Doxorubicin (Adriamycin)
General information
Class/mechanism: Anthracycline; binds and intercalates into DNA, inhibiting nucleotide replication and DNA/RNA polymerase activity. Intercalation of DNA triggers DNA cleavage via topoisomerase II. Toxic effects on organs may be related to cell membrane lipid binding activities; enzymatic electron reduction of doxorubicin creates reactive species, e.g. hydroxyl free radicals OH-, which has been implicated in cardiotoxicity by means of Cu (II) and Fe (III) reduction.[1][2]
Route: IV
Extravasation: vesicant
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Diseases for which it is used
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia
- Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma
- Anaplastic large cell lymphoma
- Basal cell and squamous cell skin cancer
- Bladder cancer
- Bone cancer
- Breast cancer
- Burkitt lymphoma
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL)
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
- Follicular lymphoma
- Hepatobiliary cancer
- HIV-associated lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte-predominant
- Mantle cell lymphoma
- Marginal zone lymphoma
- Mediastinal gray-zone lymphoma
- Multiple myeloma
- Neuroendocrine tumors
- Peripheral T-cell lymphoma
- Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
- Renal cancer
- Sarcoma
- Small cell lung cancer
- Thymoma
- Transformed lymphoma
- Transplant conditioning regimens
- Uterine cancer
Patient drug information
- Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) patient drug information (Chemocare)[3]
- Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) package insert page 1[1]
- Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) patient drug information (UpToDate)[4]
History of changes in FDA indication
- 8/7/1974: Initial FDA approval
- 5/8/2003: Earliest date with label information at Drugs @ FDA: "Doxorubicin has been used successfully to produce regression in disseminated neoplastic conditions such as acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myeloblastic leukemia, Wilms’ tumor, neuroblastoma, soft tissue and bone sarcomas, breast carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, transitional cell bladder carcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, Hodgkin’s disease, malignant lymphoma and bronchogenic carcinoma in which the small cell histologic type is the most responsive compared to other cell types. Doxorubicin is also indicated for use as a component of adjuvant therapy in women with evidence of axillary lymph node involvement following resection of primary breast cancer.
Also known as
Synonyms | |||||||
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Adriablastina | Adriacept | Adriacin | Adriamycin HS | Adriamycin PFS | Adriamycin R-D | Adriamycin R.D.F | Adriamycin RDF |
Adriblastin | Adriblastina | Adriblastina DR | Adriblastina R.D. | Adriblastina R.T.U. | Adriblastina RD | Adriblastina RTU | Adriblastine |
Adriblastine RTU | Adriblastin PFS | Adriblastin RD | Adricept | Adricin | Adrim | Adrimedac | Adrosal |
Antraciclin | Biorrub | Biorubina | Cadria | Carcinocin | Cloridrato DE | Doxorrubicina Colhidrol | Daxotel |
Deldoxin | Dicladox | Dobicin | Dobixin | Doxo | Doxobin | Doxo Cell | Doxocris |
Doxokebir | Doxolem | Doxolem RU | Doxonolver | Doxor | Doxorrubicina | Doxoruben | Doxorubicina |
Doxorubicina Asofarma | Doxorubicina Ferrer | Doxorubicina Filaxis | Doxorubicina Gador | Doxorubicina Servycal | Doxorubicina Tedec | Doxorubicin Bigmar | Doxorubicin Comp |
Doxorubicin DBL | Doxorubicine | Doxorubicin Ebewe | Doxorubicine Bristol | Doxorubicine Dakota | Doxorubicine G GAM | Doxorubicine HCl Eurocept | Doxorubicine Hydrochloride |
Doxorubicine Sandoz HCl | Doxorubicine Teva | Doxorubicin FOT | Doxorubicin Funk | Doxorubicin HCl | Doxorubicin Hydrochloride | Doxorubicin KMP | Doxorubicin Meda |
Doxorubicin Pharmachemie | Doxorubicin Teva | Doxorubicinum | Doxorubin | Doxotec | Doxtie | Duxocin | Evacet |
Farmiblastina | Fauldoxo | Flavicina | hydroxydaunorubicin | Ifadox,L-Doxorubicin | Lipodox | Lyphidox | Myocet |
Nagun | Neoxane | Nuaze | Oncodria | Onkodox | Onkostatil | Pallagicin | Ranxas |
Rastocin | Ribodoxo | Ribodoxo-L | Roxorin | Rubex | Trav Doxorubicin | Urokit Doxo Cell Loesung | Varidoxo |
Zodox |
References
- Drug index
- Chemotherapy
- Intravenous chemotherapy
- Vesicant chemotherapy
- Anthracyclines
- Topoisomerase inhibitors
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia medications
- Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma medications
- Anaplastic large cell lymphoma medications
- Basal cell and squamous cell skin cancer medications
- Bladder cancer medications
- Bone cancer medications
- Breast cancer medications
- Burkitt lymphoma medications
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) medications
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma medications
- Follicular lymphoma medications
- Hepatobiliary cancer medications
- HIV-associated lymphoma medications
- Hodgkin lymphoma medications
- Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte-predominant medications
- Mantle cell lymphoma medications
- Marginal zone lymphoma medications
- Mediastinal gray-zone lymphoma medications
- Multiple myeloma medications
- Neuroendocrine tumor medications
- Peripheral T-cell lymphoma medications
- Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma medications
- Renal cancer medications
- Sarcoma medications
- Small cell lung cancer medications
- Thymoma medications
- Transformed lymphoma medications
- Transplant medications
- Uterine cancer medications
- Drugs FDA approved in 1974
- WHO Essential Cancer Medicine