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sorafenib

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Also known as BAY 43-9006, Nexavar®, N-(4-Chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-N'-(4-(2-(N-methylcarbamoyl)-4-pyridyloxy)phenyl)urea, 4-(4-((((4-Chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)amino)carbonyl)amino)phenoxy)-N-methyl-2-pyridinecarboxamide, sorafenibum, Sorafenibum, N-(4-Chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-n'-(4-(2-(N-methylcarbamoyl)-4-pyridyloxy)phenyl)urea

Sorafenib, sold under the brand name Nexavar, is a kinase inhibitor drug approved for the treatment of primary kidney cancer (advanced renal cell carcinoma), advanced primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma), FLT3-ITD positive AML and radioactive iodine resistant advanced thyroid carcinoma.

Key facts

Drug.ChEMBL
1336
Drug.PDB_ligand
BAX
Drug.verifiedrevid
464405524
Drug.image
Sorafenib2DACS.svg
Drug.image_class
skin-invert-image
Drug.width
300
Drug.image2
Sorafenib 3D 3gcs.png
Drug.image_class2
bg-transparent
Drug.width2
250
Drug.tradename
Nexavar, others
Drug.MedlinePlus
a607051
Drug.DailyMedID
Sorafenib
Drug.licence_EU
yes
Drug.licence_US
Sorafenib
Drug.pregnancy_AU
D
Drug.routes_of_administration
By mouth
Drug.ATC_prefix
L01
Drug.ATC_suffix
EX02

via Wikipedia infobox

Chemical data

Formula
C21H16ClF3N4O3
Molecular weight
464.8 g/mol
IUPAC name
4-[4-[[4-chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]carbamoylamino]phenoxy]-N-methylpyridine-2-carboxamide
SMILES
CNC(=O)C1=NC=CC(=C1)OC2=CC=C(C=C2)NC(=O)NC3=CC(=C(C=C3)Cl)C(F)(F)F
InChIKey
MLDQJTXFUGDVEO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
4.1
Polar surface area
92.4 Ų
H-bond donors
3
H-bond acceptors
7
Formal charge
0

via PubChem

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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections
Contents
  • Mechanism of action
  • Medical uses
  • Kidney cancer
  • Liver cancer
  • Thyroid cancer
  • Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
  • Adverse effects
  • History
  • Renal cancer
  • Liver cancer
  • Society and culture
  • Nexavar controversy
  • Research
  • Lung
  • Ovarian cancer
  • Brain (recurrent glioblastoma)
  • Desmoid tumor (aggressive fibromatosis)
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Sorafenib, sold under the brand name Nexavar, is a kinase inhibitor drug approved for the treatment of primary kidney cancer (advanced renal cell carcinoma), advanced primary liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma), FLT3-ITD positive AML and radioactive iodine resistant advanced thyroid carcinoma.

==Mechanism of action== Sorafenib is a protein kinase inhibitor with activity against many protein kinases, including VEGFR, PDGFR and RAF kinases. Of the RAF kinases, sorafenib is more selective for c-Raf than B-RAF. (See BRAF (gene)#Sorafenib for details the drug's interaction with B-Raf.)

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