No margin: avutometinib rat myocardial degeneration/necrosis at ≥0.01 mg/kg/day, below human AUC at recommended dose
“In the repeat-dose toxicology studies up to 13-weeks duration in rats, myocardial degeneration and necrosis were observed at doses ≥ 0.01 mg/kg/day (below the human exposure at the recommended dose based on AUC).”
✓ VerifiedFDA multi-discipline review, p. 35Source ↗
NOAEL / key findings
Avutometinib: skin and lymphoid organs; also eye, kidney, heart, liver (rat) and GI tract, ovary (monkey)
“The major target organs of toxicity in rats and monkeys included the skin and lymphoid organs. Additional organs in rats included the eye, kidney, heart, and liver, and in monkeys, gastrointestinal organs, and ovary.”
✓ VerifiedFDA multi-discipline review, p. 35Source ↗