Lucanthone - Assertio Therapeutics
Alternative Names: Lucanthone hydrochloride; TixantoneLatest Information Update: 12 Jan 2024
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At a glance
- Originator Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Developer Assertio Therapeutics; University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Class Antineoplastics; Antiparasitics; Radiosensitisers; Small molecules; Thioxanthenes; Xanthones
- Mechanism of Action DNA-apurinic apyrimidinic site lyase inhibitors; Type II DNA topoisomerase inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Discontinued Brain metastases; Breast cancer; Glioblastoma
Most Recent Events
- 30 Jan 2018 Spectrum Pharmaceuticals withdraws a phase II trial in Brain metastases (Adjunctive treatment) in USA due to pending resolution of study drug issues (PO) (NCT02014545)
- 10 Aug 2015 The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Spectrum Pharmaceuticals suspend a phase II trial in Brain metastases (Adjunctive treatment) in USA, as the principal investigator left the university (PO) (NCT02014545)
- 30 Nov 2013 Phase-II clinical trials in Brain metastases in USA (PO)