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The compound 1069C85, methylN-[6-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzyloxy)imidazo(1,2b)-pyridazin-2-yl] carbamate, is a novel synthetic tubulin binder currently undergoing phase I clinical trial. It was developed with a view to overcoming multidrug resistance and is given orally. Cytotoxicity studies in vitro against human ovarian carcinoma cell lines showed a lack of cross-resistance with cisplatin and no cross-resistance in two doxorubicin-resistant cell lines that exhibit high levels of resistance to both paclitaxel and vinblastine. Pharmacokinetic studies in BALB/c mice showed the oral biovailability to be 20%, with 35% of the drug being excreted unchanged in the faeces over the first 24 h. Maximal plasma concentrations (Cmax) were achieved within 2 h of oral administration as compared with 7.5 min following i.v. injection. At a dose of 20 mg/kg, the tumour drug concentration exceeded the plasma Cmax by a factor of 1.5 and was within the in vitro cytotoxic concentration range. The drug showed a linear relationship between the dose and the area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) for doses of up to 20 mg/kg, above which no further increase in AUC was observed, possibly due to saturable absorption. 1069C85 is highly protein-bound (85%–99%) and appears to be subject to metabolism. The demonstration of cytotoxic activity against multidrug-resistant human tumour cell lines and the detection of potentially cytotoxic levels in an experimental tumour following oral administration support the choice of 1069C85 for clinical development.
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Raynaud, F.I., Kelland, L.R., Walton, M.I. et al. Preclinical pharmacology of 1069C85, a novel tubulin binder. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 35, 169–173 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00686642
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