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Routes of administration | IV |
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Formula | C25H25NO9 |
Molar mass | 483.473 g·mol−1 |
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Amrubicin (INN; previously known asSM-5887) is ananthracycline used in the treatment oflung cancer.[1] It is marketed in Japan since 2002 bySumitomo under the brand nameCalsed.[2]
Amrubicin acts by inhibitingtopoisomerase II, and has been compared in clinical trials withtopotecan, a Topoisomerase I inhibitor.[3][4]
It has also been studied for the treatment of bladder carcinoma[5] and gastric cancer.[6]
Amrubicin was the first anthracycline derivative created by de novo synthesis and was first published in 1989 by scientists from Sumitomo.[7]
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