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Zidesamtinib

  • Prescription medicine
  • Prescription only
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  • Sources last checked 2026-09-04

This page shows what was measured, who it was measured in, and what that does not settle.

What Zidesamtinib does in the body

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From the FDA-approved label: Zidesamtinib is an inhibitor of tyrosine kinase ROS1, including ROS1 resistance mutations. 7 nM) and also showed inhibitory effects on ALK (IC 50 = 3 nM) and tropomyosin receptor kinases (TRKs), TRKB (IC 50 = 54 nM), TRKC (IC 50 = 193 nM) and TRKA (IC 50 = 258 nM). In vitro, zidesamtinib inhibited the viability of cultured cells expressing ROS1 fusion genes and resistance mutations (G2032R, S1986F, F2004C/V, L2026M, D2033N, and G2101A). In mice subcutaneously implanted with tumors harboring ROS1 fusions, including the G2032R mutation, administration of zidesamtinib resulted in tumor growth inhibition.

Why people take it. JIDEYTRO is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic ROS1 -positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received a prior ROS1 kinase inhibitor [see Dosage and Administration ( 2.1 ), Clinical Studies ( 14.1 )] .

What happened in people

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

A fixed RNAWiki sentence

Where this came from

Wording RNAWiki always uses, not a finding about this substance.

No reviewed claim names a result for any goal on this record.

No source is stored against this line.

The limit that matters most

Not recorded.

Where it acts
Not recorded.
Kind of result
No result is published, so no kind of result applies yet
Supervision
Professional supervision is normally required. A regulator classifies this substance in a way that restricts how it is supplied.

What the registries record it as

  • The substance registry classes this as chemical.

    FDA substance registry · MX5KQV5XHC · read 2026-08-29

Where each sentence above came from

The use the label states, quoted from it. No plain-language version of this sentence has been written.

The use the label states, quoted from it. It is written for a clinician, not for a reader without medical training.

No statement of the main limit is recorded.

The four opening statements run to 145 words.

Words this page uses

Four words worth knowing first

Chosen from what this page shows, with each one explained before the word it depends on.

Biomarker

A biomarker is a number from a test that stands in for something about health.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A biomarker is like a fuel gauge.

Where that stops being true. A gauge is wired to the tank. Many biomarkers are only loosely tied to health.

What people get wrong. A better number is read as a better life. Several medicines improved a number and helped nobody.

A measurable indicator used as a substitute for a clinical outcome of interest.

Placebo

A placebo is a dummy treatment given so the real one can be compared with it.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

A placebo is like a blank control in an experiment.

Where that stops being true. A blank does nothing. People given a placebo often do get better.

What people get wrong. A placebo effect is read as imaginary. The improvement is measured and real.

An inactive intervention matched in appearance to the test intervention, used to control for non-specific effects.

Comparator

A comparator is whatever the treatment was measured against.

A picture of it, and where the picture fails

It is like the other runner in a race.

Where that stops being true. A race has one winner. A study can show both arms improved.

What people get wrong. Results are read without asking what the other group got. Beating nothing is not beating a treatment.

The control condition against which the experimental intervention is assessed.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What happened in people

Each card is one study: the exact question it asked, who was in it, and whether it showed what it set out to show.

Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) (Phase 1)

The study did not show it

Who was studied
NCT05118789
How many people
359
Study design
Phase 1/Phase 2
Compared against
Not recorded for this study
Kind of result
A number that stands in for health
What was found
Result not recorded on this page
Repeated elsewhere
Unreplicated

What this does not prove. A study that did not show an effect does not show that no effect exists anywhere.

The limits of this study, and where it came from

Main limit. No limitation is recorded for this study.

How far it carries. This study is recorded from the curated record, not from the registry match.

Form and route. Oral

Interval reported. Not recorded in this summary

Written into the record, not signed off as a reviewed claim.

