Dacarbazine

Dacarbazine
Names
Pronunciation/dəˈkɑːrbəˌziːn/
Trade namesDTIC-Dome, others
IUPAC name
  • 5-(3,3-Dimethyl-1-triazenyl)imidazole-4-carboxamide
Clinical data
Pregnancy
category
  • US: C (Risk not ruled out)
    Routes of
    use    		IV
    Defined daily dosenot established[1]
    External links
    AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
    US NLMDacarbazine
    MedlinePlusa682750
    Legal
    Legal status
    • In general: ℞ (Prescription only)
    Pharmacokinetics
    Bioavailability100% (IV)
    MetabolismExtensive
    Elimination half-life5 hours
    ExcretionKidney (40% as unchanged dacarbazine)
    Chemical and physical data
    FormulaC6H10N6O
    Molar mass182.187 g·mol−1
    3D model (JSmol)
    SMILES
    • CN(C)N=Nc1[nH]cnc1C(N)=O
    InChI
    • InChI=1S/C6H10N6O/c1-12(2)11-10-6-4(5(7)13)8-3-9-6/h3H,1-2H3,(H2,7,13)(H,8,9)/b11-10+ checkY
    • Key:FDKXTQMXEQVLRF-ZHACJKMWSA-N checkY

    Dacarbazine (DTIC), also known as imidazole carboxamide, is a chemotherapy medication used in the treatment of melanoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma.[2] For Hodgkin's it is often used together with vinblastine, bleomycin, and doxorubicin.[2] It is given by injection into a vein.[2]

    Common side effects include loss of appetite, vomiting, low white blood cell count, and low platelets.[2] Other serious side effects include liver problems and allergic reactions.[2] It is unclear if use in pregnancy is safe for the baby.[2] Dacarbazine is in the alkylating agent and purine analog families of medication.[2]

    Dacarbazine was approved for medical use in the United States in 1975.[2] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[3] The wholesale cost in the developing world is about US$7.45–18.24 per 200 mg vial.[4] In the United Kingdom this dose costs the NHS about 7.50 pounds.[5]

    Medical uses

    As of mid-2006, dacarbazine is commonly used as a single agent in the treatment of metastatic melanoma,[6][7] and as part of the ABVD chemotherapy regimen to treat Hodgkin's lymphoma,[8] and in the MAID regimen for sarcoma.[9][10] Dacarbazine was proven to be just as efficacious as procarbazine[11] in the German trial for paediatric Hodgkin's lymphoma, without the teratogenic effects. Thus COPDAC has replaced the former COPP regime in children for TG2 & 3 following OEPA.[12]

    Dosage

    The defined daily dose is not established[1]

    Side effects

    Like many chemotherapy drugs, dacarbazine may have numerous serious side effects, because it interferes with normal cell growth as well as cancer cell growth. Among the most serious possible side effects are birth defects to children conceived or carried during treatment; sterility, possibly permanent; or immune suppression (reduced ability to fight infection or disease). Dacarbazine is considered to be highly emetogenic,[13] and most patients will be pre-medicated with dexamethasone and antiemetic drugs like 5-HT3 antagonist (e.g., ondansetron) and/or NK1 receptor antagonist (e.g., aprepitant). Other significant side effects include headache, fatigue and occasionally diarrhea.

    The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare has sent out a black box warning and suggests avoiding dacarbazine due to liver problems.[14]

    Mechanism of action

    Dacarbazine works by methylating guanine at the O-6 and N-7 positions.[15] Guanine is one of the four nucleotides that makes up DNA. The methylated DNA strands stick together such that cell division becomes impossible. This affects cancer cells more than healthy cells because cancer cells divide faster. Unfortunately however, some of the healthy cells will still be damaged.

    Dacarbazine is bioactivated in liver by demethylation to "MTIC" and then to diazomethane, which is an alkylating agent.

    Synthesis

    Shealy et al., J. Org. Chem. 27, 2150 (1962); Hano et al., Gann 59, 207 (1968), C.A. 69, 42527g (1968).

    History

    See also: History of cancer chemotherapy

    Dacarbazine was developed by Y. Fulmer Shealy, PhD at Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. Research was funded by a U.S. federal grant. Dacarbazine gained FDA approval in May 1975 as DTIC-Dome. The drug was initially marketed by Bayer.

