Carmustine
Bicnu, Carmustine, Gliadel (carmustine) is a small molecule pharmaceutical. Carmustine was first approved as Bicnu on 1982-01-01. It is used to treat brain neoplasms, carcinoma, colonic neoplasms, ependymoma, and glioblastoma amongst others in the USA. It has been approved in Europe to treat hodgkin disease and non-hodgkin lymphoma. The pharmaceutical is active against glutathione reductase, mitochondrial.
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Bicnu, Carmustine, Gliadel (discontinued: Carmustine)
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Carmustine
Tradename | Company | Number | Date | Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BICNU | Avet Lifesciences | N-017422 RX | 1982-01-01 | 1 products, RLD, RS |
| GLIADEL | Azurity | N-020637 RX | 1996-09-23 | 1 products, RLD, RS |
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Brand Name | Status | Last Update |
|---|---|---|
| carmustine | ANDA | 2025-06-01 |
| gliadel | New Drug Application | 2024-12-05 |
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HCPCS
Code | Description |
|---|---|
| J9050 | Injection, carmustine, 100 mg |
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Indications Phases 4
Indication | MeSH | Ontology | ICD-10 | Ph 1 | Ph 2 | Ph 3 | Ph 4 | Other | Total |
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| Lymphoma | D008223 | — | C85.9 | 20 | 82 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 128 |
| Non-hodgkin lymphoma | D008228 | — | C85.9 | 20 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 58 |
| Large b-cell lymphoma diffuse | D016403 | — | C83.3 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 35 |
| B-cell lymphoma | D016393 | — | — | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| Burkitt lymphoma | D002051 | — | C83.7 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia | D008258 | — | C88.0 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation | D018380 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Indications Phases 3
Indication | MeSH | Ontology | ICD-10 | Ph 1 | Ph 2 | Ph 3 | Ph 4 | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glioblastoma | D005909 | EFO_0000515 | — | 10 | 27 | 9 | — | 2 | 40 |
| Central nervous system neoplasms | D016543 | — | — | 16 | 18 | 4 | — | 1 | 35 |
| Glioma | D005910 | EFO_0000520 | — | 15 | 17 | 3 | — | 3 | 33 |
| Multiple myeloma | D009101 | — | C90.0 | 3 | 17 | 8 | — | 2 | 29 |
| Hodgkin disease | D006689 | — | C81 | 8 | 19 | 2 | — | 4 | 28 |
| Nervous system neoplasms | D009423 | — | — | 15 | 13 | 3 | — | — | 27 |
| Mantle-cell lymphoma | D020522 | — | C83.1 | 8 | 15 | 3 | — | 2 | 23 |
| Plasma cell neoplasms | D054219 | — | — | 2 | 14 | 6 | — | 1 | 22 |
| T-cell lymphoma | D016399 | — | — | 6 | 10 | 1 | — | 5 | 19 |
| Leukemia | D007938 | — | C95 | 2 | 12 | 2 | — | 3 | 19 |
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Indications Phases 2
Indication | MeSH | Ontology | ICD-10 | Ph 1 | Ph 2 | Ph 3 | Ph 4 | Other | Total |
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| B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia | D015451 | — | C91.1 | 2 | 7 | — | — | 3 | 11 |
| Lymphoid leukemia | D007945 | — | C91 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 6 |
| T-cell lymphoma cutaneous | D016410 | — | C84.A | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 5 |
| B-cell lymphoma marginal zone | D018442 | — | C88.4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 5 |
| Myeloid leukemia acute | D015470 | — | C92.0 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 5 |
| Myeloid leukemia | D007951 | — | C92 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 5 |
| Syndrome | D013577 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 5 |
| Melanoma | D008545 | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | 5 |
| Hematologic neoplasms | D019337 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Myelodysplastic syndromes | D009190 | — | D46 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 4 |
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Indications Phases 1
Indication | MeSH | Ontology | ICD-10 | Ph 1 | Ph 2 | Ph 3 | Ph 4 | Other | Total |
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| Neuroblastoma | D009447 | EFO_0000621 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Primitive neuroectodermal tumors | D018242 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Philadelphia chromosome | D010677 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pancreatic ductal carcinoma | D021441 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pancreatic neoplasms | D010190 | EFO_0003860 | C25 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Adenocarcinoma | D000230 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome | D061325 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Ependymoma | D004806 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Subependymal glioma | D018315 | EFO_1001197 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Colonic neoplasms | D003110 | — | C18 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
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Indications Without Phase
Indication | MeSH | Ontology | ICD-10 | Ph 1 | Ph 2 | Ph 3 | Ph 4 | Other | Total |
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| Extranodal nk-t-cell lymphoma | D054391 | — | C86.0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Intraocular lymphoma | D064090 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Lymphomatoid granulomatosis | D008230 | — | C83.8 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Paroxysmal hemoglobinuria | D006457 | Orphanet_447 | D59.12 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Hemoglobinuria | D006456 | — | R82.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Adult t-cell leukemia-lymphoma | D015459 | — | C91.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Hairy cell leukemia | D007943 | — | C91.4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Precursor t-cell lymphoblastic leukemia-lymphoma | D054218 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Large granular lymphocytic leukemia | D054066 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Retinoblastoma | D012175 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
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| Drug common name | Carmustine |
| INN | carmustine |
| Description | Carmustine is a member of the class of N-nitrosoureas that is 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)urea in which one of the nitrogens is substituted by a nitroso group. It has a role as an alkylating agent and an antineoplastic agent. It is a member of N-nitrosoureas and an organochlorine compound. |
| Classification | Small molecule |
| Drug class | antineoplastics (chloroethylamine derivatives) |
| Image (chem structure or protein) |  |
| Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence) | O=NN(CCCl)C(=O)NCCCl |
Identifiers
| PDB | — |
| CAS-ID | 154-93-8 |
| RxCUI | — |
| ChEMBL ID | CHEMBL513 |
| ChEBI ID | 3423 |
| PubChem CID | 2578 |
| DrugBank | DB00262 |
| UNII ID | U68WG3173Y (ChemIDplus, GSRS) |
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Homo sapiens
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GSR
Gene synonyms
GLUR, GRD1
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glutathione reductase, mitochondrial
Protein synonyms
epididymis luminal protein 75, epididymis secretory sperm binding protein Li 122m, glutathione S-reductase, GRase
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Mouse ortholog
Gsr (14782)
glutathione reductase, mitochondrial (Q8C9Z6)
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