Duvelisib: A comprehensive profile

Profiles Drug Subst Excip Relat Methodol. 2024:49:19-40. doi: 10.1016/bs.podrm.2023.11.002. Epub 2023 Dec 7.

Abstract

Duvelisib (DUV) is chemically named as (S)-3-(1-((9H-Purin-6-yl)amino)ethyl)-8-chloro-2-phenylisoquinolin-1(2H)-one. It is a novel drug with a small molecular weight and characterized by dual phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K)- and PI3K-inhibitory activity. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved DUV for the management of small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) and relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in adult patients. DUV is marketed under the brand name of Copiktra® (Verastem, Inc., Needham, MA, USA). This chapter provides a critical extensive review of the literature, the description of DUV in terms of its names, formulae, elemental composition, appearance, and use in the treatment of CLL, SLL, and follicular lymphoma. The chapter also describes the methods for preparation of DUV, its physical-chemical properties, analytical methods for its determination, pharmacological properties, and dosing information.

Keywords: Chromatographic analysis; Dosing information; Duvelisib; Lymphocytic lymphoma; Methods of preparation; Pharmacological properties; Physical-chemical properties; Spectrometric analysis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Isoquinolines / pharmacology
  • Isoquinolines / therapeutic use
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell* / drug therapy
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / pharmacology
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / therapeutic use
  • Purines / pharmacology
  • Purines / therapeutic use

Substances

  • duvelisib
  • Isoquinolines
  • Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
  • Purines