Drug details

Tukysa (tucatinib tablets)

type of Antineoplastic Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors, Antineoplastics, Anti-HER2

Tukysa (tucatinib) is a kinase inhibitor used in combination with trastuzumab and capecitabine to treat adult patients with advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, including patients with brain metastases, who have received one or more prior anti-HER2-based regimens in the metastatic setting.

This drug may have the following side effects:
  • lightheadedness,
  • itching,
  • loss of appetite,
  • pale skin,
  • tiredness,
  • hives, 
  • difficulty breathing, 
  • swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat, 
  • stomach pain (upper right side), 
  • dark urine, 
  • cold hands and feet
  • yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice),
  • unusual tiredness, 
  • trouble swallowing,
  • clay-colored stools, 
  • seizure, 
  • shortness of breath, and
  • red or swollen gums,
  • blisters or ulcers in your mouth, 
  • severe or ongoing diarrhea, 
  • pain, blisters, bleeding, or severe rash in the palms of your hands or the soles of your feet, 
The following drugs are related to Tukysa, either as a replacement or used together:
  • Verzenio (abemaciclib tablets)
  • Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine injection for iv use)
  • Piqray (alpelisib tablets)
  • Androxy (fluoxymesterone tablets)
  • Orserdu (elacestrant tablets)
  • Enhertu (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki for injection)
  • Halaven Injection (eribulin mesylate)
  • Menest (estrogens)
  • Infugem (gemcitabine in sodium chloride injection)
  • Herzuma (trastuzumab-pkrb for injection)
  • Ibrance (palbociclib capsules for oral administration)
  • Ixempra (ixabepilone)
  • Kanjinti (trastuzumab-anns for injection)
  • Tykerb (lapatinib)
  • Ogivri (trastuzumab-dkst injection, for intravenous use)
  • Ontruzant (trastuzumab-dttb for injection)
  • Phesgo (pertuzumab, trastuzumab, and hyaluronidase-zzxf injection)
  • Soltamox (tamoxifen citrate)
  • Talzenna (talazoparib capsules)