Discovery of 3-(2,6-dichloro-3,5-dimethoxy-phenyl)-1-{6-[4-(4-ethyl-piperazin-1-yl)-phenylamino]-pyrimidin-4-yl}-1-methyl-urea (NVP-BGJ398), a potent and selective inhibitor of the fibroblast growth factor receptor family of receptor tyrosine kinase.
Guagnano, V., Furet, P., Spanka, C., Bordas, V., Le Douget, M., Stamm, C., Brueggen, J., Jensen, M.R., Schnell, C., Schmid, H., Wartmann, M., Berghausen, J., Drueckes, P., Zimmerlin, A., Bussiere, D., Murray, J., Graus Porta, D.(2011) J Med Chem 54: 7066-7083
- PubMed: 21936542 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jm2006222
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3TT0 - PubMed Abstract: 
A novel series of N-aryl-N'-pyrimidin-4-yl ureas has been optimized to afford potent and selective inhibitors of the fibroblast growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases 1, 2, and 3 by rationally designing the substitution pattern of the aryl ring. On the basis of its in vitro profile, compound 1h (NVP-BGJ398) was selected for in vivo evaluation and showed significant antitumor activity in RT112 bladder cancer xenografts models overexpressing wild-type FGFR3. These results support the potential therapeutic use of 1h as a new anticancer agent.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland. vito.guagnano@novartis.com