Ceralasertib - AstraZeneca/University of Pennsylvania
Alternative Names: AZD 6738Latest Information Update: 25 Sep 2025
At a glance
- Originator AstraZeneca; University of Pennsylvania
- Developer Acerta Pharma; AstraZeneca; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Gustave Roussy; National Cancer Institute (France); Samsung Medical Center; University of California at San Francisco; University of Pennsylvania
- Class Antineoplastics; Cyclopropanes; Imines; Ketones; Morpholines; Organic sulfur compounds; Pyridines; Pyrimidines; Pyrroles; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action ATR protein 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 Non-small cell lung cancer
- Phase II Cholangiocarcinoma; Gynaecological cancer; Malignant melanoma; Osteosarcoma; Ovarian cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Prostate cancer; Small cell lung cancer; Solid tumours; Triple negative breast cancer
- Phase I/II Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
- Phase I Chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia; Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Preclinical Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Discontinued Haematological malignancies; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; Squamous cell cancer
Most Recent Events
- 25 Sep 2025 3909969 - Kdm and clinical data added
- 30 May 2025 Efficacy and adverse events data from phase II clinical trials in Osteosarcoma presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO-2025)
- 30 May 2025 Efficacy and adverse events data from the phase II NCI 10222 trial in Solid tumours presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO-2025)