  • openFDA Drugs@FDA · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA NDC Directory · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • openFDA SPL label · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
  • PubChem PUG-REST · a recorded source, not a stored snapshot
What we know
RNAWiki holds 1 written-up human studies for this substance, each with the question it asked.
How we know it
Each card names the study, the number of people and what the study set out to measure.
What this does not prove
These summaries were written by a person and have not been signed off as reviewed claims.
Why it matters
A study that failed is as informative as one that worked, and both are here.
What we still do not know
No reviewed claim exists, so no exact population, effect size or interval is published yet.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Were people like you studied?

RNAWiki cannot tell whether a study fits you. It can show who was in it, and where the result stops carrying.

Who was studied

People similar to this profile were included.

  • JIDEYTRO is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic ROS1 -positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received a prior ROS1 kinase inhibitor [see Dosage and Administration ( 2.1 ), Clinical Studies ( 14.1 )].

Who is missing from the studies

  • Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What the label states about particular groups

  • On pediatric, the label states: “The safety and effectiveness of JIDEYTRO in pediatric patients has not been established.”

    US prescribing information · 3760e421-b523-4d9b-e063-6394a90ab94b · read 2026-08-30

  • On older people, the label states: “Of the 446 patients who received JIDEYTRO, 21.5% were 65 to 74 years old, and 8% were 75 years of age or older.”

    US prescribing information · 3760e421-b523-4d9b-e063-6394a90ab94b · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are pregnant, the label states: “Risk Summary Based on literature reports in humans with congenital mutations leading to changes in TRK signaling, findings from animal studies and its mechanism of action [see Clinical Pharmacology ( 12.1 )] , JIDEYTRO can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman.”

    US prescribing information · 3760e421-b523-4d9b-e063-6394a90ab94b · read 2026-08-30

  • On people who are breastfeeding, the label states: “Risk Summary There are no data on the presence of JIDEYTRO in human milk or their effects on either a breastfed child or on milk production.”

    US prescribing information · 3760e421-b523-4d9b-e063-6394a90ab94b · read 2026-08-30

  • On people with reduced liver function, the label states: “The effect of severe hepatic impairment (total bilirubin >3 times ULN with any AST) on the zidesamtinib pharmacokinetics is unknown.”

    US prescribing information · 3760e421-b523-4d9b-e063-6394a90ab94b · read 2026-08-30

  • On people with reduced kidney function, the label states: “The effect of severe renal impairment (eGFR <30 mL/min) or dialysis on zidesamtinib pharmacokinetics is unknown.”

    US prescribing information · 3760e421-b523-4d9b-e063-6394a90ab94b · read 2026-08-30

Where the result stopped carrying

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  • It shows who was studied so you can see whether people similar to you were included.

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What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Why it might seem to do nothing

A real effect and a noticed effect are different things. These are the recorded reasons the two come apart.

It was studied in different people

The people in the studies were not much like the reader.

On this record: Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

The evidence may simply be wrong

Small early studies often do not hold up.

On this record: RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Other reasons RNAWiki checked and found nothing for (11)
It was studied for a different goal
The studies measured something else entirely. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
A different form was studied
The studied form is not the form on the shelf. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
There was nothing to correct
Where a level is already normal, topping it up may change nothing. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Something else had to happen too
In the studies it was paired with training, a diet or another treatment. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The change is too small to feel
A real change can still sit below what a person notices. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Day-to-day swing hides it
Sleep, food, stress and time of day move most numbers more than this would. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
Not enough time yet
The studies ran longer than the person has waited. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
It was not taken as studied
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Something else changed at the same time
Two changes at once cannot be told apart afterwards. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
The product may not be what it says
Contents of a sold product are not always what the label states. Nothing in this record points to this reason.
No recorded reason
RNAWiki has nothing stored that would explain it. Nothing in this record points to this reason.

None of these is a reason to take more. Taking more is not a step this page ever suggests.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What taking it involves

The recorded facts about getting hold of it and using it. Nothing here is a suggestion about what you should do.

