Axitinib
CAS#: 319460-85-0
Description: Axitinib, also known as AG013736, is an orally bioavailable tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Axitinib inhibits the proangiogenic cytokines vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGF), thereby exerting an anti-angiogenic effect. A xitinib has received FDA (27 January 2012), EMA (13 September 2012), MHRA (3 September 2012) and TGA (26 July 2012) approval for use as a treatment for renal cell carcinoma. Check for active clinical trials or closed clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus).
Synonym: AG013736; AG 013736; AG-013736; Brand name: Inlyta.
IUPAC/Chemical Name: (E)-N-methyl-2-((3-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)vinyl)-1H-indazol-6-yl)thio)benzamide
THEORETICAL ANALYSIS
MedKoo Cat#: 200400
Name: Axitinib
CAS#: 319460-85-0
Chemical Formula: C22H18N4OS
Exact Mass: 386.12013
Molecular Weight: 386.47
Elemental Analysis: C, 68.37; H, 4.69; N, 14.50; O, 4.14; S, 8.30
TECHNICAL DATA
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Axitinib (also known as AG013736) is a small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor under development by Pfizer. It inhibits multiple targets, including VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2, VEGFR-3, platelet derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR), and cKIT (CD117). It has been shown to significantly inhibit growth of breast cancer in xenograft models and has been successful in trials with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and several other tumor types.
Axitinib is a white to light-yellow powder with a pKa of 4.8. The solubility of axitinib in aqueous media over the range pH 1.1 to pH 7.8 is in excess of 0.2 μg/mL. The partition coefficient (n-octanol/water) is 3.5.
A Phase II clinical trial showed good response in combination chemotherapy with Gemcitabine for advanced pancreatic cancer. However, Pfizer reported on January 30, 2009 that Phase III clinical trials of the drug when used in combination with Gemcitabine showed no evidence of improved survival rates over treatments using Gemcitabine alone for advanced pancreatic cancer and halted the trial. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axitinib.
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