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Vorinostat
Identification
- Name
- Vorinostat
- Accession Number
- DB02546
- Description
Vorinostat (rINN) or suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA), is a drug currently under investigation for the treatment of cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL), a type of skin cancer, to be used when the disease persists, gets worse, or comes back during or after treatment with other medicines. It is the first in a new class of agents known as histone deacetylase inhibitors. A recent study suggested that vorinostat also possesses some activity against recurrent glioblastoma multiforme, resulting in a median overall survival of 5.7 months (compared to 4 - 4.4 months in earlier studies). Further brain tumor trials are planned using combinations of vorinostat with other drugs.
- Type
- Small Molecule
- Groups
- Approved, Investigational
- Structure
Structure for Vorinostat (DB02546)
- Weight
- Average: 264.3202
Monoisotopic: 264.147392516 - Chemical Formula
- C14H20N2O3
- Synonyms
- Octanedioic acid hydroxyamide phenylamide
- SAHA
- SHH
- Suberanilohydroxamic acid
- Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid
- Vorinostat
- Vorinostatum
- External IDs
- MK-0683
- MK0683
Pharmacology
- Indication
For the treatment of cutaneous manifestations in patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma who have progressive, persistent or recurrent disease on or following two systemic therapies.
- Associated Conditions
- Contraindications & Blackbox Warnings
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Learn More- Pharmacodynamics
- Not Available
- Mechanism of action
Vorinostat inhibits the enzymatic activity of histone deacetylases HDAC1, HDAC2 and HDAC3 (Class I) and HDAC6 (Class II) at nanomolar concentrations (IC50< 86 nM). These enzymes catalyze the removal of acetyl groups from the lysine residues of histones proteins. In some cancer cells, there is an overexpression of HDACs, or an aberrant recruitment of HDACs to oncogenic transcription factors causing hypoacetylation of core nucleosomal histones. By inhibiting histone deacetylase, vorinostat causes the accumulation of acetylated histones and induces cell cycle arrest and/or apoptosis of some transformed cells. The mechanism of the antineoplastic effect of vorinostat has not been fully characterized.
Target Actions Organism AHistone deacetylase 1 inhibitorHumans AHistone deacetylase 2 inhibitorHumans AHistone deacetylase 3 inhibitorHumans AHistone deacetylase 6 inhibitorHumans UHistone deacetylase 8 Not Available Humans UAcetoin utilization protein Not Available Aquifex aeolicus (strain VF5) - Absorption
- Not Available
- Volume of distribution
- Not Available
- Protein binding
71%
- Metabolism
The major pathways of vorinostat metabolism involve glucuronidation and hydrolysis followed by β-oxidation. Human serum levels of two metabolites, O-glucuronide of vorinostat and 4-anilino-4-oxobutanoic acid were measured. Both metabolites are pharmacologically inactive. Compared to vorinostat, the mean steady state serum exposures in humans of the O-glucuronide of vorinostat and 4-anilino-4-oxobutanoic acid were 4-fold and 13-fold higher, respectively. In vitro studies using human liver microsomes indicate negligible biotransformation by cytochromes P450 (CYP).
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- Route of elimination
In vitro studies using human liver microsomes indicate negligible biotransformation by cytochromes P450 (CYP). Vorinostat is eliminated predominantly through metabolism with less than 1% of the dose recovered as unchanged drug in urine, indicating that renal excretion does not play a role in the elimination of vorinostat. However, renal excretion does not play a role in the elimination of vorinostat.
- Half-life
2 hours
- Clearance
- Not Available
- Adverse Effects
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Learn More- Toxicity
- Not Available
- Affected organisms
- Humans and other mammals
- Pathways
- Not Available
- Pharmacogenomic Effects/ADRs
- Not Available
Interactions
- Drug Interactions
- This information should not be interpreted without the help of a healthcare provider. If you believe you are experiencing an interaction, contact a healthcare provider immediately. The absence of an interaction does not necessarily mean no interactions exist.
Drug Interaction Unlock Additional DataAbatacept The risk or severity of adverse effects can be increased when Abatacept is combined with Vorinostat. Abciximab The risk or severity of bleeding can be increased when Abciximab is combined with Vorinostat. Acarbose The therapeutic efficacy of Acarbose can be decreased when used in combination with Vorinostat. Acebutolol The risk or severity of QTc prolongation can be increased when Vorinostat is combined with Acebutolol. Acenocoumarol Vorinostat may increase the anticoagulant activities of Acenocoumarol. Acetohexamide The therapeutic efficacy of Acetohexamide can be decreased when used in combination with Vorinostat. Acetylsalicylic acid The risk or severity of bleeding can be increased when Acetylsalicylic acid is combined with Vorinostat. Acrivastine The risk or severity of QTc prolongation can be increased when Vorinostat is combined with Acrivastine. Adalimumab The risk or severity of adverse effects can be increased when Adalimumab is combined with Vorinostat. Adenosine The risk or severity of QTc prolongation can be increased when Vorinostat is combined with Adenosine. Additional Data Available- Extended DescriptionExtended Description
Extended description of the mechanism of action and particular properties of each drug interaction.
