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Xeloda(capecitabine)

Capecitabine, Ecansya, Xeloda (capecitabine) is a small molecule pharmaceutical. Capecitabine was first approved as Xeloda on 1998-04-30. It is used to treat breast neoplasms and colorectal neoplasms in the USA. It has been approved in Europe to treat breast neoplasms, colonic neoplasms, colorectal neoplasms, and stomach neoplasms. The pharmaceutical is active against thymidylate synthase.

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Therapeutic Areas

Therapeutic Area	MeSH
neoplasms	D009369
digestive system diseases	D004066
skin and connective tissue diseases	D017437

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Capecitabine, Xeloda (discontinued: Capecitabine)

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Capecitabine

Tradename	Company	Number	Date	Products
XELODA	CHEPLAPHARM Arzneimittel	N-020896 RX	1998-04-30	2 products, RLD, RS

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Brand Name	Status	Last Update
capecitabine	ANDA	2026-07-21
capecitabine 150mg	ANDA	2020-12-22
capecitabine 500mg	ANDA	2020-12-26
capecitabine tablets, 150 mg capecitabine tablets, 500 mg	Export only	2019-04-21
xeloda	New Drug Application	2026-02-05

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Indication	Ontology	MeSH	ICD-10
colorectal neoplasms	—	D015179	—
breast neoplasms	EFO_0003869	D001943	C50

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L: Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents

— L01: Antineoplastic agents

— L01B: Antimetabolites

— L01BC: Pyrimidine analogues, antineoplastic antimetabolites

— L01BC06: Capecitabine

HCPCS

Code	Description
J8520	Capecitabine, oral, 150 mg
J8521	Capecitabine, oral, 500 mg

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Indications Phases 4

Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Breast neoplasms	D001943	EFO_0003869	C50	98	303	162	11	65	579
Colorectal neoplasms	D015179	—	—	103	323	104	17	47	521
Rectal neoplasms	D012004	—	—	56	239	81	5	61	409
Stomach neoplasms	D013274	EFO_0003897	C16	59	202	83	4	25	334
Neoplasms	D009369	—	C80	137	115	35	4	24	269
Pancreatic neoplasms	D010190	EFO_0003860	C25	70	131	29	4	15	211
Adenocarcinoma	D000230	—	—	28	107	37	4	12	168
Neoplasm metastasis	D009362	EFO_0009708	—	41	106	40	4	3	163
Colonic neoplasms	D003110	—	C18	22	69	44	4	11	133
Triple negative breast neoplasms	D064726	—	—	18	60	31	1	4	102

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Indications Phases 3

Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Carcinoma	D002277	—	C80.0	14	40	18	—	3	65
Cholangiocarcinoma	D018281	—	C22.1	11	39	13	—	6	63
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma	D000077274	—	—	1	27	31	—	4	63
Nasopharyngeal neoplasms	D009303	—	—	1	29	25	—	4	59
Renal cell carcinoma	D002292	EFO_0000376	—	15	24	2	—	1	38
Gastrointestinal neoplasms	D005770	—	C26.9	8	17	4	—	9	34
Gallbladder neoplasms	D005706	EFO_0004606	C23	4	22	9	—	2	34
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	D000077277	—	—	4	20	11	—	—	32
Neoadjuvant therapy	D020360	—	—	1	14	6	—	10	30
Hepatocellular carcinoma	D006528	—	C22.0	4	25	9	—	1	28

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Indications Phases 2

Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Prostatic neoplasms	D011471	—	C61	7	4	—	—	—	11
Lung neoplasms	D008175	—	C34.90	3	4	—	—	1	8
Unknown primary neoplasms	D009382	—	—	3	6	—	—	—	8
Ovarian epithelial carcinoma	D000077216	—	—	4	4	—	—	—	7
Kidney neoplasms	D007680	EFO_0003865	C64	1	5	—	—	—	6
Glioblastoma	D005909	EFO_0000515	—	3	4	—	—	—	5
Somatostatinoma	D013005	—	—	1	4	—	—	—	5
Neuroendocrine carcinoma	D018278	—	—	—	5	—	—	—	5
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors	D046152	EFO_0000505	C49.A	2	2	—	—	1	5
Islet cell adenoma	D007516	EFO_0007331	D13.7	1	5	—	—	—	5

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Indications Phases 1

Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Precursor cell lymphoblastic leukemia-lymphoma	D054198	—	C91.0	2	—	—	—	—	2
B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia	D015451	—	C91.1	2	—	—	—	—	2
Hodgkin disease	D006689	—	C81	2	—	—	—	—	2
T-cell lymphoma cutaneous	D016410	—	C84.A	2	—	—	—	—	2
Oncogenes	D009857	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	2
Vaginal neoplasms	D014625	—	C52	2	—	—	—	—	2
Myelodysplastic syndromes	D009190	—	D46	1	—	—	—	—	1
Myeloid leukemia acute	D015470	—	C92.0	1	—	—	—	—	1
Hematologic neoplasms	D019337	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1
Myeloproliferative disorders	D009196	—	D47.1	1	—	—	—	—	1

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Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Prognosis	D011379	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Lymphatic metastasis	D008207	EFO_1001364	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Electroacupuncture	D015671	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2
Long qt syndrome	D008133	HP_0001657	I45.81	—	—	—	—	1	1
Torsades de pointes	D016171	EFO_0005307	I47.21	—	—	—	—	1	1
Body weight	D001835	EFO_0004338	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Weight loss	D015431	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Gastrointestinal microbiome	D000069196	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Hypertension	D006973	EFO_0000537	I10	—	—	—	—	1	1
Microbiota	D064307	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1

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Drug common name	Capecitabine
INN	capecitabine
Description	Capecitabine is a carbamate ester that is cytidine in which the hydrogen at position 5 is replaced by fluorine and in which the amino group attached to position 4 is converted into its N-(penyloxy)carbonyl derivative. Capecitabine is a antineoplastic agent used in the treatment of cancers. It has a role as an antineoplastic agent, a prodrug and an antimetabolite. It is a carbamate ester, an organofluorine compound and a member of cytidines.
Classification	Small molecule
Drug class	nucleoside antiviral or antineoplastic agents, cytarabine or azarabine derivatives
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Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence)	CCCCCOC(=O)Nc1nc(=O)n([C@@H]2O[C@H](C)[C@@H](O)[C@H]2O)cc1F