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. 2021 Jun 23;12:687458. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.687458

Table 3.

Non-covalent BTK inhibitors.

Pirtobrutinib (LOXO-305) MK-1026 (formerly ARQ-531) CG-806 Fenebrutinib (GDC-0853) Vecabrutinib (SNS-062)
Company Eli Lilly Merck Aptose Genentech Sunesis
IC50* 3.15 nM (BTK WT) 0.85 nM (BTK WT) 8.4 nM (BTK WT) 0.91 nM (BTK WT) 3 nM (BTK WT)#
1.42 nM (BTK C481) 0.39 nM (BTK C481) 2.5 nM (BTK C481) 1.6 nM (BTK C481S)
0.8 nM (FLT3-ITD) 1.3 nM (BTK C481R)
Biochemical IC50 (Selectivity)* BTK C481 1.42nM (1x) BTK C481 0.39nM (1x) BTK C481 2.5nM (1x) BTK WT 2.3nM (1x) BTK WT 3nM (1x)
ITK 103nM (3521x) ITK >10,000nM (>10,000x) ITK 4.2nM (1.7x) ITK >1,000nM (>400x) ITK 14nM (5x)
EGFR >1,000nM (>700x) TEC 5.8nM (14.9x) EGFR >1,000nM (>400x) EGFR >1,000nM (>400x) EGFR, not specified
TEC 1,234nM (869x) LYN 19nM (48.7x) TEC >1,000nM (>400x) TEC 1,000nM (>400x) TEC 14nM (5x)
SYK, not specified
MEK1/ERK, indirect
Clinical trials in CLL and B cell malignancies Phase 1, 2 Phase 1, Phase 2 pending Phase 1 Phase 1 Phase 1
Comment Highly selective Active against PLCG2 mutation Potent inhibitor of BTK and FLT3-ITD Highly selective, Withdrawn from clinical development in B cell malignancies Withdrawn from clinical development in B cell malignancies
References (129) (128, 130) (131) (132134) (135)

*IC50 and fold selectivity over wild-type BTK (fenebrutinib and vecabrutinib) or mutant BTK (all others) within each BTK inhibitor; not for comparison across BTK inhibitors.

#IC50 for BTK C481 has not been reported.

BTK, Bruton’s tyrosine kinase; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; FLT3-ITD, FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 with internal tandem duplication; IC50, half maximal inhibitory concentration; ITK, Interleukin-2-Inducible T-cell Kinase; LYN, LYN tyrosine kinase; SYK, spleen tyrosine kinase; TEC, TEC kinase; WT, wild-type.