Marimastat

Marimastat
Systematic (IUPAC) name
N-[2,2-dimethyl-1- (methylcarbamoyl)propyl]-2- [hydroxy-(hydroxycarbamoyl)methyl]- 4- methyl-pentanamide
Clinical data
  • N/A
  • Development terminated?
Oral
Identifiers
154039-60-8 Yes
None
PubChem CID 119031
DrugBank DB00786 
ChemSpider 106358 
UNII D5EQV23TDS 
ChEMBL CHEMBL279785 
Chemical data
Formula C15H29N3O5
331.408 g/mol
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Marimastat was a proposed antineoplastic drug developed by British Biotech. It acted as a broad-spectrum matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor.[1][2]

Marimastat performed poorly in clinical trials,[3] and development was terminated.

See also

References

  1. "Marimastat". National Cancer Institute.
  2. Millar, AW; Brown PD; Moore J et al. (1998). "Results of single and repeat dose studies of the oral matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor marimastat in healthy male volunteers". Br J Clin Pharmacol 45 (1): 21–6. PMC 1873993. PMID 9489589.
  3. Sparano, JA (2004). "Randomized phase III trial of marimastat versus placebo in patients with metastatic breast cancer who have responding or stable disease after first-line chemotherapy: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group trial E2196". J Clin Oncol 22 (23): 4683–90. doi:10.1200/JCO.2004.08.054. PMID 15570070.