PK-PD characteristics
Parameters
Encorafenib
Dabrafenib
Vemurafenib
Implications for
encorafenib
Dissociation T1/2, hours
1
>30
2
0.5
Longer dissociation T1/2
translates into prolonged
target suppression
BRAF IC50,
µ
M
1
0.0005
0.003
0.001
Lower BRAF and
BRAFV600E IC50
translates into greater
potency at inhibiting
proliferation at lower
concentrations of drug
BRAFV600E, IC50,
µ
M
1
0.0004
0.0006
0.0004
Oral absorption
2
Food intake delayed the
absorption but did not
alter overall drug
exposure
Food decreased the rate
and extent of absorption
Unknown
Can be ingested
regardless of food
consumption
Paradox index (EC80/IC80)
3
50
10
5.5
Higher paradoxical index
translates to a wider
therapeutic window for
achieving tumour
inhibition without
paradoxical ERK
activation
IC50
BRAF
IC50
BRAFV600E
T
1/2
EC
80
/IC
80
1- Stuart DD, et al. AACR. 2012: abstract 3790 2- Ouellet et al., Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2013 3- Adelmann et al., 2016, Oncotarget