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- Evidence Level
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- Food Interactions
- Take with food.
Products
- Brand Name Prescription Products
Name Dosage Strength Route Labeller Marketing Start Marketing End Region Image Unlock Additional DataZolinza Capsule 100 mg/1 Oral Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. 2006-10-06 Not applicable US 
Zolinza Capsule 100 mg Oral Merck Ltd. 2009-06-29 Not applicable Canada 
Additional Data Available- Application NumberApplication Number
A unique ID assigned by the FDA when a product is submitted for approval by the labeller.
Learn more - Product CodeProduct Code
A governmentally-recognized ID which uniquely identifies the product within its regulatory market.
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Categories
- ATC Codes
- L01XX38 — Vorinostat
- Drug Categories
- Amides
- Amines
- Anilides
- Aniline Compounds
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Antineoplastic and Immunomodulating Agents
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
- Hydroxamic Acids
- Hydroxy Acids
- Hydroxylamines
- Hyperglycemia-Associated Agents
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Myelosuppressive Agents
- Narrow Therapeutic Index Drugs
- Potential QTc-Prolonging Agents
- QTc Prolonging Agents
- Chemical TaxonomyProvided by Classyfire
- Description
- This compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as benzene and substituted derivatives. These are aromatic compounds containing one monocyclic ring system consisting of benzene.
- Kingdom
- Organic compounds
- Super Class
- Benzenoids
- Class
- Benzene and substituted derivatives
- Sub Class
- Not Available
- Direct Parent
- Benzene and substituted derivatives
- Alternative Parents
- Propargyl-type 1,3-dipolar organic compounds / Carboximidic acids / Organopnictogen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Organonitrogen compounds / Hydrocarbon derivatives
- Substituents
- Aromatic homomonocyclic compound / Carboximidic acid / Carboximidic acid derivative / Hydrocarbon derivative / Monocyclic benzene moiety / Organic 1,3-dipolar compound / Organic nitrogen compound / Organic oxygen compound / Organonitrogen compound / Organooxygen compound
- Molecular Framework
- Aromatic homomonocyclic compounds
- External Descriptors
- dicarboxylic acid diamide, hydroxamic acid (CHEBI:45716)
Chemical Identifiers
- UNII
- 58IFB293JI
- CAS number
- 149647-78-9
- InChI Key
- WAEXFXRVDQXREF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- InChI
- InChI=1S/C14H20N2O3/c17-13(15-12-8-4-3-5-9-12)10-6-1-2-7-11-14(18)16-19/h3-5,8-9,19H,1-2,6-7,10-11H2,(H,15,17)(H,16,18)
- IUPAC Name
- N-hydroxy-N'-phenyloctanediamide
- SMILES
- ONC(=O)CCCCCCC(=O)NC1=CC=CC=C1
References
- Synthesis Reference
Vinayak G. Gore, Madhukar S. Patil, Rahul A. Bhalerao, Hemant M. Mande, Sandeep G. Mekde, "PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF VORINOSTAT." U.S. Patent US20110263712, issued October 27, 2011.
US20110263712- General References
- Munshi A, Tanaka T, Hobbs ML, Tucker SL, Richon VM, Meyn RE: Vorinostat, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, enhances the response of human tumor cells to ionizing radiation through prolongation of gamma-H2AX foci. Mol Cancer Ther. 2006 Aug;5(8):1967-74. [PubMed:16928817]
- External Links
- Human Metabolome Database
- HMDB0015568
- KEGG Drug
- D06320
- PubChem Compound
- 5311
- PubChem Substance
- 46508989
- ChemSpider
- 5120
- BindingDB
- 19149
- 194337
- ChEBI
- 45716
- ChEMBL
- CHEMBL98
- ZINC
- ZINC000001543873
- Therapeutic Targets Database
- DAP001082
- PharmGKB
- PA164748224
- PDBe Ligand
- SHH
- RxList
- RxList Drug Page
- Drugs.com
- Drugs.com Drug Page
- Wikipedia
- Vorinostat
- AHFS Codes
- 10:00.00 — Antineoplastic Agents
- PDB Entries
- 1c3s / 1t69 / 1zz1 / 3c0z / 4bz6 / 4lxz / 4qa0 / 4qa2 / 4r7l / 5eei
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
Phase Status Purpose Conditions Count 3 Active Not Recruiting Treatment Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (CTCL) 1 3 Active Not Recruiting Treatment Multiple Myeloma (MM) 1 3 Completed Treatment Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) / Untreated Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia 1 3 Completed Treatment Lung Cancers / Mesothelioma 1 3 Completed Treatment Multiple Myeloma (MM) 1 3 Withdrawn Treatment Malignant Lymphomas 1 2 Active Not Recruiting Treatment Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) 1 2 Active Not Recruiting Treatment Breast Cancer 1 2 Active Not Recruiting Treatment Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia / Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia-1 / Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia-2 / Myelodysplastic Syndrome / Myelodysplastic Syndrome With Excess Blasts / Myelodysplastic Syndrome With Excess Blasts-1 / Myelodysplastic Syndrome With Excess Blasts-2 1 2 Active Not Recruiting Treatment Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma/Mycosis Fungoides 1
Pharmacoeconomics
- Manufacturers
- Not Available
- Packagers
- Merck & Co.
