Epacadostat - Incyte Corporation
Alternative Names: INCB-024360; INCB-24360Latest Information Update: 15 Jun 2024
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
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
- 21 May 2024 Epacadostat is still in phase-I development in Rectal cancer(First-line therapy, Late-stage disease, Neoadjuvant therapy) in USA (PO, Tablet) (NCT03516708)
- 05 Apr 2024 Efficacy and adverse events data from a phase I/II trial in Rectal cancer presented at the 115th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR-2024)
- 11 Aug 2023 Chinook Therapeutics has been acquired by Novartis