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. 2021 Sep 8;13(9):1427. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics13091427

Table 2.

Characteristics and structures of first-, second-, and third-generation of anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitors.

First-Generation Inhibitor
Crizotinib
Off-targets: ROS1, c-MET
No CNS penetration
Sensitive: R1275Q
Resistant: F1174L/V
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Second-Generation Inhibitors
TAE-684
Sensitive: R1275Q, F1174L
Discontinued
graphic file with name pharmaceutics-13-01427-i002.jpg Ceritinib
Off-targets: IGFR1, ROS1
CNS penetration
Resistant: F1174L/C
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ASP3026
Off-targets: ROS1, ACK
Resistant: L1196M
graphic file with name pharmaceutics-13-01427-i004.jpg Brigatinib
Off-targets: ROS1, EGFR
CNS penetration
Sensitive: all NBL-associated point mutations
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Ensartinib
Sensitive: R1275Q, F1174L
graphic file with name pharmaceutics-13-01427-i006.jpg AZD3463
Off-target: IGFR1
Sensitive: NBL hotspot mutations
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CEP-37440
Off-target: FAK
CNS penetration
Sensitive: NBL hotspot mutations
graphic file with name pharmaceutics-13-01427-i008.jpg Alectinib
Sensitive: all NBL-associated point mutations, plus amplifications
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Belizatinib
Off-targets: IGFR1, JAK2, TrkA/B/C, c-Src
CNS penetration
Sensitive: R1275Q, L1196M
graphic file with name pharmaceutics-13-01427-i010.jpg Entrectinib
Off-targets: ROS1, TrkA/B/C
CNS penetration
Sensitive: ALK amplifications
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Third-Generation Inhibitors
Lorlatinib
Off-target: ROS1
CNS penetration
Sensitive: NBL hotspot mutations
graphic file with name pharmaceutics-13-01427-i012.jpg Repotrectinib
Off-targets: ROS1, TrkA/B/C
CNS penetration
Sensitive: all NBL-associated point mutations
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Abbreviations: ROS1: ROS pro-oncogene 1; c-MET: hepatocyte growth factor; CNS: central nervous system; IGFR1: insulin-like growth factor; ACK: activated CDC24 kinase; EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor; NBL: neuroblastoma; FAK: focal adhesive kinase; JAK2: Janus kinase 2; Trk: tropomyosin receptor kinase.