Drug Detail

Information about BGT226

Generic Name
IND	BGT226
Brand Name (US)
Manufacturer	Novartis
Drug Type
Delivery	Oral
Approval Status	Phase 1
Indications
Overall Strategy	Oncogenic Signal Path Based
Strategy	Block KIT Signal Path
Drug Category	mTOR inhibitor PI3K inhibitor

BGT226: This is a second PI3K inhibitor from Novartis, which inhibits Class I PI3Ks. This trial is classified as a combined Phase I/II. Initially patients with solid tumors will be accepted, but the phase II expansion part will enroll only advanced breast cancer patients and Cowden syndrome patients. Cowden syndrome is an inherited disease in which the PTEN gene is defective leaving the survival signal from the PI3K pathway un-attenuated. The only current trial site is Nevada Cancer Institute, Las Vegas, Nev. NCT00600275
PI3K proteins have been identified in crucial signaling paths of multiple cancers. They can become over-active via a variety of mechanisms including upstream signaling. PI3Ks have recently been identified as active downstream signal points in the c-KIT pathway in GIST. A number of PI3K inhibitors have now entered phase I clinical trials.