Pexidartinib

Pexidartinib, sold under the brand name Turalio, is a kinase inhibitor drug for the treatment of adults with symptomatic tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGCT) associated with severe morbidity or functional limitations and not amenable to improvement with surgery.

[2] Additional side effects include neutropenia (low level of white blood cells that help the immune system defend against disease and infection), increased alkaline phosphatase (enzymes that are mostly in the cells of bone and the liver), decreased lymphocytes (white blood cells that help the immune system defend against disease and infection), eye edema (swelling around the eyes), decreased hemoglobin (protein in red blood cells that carry oxygen), rash, dysgeusia (altered sense of taste) and decreased phosphate (electrolytes that help with energy).

[2] The US prescribing information for pexidartinib includes a boxed warning about the risk of serious and potentially fatal liver injury.

[2][3] In August 2019, it was approved by U.S. FDA for treatment of giant-cell tumor of the tendon sheath (GC-TS).

[8] The approval of pexidartinib was based on the results of a multi-center international clinical trial of 120 subjects, 59 of whom received placebo.