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Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C24H30Cl2FN3O3.ClH
Molecular Weight 534.879
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of MELPHALAN FLUFENAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE

SMILES

Cl.CCOC(=O)[C@H](CC1=CC=C(F)C=C1)NC(=O)[C@@H](N)CC2=CC=C(C=C2)N(CCCl)CCCl

InChI

InChIKey=ZCMWSKHHXLCVHI-VROPFNGYSA-N
InChI=1S/C24H30Cl2FN3O3.ClH/c1-2-33-24(32)22(16-18-3-7-19(27)8-4-18)29-23(31)21(28)15-17-5-9-20(10-6-17)30(13-11-25)14-12-26;/h3-10,21-22H,2,11-16,28H2,1H3,(H,29,31);1H/t21-,22-;/m0./s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula ClH
Molecular Weight 36.461
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Molecular Formula C24H30Cl2FN3O3
Molecular Weight 498.418
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Description
Curator's Comment: description was created based on several sources, including,http://www.nhs.uk/ipgmedia/National/Macmillan%20Cancer%20Support/assets/MelphalanMCS5pages.pdf http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/bloodjournal/100/1/224.full.pdf

Melphalan, also known as L-phenylalanine mustard, phenylalanine mustard, L-PAM, or L-sarcolysin, is a phenylalanine derivative of nitrogen mustard. Melphalan is a bifunctional alkylating agent which produces a number of DNA adducts with the DNA interstrand crosslink (ICL) considered to be the critical cytotoxic lesion. Melphalan is used to treat different cancers including myeloma, melanoma and ovarian cancer.

CNS Activity

Curator's Comment: Melphalan poorly penetrates the central nervous system.

Originator

Curator's Comment: This substance was synthesized simultaneously both at the Chester Beatty Research Institute and in the Soviet Union.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Palliative
ALKERAN

Approved Use

ALKERAN Tablets are indicated for the palliative treatment of multiple myeloma and for the palliation of non-resectable epithelial carcinoma of the ovary.

Launch Date

1964
Palliative
ALKERAN

Approved Use

ALKERAN Tablets are indicated for the palliative treatment of multiple myeloma and for the palliation of non-resectable epithelial carcinoma of the ovary.

Launch Date

1964
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
212 ng/mL
0.25 mg/kg single, oral
dose: 0.25 mg/kg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
MELPHALAN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
12.84 mg × h/L
200 mg/m² single, intravenous
dose: 200 mg/m²
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
MELPHALAN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
498 ng × h/mL
0.25 mg/kg single, oral
dose: 0.25 mg/kg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
MELPHALAN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
1 h
0.25 mg/kg single, oral
dose: 0.25 mg/kg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
MELPHALAN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
Funbound

