General Information of Drug (ID: DMNPZL4)

Drug Name
Dacarbazine
Synonyms
Biocarbazin; Biocarbazine; DTIC; DTICDome; DTIE; Dacarbazino; Dacarbazinum; Dacatic; Decarbazine; Deticene; Dimethyltriazenoimidazolecarboxamide; ICDMT; ICDT; Biocarbazine R; DTIC Dome; Dimethyl Imidazole Carboxamide; Dimethyl Triazeno Imidazole Carboxamide; Imidazole carboxamide; HE1150000; Carboxamide (TN); Carboxamide, Dimethyl Imidazole; DIC (TN); DTIC (TN); DTIC-Dome; Dacarbazino [INN-Spanish]; Dacarbazinum [INN-Latin]; Imidazole (TN); Imidazole Carboxamide, Dimethyl; NPFAPI-05; DTIC-Dome (TN); Di-me-triazenoimidazolecarboxamide; Di-methyl-triazenoimidazolecarboxamide; Dtic-Dome (TN); DTIC, DTIC-Dome, Dacarbazine; Dacarbazine (JAN/USP/INN); Dacarbazine [USAN:INN:BAN:JAN]; (5E)-5-(dimethylaminohydrazinylidene)imidazole-4-carboxamide; (5Z)-5-(dimethylaminohydrazinylidene)imidazole-4-carboxamide; (Dimethyltriazeno)imidazolecarboxamide; 4(5)-(3,3-Dimethyl-1-triazeno)imidazole-4-carboxamide; 4(5)-(3,3-Dimethyl-1-triazeno)imidazole-5(4)-carboxamide; 4-(3,3-Dimethyl-1-triazeno)imidazole-5-carboxamide; 4-(3,3-Dimethyltriazeno)imidazole-5-carboxamide; 4-(5)-(3,3-Dimethyl-1-triazeno)imidazole-5(4)-carboxamide; 4-(Dimethyltriazeno)imidazole-5-c arboxamide; 4-(Dimethyltriazeno)imidazole-5-carboxamide; 4-(or 5)-(3,3-Dimethyl-1-triazeno)imidazole-5(or 4)-carboxamide; 4-[(1E)-3,3-Dimethyltriaz-1-en-1-yl]-1H-imidazole-5-carboxamide; 4-[3,3-dimethyltriaz-1-en-1-yl]-1H-imidazole-5-carboxamide; 5(or 4)-(dimethyltriazeno)imidazol e-4(or 5)-carboxamide; 5(or 4)-(dimethyltriazeno)imidazole-4(or 5)-carboxamide; 5-(3,3-Dimethyl-1-triazeno)imidazole-4-carboxamide; 5-(3,3-Dimethyl-1-triazenyl)-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide; 5-(3,3-Dimethyl-1-triazenyl)imidazole-4-carboxamide; 5-(3,3-Dimethyltri azeno)imidazole-4-carboxamide; 5-(3,3-Dimethyltriazeno)-imidazole-4-carbamide; 5-(3,3-Dimethyltriazeno)imidazole-4-carboxamide; 5-(3,3-dimethyltriaz-1-en-1-yl)-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide; 5-(Dimethyltriazeno)-4-imidazolecarboxamide; 5-(Dimethyltriazeno)imidazole-4-carboxamide; 5-(Dimethyltriazeno)imidazole-4-carboximide; 5-(dimethylaminohydrazinylidene)imidazole-4-carboxamide; 5-[3,3-Dimethyl-1-triazenyl]imidazole-4-carboxamide
Indication
Disease Entry ICD 11 Status REF
Melanoma 2C30 Approved [1]
Therapeutic Class
Anticancer Agents
Drug Type
Small molecular drug
Structure
3D MOL 2D MOL
#Ro5 Violations (Lipinski): 0 Molecular Weight (mw) 182.18
Topological Polar Surface Area (xlogp) -0.6
Rotatable Bond Count (rotbonds) 3
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count (hbonddonor) 2
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count (hbondacc) 5
ADMET Property
Absorption
The drug is unstablely, slowly and incompletely absorbed [2]
BDDCS Class
Biopharmaceutics Drug Disposition Classification System (BDDCS) Class 3: high solubility and low permeability [3]
Clearance
The drug present in the plasma can be removed from the body at the rate of 2.6 mL/min/kg [4]
Elimination
39% of drug is excreted from urine in the unchanged form [3]
Half-life
The concentration or amount of drug in body reduced by one-half in 5 hours [4]
Metabolism
The drug is metabolized via the hepatic [2]
MRTD
The Maximum Recommended Therapeutic Dose (MRTD) of drug that ensured maximising efficacy and moderate side effect is 24.7 micromolar/kg/day [5]
Unbound Fraction
The unbound fraction of drug in plasma is 1% [4]
Vd
Fluid volume that would be required to contain the amount of drug present in the body at the same concentration as in the plasma 1.2 L/kg [4]
Water Solubility
The ability of drug to dissolve in water is measured as 4.2 mg/mL [3]
Chemical Identifiers
Formula
C6H10N6O
IUPAC Name
4-[(E)-dimethylaminodiazenyl]-1H-imidazole-5-carboxamide
Canonical SMILES
CN(C)/N=N/C1=C(NC=N1)C(=O)N
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H10N6O/c1-12(2)11-10-6-4(5(7)13)8-3-9-6/h3H,1-2H3,(H2,7,13)(H,8,9)/b11-10+
InChIKey
FDKXTQMXEQVLRF-ZHACJKMWSA-N
Cross-matching ID
PubChem CID
135398738
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:94587
CAS Number
4342-03-4
DrugBank ID
DB00851
TTD ID
D0Y7ZU
INTEDE ID
DR0404
ACDINA ID
D00979

