Ixabepilone
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Also known as Azaepothilone bBMS-247550IxabepilonaIxempraIxempra kitNSC-747973IxabepiloneXempra
Summary
Ixabepilone (CHEMBL1201752) is an approved small-molecule antineoplastic agent (ATC L01DC04) targeting TUBB; indicated across 42 conditions including breast carcinoma and neoplasm.
At a glance
- Status: Approved (max clinical phase 4)
- Modality: Small molecule
- ATC class: L01DC04
- Targets: 1 (TUBB)
- Indications: 42 conditions
- Clinical trials: 109
- Chemistry: 506.7 Da · C27H42N2O5S
Identifiers
Drug identity and classification
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| ChEMBL ID | CHEMBL1201752 |
| Name | Ixabepilone |
| Type | Small molecule |
| Max phase | 4 |
| FDA approved | yes |
| PubChem CID | 6445540 |
| ChEBI | CHEBI:63605 |
| ATC | L01DC04 |
| Molecular formula | C27H42N2O5S |
| Molecular weight | 506.7 |
| InChIKey | FABUFPQFXZVHFB-PVYNADRNSA-N |
SMILES: C[C@H]1CCC[C@@]2([C@@H](O2)C[C@H](NC(=O)C[C@@H](C(C(=O)[C@@H]([C@H]1O)C)(C)C)O)/C(=C/C3=CSC(=N3)C)/C)C
IUPAC name: (1S,3S,7S,10R,11S,12S,16R)-7,11-dihydroxy-8,8,10,12,16-pentamethyl-3-[(E)-1-(2-methyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)prop-1-en-2-yl]-17-oxa-4-azabicyclo[14.1.0]heptadecane-5,9-dione
ChEBI definition: A macrocycle that is a lactam analogue of epothilone B. Binds directly to beta-tubulin subunits on microtubules, leading to suppression of microtubule dynamics.
Pharmacological roles (ChEBI): antineoplastic agent, microtubule-destabilising agent.
Also known as: Azaepothilone b, BMS-247550, Ixabepilona, Ixabepilone, Ixempra, Ixempra kit, NSC-747973, ixabepilone, IXABEPILONE, Ixabepilone; Xempra
Patent coverage: 6,727 distinct patent families (25,437 SureChEMBL compound mentions), from 1 matched compound structure(s). Mentions count patents naming the compound (not distinct inventions), so promiscuous / reference molecules inflate the mention figure — families are the dedup metric.
Targets
Targets
Primary targets (GtoPdb curated mechanism): the Cancer dependency column is the DepMap CRISPR fitness signal (% of screened cell lines dependent on the target).
| Gene | Target | Action | pAffinity | Cancer dependency | UniProt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUBB | tubulin beta class I | Inhibition | P07437 |
Broader ChEMBL bioactivity targets: 1 (assay-derived). Sample: Apoptosis regulator Bcl-2.
Bioactivity
ChEMBL activities: 1 potent at pChembl ≥ 5 of 1 total. Top 30 by potency (10 = 0.1 nM, 6 = 1 µM):
| Target | pChembl | Type | Value | Unit | Activity ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCL2 | 6.47 | Kd | 337 | nM | CHEMBL_ACT_22969871 |
Target pathways
Aggregated over 1 target gene(s): TUBB.