How it is supplied

Prescription only

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Where this came from

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Read from the recorded approval status.

No source is stored against this line.

Form and route

Oral

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Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form and route recorded on this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

Who oversees it

Professional supervision is normally required. A regulator classifies this substance in a way that restricts how it is supplied.

Quoted from a source

Where this came from

Copied from a source RNAWiki stored, with the source named.

Suppression classes recorded: S3.

No source is stored against this line.

What is in the pack

Sold as tablet, tablet, film coated, given by the oral route.

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

Recorded notes on how this is sold and what that means for what is in the pack.

No source is stored against this line.

Where it is registered

Regulatory records are listed in the technical disclosure at the foot of this page.

Counted from records

Where this came from

A count of rows RNAWiki holds. It describes our records, not your body.

Register entries are stored per jurisdiction and shown with their dates.

No source is stored against this line.

Why people stop

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

No record of why people stopped taking it is stored for this substance.

No source is stored against this line.

What it would be like to takeNothing found in the sources checked

What can go wrong

Sorted by where each line came from. A regulator's label and a report somebody sent in are not the same kind of fact.

Nothing found in the sources checked

No harm is recorded against this substance in the sources RNAWiki checked. Finding nothing is not the same as showing there is nothing.

The sources listed were searched and held nothing. That is not the same as nothing existing.

Over a long time. No completed tested study window is recorded, so long-term effects are not established by the registry record.

Groups the studies covered thinly. Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded for this substance. Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, and people with liver or kidney conditions are commonly excluded from trials; nothing here says whether they were.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Does the exact form matter?

Evidence belongs to the exact thing that was tested. A different salt, a different mixture or a different preparation is a different question.

The form that was studied

Oral

Source-linked record

Where this came from

A person wrote this into the record with the study named beside it. No reviewer has signed it off.

The form used in the studies cited on this page.

No source is stored against this line.

What is sold

Not recorded.

Nothing recorded

Where this came from

RNAWiki holds nothing here and says so rather than guessing.

Nothing further is recorded about which forms are sold.

No source is stored against this line.

What is recorded as being sold

  • 5 products list this as an active ingredient in the United States drug directory. 5 of them contain it and nothing else.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 85001-102 · read 2026-08-29

  • They are sold as powder and tablet, film coated, taken oral.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 85001-102 · read 2026-08-29

  • 1 published label names it as an active ingredient. 1 of them describe this substance alone, which is where its own label text on this page comes from.

    US prescribing information · 3760e421-b523-4d9b-e063-6394a90ab94b · read 2026-08-29

  • Those labels are classed as human prescription drug.

    US prescribing information · 3760e421-b523-4d9b-e063-6394a90ab94b · read 2026-08-29

  • JIDEYTRO is oral at 3 DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS Tablets: 25 mg: pink, oblong, film-coated, debossed with "25" on one side and "ZDS" on the other side., recorded as fda label in effect 2026-07-22 in the United States.

    US prescribing information · 3760e421-b523-4d9b-e063-6394a90ab94b · read 2026-08-30

Evidence carries across two names for one substance. It does not carry across a salt, a mirror form or a mixture.

What it would be like to takeRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What you could measure

This one is decided with a clinician, so this section holds questions to ask rather than a plan to run.

Self-experiment planning is not offered for a prescription or clinician-supervised medicine. The questions below are for a clinician or pharmacist.

Questions worth asking

  • Which of the trials of Zidesamtinib studied people like me?
  • What was measured, and for how long?
  • Was the result a laboratory value or a health outcome?
  • What would we watch for, and when would we stop?

Tracking can show whether something changed for you. It cannot show what caused it.

RNAWiki records evidence. It does not say whether this substance is right for you.

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What nobody knows yet

Open questions, each with why it is open and what would close it.

How much did people take in the studies?

The sources RNAWiki checked hold nothing for this field.

Why it matters. A result belongs to an amount. Without the amount the result floats free.

