Drug · Small Molecule
Valrubicin
CI-DRUG-00000704Explore in graph →CHEMBL1096885 Approved
Regulatory
Approvals (3)
Each record names the authority, jurisdiction, indication text and status. A drug approved in one jurisdiction for one indication is not 'approved' in general.
- Source
- openFDA — Drugs@FDA applications and drug labels (SPL)
- Dataset
- Drugs@FDA via openFDA
- Version
- drugsfda-2026-09-11
- Retrieved
- Sep 14, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Evidence
- regulatory
- License
- CC0 1.0 Universal (public domain; https://open.fda.gov/license/)
- Run
- ING-OPENFDA-20260914-000001
| Jurisdiction · authority | Cancer | Indication | Status | Approval date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US FDA | — | Efficacy supplement 2013-08-02 (see label) | approved | Aug 2, 2013 | openfda |
| US FDA | — | VALSTAR is an anthracycline topoisomerase inhibitor indicated for intravesical therapy of BCG-refractory carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the urinary bladder in patients for whom immediate cystectomy would be associated with unacceptable morbidity or mortality. VALSTAR is an anthracycline topoisomerase inhibitor indicated for intravesical therapy of BCG-refractory carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the urinary bladder in patients for whom immediate cystectomy would be associated with unacceptable morbidity or mortality. ( 1 ) | approved | Sep 25, 1998 | openfda |
Health Canada records are DIN-level: one row per marketed product (brand, strength, form). The Drug Product Database does not publish indications, so no cancer is stated for these rows, and a cancelled or dormant DIN is the status of that one product — not a withdrawal of the molecule.
Data updated 15 days agoSource updated unknown
Derived
Development pipeline
Most advanced stage across all cancers, then per top-level cancer reached through trial conditions or approval indications. Approval in any ingested jurisdiction outranks trial phase; counts are interventional studies.
| Scope | Stage | Max phase | Active | Recruiting | Phase 3 | Trials | Approvals | Jurisdictions | First approval | First trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cancers | Approved | Phase 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | CA, US | Sep 25, 1998 | 1993-11 |
| Malignant Bladder Neoplasm | Phase3 | Phase 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 1993-11 |
- Source
- clinicaltrials
- Layer
- derived (computed by CancerIndex)
Curated evidence
Clinical evidence (0)
CIViC items in which this therapy appears, grouped by cancer context, then molecular profile. 50 items per page.
Data not yet available
Clinical trials
Trials with this intervention (5)
Most recently updated first, 50 per page.
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Dataset
- ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 studies
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
| NCT | Title | Status | Phase | Enrollment (n) | Sponsor | Countries | Last update | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCT00003129 | Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Early-Stage Bladder Cancer | completed | Phase 2 | 75 | Eastern Cooperative Oncology GroupNETWORK | 1 | Jun 22, 2023 | clinicaltrials |
| NCT01606345 | Phase I Study of Percutaneous Valrubicin for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma | completed | Phase 1 | 4 |