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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C22H19N5O
Molecular Weight 369.4192
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of GALUNISERTIB

SMILES

CC1=CC=CC(=N1)C2=NN3CCCC3=C2C4=C5C=C(C=CC5=NC=C4)C(N)=O

InChI

InChIKey=IVRXNBXKWIJUQB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C22H19N5O/c1-13-4-2-5-18(25-13)21-20(19-6-3-11-27(19)26-21)15-9-10-24-17-8-7-14(22(23)28)12-16(15)17/h2,4-5,7-10,12H,3,6,11H2,1H3,(H2,23,28)

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C22H19N5O
Molecular Weight 369.4192
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Galunisertib is a potent inhibitor of TGF beta type 1 receptor. The drug is under clinical development for the treatment of different cancers: pancreatic, hepatocellular, breast, rectal, prostate etc. and reached phase 2/3 in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

Originator

Curator's Comment: # Eli Lilly

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
56.0 nM [IC50]
Conditions

Conditions

Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
800 ng/mL
150 mg 2 times / day steady-state, oral
dose: 150 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: STEADY-STATE
co-administered:
GALUNISERTIB plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
990 ng/mL
150 mg 2 times / day steady-state, oral
dose: 150 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: STEADY-STATE
co-administered:
GALUNISERTIB plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
2930 ng × h/mL
150 mg 2 times / day steady-state, oral
dose: 150 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: STEADY-STATE
co-administered:
GALUNISERTIB plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
3730 ng × h/mL
150 mg 2 times / day steady-state, oral
dose: 150 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: STEADY-STATE
co-administered:
GALUNISERTIB plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
8 h
150 mg 2 times / day steady-state, oral
dose: 150 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: STEADY-STATE
co-administered:
GALUNISERTIB plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
8 h
150 mg 2 times / day steady-state, oral
dose: 150 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: STEADY-STATE
co-administered:
GALUNISERTIB plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
Funbound

Funbound

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
36%
GALUNISERTIB plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNKNOWN
age: UNKNOWN
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
Sourcing

Sourcing

Vendor/AggregatorIDURL
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
TGFβR1 Blockade with Galunisertib (LY2157299) Enhances Anti-Neuroblastoma Activity of the Anti-GD2 Antibody Dinutuximab (ch14.18) with Natural Killer Cells.
2017-02-01
Galunisertib (LY2157299), a transforming growth factor-β receptor I kinase inhibitor, attenuates acute pancreatitis in rats.
2016-08-08
Galunisertib inhibits glioma vasculogenic mimicry formation induced by astrocytes.
2016-03-15
Assessment of In Vivo Clinical Product Performance of a Weak Basic Drug by Integration of In Vitro Dissolution Tests and Physiologically Based Absorption Modeling.
2015-11
Effects of TGF-beta signalling inhibition with galunisertib (LY2157299) in hepatocellular carcinoma models and in ex vivo whole tumor tissue samples from patients.
2015-08-28
Pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and biomarker evaluation of transforming growth factor-β receptor I kinase inhibitor, galunisertib, in phase 1 study in patients with advanced cancer.
2015-04
Clinical development of galunisertib (LY2157299 monohydrate), a small molecule inhibitor of transforming growth factor-beta signaling pathway.
2015
Patents

Patents

Sample Use Guides

Patients receive 150 milligrams of galunisertib, given orally twice daily for 14 days followed by 14 days with no study drug (28 day cycles).
Route of Administration: Oral
JHH6, SK-HEP1, SK-Sora, HepG2, Hep3B, and HuH7 cells were simultaneously exposed to 0.1, 1, 10, and 100 uM galunisertib with 5 uM sorafenib in presence of TGF-beta for 72 hours.
Substance Class Chemical
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Name Type Language
galunisertib [INN]
Preferred Name English
GALUNISERTIB
INN   USAN   WHO-DD  
USAN   INN  
Official Name English
6-QUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE, 4-(5,6-DIHYDRO-2-(6-METHYL-2-PYRIDINYL)-4H-PYRROLO(1,2-B)PYRAZOL-3-YL)-
Systematic Name English
LY2157299
Code English
Galunisertib [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
4-[2-(6-Methylpyridin-2-yl)-5,6-dihydro-4H-pyrrolo[1,2-b]pyrazol-3-yl]quinoline-6-carboxamide
Systematic Name English
LY-2157299
Code English
6-QUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE, 4-(5,6-DIHYDRO-2-(6-METHYL-2-PYRIDINYL)-4H-PYRROLO(1,2-B)PYRAZOL-3-YL)-)
Common Name English
GALUNISERTIB [USAN]
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
NCI_THESAURUS C129825
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FDA ORPHAN DRUG 378712
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FDA ORPHAN DRUG 389412
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NCI_THESAURUS C61074
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Code System Code Type Description
DRUG BANK
DB11911
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID00220362
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FDA UNII
3OKH1W5LZE
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CHEBI
137064
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WIKIPEDIA
Galunisertib
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CAS
700874-72-2
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INN
9768
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL2364611
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SMS_ID
100000151897
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USAN
ZZ-52
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NCI_THESAURUS
C116891
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EVMPD
SUB126321
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PUBCHEM
10090485
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