Top Reactome pathways
24 total, by targets touching each:
| Pathway | Targets | Genes |
|---|---|---|
| Cell Cycle | 1 | TUBB |
| Disease | 1 | TUBB |
| Innate Immune System | 1 | TUBB |
| Immune System | 1 | TUBB |
| Organelle biogenesis and maintenance | 1 | TUBB |
| Regulation of PLK1 Activity at G2/M Transition | 1 | TUBB |
| Loss of Nlp from mitotic centrosomes | 1 | TUBB |
| Recruitment of mitotic centrosome proteins and complexes | 1 | TUBB |
| Loss of proteins required for interphase microtubule organization from the centrosome | 1 | TUBB |
| Centrosome maturation | 1 | TUBB |
| Recruitment of NuMA to mitotic centrosomes | 1 | TUBB |
| Mitotic G2-G2/M phases | 1 | TUBB |
| Cilium Assembly | 1 | TUBB |
| Anchoring of the basal body to the plasma membrane | 1 | TUBB |
| Infectious disease | 1 | TUBB |
| Neutrophil degranulation | 1 | TUBB |
| Mitotic Prometaphase | 1 | TUBB |
| M Phase | 1 | TUBB |
| G2/M Transition | 1 | TUBB |
| Cell Cycle, Mitotic | 1 | TUBB |
| AURKA Activation by TPX2 | 1 | TUBB |
| Potential therapeutics for SARS | 1 | TUBB |
| SARS-CoV Infections | 1 | TUBB |
| Viral Infection Pathways | 1 | TUBB |
Dominant GO biological processes
| GO term | Targets |
|---|---|
| microtubule cytoskeleton organization | 1 |
| mitotic cell cycle | 1 |
| microtubule-based process | 1 |
| cytoskeleton-dependent intracellular transport | 1 |
| natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity | 1 |
| regulation of synapse organization | 1 |
| spindle assembly | 1 |
| cell division | 1 |
| odontoblast differentiation | 1 |
| cytoskeleton organization | 1 |
Indications & clinical
Indications
42 indications (5 at ChEMBL trial phase 4). Phase below is the highest clinical-trial phase recorded for this drug against each disease — not the molecule’s overall approval status (that is in the Summary).
| Indication | Trial phase | MONDO | EFO |
|---|---|---|---|
| breast carcinoma | 4 | MONDO:0004989 | EFO:0000305 |
| neoplasm | 4 | MONDO:0005070 | EFO:0000616 |
| breast neoplasm | 4 | MONDO:0021100 | EFO:0003869 |
| endometrium neoplasm | 3 | MONDO:0021251 | MONDO:0011962 |
| gastric neoplasm | 2 | MONDO:0021085 | EFO:0003897 |
| melanoma | 2 | MONDO:0005105 | EFO:0000756 |
| prostate adenocarcinoma | 2 | MONDO:0005082 | EFO:0000673 |
| clear cell renal carcinoma | 2 | MONDO:0005005 | EFO:0000349 |
| Burkitt lymphoma | 2 | MONDO:0007243 | EFO:0000309 |
| diffuse large B-cell lymphoma | 2 | MONDO:0018905 | EFO:0000403 |
| leukemia | 2 | MONDO:0005059 | EFO:0000565 |
| lymphoma | 2 | MONDO:0005062 | EFO:0000574 |
| renal cell carcinoma | 2 | MONDO:0005086 | EFO:0000681 |
| exocrine pancreatic carcinoma | 2 | MONDO:0005192 | EFO:0002618 |
| anaplastic large cell lymphoma | 2 | MONDO:0020325 | EFO:0003032 |
| non-small cell lung carcinoma | 2 | MONDO:0005233 | EFO:0003060 |
| male breast carcinoma | 2 | MONDO:0005628 | EFO:0006861 |
| verrucous carcinoma | 2 | MONDO:0006006 | EFO:0007535 |
| mantle cell lymphoma | 2 | MONDO:0018876 | EFO:1001469 |
| hypopharyngeal carcinoma | 2 | MONDO:0005216 | EFO:0002938 |
| uterine carcinosarcoma | 2 | MONDO:0006485 | EFO:1000613 |
| soft tissue sarcoma | 2 | MONDO:0018078 | EFO:1001968 |
| peritoneal neoplasm | 2 | MONDO:0006901 | MONDO:0002087 |
| ovarian cancer | 2 | MONDO:0008170 | MONDO:0008170 |
| lung neoplasm | 2 | MONDO:0021117 | MONDO:0008903 |
| follicular lymphoma | 2 | MONDO:0018906 | MONDO:0018906 |
| oropharynx cancer | 2 | MONDO:0004608 | MONDO:0044926 |
| laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma | 2 | MONDO:0005595 | EFO:0006352 |
| cholangiocarcinoma | 2 | MONDO:0019087 | EFO:0005221 |
| gallbladder neoplasm | 2 | MONDO:0021253 | MONDO:0005411 |
| bile duct carcinoma | 2 | MONDO:0005496 | EFO:0005540 |
| tongue cancer | 2 | MONDO:0004631 | MONDO:0004631 |
| colorectal neoplasm | 2 | MONDO:0005335 | MONDO:0005575 |
| anaplastic astrocytoma | 1 | MONDO:0016684 | EFO:0002499 |
| head and neck cancer | 1 | MONDO:0005627 | EFO:0006859 |
| gliosarcoma | 1 | MONDO:0016681 | EFO:1001465 |
6 further indication records had no mapped disease name (EFO/MeSH-only) or were duplicates, and are omitted.
