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Leucovorin

Leucovorin (leucovorin) is a small molecule pharmaceutical. Leucovorin was first approved as Leucovorin calcium on 1982-01-01. It is used to treat folic acid deficiency and megaloblastic anemia in the USA.

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Therapeutic Area	MeSH
hemic and lymphatic diseases	D006425
nutritional and metabolic diseases	D009750

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Leucovorin (discontinued: Leucovorin, Wellcovorin)

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Leucovorin calcium

Tradename	Company	Number	Date	Products
WELLCOVORIN	GSK	N-018342 DISCN	1983-07-08	2 products, RLD
LEUCOVORIN CALCIUM	Hospira	N-008107 DISCN	1982-01-01	5 products, RLD
LEUCOVORIN CALCIUM	Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals	N-018459 DISCN	1986-01-30	1 products

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Brand Name	Status	Last Update
enbrace hr	unapproved drug other	2026-09-11
enlyte	unapproved drug other	2022-07-01
lederle leucovorin	unapproved drug for use in drug shortage	2025-12-18
leucovorin	ANDA	2014-09-26
leucovorin calcium	ANDA	2026-07-01
paxlyte	unapproved drug other	2025-12-08
pyrimethamine leucovorin	unapproved drug other	2015-11-30
vykoura	New Drug Application	2026-03-12

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Indication	Ontology	MeSH	ICD-10
folic acid deficiency	EFO_0001070	D005494	E53.8
megaloblastic anemia	—	D000749	D53.1

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V: Various drug classes in atc

— V03: All other therapeutic products

— V03A: All other therapeutic products

— V03AF: Detoxifying agents for antineoplastic treatment

— V03AF03: Calcium folinate

HCPCS

Code	Description
J0640	Injection, leucovorin calcium, per 50 mg
J0641	Injection, levoleucovorin, not otherwise specified, 0.5 mg
J0642	Injection, levoleucovorin (khapzory), 0.5 mg

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Indications Phases 4

Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Colorectal neoplasms	D015179	—	—	167	446	215	13	40	792
Pancreatic neoplasms	D010190	EFO_0003860	C25	107	203	47	1	21	323
Neoplasms	D009369	—	C80	146	123	49	4	11	298
Rectal neoplasms	D012004	—	—	50	158	67	1	16	271
Colonic neoplasms	D003110	—	C18	56	106	73	2	17	225
Stomach neoplasms	D013274	EFO_0003897	C16	38	142	43	3	18	222
Adenocarcinoma	D000230	—	—	37	136	33	2	12	200
Neoplasm metastasis	D009362	EFO_0009708	—	40	86	33	1	6	155
Liver neoplasms	D008113	EFO_1001513	C22.0	13	60	31	1	21	118
Anemia	D000740	EFO_0004272	D64.9	2	4	12	9	58	84

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Indications Phases 3

Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Hepatocellular carcinoma	D006528	—	C22.0	15	75	30	—	21	131
Carcinoma	D002277	—	C80.0	19	58	29	—	11	109
Precursor cell lymphoblastic leukemia-lymphoma	D054198	—	C91.0	19	47	26	—	5	87
Esophageal neoplasms	D004938	—	C15	17	57	9	—	6	79
Pancreatic ductal carcinoma	D021441	—	—	34	44	9	—	2	77
Leukemia	D007938	—	C95	10	37	21	—	4	66
Biliary tract neoplasms	D001661	—	C24.9	8	37	8	—	3	47
Recurrence	D012008	—	—	20	23	6	—	4	45
Gastrointestinal neoplasms	D005770	—	C26.9	20	23	8	—	4	44
Fallopian tube neoplasms	D005185	—	—	19	18	12	—	1	41

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Indications Phases 2

Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Healthy volunteers/patients	—	—	—	9	2	—	—	16	27
Triple negative breast neoplasms	D064726	—	—	13	9	—	—	—	17
Endometrial neoplasms	D016889	EFO_0004230	—	14	10	—	—	—	17
Myeloid leukemia acute	D015470	—	C92.0	13	4	—	—	—	15
Arthritis	D001168	EFO_0005856	M05-M14	4	10	—	—	2	15
Cognitive dysfunction	D060825	—	G31.84	1	3	—	—	11	15
Squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck	D000077195	—	—	6	9	—	—	—	12
Mantle-cell lymphoma	D020522	—	C83.1	4	7	—	—	—	11
Aging	D000375	GO_0007568	R41.81	—	2	—	—	9	11
Hodgkin disease	D006689	—	C81	7	5	—	—	—	10

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Indications Phases 1

Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Pharmacokinetics	D010599	—	—	5	—	—	—	1	6
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors	D046152	EFO_0000505	C49.A	5	—	—	—	—	5
T-cell lymphoma cutaneous	D016410	—	C84.A	3	—	—	—	2	5
Sezary syndrome	D012751	—	C84.1	3	—	—	—	1	4
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	D029424	EFO_0000341	J44.9	2	—	—	—	1	3
Acute kidney injury	D058186	—	N17	2	—	—	—	1	3
Chondrosarcoma	D002813	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	2
Skin neoplasms	D012878	EFO_0004198	C44	1	—	—	—	1	2
Necrosis	D009336	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	2
Pseudomyxoma peritonei	D011553	EFO_0007456	—	1	—	—	—	1	2

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Indications Without Phase

Indication	MeSH	Ontology	ICD-10	Ph 1	Ph 2	Ph 3	Ph 4	Other	Total
Gyrate atrophy	D015799	—	—	—	—	—	—	12	12
Breast feeding	D001942	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	8
Avitaminosis	D001361	EFO_0005878	E56.9	—	—	—	—	7	7
Nutritional status	D009752	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5
Frailty	D000073496	—	R53.1	—	—	—	—	5	5
Behavior	D001519	GO_0007610	STY/T053	—	—	—	—	5	5
Alopecia	D000505	—	L64	—	—	—	—	5	5
Healthy diet	D000072001	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5
Feeding behavior	D005247	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5
Diet therapy	D004035	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4

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Epidemiology

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Drug common name	Leucovorin
INN	calcium folinate
Description	Folinic acid, also known as leucovorin, is a medication used to decrease the toxic effects of methotrexate and pyrimethamine. It is also used in combination with 5-fluorouracil to treat colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancer, may be used to treat folate deficiency that results in anemia, and methanol poisoning. It is taken by mouth, injection into a muscle, or injection into a vein.
Classification	Small molecule
Drug class	—
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Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence)	Nc1nc(=O)c2c([nH]1)NCC(CNc1ccc(C(=O)N[C@@H](CCC(=O)O)C(=O)O)cc1)N2C=O