Molecular Interaction Atlas of This Drug


Drug Therapeutic Target (DTT)
DTT Name DTT ID UniProt ID MOA REF
Human Deoxyribonucleic acid (hDNA) TTUTN1I NOUNIPROTAC Breaker [6]

Drug-Metabolizing Enzyme (DME)
DME Name DME ID UniProt ID MOA REF
Cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) DEVDYN7 CP2E1_HUMAN Substrate [7]
Cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) DE6OQ3W CP1A1_HUMAN Substrate [8]
Cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2) DEJGDUW CP1A2_HUMAN Substrate [9]
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Drug-Drug Interaction (DDI) Information of This Drug

Coadministration of a Drug Treating the Disease Different from Dacarbazine (Comorbidity)
DDI Drug Name DDI Drug ID Severity Mechanism Comorbidity REF
Remdesivir DMBFZ6L Moderate Increased risk of hepatotoxicity by the combination of Dacarbazine and Remdesivir. 1D6YCoronavirus Disease 2019 [1D6YCoronavirus Disease 2019] [48]
Bedaquiline DM3906J Moderate Increased risk of hepatotoxicity by the combination of Dacarbazine and Bedaquiline. Antimicrobial drug resistance [MG50-MG52] [49]
Roflumilast DMPGHY8 Moderate Additive immunosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Roflumilast. Asthma [CA23] [50]
Ofloxacin DM0VQN3 Minor Decreased absorption of Dacarbazine due to intestinal mucosa variation caused by Ofloxacin. Bacterial infection [1A00-1C4Z] [51]
Sparfloxacin DMB4HCT Minor Decreased absorption of Dacarbazine due to intestinal mucosa variation caused by Sparfloxacin. Bacterial infection [1A00-1C4Z] [51]
Gemifloxacin DMHT34O Minor Decreased absorption of Dacarbazine due to intestinal mucosa variation caused by Gemifloxacin. Bacterial infection [1A00-1C4Z] [51]
Norfloxacin DMIZ6W2 Minor Decreased absorption of Dacarbazine due to intestinal mucosa variation caused by Norfloxacin. Bacterial infection [1A00-1C4Z] [51]
ABT-492 DMJFD2I Minor Decreased absorption of Dacarbazine due to intestinal mucosa variation caused by ABT-492. Bacterial infection [1A00-1C4Z] [51]
Levofloxacin DMS60RB Minor Decreased absorption of Dacarbazine due to intestinal mucosa variation caused by Levofloxacin. Bacterial infection [1A00-1C4Z] [51]
Lomefloxacin DMVRH9C Minor Decreased absorption of Dacarbazine due to intestinal mucosa variation caused by Lomefloxacin. Bacterial infection [1A00-1C4Z] [51]
Pexidartinib DMS2J0Z Major Increased risk of hepatotoxicity by the combination of Dacarbazine and Pexidartinib. Bone/articular cartilage neoplasm [2F7B] [52]
Cannabidiol DM0659E Moderate Increased risk of hepatotoxicity by the combination of Dacarbazine and Cannabidiol. Epileptic encephalopathy [8A62] [50]
Brentuximab vedotin DMWLC57 Moderate Increased risk of hepatotoxicity by the combination of Dacarbazine and Brentuximab vedotin. Hodgkin lymphoma [2B30] [53]
Mipomersen DMGSRN1 Major Increased risk of hepatotoxicity by the combination of Dacarbazine and Mipomersen. Hyper-lipoproteinaemia [5C80] [54]
BMS-201038 DMQTAGO Major Increased risk of hepatotoxicity by the combination of Dacarbazine and BMS-201038. Hyper-lipoproteinaemia [5C80] [55]
Denosumab DMNI0KO Moderate Additive myelosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Denosumab. Low bone mass disorder [FB83] [56]
