trifluridine and tipiracil
Drug Details
- Generic Name
- trifluridine and tipiracil
- Brand Names
- LONSURF
- Application Number
- NDA207981
- Sponsor
- Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- NDC Codes
- 2
- Dosage Forms
- TABLET, FILM COATED
- Routes
- ORAL
- Active Ingredients
- TIPIRACIL HYDROCHLORIDE, TRIFLURIDINE
Indications and Usage
1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE LONSURF is a combination of trifluridine, a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor, and tipiracil, a thymidine phosphorylase inhibitor, indicated for the treatment of adult patients with: metastatic colorectal cancer as a single agent or in combination with bevacizumab who have been previously treated with fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin- and irinotecan-based chemotherapy, an anti-VEGF biological therapy, and if RAS wild-type, an anti-EGFR therapy. ( 1.1 ) metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma previously treated with at least two prior lines of chemotherapy that included a fluoropyrimidine, a platinum, either a taxane or irinotecan, and if appropriate, HER2/neu-targeted therapy. ( 1.2 ) 1.1 Metastatic Colorectal Cancer LONSURF, as a single agent or in combination with bevacizumab, is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic colorectal cancer previously treated with fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin- and irinotecan-based chemotherapy, an anti-VEGF biological therapy, and if RAS wild-type, an anti-EGFR therapy. 1.2 Metastatic Gastric Cancer LONSURF is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma previously treated with at least two prior lines of chemotherapy that included a fluoropyrimidine, a platinum, either a taxane or irinotecan, and if appropriate, HER2/neu-targeted therapy.