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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Mar 28;23(13):3251–3262. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-3157

Table 2.

Key characteristics of CDK4/6 inhibitors in clinical development for solid tumors.

Ribociclib (LEE011) (26, 27, 31, 32) Palbociclib (Ibrance®; PD-0332991) (20, 26, 28) Abemaciclib (LY2835219) (26, 29, 70)

IC50 (nM) – on target CDKs

 CDK4–cyclin D1 10 11 2
 CDK6–cyclin D1/2/3 39 16 10

IC50 (nM) – on other CDKs
 CDK1–cyclin B 113,000 >10,000 1627
 CDK2–cyclin A/E 76,000 >10,000 504
 CDK5–p25 43,900 >10,000 355
 CDK9–cyclin T NR NR 57

Kinase partition index 0.99 0.96 0.88

Lipophilicity (cLogP) 2.3 2.7 5.5

IC50 against bone marrow mononuclear cells (nM) 1700 ± 231 240 ± 43 230 ± 27

Half-life 33–42 hours 26–27 hours 17–38 hours

Tmax 1–5 hours 6–12 hours 4–6 hours

cLogP, calculated Log of the partition coefficient.