    Suppliers

    Bayer continues to supply DTIC-Dome. There are also generic versions of dacarbazine available from APP, Bedford, Mayne Pharma (now Hospira) and Teva.

    See also

    References

    1. 1 2 "WHOCC - ATC/DDD Index". www.whocc.no. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Dacarbazine". The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
    3. ↑ World Health Organization (2019). World Health Organization model list of essential medicines: 21st list 2019. Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl:10665/325771. WHO/MVP/EMP/IAU/2019.06. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
    4. ↑ "Dacarbazine". International Drug Price Indicator Guide. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
    5. ↑ British national formulary : BNF 69 (69 ed.). British Medical Association. 2015. p. 600. ISBN 9780857111562.
    6. ↑ Serrone, L; Zeuli, M; Sega, FM; Cognetti, F (March 2000). "Dacarbazine-based chemotherapy for metastatic melanoma: thirty-year experience overview". Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research : CR. 19 (1): 21–34. PMID 10840932.
    7. ↑ Bhatia, S; Tykodi, SS; Thompson, JA (May 2009). "Treatment of metastatic melanoma: an overview". Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.). 23 (6): 488–96. PMC 2737459. PMID 19544689.
    8. ↑ Rueda Domínguez, A; Márquez, A; Gumá, J; Llanos, M; Herrero, J; de Las Nieves, MA; Miramón, J; Alba, E (December 2004). "Treatment of stage I and II Hodgkin's lymphoma with ABVD chemotherapy: results after 7 years of a prospective study". Annals of Oncology. 15 (12): 1798–804. doi:10.1093/annonc/mdh465. PMID 15550585.
    9. ↑ Elias, A; Ryan, L; Aisner, J; Antman, KH (April 1990). "Mesna, doxorubicin, ifosfamide, dacarbazine (MAID) regimen for adults with advanced sarcoma". Seminars in Oncology. 17 (2 Suppl 4): 41–9. PMID 2110385.
    10. ↑ Pearl, ML; Inagami, M; McCauley, DL; Valea, FA; Chalas, E; Fischer, M (2001). "Mesna, doxorubicin, ifosfamide, and dacarbazine (MAID) chemotherapy for gynecological sarcomas". International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. 12 (6): 745–8. doi:10.1046/j.1525-1438.2002.01139.x. PMID 12445253.
    11. ↑ Jelić, S; Babovic, N; Kovcin, V; Milicevic, N; Milanovic, N; Popov, I; Radosavljevic, D (February 2002). "Comparison of the efficacy of two different dosage dacarbazine-based regimens and two regimens without dacarbazine in metastatic melanoma: a single-centre randomized four-arm study". Melanoma Research. 12 (1): 91–8. doi:10.1097/00008390-200202000-00013. PMID 11828263.
    12. ↑ Mauz-Körholz, C; Hasenclever, D; Dörffel, W; Ruschke, K; Pelz, T; Voigt, A; Stiefel, M; Winkler, M; Vilser, C; Dieckmann, K; Karlén, J; Bergsträsser, E; Fosså, A; Mann, G; Hummel, M; Klapper, W; Stein, H; Vordermark, D; Kluge, R; Körholz, D (10 August 2010). "Procarbazine-free OEPA-COPDAC chemotherapy in boys and standard OPPA-COPP in girls have comparable effectiveness in pediatric Hodgkin's lymphoma: the GPOH-HD-2002 study". Journal of Clinical Oncology. 28 (23): 3680–6. doi:10.1200/jco.2009.26.9381. PMID 20625128.
    13. ↑ Aoki, S; Iihara, H; Nishigaki, M; Imanishi, Y; Yamauchi, K; Ishihara, M; Kitaichi, K; Itoh, Y (January 2013). "Difference in the emetic control among highly emetogenic chemotherapy regimens: Implementation for appropriate use of aprepitant". Molecular and Clinical Oncology. 1 (1): 41–46. doi:10.3892/mco.2012.15. PMC 3956247. PMID 24649120.
    14. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 1, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    15. ↑ Kewitz, S; Stiefel, M; Kramm, CM; Staege, MS (January 2014). "Impact of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter methylation and MGMT expression on dacarbazine resistance of Hodgkin's lymphoma cells". Leukemia Research. 38 (1): 138–43. doi:10.1016/j.leukres.2013.11.001. PMID 24284332.

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