What would answer it

A stored source that records it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing populations

Which groups were under-represented in the studies has not been recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing long-term data

No completed tested study window is recorded.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

No reviewed conclusion

RNAWiki has not yet published a reviewed conclusion for this use.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Missing interaction studies

No interaction was found in the registers checked. Not finding one is not the same as showing there is none.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Formulation uncertainty

Several salts, forms or products of Zidesamtinib are recorded. Results from one form may not transfer to another.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

Mechanism not reviewed

No reviewed mechanism story exists for this substance.

Why it matters. Recorded by the evidence model as a gap on this record.

What would answer it

A study that measures it, and a reviewer to sign it off.

Last checked 2026-09-04. Searched: The sources listed in the receipts at the foot of this page.

What happened in peopleRead from sources, not yet reviewed

Check any of this yourself

Every line above traced back to the study it came from. This is the technical layer, and the vocabulary changes here.

Where else this substance is registered

FDA substance identifier (UNII)
MX5KQV5XHC
RxNorm concept
2748288

Checks this page had to pass

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    Identity resolved

    no open identity hold

  • Passed

    No unresolved merge across substance families

    no quarantine open

  • Passed

    Every public sentence names a source

    The opening statement carries the origin: Quoted from a stored source.

  • Not passed

    Trial roles classified for highlighted evidence

    No registered study is classified as testing this substance.

  • Passed

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    enforced by the copy-contract test over the rendered page

  • Passed

    Safety mode resolved

    Suppression classes recorded: S3.

  • Passed

    Canonical metadata present

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What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

How this medicine reached us

Kept near the foot of the page. A historical event moves up only when it changes something about this substance today.

What the approval register records

  • 1 approved application covers products containing this substance. The earliest was NDA220185, approved 20260722 to NUVALENT.

    Drugs@FDA application register · NDA220185 · read 2026-08-29

  • Marketing status on the register: prescription.

    Drugs@FDA application register · NDA220185 · read 2026-08-29

  • The earliest marketing start date recorded for a listed product is 20250403.

    FDA National Drug Code directory · 85001-102 · read 2026-08-29

What is missing or unclearRead from sources, not yet reviewed

What to learn next

Ordered by what would most change how you read this page, starting with what is easiest to misunderstand.

This order is fixed in code and does not count clicks or time on the page.

What is not here

9 questions this page could not answer

These sections were prepared and left out because there was nothing to put in them. They are listed rather than hidden, so the gaps in this record are visible.

  • What was measured, goal by goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • How close this is to real life — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • The path through the body — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Felt, measured, or meaningful — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • How long anything takes — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What it may clash with — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Other ways to the same goal — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • Claims that go past the evidence — found nothing in the sources checked.
  • What changed on this page — found nothing in the sources checked.

The record as stored

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Everything above is built from what is below. This layer keeps the technical vocabulary, record identifiers and every stored row, so a reader who wants to check the page can.

Recorded evidence blocks (4)

On the Zidesamtinib label: indicated for what?

"JIDEYTRO is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic ROS1 -positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received a prior ROS1 kinase inhibitor [see Dosage and Administration ( 2.1 ), Clinical Studies ( 14.1 )] . JIDEYTRO is a kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of…": indications and usage on Zidesamtinib's label. DailyMed label · 3760e421-b523-4d9b-e063-6394a90ab94b · 2026-07-22

2 registered trials of Zidesamtinib — at which phases?

Registered studies posting no result
2 of 2

2 registered studies of Zidesamtinib: 1 na or unstated, 1 phase1, 1 phase2. CLINICALTRIALS_SNAPSHOT · 2026-09-01

0 with a PubMed record

Show the evidence
  • na or unstated
    1
  • phase1
    1
  • phase2
    1
  • available
    1
  • recruiting
    1

recorded 2026-09-01 · last checked 2026-09-04

At the median, Zidesamtinib's trials enrolled 359 people — anything larger?

