semaxanib   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 5056

Synonyms: SU 5416 | SU5416 | VEGF receptor 2 kinase inhibitor III
PDB Ligand
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Semaxanib was a precursor in the development of the next generation kinase inhibitor ultimately approved as sunitinib.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 2
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 1
Topological polar surface area 44.89
Molecular weight 238.11
XLogP 2.33
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES O=C1Nc2c(C1=Cc1[nH]c(cc1C)C)cccc2
Isomeric SMILES O=C1Nc2c(/C/1=C/c1[nH]c(cc1C)C)cccc2
InChI InChI=1S/C15H14N2O/c1-9-7-10(2)16-14(9)8-12-11-5-3-4-6-13(11)17-15(12)18/h3-8,16H,1-2H3,(H,17,18)/b12-8-
InChI Key WUWDLXZGHZSWQZ-WQLSENKSSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
A Phase 2 clinical trial (NCT00009919) investigating semaxanib as a therapy for metastatic kidney cancer was terminated. A single Phase 2I trial for advanced colorectal cancer (NCT00004252) was completed, but further development of the compound was ceased in light of the advances made towards next-generation kinase inhibitors with significantly improved efficacy.
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Semaxanib targets the VEGF angiogenic pathway by inhibiting endothelial VEGFR1 and VEGFR2 (aka KDR) [2]. This inhibits solid tumour growth by blocking the creation of the new vasculature essential for tumour expansion [2].