Indications1
Indolent Systemic Mastocytosis (ISM)
AYVAKYT is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with indolent systemic mastocytosis (ISM) with moderate to severe symptoms inadequately controlled on symptomatic treatment
Advanced Systemic Mastocytosis (SM)
AYVAKYT® (avapritinib) is indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with aggressive SM (ASM), SM with an associated haematological neoplasm (SM-AHN) or mast cell leukaemia (MCL), after at least one systemic therapy
AYVAKYT is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor designed for potent and selective inhibition of KIT D816V1–3
Mechanism of disease
Both ISM4,5 and Advanced SM6–8 are driven by KIT D816V mutation in ~95% of cases; however, until recently, there were no treatment options that selectively targeted this mutation2,3
Targeted mechanism of action
- AYVAKYT is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that potently and selectively inhibits the autophosphorylation of KIT D816V, with an IC50 of 0.27 nM in in-vitro biochemical assays1,6
- AYVAKYT inhibits constitutive KIT activation7
- AYVAKYT inhibits mast cell proliferation and activation7