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  2. Discovery and Optimization of Potent, Efficacious and Selective Inhibitors Targeting EGFR Exon20 Insertion Mutations

Discovery and Optimization of Potent, Efficacious and Selective Inhibitors Targeting EGFR Exon20 Insertion Mutations

  • J Med Chem. 2024 Jun 13;67(11):8988-9027. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00227.
Clare Thomson 1 Peter Barton 1 Erin Braybrooke 1 Nicola Colclough 1 Zhiqiang Dong 2 Laura Evans 1 Nicolas Floc'h 1 Carine Guérot 1 David Hargreaves 1 Puneet Khurana 1 Songlei Li 2 Xiuwei Li 2 Andrew Lister 1 William McCoull 1 Lisa McWilliams 1 Jonathan P Orme 1 Martin J Packer 1 Aisha M Swaih 1 Richard A Ward 1 Poppy Winlow 1 Yang Ye 2
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 AstraZeneca, 1 Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0AA, United Kingdom.
  • 2 Pharmaron Beijing Co., Ltd., 6 Taihe Road, BDA, Beijing 100176, P. R. China.
Abstract

Herein, we report the identification and optimization of a series of potent inhibitors of EGFR Exon20 insertions with significant selectivity over wild-type EGFR. A strategically designed HTS campaign, multiple iterations of structure-based drug design (SBDD), and tactical linker replacement led to a potent and wild-type selective series of molecules and ultimately the discovery of 36. Compound 36 is a potent and selective inhibitor of EGFR Exon20 insertions and has demonstrated encouraging efficacy in NSCLC EGFR CRISPR-engineered H2073 xenografts that carry an SVD Exon20 insertion and reduced efficacy in a H2073 wild-type EGFR xenograft model compared to CLN-081 (5), indicating that 36 may have lower EGFR wild-type associated toxicity.

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  • HY-163663
    EGFR外显子20插入抑制剂