Product Information
Registration Status: ActiveAVOXRED POWDER FOR SUSPENSION FOR INJECTION 100MG/VIAL is approved to be sold in Singapore with effective from 2020-01-16. It is marketed by ZYFAS MEDICAL CO, with the registration number of SIN15875P.
This product contains Azacitidine 100 mg/ml in the form of INJECTION, POWDER, LYOPHILIZED, FOR SUSPENSION. It is approved for SUBCUTANEOUS use.
This product is manufactured by DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES LIMITED in INDIA.
It is a Prescription Only Medicine that can only be obtained from a doctor or a dentist, or a pharmacist with a prescription from a Singapore-registered doctor or dentist.
Description
A pyrimidine nucleoside analogue that inhibits DNA methyltransferase, impairing DNA methylation. It is also an antimetabolite of cytidine, incorporated primarily into RNA. Azacytidine has been used as an antineoplastic agent. [PubChem]
Indication
For treatment of patients with the following French-American-British myelodysplastic syndrome subtypes: refractory anemia or refractory anemia with ringed sideroblasts (if accompanied by neutropenia or thrombocytopenia or requiring transfusions), refractory anemia with excess blasts, refractory anemia with excess blasts in transformation (now classified as acute myelogenous leukemia with multilineage dysplasia), and chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.
Mechanism of Action
Azacitidine (5-azacytidine) is a chemical analogue of the cytosine nucleoside used in DNA and RNA. Azacitidine is thought to induce antineoplastic activity via two mechanisms; inhibition of DNA methyltransferase at low doses, causing hypomethylation of DNA, and direct cytotoxicity in abnormal hematopoietic cells in the bone marrow through its incorporation into DNA and RNA at high doses, resulting in cell death. As azacitidine is a ribonucleoside, it incoporates into RNA to a larger extent than into DNA. The incorporation into RNA leads to the dissembly of polyribosomes, defective methylation and acceptor function of transfer RNA, and inhibition of the production of protein. Its incorporation into DNA leads to a covalent binding with DNA methyltransferases, which prevents DNA synthesis and subsequent cytotoxicity.
Pharmacokinetics
- Absorption
- Azacitidine is rapidly absorbed after subcutaneous administration. The bioavailability of subcutaneous azacitidine relative to IV azacitidine is approximately 89%, based on area under the curve.
- Distribution
- * 76 ± 26 L
- Metabolism
- An in vitro study of azacitidine incubation in human liver fractions indicated that azacitidine may be metabolized by the liver. The potential of azacitidine to inhibit cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes is not known.
- Elimination
Clearance
* 167 +/- 49 L/h
Toxicity
One case of overdose with azacitidine was reported during clinical trials. A patient experienced diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting after receiving a single IV dose of approximately 290 mg/m2, almost 4 times the recommended starting dose.
Active Ingredient/Synonyms
4-Amino-1-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-S-triazin-2(1H)-one | 5 AZC | 5-Azacytidine | Azacitidina | Azacitidine | Azacitidinum | Azacytidine | Azacitidine |
Source of information: Drugbank (External Link). Last updated on: 3rd July 18. *Trade Name used in the content below may not be the same as the HSA-registered product.