Regulatory approval

Published by the European Medicines Agency.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has authorized ponatinib for the treatment of adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL) who are resistant to dasatinib; who are intolerant to dasatinib and for whom subsequent treatment with imatinib is not clinically appropriate; or who have the T315I variant.

This is written in the approval document as:

Iclusig is indicated in adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (Ph+ ALL) who are resistant to dasatinib; who are intolerant to dasatinib and for whom subsequent treatment with imatinib is not clinically appropriate; or who have the T315I mutation.

Citation

Incyte Biosciences Distribution B.V. Iclusig (ponatinib) [product information]. European Medicines Agency website. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/product-information/iclusig-epar-product-information_en.pdf. Revised October 2022. Accessed March 7, 2024.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type	Biomarker(s)	Cancer type	Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+)	BCR::ABL1	Acute Lymphoid Leukemia	Ponatinib
Sensitivity (+)	ABL1 p.T315I, BCR::ABL1	Acute Lymphoid Leukemia	Ponatinib