| Drug Name |
Capecitabine |
| Drug ID |
BADD_D00349 |
| Description |
Capecitabine is an orally-administered chemotherapeutic agent used in the treatment of metastatic breast and colorectal cancers. Capecitabine is a prodrug, that is enzymatically converted to fluorouracil (antimetabolite) in the tumor, where it inhibits DNA synthesis and slows growth of tumor tissue. |
| Indications and Usage |
For the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer resistant to both paclitaxel and an anthracycline-containing chemotherapy regimen. May also be used in combination with docetaxel for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer in patients who have failed to respond to, or recurred or relasped during or following anthracycline-containing chemotherapy. Capecitabine is used alone as an adjuvant therapy following the complete resection of primary tumor in patients with stage III colon cancer when monotherapy with fluroprymidine is preferred. The use or capecitabine in combination regimens for advanced gastric cancer is currently being investigated. |
| Marketing Status |
approved; investigational |
| ATC Code |
L01BC06 |
| DrugBank ID |
DB01101
|
| KEGG ID |
D01223
|
| MeSH ID |
D000069287
|
| PubChem ID |
60953
|
| TTD Drug ID |
D00HCQ
|
| NDC Product Code |
55111-893; 82920-001; 72205-007; 72485-205; 62331-043; 16714-467; 51407-640; 55111-496; 55111-497; 61269-475; 65162-844; 15308-0714; 54893-0002; 59651-205; 64980-277; 70756-815; 68001-487; 69097-949; 72205-006; 63482-099; 72969-094; 16729-072; 59923-721; 61269-470; 0054-0271; 69539-019; 0093-7473; 64980-276; 0054-0272; 69097-948; 72606-554; 53104-7618; 55512-0015; 0004-1100; 51407-639; 67877-459; 68001-488; 69539-020; 35369-0010; 16729-073; 51407-096; 62756-238; 62756-239; 65162-843; 67877-458; 59651-204; 72485-204; 72606-555; 49452-1713; 68554-0033; 0004-1101; 0093-7474; 51407-095; 60687-149; 0378-2511; 70756-816; 53183-4009; 54245-7014; 65129-1241; 81955-0001; 16714-468; 59923-722 |
| UNII |
6804DJ8Z9U
|
| Synonyms |
Capecitabine | N(4)-pentyloxycarbonyl-5'-deoxy-5-fluorocytidine | Xeloda |
