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Elesclomol

In clinical development
Emerging researchLate-stage development

Also known as 1-N'-Benzenecarbothioyl-3-(2-benzenecarbothioyl-2-methylhydrazinyl)-N'-methyl-oxopropanehydrazidide, Élesclomol, Elesclomolum.

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Research papers
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this drug.

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Identifiers & mechanism

Canonical identifiers, marketed brand names and mechanism, resolved across RxNorm, ChEMBL and ATC.

Canonical name
Elesclomol
Aliases & brands
1-N'-Benzenecarbothioyl-3-(2-benzenecarbothioyl-2-methylhydrazinyl)-N'-methyl-oxopropanehydrazidideÉlesclomolElesclomolum
RxNorm CUI
868480
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL1972860
UNII
6UK191M53P

Clinical trials

1 trials

The current development programme across all trial phases — status mix, phase distribution and the late-stage studies shaping the evidence base.

Development programme
CLINICALTRIALS.GOV · LIVE REGISTRY
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registered trials across all phases
1
Late-stage (III+)
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Discontinued
PHASE DISTRIBUTIONn = 1
Phase 31

Late-stage studies

Phase III+ trials still open or recently active — where late-stage evidence is being generated.

Research activity

1 papers

Key research shaping understanding of this drug, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.

Most influential

Elesclomol: a copper ionophore targeting mitochondrial metabolism for cancer therapy.

Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2022 · 235 cites
Recent papers

Elesclomol: a copper ionophore targeting mitochondrial metabolism for cancer therapy.

Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2022 · 235 cites
Major research themes2
Copper1Neoplasms1
Journals, researchers & institutions
Top journals
  • Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR1
Leading researchers
  • Ding Y1
  • Liu B1
  • Lu L1
  • Zheng P1
  • Zhou C1
Leading institutions
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  • Department of Clinical Medicine1
  • Institute of Translational Medicine1
  • Key Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drug Study for Neural Repair of Zhejiang Province1

Related drugs

1 matches

Drugs sharing diseases, protein targets and literature with this one. Ranked by graph evidence (shared targets + diseases weighted above co-mentions).

Studied across the same disease area as Elesclomol in the shared literature.

1 shared disease1 shared paper
References & data sources
  • RxNorm (U.S. National Library of Medicine) — drug identity
  • ChEMBL (EMBL-EBI) & UniProt — pharmacology and targets
  • Europe PMC — research literature
  • ClinicalTrials.gov — clinical trials