Epacadostat - Incyte Corporation
Alternative Names: INCB-024360; INCB-24360Latest Information Update: 15 Dec 2025
At a glance
- Originator Incyte Corporation
- Developer Aduro BioTech; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Columbia University; IMV; Incyte Corporation; MedImmune; Merck AG; Merck Sharp & Dohme; National Cancer Institute (USA); Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center; Stanford University; Washington University School of Medicine
- Class Antineoplastics; Halogenated hydrocarbons; Nitroso compounds; Oxadiazoles; Small molecules; Sulfonamides
- Mechanism of Action Indoleamine-pyrrole 2,3-dioxygenase inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Yes - Malignant melanoma
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity Yes
Highest Development Phases
- Phase III Head and neck cancer; Malignant melanoma; Non-small cell lung cancer; Renal cell carcinoma; Urogenital cancer
- Phase II Endometrial cancer; Fallopian tube cancer; Gastric cancer; Gastrointestinal stromal tumours; Glioblastoma; Oesophageal cancer; Ovarian cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Peritoneal cancer; Sarcoma; Solid tumours
- Phase I/II Cancer; Colorectal cancer; Prostate cancer; Rectal cancer
Most Recent Events
- 31 Oct 2025 Washington University School of Medicine completes a Phase-II clinical trials in Glioblastoma (Combination therapy, Recurrent, Late-stage disease) in USA (PO) (NCT03532295)
- 30 Oct 2025 Incyte Corporation and Merck Sharp & Dohme completes the phase III trial for Head and neck cancer (Combination therapy, First-line therapy, Metastatic disease, Recurrent) US, Taiwan, Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the UK (NCT03358472)
- 04 Jun 2025 Incyte Corporation completes phase III clinical trials in Renal cell carcinoma (Combination therapy, Metastatic disease, First-line therapy, Late-stage disease) in USA, Norway, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Turkey, Taiwan, Spain, Russia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Ireland, Hungary, Germany, France, Chile, Canada, Brazil, Australia (PO) (NCT03260894)