Etoposide

Highest phase reached
Drug type
Small molecule
First approval year

First approval year
Listing at source
Listed
Highest phase reached

Drug type
Small molecule
Drug name
Etoposide
Molecular weight
Structure (SMILES)
COc1cc([C@@H]2c3cc4c(cc3[C@@H](O[C@@H]3O[C@@H]5CO[C@@H](C)O[C@H]5[C@H](O)[C@H]3O)[C@H]3COC(=O)[C@H]23)OCO4)cc(OC)c1O

  • etoposide
  • Etoposide
  • toposar
  • Toposar
  • vepesid
  • Vepesid

  • 4 demethylepipodophyllotoxin 9 4 6 o r ethylidene beta d glucopyranoside
  • 4'-DEMETHYLEPIPODOPHYLLOTOXIN 9-(4,6-O-(R)-ETHYLIDENE-.BETA.-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE)
  • avopef
  • AVOPEF
  • etoposide
  • Etoposide
  • ETOPOSIDE [EP IMPURITY]
  • ETOPOSIDE [EP MONOGRAPH]
  • ETOPOSIDE [HSDB]
  • ETOPOSIDE [IARC]
  • etoposide [INN]
  • ETOPOSIDE [JAN]
  • ETOPOSIDE [MART.]
  • ETOPOSIDE [MI]
  • ETOPOSIDE [ORANGE BOOK]
  • ETOPOSIDE [USAN]
  • ETOPOSIDE [USP IMPURITY]
  • ETOPOSIDE [USP MONOGRAPH]
  • ETOPOSIDE [USP-RS]
  • ETOPOSIDE [VANDF]
  • Etoposide [WHO-DD]
  • ETOPOSIDE [WHO-IP]
  • etoposide ep impurity
  • etoposide ep monograph
  • etoposide hsdb

And 29 more, listed on the interactive page.

ATC classification codes
  • L01CB01
Sources for recorded values
CAS registry numbers
  • 33419-42-0
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL44657
InChIKey
VJJPUSNTGOMMGY-MRVIYFEKSA-N
PubChem compound IDs
  • 36462
FDA ingredient codes (UNII)
  • 6PLQ3CP4P3

  • 4179
  • 24614

Applicant
CORDEN PHARMA
Approval date
10 Nov 1983
Application number
NDA018768

First in class
No
Orphan designation
No
Availability
Prescription only
Boxed warning
Yes

United States (FDA)
Approved

Pharmacology name
etoposide
Type
Synthetic organic
Approval recorded by Guide to Pharmacology
Yes

Administration routes

  • Oral
  • Parenteral

  • Action
    Inhibition
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    DNA topoisomerase II alpha
    Gene symbol
    TOP2A
    Protein identifier
    P11388
    Median affinity
    7.3
    Affinity units
    pIC50
    Primary target
    Yes
  • Mechanism
    DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    DNA topoisomerase II
    Protein identifier
    P11388
  • Mechanism
    DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    DNA topoisomerase II
    Protein identifier
    Q02880

Open Targets mechanisms

  • Mechanism
    DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    DNA topoisomerase II

DrugCentral mechanisms

  • Action type
    Inhibitor
    Gene symbol
    TOP2A
    Protein identifier
    P11388
    Organism
    Homo sapiens
    Target development level
    Clinical

  • Condition
    Leukemia, Biphenotypic, Acute
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000094
    Subject identifier
    D015456
  • Condition
    Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000095
    Subject identifier
    D015451
  • Condition
    Lymphoma, Follicular
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000096
    Subject identifier
    D008224
  • Condition
    Sarcoma, Ewing
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000174
    Subject identifier
    D012512
  • Condition
    HIV Infections
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000180
    Subject identifier
    D015658
  • Condition
    Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000182
    Subject identifier
    D006528
  • Condition
    Hodgkin Disease
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000183
    Subject identifier
    D006689
  • Condition
    Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000191
    Subject identifier
    D018442
  • Condition
    Myelodysplastic Syndromes
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000198
    Subject identifier
    D009190
  • Condition
    Neoplasms, Plasma Cell
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000200
    Subject identifier
    D054219
  • Condition
    Leukemia, Biphenotypic, Acute
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000209
    Subject identifier
    D015456
  • Condition
    Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000211
    Subject identifier
    D016411
  • Condition
    Leukemia, Erythroblastic, Acute
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000218
    Subject identifier
    D004915
  • Condition
    Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000220
    Subject identifier
    D054198
  • Condition
    Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000221
    Subject identifier
    D007948
  • Condition
    Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000222
    Subject identifier
    D015470
  • Condition
    Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000223
    Subject identifier
    D015479
  • Condition
    Rhabdomyosarcoma, Alveolar
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000248
    Subject identifier
    D018232
  • Condition
    Astrocytoma
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000272
    Subject identifier
    D001254
  • Condition
    Burkitt Lymphoma
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000309
    Subject identifier
    D002051
  • Condition
    Carcinoma
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000313
    Subject identifier
    D002277
  • Condition
    Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive
    Highest recorded phase
    1
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000339
    Subject identifier
    D015464
  • Condition
    Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000403
    Subject identifier
    D016403
  • Condition
    Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000437
    Subject identifier
    D018233
  • Condition
    Ganglioneuroblastoma
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000502
    Subject identifier
    D018305

And 122 more, listed on the interactive page.

