1. Academic Validation
  2. GDC-9545 (Giredestrant): A Potent and Orally Bioavailable Selective Estrogen Receptor Antagonist and Degrader with an Exceptional Preclinical Profile for ER+ Breast Cancer

GDC-9545 (Giredestrant): A Potent and Orally Bioavailable Selective Estrogen Receptor Antagonist and Degrader with an Exceptional Preclinical Profile for ER+ Breast Cancer

  • J Med Chem. 2021 Aug 26;64(16):11841-11856. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00847.
Jun Liang 1 Jason R Zbieg 1 Robert A Blake 1 Jae H Chang 1 Stephen Daly 2 Antonio G DiPasquale 1 Lori S Friedman 1 Thomas Gelzleichter 1 Matthew Gill 2 Jennifer M Giltnane 1 Simon Goodacre 2 Jane Guan 1 Steven J Hartman 1 Ellen Rei Ingalla 1 Lorn Kategaya 1 James R Kiefer 1 Tracy Kleinheinz 1 Sharada S Labadie 1 Tommy Lai 3 Jun Li 1 Jiangpeng Liao 3 Zhiguo Liu 3 Vidhi Mody 1 Neville McLean 2 Ciara Metcalfe 1 Michelle A Nannini 1 Jason Oeh 1 Martin G O'Rourke 2 Daniel F Ortwine 1 Yingqing Ran 1 Nicholas C Ray 2 Fabien Roussel 2 Amy Sambrone 1 Deepak Sampath 1 Leah K Schutt 1 Maia Vinogradova 1 John Wai 3 Tao Wang 3 Ingrid E Wertz 1 Jonathan R White 2 Siew Kuen Yeap 2 Amy Young 1 Birong Zhang 1 Xiaoping Zheng 3 Wei Zhou 1 Yu Zhong 1 Xiaojing Wang 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States.
  • 2 Charles River Discovery Research Services UK Limited, 7-9 Spire Green Center, Flex Meadow, Harlow, Essex CM19 5TR, United Kingdom.
  • 3 WuXi AppTec Co., Ltd., 288 Fute Zhong Road, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Shanghai 200131, P. R. China.
Abstract

Breast Cancer remains a leading cause of Cancer death in women, representing a significant unmet medical need. Here, we disclose our discovery efforts culminating in a clinical candidate, 35 (GDC-9545 or giredestrant). 35 is an efficient and potent selective Estrogen receptor Degrader (SERD) and a full antagonist, which translates into better antiproliferation activity than known SERDs (1, 6, 7, and 9) across multiple cell lines. Fine-tuning the physiochemical properties enabled once daily oral dosing of 35 in preclinical species and humans. 35 exhibits low drug-drug interaction liability and demonstrates excellent in vitro and in vivo safety profiles. At low doses, 35 induces tumor regressions either as a single agent or in combination with a CDK4/6 inhibitor in an ESR1Y537S mutant PDX or a wild-type ERα tumor model. Currently, 35 is being evaluated in Phase III clinical trials.

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