Etoposide (Vepesid)
General information
Class/mechanism: Topoisomerase II inhibitor. Causes DNA strand breaks by interacting with DNA-topoisomerase II or by forming free radicals. Causes arrest at the G2 portion of the cell cycle, with dose dependent effects: at high concentrations, cells entering mitosis undergo lysis; at low concentrations, cells are inhibited from entering prophase.[1][2]
Route: IV, PO
Extravasation: irritant
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Diseases for which it is established (work in progress)
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Diseases for which it is used
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, infant
- Acute myeloid leukemia
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia
- Carcinoma of unknown primary
- Adrenocortical carcinoma
- Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma
- Anaplastic glioma
- Anaplastic large cell lymphoma
- B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- Burkitt lymphoma
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- CNS lymphoma
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
- Esophageal cancer
- Ewing sarcoma
- Extranodal NK- and T-cell lymphoma, nasal type
- Gallbladder cancer
- Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
- HIV-associated lymphoma
- Classical Hodgkin lymphoma
- Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte-predominant
- Kaposi sarcoma
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis
- Low-grade glioma
- Mantle cell lymphoma
- Mediastinal gray-zone lymphoma
- Medulloblastoma
- Multiple myeloma
- Neuroblastoma
- NK- and T-cell lymphoma
- Non-small cell lung cancer
- Osteosarcoma
- Ovarian cancer
- Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Soft tissue sarcoma
- Small cell lung cancer
- Testicular cancer
- Thymoma
- Transformed lymphoma
Patient drug information
- Etoposide (Vepesid) package insert[1]
- Etoposide (Vepesid) patient drug information (Chemocare)[3]
- Etoposide (Vepesid) patient drug information (UpToDate)[4]
History of changes in FDA indication
- 1983-11-10: Initial FDA approval for refractory testicular tumors. (No supporting studies are cited)
- Uncertain date: Approed for small cell lung cancer, in combination with cisplatin, as first-line treatment. (Based on Hainsworth et al. 1995)
History of changes in EMA indication
- 1980-07-09: EURD
History of changes in PMDA indication
- 2012-02-22: New additional indication and a new dosage for the treatment of ovarian cancer which has progressed after cancer chemotherapy.
- 2019-03-26: New indication for the treatment prior to tumor-specific T-cell infusion therapy.
Also known as
- Code names: VP-16, VP-TEC, VP-16213
- Generic name: etoposide phosphate
- Brand names:
Synonyms | |||||||
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Aside | Beposid | Bioposide | Celltop | Citodox | Epocin | Eposid | Eposide |
Eposido | Eposin | Epsidox | ETO | Etocris | Etomedac | Etonolver | Etopofos |
Etopophos | Etopos | Etoposid | Etoposido | Etopoxan | Etopul | Etosid | Etosin |
Eunades CS | Euvaxon | Exitop | Fytop | Fytosid | Labimion | Lastet | Lastet S |
Neoplaxol | Nexvep | Onkoposid | Optasid | Percas | Posid | Posidon | Posyd |
Riboposid | Sintopozid | Toposar | Toposide | Toposin | Topresid | Tosuben | Vepefos |
Vepesid | Vepeside | Vepsid | Vepside |
References
- Drugs
- Intravenous medications
- Oral medications
- Irritant
- Topoisomerase II inhibitors
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, infant medications
- Acute myeloid leukemia medications
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia medications
- Carcinoma of unknown primary medications
- Adrenocortical carcinoma medications
- Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma medications
- Anaplastic glioma medications
- Anaplastic large cell lymphoma medications
- B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia medications
- T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia medications
- Burkitt lymphoma medications
- Cholangiocarcinoma medications
- CNS lymphoma medications
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma medications
- Esophageal adenocarcinoma medications
- Esophageal cancer medications
- Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma medications
- Ewing sarcoma medications
- Extranodal NK- and T-cell lymphoma, nasal type medications
- Follicular lymphoma medications
- Gallbladder cancer medications
- Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia medications
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis medications
- HIV-associated lymphoma medications
- Classical Hodgkin lymphoma medications
- Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte-predominant medications
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis medications
- Low-grade glioma medications
- Low-grade glioma, pediatric medications
- Mantle cell lymphoma medications
- Mediastinal gray-zone lymphoma medications
- Medulloblastoma medications
- Multiple myeloma medications
- Neuroblastoma medications
- Neuroendocrine carcinoma medications
- NK- and T-cell lymphoma medications
- Non-small cell lung cancer medications
- Non-small cell lung cancer, nonsquamous medications
- Osteosarcoma medications
- Ovarian cancer medications
- Peripheral T-cell lymphoma medications
- Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma medications
- Rhabdomyosarcoma medications
- Soft tissue sarcoma medications
- Small cell lung cancer medications
- Testicular cancer medications
- Thymoma medications
- Transformed lymphoma medications
- Kaposi sarcoma medications
- FDA approved in 1983
- EMA approved in 1980
- WHO Essential Cancer Medicine