Ponatinib
Approved · EMAAlso known as Iclusig, Ponatinibum.
Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this drug.
Drug Safety Update: Ponatinib (Iclusig▼): reports of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
Drug Safety Update: Ponatinib (Iclusig▼): risk of vascular occlusive events
Accelerated approval: Iclusig (EMA)
Profile
Canonical identifiers, marketed brand names and mechanism, resolved across RxNorm, ChEMBL and ATC.
Regulatory timeline
The complete regulatory record, grouped by authority — approvals, safety advisories and label changes. Each authority shows its most recent events; expand one to read its full history.
Indication: Iclusig is indicated in adult patients with chronic phase, accelerated phase, or blast phase chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) who are resistant to dasatinib or nilotinib; who are… Show full indicationShow less
Iclusig is indicated in adult patients with chronic phase, accelerated phase, or blast phase chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) who are resistant to dasatinib or nilotinib; who are intolerant to dasatinib or nilotinib and for whom subsequent treatment with imatinib is not clinically appropriate; or who have the T315I mutation 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. Iclusig is indicated in combination with reduced-intensity chemotherapy in adult patients with newly diagnosed Ph+ ALL (see section 5.1). See sections 4.2 Assessment of cardiovascular status prior to start of therapy and 4.4 situations where an alternative treatment may be considered.
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Clinical trials
The current development programme across all trial phases — status mix, phase distribution and the late-stage studies shaping the evidence base.
Late-stage studies
Phase III+ trials still open or recently active — where late-stage evidence is being generated.
Recent completions
Trials that read out recently, adding to the completed evidence base.
Research activity
Key research shaping understanding of this drug, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.
Major research themes2
Journals, researchers & institutions
- Blood1
- Abruzzese E1
- Apperley JF1
- Baccarani M1
- Chuah C1
- Cortes JE1
- DeAngelo DJ1
- Deininger MW1
- Gambacorti-Passerini C1
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center1
- Centre d'Investigation Clinique (CIC) 14021
- Centre for Haematology1
- Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud1
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers1
- Comprehensive Cancer Center1
- RxNorm (U.S. National Library of Medicine) — drug identity
- ChEMBL (EMBL-EBI) & UniProt — pharmacology and targets
- Europe PMC — research literature
- ClinicalTrials.gov — clinical trials
- Regulatory event sources are credited in the Regulatory Timeline above.