  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000174
    Highest recorded phase
    2
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000180
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000183
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000198
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000211
    Highest recorded phase
    2
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000220
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000222
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000403
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000519
    Highest recorded phase
    2
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000565
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000574
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000616
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000621
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000637
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000691
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000702
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000708
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0001378
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0002618
    Highest recorded phase
    2
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0002626
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0002939
    Highest recorded phase
    2
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0003060
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0003833
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0003929
    Highest recorded phase
    2
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0004251
    Highest recorded phase
    2

And 243 more, listed on the interactive page.

  • Warning
    Black Box Warning
    Effect
    gastrointestinal toxicity
  • Warning
    Black Box Warning
    Effect
    hematological toxicity
  • Warning
    Black Box Warning
    Effect
    nephrotoxicity

  • Warning
    Black Box Warning
    Effect
    gastrointestinal toxicity
    Country
    United States
  • Warning
    Black Box Warning
    Effect
    hematological toxicity
    Country
    United States
  • Warning
    Black Box Warning
    Effect
    nephrotoxicity
    Country
    United States

  • Event
    acute myeloid leukaemia
    Reports
    363
    Reporting signal score
    751.254
  • Event
    anaemia
    Reports
    1,057
    Reporting signal score
    453.718
  • Event
    bone marrow failure
    Reports
    642
    Reporting signal score
    1,063.04
  • Event
    diffuse large b-cell lymphoma recurrent
    Reports
    123
    Reporting signal score
    323.239
  • Event
    disease progression
    Reports
    698
    Reporting signal score
    507.394
  • Event
    disease recurrence
    Reports
    274
    Reporting signal score
    284.396
  • Event
    febrile bone marrow aplasia
    Reports
    183
    Reporting signal score
    357.027
  • Event
    febrile neutropenia
    Reports
    2,929
    Reporting signal score
    6,612.05
  • Event
    haematotoxicity
    Reports
    386
    Reporting signal score
    798.976
  • Event
    injection site pain
    Reports
    1
    Reporting signal score
    315.515
  • Event
    leukopenia
    Reports
    596
    Reporting signal score
    535.205
  • Event
    malignant neoplasm progression
    Reports
    516
    Reporting signal score
    405.616
  • Event
    mucosal inflammation
    Reports
    938
    Reporting signal score
    1,765.35
  • Event
    myelodysplastic syndrome
    Reports
    432
    Reporting signal score
    839.544
  • Event
    myelosuppression
    Reports
    304
    Reporting signal score
    515.676
  • Event
    nephropathy toxic
    Reports
    241
    Reporting signal score
    339.594
  • Event
    neutropenia
    Reports
    1,839
    Reporting signal score
    2,021.84
  • Event
    neutropenic sepsis
    Reports
    216
    Reporting signal score
    408.703
  • Event
    ovarian failure
    Reports
    106
    Reporting signal score
    346.321
  • Event
    pancytopenia
    Reports
    1,065
    Reporting signal score
    1,535.18
  • Event
    posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
    Reports
    223
    Reporting signal score
    313.588
  • Event
    pyrexia
    Reports
    1,257
    Reporting signal score
    348.24
  • Event
    second primary malignancy
    Reports
    222
    Reporting signal score
    397.225
  • Event
    sepsis
    Reports
    718
    Reporting signal score
    667.784
  • Event
    septic shock
    Reports
    277
    Reporting signal score
    308.087

And 3 more, listed on the interactive page.

And 998 more, listed on the interactive page.

Dose
50 mg/m2 to 100 mg/m2 or 35 mg/m2 or 37 mg/m2 to 75 mg/m2 or 26 mg/m2 or 75 mg/m2
Route
Intravenous
How often
Every 3 to 4 weeks

  • Administer diluted AVOPEF over 30 to 60 minutes
  • Do not administer AVOPEF by rapid intravenous injection

Hydrogen bond acceptors
13
Hydrogen bond donors
3
Polar surface area
160.83
Calculated partition coefficient (ALogP)
1.34
Calculated partition coefficient (XLogP)
0.6
Prodrug
No
Chirality
Single enantiomer
Inorganic
No
Rule-of-five violations
2
Rotatable bonds
5
Heavy atoms
42
Molecular formula
C29H32O13
Monoisotopic mass
588.18429107
Natural product
Yes

  • 0143-9376
  • 0143-9510
  • 0143-9511
  • 0143-9512
  • 0378-3266
  • 16729-114
  • 63323-104
  • 68001-265
  • 68001-681
  • 68001-682
  • 68001-683
  • 71288-175
  • 71288-176
  • 71288-177
  • 83270-451
  • 83831-144
  • 83831-145
  • 69238-2811

Recorded assays
8,930
Active assays
2,095

  • Confirmatory
  • Other
  • Screening
  • Summary

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Related records

Trials (1,403)

Approved for (6)

In development for (250)

Other linked conditions (8)

Targets (2)