Funbound

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
70%
MELPHALAN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNKNOWN
age: UNKNOWN
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
40 mg/m2 1 times / 3 weeks multiple, intravenous
Highest studied dose
Dose: 40 mg/m2, 1 times / 3 weeks
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 40 mg/m2, 1 times / 3 weeks
Sources: Page: p.60
unhealthy, 18–74
n = 7
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Advanced cancer
Age Group: 18–74
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 7
Sources: Page: p.60
DLT: Thrombocytopenia, Neutropenia...
Dose limiting toxicities:
Thrombocytopenia (grade 4, 57%)
Neutropenia (grade 4, 57%)
Sources: Page: p.60
30 mg/m2 1 times / 3 weeks multiple, intravenous
MTD
Dose: 30 mg/m2, 1 times / 3 weeks
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 30 mg/m2, 1 times / 3 weeks
Sources: Page: p.60
unhealthy, 18–74
n = 9
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Advanced cancer
Age Group: 18–74
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 9
Sources: Page: p.60
DLT: Thrombocytopenia, Neutropenia...
Dose limiting toxicities:
Thrombocytopenia (grade 4, 44%)
Neutropenia (grade 4, 44%)
Sources: Page: p.60
200 mg/m2 1 times / 70 days multiple, intravenous
MTD
Dose: 200 mg/m2, 1 times / 70 days
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 200 mg/m2, 1 times / 70 days
Sources: Page: p.248, 250
unhealthy, 33–65
n = 55
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Age Group: 33–65
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 55
Sources: Page: p.248, 250
Disc. AE: Toxic reaction (NOS), Bacterial infection...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Toxic reaction (NOS) (grade 4, 1.8%)
Bacterial infection (grade 5, 3.6%)
Systemic herpes zoster infection (grade 5, 1.8%)
Sources: Page: p.248, 250
100 mg/m2 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Sources: Page: p.1
Disc. AE: Bone marrow depression, Hypersensitivity reaction...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Bone marrow depression (severe)
Hypersensitivity reaction (2%)
Anaphylaxis
Gastrointestinal toxicity
Nausea
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Mucositis oral
Fetal damage
Infertility
Sources: Page: p.1
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Neutropenia grade 4, 57%
DLT
40 mg/m2 1 times / 3 weeks multiple, intravenous
Highest studied dose
Dose: 40 mg/m2, 1 times / 3 weeks
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 40 mg/m2, 1 times / 3 weeks
Sources: Page: p.60
unhealthy, 18–74
n = 7
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Advanced cancer
Age Group: 18–74
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 7
Sources: Page: p.60
Thrombocytopenia grade 4, 57%
DLT
40 mg/m2 1 times / 3 weeks multiple, intravenous
Highest studied dose
Dose: 40 mg/m2, 1 times / 3 weeks
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 40 mg/m2, 1 times / 3 weeks
Sources: Page: p.60
unhealthy, 18–74
n = 7
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Advanced cancer
Age Group: 18–74
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 7
Sources: Page: p.60
Neutropenia grade 4, 44%
DLT
30 mg/m2 1 times / 3 weeks multiple, intravenous
MTD
Dose: 30 mg/m2, 1 times / 3 weeks
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 30 mg/m2, 1 times / 3 weeks
Sources: Page: p.60
unhealthy, 18–74
n = 9
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Advanced cancer
Age Group: 18–74
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 9
Sources: Page: p.60
Thrombocytopenia grade 4, 44%
DLT
30 mg/m2 1 times / 3 weeks multiple, intravenous
MTD
Dose: 30 mg/m2, 1 times / 3 weeks
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 30 mg/m2, 1 times / 3 weeks
Sources: Page: p.60
unhealthy, 18–74
n = 9
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Advanced cancer
Age Group: 18–74
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 9
Sources: Page: p.60
Toxic reaction (NOS) grade 4, 1.8%
Disc. AE
200 mg/m2 1 times / 70 days multiple, intravenous
MTD
Dose: 200 mg/m2, 1 times / 70 days
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 200 mg/m2, 1 times / 70 days
Sources: Page: p.248, 250
unhealthy, 33–65
n = 55
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Age Group: 33–65
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 55
Sources: Page: p.248, 250
Systemic herpes zoster infection grade 5, 1.8%
Disc. AE
200 mg/m2 1 times / 70 days multiple, intravenous
MTD
Dose: 200 mg/m2, 1 times / 70 days
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 200 mg/m2, 1 times / 70 days
Sources: Page: p.248, 250
unhealthy, 33–65
n = 55
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Age Group: 33–65
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 55
Sources: Page: p.248, 250
Bacterial infection grade 5, 3.6%
Disc. AE
200 mg/m2 1 times / 70 days multiple, intravenous
MTD
Dose: 200 mg/m2, 1 times / 70 days
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 200 mg/m2, 1 times / 70 days
Sources: Page: p.248, 250
unhealthy, 33–65
n = 55
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Age Group: 33–65
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 55
Sources: Page: p.248, 250
Hypersensitivity reaction 2%
Disc. AE
100 mg/m2 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Sources: Page: p.1
Anaphylaxis Disc. AE
100 mg/m2 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Sources: Page: p.1
Diarrhea Disc. AE
100 mg/m2 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Sources: Page: p.1
Fetal damage Disc. AE
100 mg/m2 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Sources: Page: p.1
Gastrointestinal toxicity Disc. AE
100 mg/m2 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Sources: Page: p.1
Infertility Disc. AE
100 mg/m2 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Sources: Page: p.1
Mucositis oral Disc. AE
100 mg/m2 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Sources: Page: p.1
Nausea Disc. AE
100 mg/m2 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Sources: Page: p.1
Vomiting Disc. AE
100 mg/m2 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Sources: Page: p.1
Bone marrow depression severe
Disc. AE
100 mg/m2 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 100 mg/m2, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p.1
unhealthy
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Multiple myeloma
Sources: Page: p.1
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
[Diagnosis and treatment of plasma cell leukemia].
1973 Apr 27
[Refractory anemia with partial myeloblastosis in multiple myeloma treated with melphalan].
1977 Apr 9-16
Lymphocyte transformation studies in drug hypersensitivity.
1979 May 5
L-phenylalanine mustard-dianhydrogalactitol and hyponatremia.
1986
Prednisone mood disorder with associated catatonia.
1989 Jan-Mar
Cytogenetic abnormalities in acute leukemia complicating melphalan-treated multiple myeloma.
1990 Aug 1
[Enhancing factors in the cardiotoxicity of anthracyclines].
1990 Jan
[Hepatic veno-occlusive disease in a patient undergoing bone marrow autotransplant after busulfan and melphalan conditioning].
1990 Jan 27
Amifostine can reduce mucosal damage after high-dose melphalan conditioning for peripheral blood progenitor cellautotransplant: a retrospective study.
2000 Aug
Myeloblastoma (chloroma) in leukemia: case 2. Meningeal granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) in essential thrombocythemia.
2000 Dec 1
A phase I and pharmacokinetic study of melphalan using a 24-hour continuous infusion in patients with advanced malignancies.
2000 Jan
Coexpression of rat glutathione S-transferase A3 and human cytidine deaminase by a bicistronic retroviral vector confers in vitro resistance to nitrogen mustards and cytosine arabinoside in murine fibroblasts.
2000 May
In children and adolescents, the pharmacodynamics of high-dose busulfan is dependent on the second alkylating agent used in the combined regimen (melphalan or thiotepa).
2003 Nov
Polymorphic variation in GSTP1 modulates outcome following therapy for multiple myeloma.
2003 Oct 1
Cardiac toxicity observed in association with high-dose cyclophosphamide-based chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer.
2004 Aug
Effective use of high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell rescue for relapsed adult Wilms' tumor and a novel alteration in intron 1 of the WT1 gene.
2004 Dec
Overexpression of glutathione-S-transferase, MGSTII, confers resistance to busulfan and melphalan.
2005
Perspectives for combination therapy to overcome drug-resistant multiple myeloma.
2005 Aug
New treatments for multiple myeloma.
2005 Dec
The nitrogen mustard melphalan activates mitogen-activated phosphorylated kinases (MAPK), nuclear factor-kappaB and inflammatory response in lung epithelial cells.
2005 Jul-Aug
Prediction of genotoxicity of chemical compounds by statistical learning methods.
2005 Jun
[White blood cell lysis syndrome after autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in the treatment of renal AL amyloidosis. Case report].
2006 Jun
Bortezomib-dexamethasone combination in a patient with refractory multiple myeloma and impaired renal function.
2006 Jun
Disseminated necrotizing leukoencephalopathy following low-dose oral methotrexate.
2007 Mar
Multicentric Castleman disease with secondary AA renal amyloidosis, nephrotic syndrome and chronic renal failure, remission after high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation.
2007 Sep
Cutaneous involvement in multiple myeloma and bortezomib.
2009 Nov
Mechanisms of peripheral neuropathy associated with bortezomib and vincristine in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: a prospective analysis of data from the HOVON-65/GMMG-HD4 trial.
2010 Nov
Efficient monitoring of in vivo pig-a gene mutation and chromosomal damage: summary of 7 published studies and results from 11 new reference compounds.
2012 Dec
Corticosteroid treatment inhibits airway hyperresponsiveness and lung injury in a murine model of chemical-induced airway inflammation.
2012 Nov 15
FDA-approved drugs and other compounds tested as inhibitors of human glutathione transferase P1-1.
2013 Sep 5
Repairing of N-mustard derivative BO-1055 induced DNA damage requires NER, HR, and MGMT-dependent DNA repair mechanisms.
2015 Sep 22
Melflufen - a peptidase-potentiated alkylating agent in clinical trials.
2017 Sep 12
Patents