Calaspargase pegol DMQZBXI Moderate Increased risk of hepatotoxicity by the combination of Dacarbazine and Calaspargase pegol. Malignant haematopoietic neoplasm [2B33] [57]
Idelalisib DM602WT Moderate Increased risk of hepatotoxicity by the combination of Dacarbazine and Idelalisib. Mature B-cell leukaemia [2A82] [58]
Thalidomide DM70BU5 Major Additive thrombogenic effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Thalidomide. Multiple myeloma [2A83] [59]
Tecfidera DM2OVDT Moderate Additive immunosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Tecfidera. Multiple sclerosis [8A40] [60]
Siponimod DM2R86O Major Additive immunosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Siponimod. Multiple sclerosis [8A40] [48]
Fingolimod DM5JVAN Major Additive immunosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Fingolimod. Multiple sclerosis [8A40] [61]
Ocrelizumab DMEZ2KH Moderate Additive immunosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Ocrelizumab. Multiple sclerosis [8A40] [62]
Ozanimod DMT6AM2 Major Additive immunosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Ozanimod. Multiple sclerosis [8A40] [50]
Omacetaxine mepesuccinate DMPU2WX Moderate Additive immunosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Omacetaxine mepesuccinate. Myeloproliferative neoplasm [2A20] [63]
Gatifloxacin DMSL679 Minor Decreased absorption of Dacarbazine due to intestinal mucosa variation caused by Gatifloxacin. Respiratory infection [CA07-CA4Z] [51]
Canakinumab DM8HLO5 Moderate Additive immunosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Canakinumab. Rheumatoid arthritis [FA20] [64]
Rilonacept DMGLUQS Moderate Additive immunosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Rilonacept. Rheumatoid arthritis [FA20] [64]
Golimumab DMHZV7X Major Additive immunosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Golimumab. Rheumatoid arthritis [FA20] [65]
Leflunomide DMR8ONJ Major Additive myelosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Leflunomide. Rheumatoid arthritis [FA20] [66]
Anthrax vaccine DM9GSWY Moderate Antagonize the effect of Dacarbazine when combined with Anthrax vaccine. Sepsis [1G40-1G41] [67]
Trabectedin DMG3Y89 Moderate Increased risk of hepatotoxicity by the combination of Dacarbazine and Trabectedin. Solid tumour/cancer [2A00-2F9Z] [50]
Azathioprine DMMZSXQ Moderate Additive immunosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Azathioprine. Transplant rejection [NE84] [48]
Ganciclovir DM1MBYQ Moderate Additive myelosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Ganciclovir. Virus infection [1A24-1D9Z] [48]
Valganciclovir DMS2IUH Moderate Additive myelosuppressive effects by the combination of Dacarbazine and Valganciclovir. Virus infection [1A24-1D9Z] [48]
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Drug Inactive Ingredient(s) (DIG) and Formulation(s) of This Drug

DIG
DIG Name DIG ID PubChem CID Functional Classification
Kyselina citronova E00014 311 Acidulant; Antioxidant; Buffering agent; Complexing agent; Flavoring agent
Mannitol E00103 6251 Diluent; Flavoring agent; Lyophilization aid; Plasticizing agent; Tonicity agent
Pharmaceutical Formulation
Formulation Name Drug Dosage Dosage Form Route
Dacarbazine 200mg/vial injectable 200mg/vial Injectable Injection
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