Aspacytarabine - Ayala Pharmaceuticals
Alternative Names: Ara-C asparagine conjugate; Aspacytarabine-hydrochloride-Ayala Pharmaceuticals; Asparagine ara-C conjugate; Asparagine cytarabine conjugate; Astarabine; BSR-236; BST 236; BST-236-HCl; Cytarabine asparagine conjugate; Cytarabine-prodrugLatest Information Update: 02 Jun 2025
At a glance
- Originator BioSight
- Developer Ayala Pharmaceuticals; Groupe Francophone des Myelodysplasies
- Class Amino acids; Antineoplastics; Arabinonucleosides; Drug conjugates; Pyrimidine nucleosides; Small molecules
- Mechanism of Action Antimetabolites; DNA synthesis 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 No
Highest Development Phases
- Phase II Acute myeloid leukaemia; Myelodysplastic syndromes
- Phase I/II Precursor cell lymphoblastic leukaemia-lymphoma
- No development reported Chronic myeloid leukaemia; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Most Recent Events
- 13 Jan 2025 Groupe Francophone des Myelodysplasies completes a Phase-II clinical trials in Myelodysplastic syndromes and Acute myeloid leukemia (Monotherapy, Second-line therapy or greater) in France (IV) (EudraCT2020-003400-13) (NCT04827719)
- 04 Apr 2024 Ayala Pharmaceuticals files for patent protection for Aspacytarabine in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, India, Japan, Israel, Russia, Korea, Hong Kong and the United States
- 04 Apr 2024 Ayala Pharmaceuticals has patent protection for BST 236 composition and use in United States, Europe, Australia, Israel, Canada, Japan, Russia, India, Macau, China and Monaco