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide
Curator's Comment: IV dose is 16 mg/m2
Phase 3 clinical study (OCEAN, OP-103). Melflufen 40 mg i.v. on Day 1 and dexamethasone 40 mg on Days 1, 8, 15 and 22 of each 28-day cycle.
Route of Administration: Intravenous
In Vitro Use Guide
Curator's Comment: RPMI-8226 (multiple myeloma) cells were treated with 10 uM or 100 uM of melphalan.
Melflufen showed activity with cytotoxic IC50-values in the submicromolar range (0.011-0.92 μM) in the cell lines. In the primary cultures melflufen yielded slightly lower IC50-values (2.7 nM to 0.55 μM). Treated cell lines exhibited a clear accumulation in the G2/M-phase of the cell cycle.
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Name Type Language
MELPHALAN FLUFENAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE
USAN  
Official Name English
L-PHENYLALANINE, 4-(BIS(2-CHLOROETHYL)AMINO)-L-PHENYLALANYL-4-FLUORO-, ETHYL ESTER, MONOHYDROCHLORIDE
Systematic Name English
J-1 HYDROCHLORIDE
Code English
MELFLUFEN
Common Name English
MELPHALAN FLUFENAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE [ORANGE BOOK]
Common Name English
ETHYL (2S)-2-((2S)-2-AMINO-3-(4-(BIS(2-CHLOROETHYL)AMINO)PHENYL)PROPANAMIDO)-3-(4-FLUOROPHENYL)PROPANOATE, HYDROCHLORIDE (1:1)
Common Name English
MELPHALAN FLUFENAMIDE HYDROCHLORIDE [USAN]
Common Name English
PEPAXTO
Brand Name English
CK-1535
Code English
J1 HYDROCHLORIDE
Code English
MELPHALANYL-P-L-FLUOROPHENYLALANINE ETHYL ESTER HYDROCHLORIDE
Common Name English
MELFLUFEN HYDROCHLORIDE
Common Name English
Melphalan flufenamide hydrochloride [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
FDA ORPHAN DRUG 465314
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NCI_THESAURUS
C175815
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USAN
GH-115
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FDA UNII
3412470A0V
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SMS_ID
100000178184
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RXCUI
2531370
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CAS
380449-54-7
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EVMPD
SUB193789
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PUBCHEM
70675838
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