CAL-101

Description

Idelalisib is an orally available selective and potent phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase δ (PI3 Kδ) inhibitor originally developed by Calistoga Pharmaceuticals, which was acquired by Gilead in April 2014. In July 2014, the drug was approved in the USA for the treatment of relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia as well as several oncology orphan drug designations. Since idelalisib specifically inhibits PI3Kd, which is expressed primarily in bloodcell lineages, the therapeutic effect is localized, limiting interference with PI3K isoform signaling that is critical to normal function of healthy cells.

Indications

Among the large groups of structural diverse lipid kinase inhibitors, especially against PI3Ks, idelalisib (Zydelig(R), Gilead Sciences) is the only inhibitor approved by FDA for the treatment of patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia in combination with rituximab and patients with relapsed follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Definition

ChEBI: Idelalisib is a member of the class of quinazolines that is 5-fluoro-3-phenylquinazolin-4-one in which the hydrogen at position 2 is replaced by a (1S)-1-(3H-purin-6-ylamino)propyl group. used for for the treatment of refractory indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia. It has a role as an antineoplastic agent, an apoptosis inducer and an EC 2.7.1.137 (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase) inhibitor. It is a member of purines, an organofluorine compound, a member of quinazolines, an aromatic amine and a secondary amino compound.

Clinical Use

Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase p110δ (PI3Kδ) inhibitor:

Treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and follicular lymphoma (FL)

Synthesis

Commercial 2-fluoro-6-nitrobenzoic acid (117) was treated with oxalyl chloride in the presence of catalytic amount of N,Ndimethylformamide (DMF) in DCM to give the corresponding 2- fluoro-6-nitrobenzoyl chloride as a brown syrup, which was subsequently coupled with aniline under Schotten-Baumann conditions to yield 2-fluoro-6-nitro-N-phenylbenzamide 118 in 99% yield. Coupling of 118 with commercial N-Boc-2(S)-aminobutyric acid in the presence of Et3N in DCM generated imide 119 in 66% yield. Reductive cyclization of nitro imide 119 by means of zinc dust in acetic acid gave the cyclized quinazolinone 120 in 69% yield, which underwent immediate N-deprotection with TFA in DCM to furnish the corresponding free amine 121. Finally, a substitution reaction involving amine 121 and 6-bromopurine (122) in the presence of DIPEA in t-BuOH gave idelalisib (XV) as a solid in 50% yield.

Drug interactions

Potentially hazardous interactions with other drugs
Antibacterials: concentration reduced by rifampicin - avoid.
Antidepressants: concentration possibly reduced by St John’s wort - avoid.
Antiepileptics: concentration possibly reduced by carbamazepine, fosphenytoin and phenytoin - avoid.
Antipsychotics: avoid with clozapine, increased risk of agranulocytosis; avoid with pimozide and quetiapine.

Metabolism

Idelalisib is metabolised mainly via aldehyde oxidase, and to a lesser extent via CYP3A and UGT1A4. The primary and only circulating metabolite, GS-563117, is inactive against PI3Kδ.
Following a single 150 mg oral dose of [14C]-labelled idelalisib, approximately 78% and 15% was excreted in faeces and urine, respectively. Unchanged idelalisib accounted for 23% of total radioactivity recovered in urine over 48 hours and 12% of total radioactivity recovered in faeces over 144 hours.