- Patheon Inc.
- Dosage Forms
Form Route Strength Capsule Oral 100 mg/1 Capsule Oral 100 mg - Prices
Unit description Cost Unit Zolinza 100 mg capsule 83.11USD capsule DrugBank does not sell nor buy drugs. Pricing information is supplied for informational purposes only.- Patents
Patent Number Pediatric Extension Approved Expires (estimated) Region Unlock Additional DataUS6087367 No 2000-07-11 2011-10-04 US CA2120619 No 2006-11-21 2012-10-05 Canada US7399787 No 2008-07-15 2025-02-09 US US7732490 No 2010-06-08 2023-03-04 US US7851509 No 2010-12-14 2024-02-21 US US8067472 No 2011-11-29 2023-03-04 US US8101663 No 2012-01-24 2023-03-04 US US8450372 No 2013-05-28 2028-03-18 US US7456219 No 2008-11-25 2027-03-11 US US8093295 No 2012-01-10 2026-05-16 US USRE38506 No 2004-04-20 2015-07-07 US US7652069 No 2010-01-26 2023-03-04 US Additional Data Available- Filed On
Properties
- State
- Solid
- Experimental Properties
Property Value Source pKa 9.2 Not Available - Predicted Properties
Property Value Source Water Solubility 0.0716 mg/mL ALOGPS logP 1.88 ALOGPS logP 2 ChemAxon logS -3.6 ALOGPS pKa (Strongest Acidic) 8.91 ChemAxon pKa (Strongest Basic) -3.5 ChemAxon Physiological Charge 0 ChemAxon Hydrogen Acceptor Count 3 ChemAxon Hydrogen Donor Count 3 ChemAxon Polar Surface Area 78.43 Å2 ChemAxon Rotatable Bond Count 8 ChemAxon Refractivity 73.81 m3·mol-1 ChemAxon Polarizability 28.39 Å3 ChemAxon Number of Rings 1 ChemAxon Bioavailability 1 ChemAxon Rule of Five Yes ChemAxon Ghose Filter Yes ChemAxon Veber's Rule No ChemAxon MDDR-like Rule No ChemAxon - Predicted ADMET Features
Property Value Probability Human Intestinal Absorption + 0.8458 Blood Brain Barrier + 0.9861 Caco-2 permeable - 0.8957 P-glycoprotein substrate Non-substrate 0.6928 P-glycoprotein inhibitor I Non-inhibitor 0.8741 P-glycoprotein inhibitor II Non-inhibitor 0.9317 Renal organic cation transporter Non-inhibitor 0.9169 CYP450 2C9 substrate Non-substrate 0.8437 CYP450 2D6 substrate Non-substrate 0.8345 CYP450 3A4 substrate Non-substrate 0.6536 CYP450 1A2 substrate Non-inhibitor 0.824 CYP450 2C9 inhibitor Non-inhibitor 0.9084 CYP450 2D6 inhibitor Non-inhibitor 0.9204 CYP450 2C19 inhibitor Non-inhibitor 0.88 CYP450 3A4 inhibitor Non-inhibitor 0.9347 CYP450 inhibitory promiscuity Low CYP Inhibitory Promiscuity 0.9336 Ames test AMES toxic 0.7891 Carcinogenicity Non-carcinogens 0.7278 Biodegradation Not ready biodegradable 0.8297 Rat acute toxicity 1.9954 LD50, mol/kg Not applicable hERG inhibition (predictor I) Weak inhibitor 0.9603 hERG inhibition (predictor II) Non-inhibitor 0.8674
Spectra
- Mass Spec (NIST)
- Not Available
- Spectra
Spectrum Spectrum Type Splash Key Predicted GC-MS Spectrum - GC-MS Predicted GC-MS Not Available Predicted MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Positive (Annotated) Predicted LC-MS/MS Not Available Predicted MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Positive (Annotated) Predicted LC-MS/MS Not Available Predicted MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Positive (Annotated) Predicted LC-MS/MS Not Available Predicted MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Negative (Annotated) Predicted LC-MS/MS Not Available Predicted MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Negative (Annotated) Predicted LC-MS/MS Not Available Predicted MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Negative (Annotated) Predicted LC-MS/MS Not Available LC-MS/MS Spectrum - LC-ESI-Hybrid FT , Positive LC-MS/MS Not Available MS/MS Spectrum - , positive LC-MS/MS splash10-001l-9750000000-d26ffebbce9b1bc73b92
Targets
- Kind
- Protein
- Organism
- Humans
- Pharmacological action
- Yes
- Actions
- Inhibitor
- General Function
- Transcription regulatory region sequence-specific dna binding
- Specific Function
- Responsible for the deacetylation of lysine residues on the N-terminal part of the core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4). Histone deacetylation gives a tag for epigenetic repression and plays an impo...