Median enrolment
359
Largest enrolment
359
Registered trials counted
1

Zidesamtinib and CYP3A, CYP1A2 and CYP2C8: shared by which compounds?

CYP3A, CYP1A2 and CYP2C8 appear in Zidesamtinib's recorded interaction sentences, 8 in all. DailyMed label · 3760e421-b523-4d9b-e063-6394a90ab94b · 2026-07-22

CYP1A2, CYP2C8, CYP3A, CYP3A, CYP3A; 5 shared nodes; drug_interactions, pharmacokinetics

Show the evidence

Interaction statement

  • drug_interactions
    Strong and Moderate CYP3A Inhibitors: Avoid concomitant use.
  • drug_interactions
    ( 7.1 ) Strong and Moderate CYP3A Inducers: Avoid concomitant use.
  • drug_interactions
    ( 7.1 ) 7.1 Effects of Other Drugs on JIDEYTRO Strong and Moderate CYP3A Inhibitors Avoid concomitant use of JIDEYTRO with a strong or moderate CYP3A inhibitor.
  • drug_interactions
    Zidesamtinib is a CYP3A substrate.
  • drug_interactions
    Concomitant use with a strong or moderate CYP3A inhibitor increases zidesamtinib exposure [see Clinical Pharmacology ( 12.3 )] , which may increase the risk of JIDEYTRO adverse reactions.
  • drug_interactions
    Strong and Moderate CYP3A Inducers Avoid concomitant use of JIDEYTRO with strong or moderate CYP3A inducers.
2 more recorded rows
  • Interaction statement drug_interactions
    Concomitant use of JIDEYTRO with a strong or moderate CYP3A inducer may decrease zidesamtinib exposure [see Clinical Pharmacology ( 12.3 )], which may decrease the effectiveness of JIDEYTRO.
  • Interaction statement pharmacokinetics
    Metabolism Zidesamtinib is primarily metabolized by CYP3A with minor contributions from CYP1A2 and CYP2C8.
  • CYP1A2
    FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, FOSAPREPITANT DIMEGLUMINE, TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Rasagiline, Sofpironium, Golodirsen, Tinidazole
  • CYP2C8
    FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, TAFAMIDIS MEGLUMINE, Arimoclomol, Golodirsen, Naldemedine, Methylnaltrexone, Lapatinib, Tivozanib

CYP3A

  • FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, Darunavir Propylene Glycolate, Vincristine, Naldemedine, Pemetrexed, Eravacycline, Rasburicase, Repotrectinib
  • FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, Darunavir Propylene Glycolate, Vincristine, Naldemedine, Pemetrexed, Eravacycline, Rasburicase, Repotrectinib
  • FINGOLIMOD LAURYL SULFATE, Darunavir Propylene Glycolate, Vincristine, Naldemedine, Pemetrexed, Eravacycline, Rasburicase, Repotrectinib

recorded 2026-07-22 · last checked 2026-09-04

Where it is registered
Identifiers, relations and other names

The exact record

ChEMBL id
CHEMBL5314497
PubChem CID
166560233
CAS number
2739829-00-4
RxCUI
2748288
InChIKey
DTWUUAFTYSMNQX-GFCCVEGCSA-N
Development code
NU-0002362, NU-0002362-006, NU-0002362-009, NU-2362-010, NU-520, NUV-520
Also called
Nvl-520, Zidesamtinib [INN], Zidesamtinib [USAN], Zidesamtinib [WHO-DD]
Trade name
Jideytro
Sources (4)

Sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — US Government work · mixed register set; per-register licences in docs/specs/corpus-20k-sources.md · openFDA / DailyMed — US Government work

How these records are assembled · Which registers were checked

Index-quality checks
  • identity passed: no open identity hold
  • required summary fields resolved: 4 required field(s) not terminal: Why people use it, Best-supported result, Biggest unanswered question, Human evidence
  • public claims reviewed: 0 reviewed claim(s); drafts are never rendered
  • source coverage passed: 4 source rows
  • no critical contamination: no quarantine open
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