Clinical trials
Total trials: 109.
Phase distribution
| Phase | Trials |
|---|---|
| PHASE2 | 58 |
| PHASE1 | 30 |
| PHASE1/PHASE2 | 11 |
| PHASE3 | 8 |
| Not specified | 2 |
Top trials by phase / activity
| NCT | Phase | Status | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCT00080301 | PHASE3 | COMPLETED | Novel Epothilone Plus Capecitabine Versus Capecitabine Alone in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer |
| NCT00082433 | PHASE3 | COMPLETED | Epothilone (Ixabepilone) Plus Capecitabine Versus Capecitabine Alone in Patients With Advanced Breast Cancer |
| NCT00630032 | PHASE3 | COMPLETED | Safety and Efficacy Comparison of Docetaxel and Ixabepilone in Non Metastatic Poor Prognosis Breast Cancer |
| NCT00785291 | PHASE3 | COMPLETED | Paclitaxel, Nab-paclitaxel, or Ixabepilone With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Stage IIIC or Stage IV Breast Cancer |
| NCT00789581 | PHASE3 | COMPLETED | A Randomized Trial of Ixempra Versus Taxol in Adjuvant Therapy of Triple Negative Breast Cancer |
| NCT00883116 | PHASE3 | TERMINATED | A Study of Ixabepilone as Second-line Therapy for Locally Advanced, Recurrent, or Metastatic Endometrial Cancer |
| NCT00998738 | PHASE3 | TERMINATED | Calcium and Magnesium in Preventing Peripheral Neuropathy Caused by Ixabepilone in Patients With Breast Cancer |
| NCT02915744 | PHASE3 | COMPLETED | A Study of Etirinotecan Pegol (NKTR-102) Versus Treatment of Physician’s Choice (TPC) in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer Who Have Stable Brain Metastases and Have Been Previously Treated With an Anthracycline, a Taxane, and Capecitabine |
| NCT00877500 | PHASE2 | ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING | Ixabepilone in Treating Participants With Significant Residual Disease of HER2/Neu Negative Invasive Breast Cancer After Systemic Therapy |
| NCT00977574 | PHASE2 | ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING | Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, and Bevacizumab or Paclitaxel, Carboplatin, and Temsirolimus or Ixabepilone, Carboplatin, and Bevacizumab in Treating Patients With Stage III, Stage IV, or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer |
| NCT00016393 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | BMS-247550 in Treating Patients With Prostate Cancer That Has Not Responded to Hormone Therapy |
| NCT00016965 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | BMS-247550 in Treating Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer |
| NCT00017043 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | BMS-247550 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Stomach Cancer Previously Treated With Chemotherapy |
| NCT00017056 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | BMS-247550 in Treating Patients With Recurrent Metastatic Stomach Cancer That Has Been Previously Treated With Chemotherapy |
| NCT00020904 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | BMS-247550 in Treating Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer |
| NCT00021099 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Ixabepilone in Treating Patients With Advanced Urinary Tract Cancer |
| NCT00022477 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | BMS-247550 in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Colorectal Cancer |
| NCT00022542 | PHASE2 | TERMINATED | BMS-247550 in Treating Patients With Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma |
| NCT00023946 | PHASE2 | TERMINATED | BMS-247550 in Treating Patients With Liver or Gallbladder Cancer |
| NCT00025155 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Ixabepilone in Treating Patients With Ovarian Epithelial or Primary Peritoneal Cancer That Has Not Responded to Previous Chemotherapy |
| NCT00025194 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Ixabepilone With or Without Estramustine in Treating Patients With Progressive Prostate Cancer |
| NCT00030706 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Ixabepilone in Treating Patients With Relapsed and/or Refractory Stage III or Stage IV Ovarian Epithelial or Primary Peritoneal Cancer |
| NCT00030992 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | BMS 247550 to Treat Kidney Cancer |
| NCT00033306 | PHASE2 | TERMINATED | BMS-247550 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer |
| NCT00033618 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Ixabepilone in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck |
| NCT00036764 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | BMS-247550 in Treating Patients With Stage IV Melanoma |
| NCT00045097 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Ixabepilone in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer |
| NCT00045708 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | COMPLETED | A Phase I/II Trial of BMS-247550 for Treatment of Patients With Recurrent High-Grade Gliomas |
| NCT00052572 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Ixabepilone in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Lymphoproliferative Disorders |
| NCT00057850 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | COMPLETED | BMS-247550 Plus Cisplatin in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer |
| NCT00058019 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Ixabepilone in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Aggressive Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma |
| NCT00058084 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Ixabepilone Compared With Mitoxantrone and Prednisone in Treating Patients With Refractory Metastatic Prostate Cancer |
| NCT00070096 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Ixabepilone in Treating Patients With Advanced Cisplatin-Refractory Germ Cell Tumors |
| NCT00077376 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Trastuzumab, Ixabepilone, and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With HER2/Neu-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer |
| NCT00079326 | PHASE2 | TERMINATED | Trastuzumab and Ixabepilone in Treating Women With HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer |
| NCT00080262 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Novel Epothilone (BMS-247550) in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) |
| NCT00087139 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Ixabepilone in Treating Patients With Metastatic Prostate Cancer |
| NCT00095979 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Ixabepilone in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Persistent Endometrial Cancer |
| NCT00182702 | PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Ixabepilone in Treating Patients With Metastatic, Recurrent, or Unresectable Kidney Cancer |
| NCT00182767 | PHASE1/PHASE2 | COMPLETED | Ixabepilone and Liposomal Doxorubicin in Advanced Ovarian Cancer |
Clinical evidence (CIViC)
No CIViC predictive evidence (expected for non-precision-medicine drugs).
Pharmacology
Pharmacogenomics
No PharmGKB pharmacogenomic data curated for this drug.
Related molecules
Related molecules
Molecules sharing ≥1 of this drug’s curated primary targets, merged from two biobtree sources and ranked by shared-target count, then clinical phase: ChEMBL clinical-stage candidates (development phase ≥2) and PubChem drug-class bioactivity (approved / known drugs acting on the target). Deduplicated by drug name; the drug’s own salt forms are excluded. Note: for a drug with few primary targets a shared-target match can reflect off-target / promiscuous binding rather than the same therapeutic mechanism — the phase ordering surfaces bona-fide therapeutics first.
18 molecules share ≥1 primary target. Top 18 by shared-target count:
| Molecule | Source | Status | Shared targets |
|---|---|---|---|
| PODOFILOX | ChEMBL + PubChem | Phase 4 (approved) | TUBB |
| VINBLASTINE | ChEMBL + PubChem | Phase 4 (approved) | TUBB |
| COLCHICINE | ChEMBL | Phase 4 (approved) | TUBB |
| DOCETAXEL | ChEMBL | Phase 4 (approved) | TUBB |
| LEVOFLOXACIN | ChEMBL | Phase 4 (approved) | TUBB |
| NOSCAPINE | ChEMBL | Phase 4 (approved) | TUBB |
| PACLITAXEL | ChEMBL | Phase 4 (approved) | TUBB |
| TIRBANIBULIN | ChEMBL | Phase 4 (approved) | TUBB |
| VINCRISTINE | ChEMBL | Phase 4 (approved) | TUBB |
| VINORELBINE | ChEMBL | Phase 4 (approved) | TUBB |
| PATUPILONE | ChEMBL | Phase 3 | TUBB |
| ABT-751 | ChEMBL | Phase 2 | TUBB |
| DOLASTATIN-10 | ChEMBL | Phase 2 | TUBB |
| INDIBULIN | ChEMBL | Phase 2 | TUBB |
| MAYTANSINE | ChEMBL | Phase 2 | TUBB |
| MOLIBRESIB | ChEMBL | Phase 2 | TUBB |
| NOCODAZOLE | ChEMBL | Phase 2 | TUBB |
| PARBENDAZOLE | ChEMBL | Phase 2 | TUBB |
Related Atlas pages
- Genes: TUBB
- Diseases: breast carcinoma, neoplasm, breast neoplasm, endometrium neoplasm
- Drugs: Podofilox, Vinblastine, Colchicine, Docetaxel, Levofloxacin, Noscapine, Paclitaxel, Tirbanibulin, Vincristine, Vinorelbine, Patupilone