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Irofulven

Generic Name
Irofulven
Brand Names
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Drug Type
Small Molecule
Chemical Formula
C15H18O3
CAS Number
158440-71-2
Unique Ingredient Identifier
6B799IH05A
Background

A novel anti-cancer compound synthesized by scientists at the University of California, San Diego more than a decade ago from toxins of the poisonous jack-o-lantern mushroom, has been granted “fast track” status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after demonstrating promise against one of the most deadly cancers.

MGI-114 (Irofulven) is currently being developed by MGI PHARMA, Inc., an emerging oncology-focused pharmaceutical company based in Minneapolis. Phase III clinical trials involving the drug have been underway since early 2001 at sites in the U.S. and Europe.

Indication

Investigated for use/treatment in brain cancer, breast cancer, endometrial cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, pediatric indications, prostate cancer, and sarcoma.

Associated Conditions
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Associated Therapies
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Assessing expression patterns of PTGR1, a potential biomarker for acylfulven sensitivity in ...

Real-world outcomes of first-line chemotherapy for unresectable stage III and IV bladder cancer, effectiveness of chemotherapy in elderly patients with metastatic bladder cancer, treatment patterns and survival outcomes for first- and second-line treatment in locally advanced and metastatic urothelial cancer patients, enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab in untreated advanced urothelial cancer, nivolumab plus gemcitabine–cisplatin in advanced urothelial carcinoma, biomarker-oriented therapy in bladder and renal cancer, predictive and prognostic biomarkers for targeted therapy in metastatic urothelial cancer, identification of a synthetic lethal relationship between nucleotide excision repair deficiency and irofulven sensitivity in urothelial cancer, anti-tumour compounds inducing DNA lesions exclusively processed by transcription- and replication-coupled repair pathways, cell cycle effects and induction of premitotic apoptosis by irofulven in synchronized cancer cells, targeting germline- and tumor-associated nucleotide excision repair defects in cancer, somatic ERCC2 mutations correlating with cisplatin sensitivity in muscle-invasive bladder cancer, comprehensive molecular characterization of muscle-invasive bladder cancer, and clinical validation of chemotherapy response biomarker ERCC2 in muscle-invasive urothelial bladder carcinoma.
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