- Gene Name
- HDAC1
- Uniprot ID
- Q13547
- Uniprot Name
- Histone deacetylase 1
- Molecular Weight
- 55102.615 Da
References
- Xu WS, Parmigiani RB, Marks PA: Histone deacetylase inhibitors: molecular mechanisms of action. Oncogene. 2007 Aug 13;26(37):5541-52. [PubMed:17694093]
- Chen X, Ji ZL, Chen YZ: TTD: Therapeutic Target Database. Nucleic Acids Res. 2002 Jan 1;30(1):412-5. [PubMed:11752352]
- Kind
- Protein
- Organism
- Humans
- Pharmacological action
- Yes
- Actions
- Inhibitor
- General Function
- Transcription factor binding
- Specific Function
- Responsible for the deacetylation of lysine residues on the N-terminal part of the core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4). Histone deacetylation gives a tag for epigenetic repression and plays an impo...
- Gene Name
- HDAC2
- Uniprot ID
- Q92769
- Uniprot Name
- Histone deacetylase 2
- Molecular Weight
- 55363.855 Da
References
- Xu WS, Parmigiani RB, Marks PA: Histone deacetylase inhibitors: molecular mechanisms of action. Oncogene. 2007 Aug 13;26(37):5541-52. [PubMed:17694093]
- Kind
- Protein
- Organism
- Humans
- Pharmacological action
- Yes
- Actions
- Inhibitor
- General Function
- Transcription factor binding
- Specific Function
- Responsible for the deacetylation of lysine residues on the N-terminal part of the core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4), and some other non-histone substrates. Histone deacetylation gives a tag for ...
- Gene Name
- HDAC3
- Uniprot ID
- O15379
- Uniprot Name
- Histone deacetylase 3
- Molecular Weight
- 48847.385 Da
References
- Xu WS, Parmigiani RB, Marks PA: Histone deacetylase inhibitors: molecular mechanisms of action. Oncogene. 2007 Aug 13;26(37):5541-52. [PubMed:17694093]
- Kind
- Protein
- Organism
- Humans
- Pharmacological action
- Yes
- Actions
- Inhibitor
- General Function
- Zinc ion binding
- Specific Function
- Responsible for the deacetylation of lysine residues on the N-terminal part of the core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4). Histone deacetylation gives a tag for epigenetic repression and plays an impo...
- Gene Name
- HDAC6
- Uniprot ID
- Q9UBN7
- Uniprot Name
- Histone deacetylase 6
- Molecular Weight
- 131418.19 Da
References
- Xu WS, Parmigiani RB, Marks PA: Histone deacetylase inhibitors: molecular mechanisms of action. Oncogene. 2007 Aug 13;26(37):5541-52. [PubMed:17694093]
- Kind
- Protein
- Organism
- Humans
- Pharmacological action
- Unknown
- General Function
- Transcription factor binding
- Specific Function
- Responsible for the deacetylation of lysine residues on the N-terminal part of the core histones (H2A, H2B, H3 and H4). Histone deacetylation gives a tag for epigenetic repression and plays an impo...
- Gene Name
- HDAC8
- Uniprot ID
- Q9BY41
- Uniprot Name
- Histone deacetylase 8
- Molecular Weight
- 41757.29 Da
- Kind
- Protein
- Organism
- Aquifex aeolicus (strain VF5)
- Pharmacological action
- Unknown
- General Function
- Metal ion binding
- Specific Function
- Not Available
- Gene Name
- acuC1
- Uniprot ID
- O67135
- Uniprot Name
- Acetoin utilization protein
- Molecular Weight
- 42662.46 Da
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