following consolidation chemotherapy, for the treatment of newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia with FLT3 internal tandem duplication (ITD)-positive.

Adverse effects

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) label includes a boxed warning noting QT prolongation, torsades de pointes, and cardiac arrest.

Quizartinib may cause harm to an unborn baby (embryo-fetal toxicity).

Mechanism of action

Quizartinib selectively inhibits class III receptor tyrosine kinases, including FMS-related tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3/STK1), colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R/FMS), stem cell factor receptor (SCFR/KIT), and platelet derived growth factor receptors (PDGFRs).{{cite journal | vauthors = Kampa-Schittenhelm KM, Heinrich MC, Akmut F, Döhner H, Döhner K, Schittenhelm MM | title = Quizartinib (AC220) is a potent second generation class III tyrosine kinase inhibitor that displays a distinct inhibition profile against mutant-FLT3, -PDGFRA and -KIT isoforms | journal = Molecular Cancer | volume = 12 | issue = | pages = 19 | date = March 2013 | pmid = 23497317 | pmc = 3637582 | doi = 10.1186/1476-4598-12-19 | doi-access = free }}

Mutations cause constant activation of the FLT3 pathway resulting in inhibition of ligand-independent leukemic cell proliferation and apoptosis.

History

Efficacy of quizartinib with chemotherapy was evaluated in QuANTUM-First (NCT02668653), a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 539 participants with newly diagnosed FLT3 internal tandem duplication positive acute myeloid leukemia. FLT3 internal tandem duplication status was determined prospectively with a clinical trial assay and verified retrospectively with the companion diagnostic LeukoStrat CDx FLT3 Mutation Assay. Participants were randomized (1:1) to receive quizartinib (n=268) or placebo (n=271) with induction and consolidation therapy and as maintenance monotherapy according to the initial assignment. There was no re-randomization at the initiation of post-consolidation therapy. Participants who proceeded to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation initiated maintenance therapy after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recovery.

The main efficacy outcome measure was overall survival, measured from randomization date until death by any cause. The primary analysis was conducted after a minimum follow-up of 24 months after the last patient was randomized. The trial demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in overall survival for the quizartinib arm [hazard ratio (HR) 0.78; 95% CI: 0.62, 0.98; 2‑sided p=0.0324]. The CR rate in the quizartinib arm was 55% (95% CI: 48.7, 60.9) with a median duration of 38.6 months (95% CI: 21.9, NE), and the CR rate in those receiving placebo was 55% (95% CI: 49.2, 61.4) with a median duration of 12.4 months (95% CI: 8.8, 22.7).

The FDA granted the application for quizartinib priority review, fast track, and orphan drug designations.

= Clinical trials =

It reported good results in 2012, from a phase II clinical trial for refractory acute myeloid leukemia - in participants who went on to have a stem cell transplant.{{cite web |url=http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ASHHematology/36351 |title=Drug Tames Refractory AML. ASH Dec 2012 |date=9 December 2012 |access-date=16 December 2012 |archive-date=8 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808060444/http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ASHHematology/36351 |url-status=live }}{{Unreliable medical source|date=August 2023}}

{{As of|2023|July}}, it has completed seventeen clinical trials, and another eleven are active.{{cite web |url=https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=quizartinib&Search=Search |title=Quizartinib studies |access-date=20 February 2017 |archive-date=21 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221105900/https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=quizartinib&Search=Search |url-status=live }}

Society and culture

= Legal status =

The application for quizartinib was denied in the European Union in 2019.{{cite web | title=Vanflyta | website=European Medicines Agency | date=6 January 2020 | url=https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/vanflyta | access-date=6 August 2023 | archive-date=27 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127084249/https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/vanflyta | url-status=live }}

In September 2023, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of a marketing authorization for the medicinal product Vanflyta, intended for the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) that is FLT3-ITD positive. The applicant for this medicinal product is Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH.

Quizartinib was approved for medical use in Japan in October 2019, in the United States in July 2023, and the European Union in November 2023.

= Brand names =

Quizartinib is the international nonproprietary name.{{cite journal | vauthors = ((World Health Organization)) | year = 2011 | title = International nonproprietary names for pharmaceutical substances (INN): recommended INN: list 66 | journal = WHO Drug Information | volume = 25 | issue = 3 | hdl = 10665/74683 | hdl-access = free | author-link = World Health Organization }}

Quizartinib is sold under the brand name Vanflyta.

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal | vauthors = Erba HP, Montesinos P, Kim HJ, Patkowska E, Vrhovac R, Žák P, Wang PN, Mitov T, Hanyok J, Kamel YM, Rohrbach JE, Liu L, Benzohra A, Lesegretain A, Cortes J, Perl AE, Sekeres MA, Dombret H, Amadori S, Wang J, Levis MJ, Schlenk RF | title = Quizartinib plus chemotherapy in newly diagnosed patients with FLT3-internal-tandem-duplication-positive acute myeloid leukaemia (QuANTUM-First): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial | journal = Lancet | volume = 401 | issue = 10388 | pages = 1571–1583 | date = May 2023 | pmid = 37116523 | doi = 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00464-6 | s2cid = 258314572 }}