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Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2015 Mar 26;35(5):1071–1079. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.115.305085

Table 3. Comparison of FDA Appproved Abl Kinase Inhibitors.

A comparison of the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties, and the edema-related side effects, of the Abl kinase inhibitors that are currently in clinical usage60, 84

Drug Imatinib Dasatinib Nilotinib Ponatinib Bosutinib
Off Target Effects c-KIT, PDGFR, DDR1, NQO2 c-KIT, PDGFR, DDR1/2, SRC, YES, FYN, LYN, HCK, LCK, FGR, BLK, FRK, CSK, BTK, TEC, BMX, TXK, ACK, BRAF, EGFR, EPHA, MAPK, RAF, SLK, ZAK c-KIT, PDGFR, DDR1, NQO2

More specific to Abl kinases
c-KIT, PDGFR, FLT3, FGFR, RET, VEGFR, SRC

Inhibits mutant BCR-Abl forms including T315I.
ALK, CSK, FGR,LYN, PKA, CK1, CK2, SRC, RET,SYK
T1/2 (hrs) 18 3–5 15–17 24 22.5
F (%) 98 <34 30 65 unknown
Vd (L/kg) 2–6 36 2 17.5 87
Metabolism CYP3A4
CYP3A5
CYP2C8
CYP3A4 CYP3A4
CYP2C8
CYP3A4
CYP3A5
CYP2C8
CYP2D6
CYP3A4
Edema (%) 53 50 11 13–22 14

F – Bioavailability, Vd – Volume of Distribution.