Glufosfamide

Glufosfamide

Names
IUPAC name (2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-bis(2-chloroethylamino)phosphoryloxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol
Other names β-D-glucosylisophosphoramide mustard
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ChEMBL	ChEMBL2107143
ChemSpider	110215
PubChem CID	123628
UNII	1W5N8SZD9A
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID001031222
SMILES C(CCl)NP(=O)(NCCCl)OC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O
Properties
Chemical formula	C10H21Cl2N2O7P
Molar mass	383.162702
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

Glufosfamide, also known as glucophosphamide, D-glucose isophosphoramide mustard, D-19575 is an experimental cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agent for treatment of malignancies.

Chemical structure

Glufosfamide is, basically, a glycosidic conjugate between β-D-glucose and the active alkylating moiety of the well-known antineoplasic drug ifosfamide, so-called "isophosphoramide mustard".

Theoretical advantages

Glufosfamide, being a conjugate of glucose and active alkylating moiety of ifosfamide, has the better cell permeability than the parent compound — ifosfamide — or its metabolites. Glufosfamide utilizes the normal cell glucose transport mechanism (a sodium-dependent glucose/sodium co-transporter) for its own transport into the cell. And the glucose uptake mechanism is grossly overexpressed and upregulated in certain cancer cell lines, especially pancreatic cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, and glioblastoma multiforme. This, theoretically, should render them more sensitive to the alkylating effects of glufosfamide while relatively sparing (doing relatively little collateral damage) to the normal cells in which the glucose uptake mechanism is not so upregulated.

Clinical trials

Glufosfamide has successfully passed Phase I and Phase II of clinical trials in the treatment of pancreatic cancer, non-small cell lung cancer and recurrent glioblastoma multiforme and began Phase III trials. Subsequently, however, further development was discontinued by Baxter Oncology, without any clear explanation for the reason of discontinuation.