Sunitinib

Sunitinib
Clinical data
Trade namesSutent, others
Other namesSU11248
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa607052
License data
Pregnancy
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  • AU: D
Routes of
administration
By mouth
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Pharmacokinetic data
BioavailabilityUnaffected by food
Protein binding95%
MetabolismLiver (CYP3A4-mediated)
Elimination half-life40 to 60 hours (sunitinib)
80 to 110 hours (metabolite)
ExcretionFecal (61%) and kidney (16%)
Identifiers
  • N-(2-Diethylaminoethyl)-5-[(Z)-(5-fluoro-2-oxo-1H-indol-3-ylidene)methyl]-2,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC22H27FN4O2
Molar mass398.482 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
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Sunitinib, sold under the brand name Sutent, is an anti-cancer medication.[2] It is a small-molecule, multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) inhibitor that was approved by the FDA for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and imatinib-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) in January 2006. Sunitinib was the first cancer drug simultaneously approved for two different indications.[3]

As of August 2021, sunitinib is available as a generic medicine in the US.[4]

  1. ^ "SUNITINIB MSN sunitinib (as malate) 50 mg hard capsule bottle (Accelagen Pty Ltd)". Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). 28 September 2022. Archived from the original on 16 October 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Sutent- sunitinib malate capsule". DailyMed. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference FDA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Sunitinib malate: FDA-Approved Drugs". U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.