Doxorubicin

FDA Drug Profile — Doxorubicin Hydrochloride

Drug Details

Generic Name
Doxorubicin
Brand Names
Doxorubicin Hydrochloride
Application Number
ANDA208888
Sponsor
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC
NDC Codes
2
Dosage Forms
INJECTION, POWDER, LYOPHILIZED, FOR SOLUTION, POWDER
Routes
INTRAVENOUS
Active Ingredients
DOXORUBICIN HYDROCHLORIDE

Indications and Usage

1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE Doxorubicin is an anthracycline topoisomerase II inhibitor indicated: as a component of multiagent adjuvant chemotherapy for treatment of women with axillary lymph node involvement following resection of primary breast cancer (1.1) . for the treatment of: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myeloblastic leukemia, Hodgkin lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, metastatic breast cancer, metastatic Wilms’ tumor, metastatic neuroblastoma, metastatic soft tissue sarcoma, metastatic bone sarcomas, metastatic ovarian carcinoma, metastatic transitional cell bladder carcinoma, metastatic thyroid carcinoma, metastatic gastric carcinoma, metastatic bronchogenic carcinoma (1.2) . 1.1 Adjuvant Breast Cancer DOXOrubicin HCl for Injection, USP is indicated as a component of multi-agent adjuvant chemotherapy for treatment of women with axillary lymph node involvement following resection of primary breast cancer [see Clinical Studies (14.1 )]. 1.2 Other Cancers Doxorubicin is indicated for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia acute myeloblastic leukemia Hodgkin lymphoma non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) metastatic breast cancer metastatic Wilms’ tumor metastatic neuroblastoma metastatic soft tissue sarcoma metastatic bone sarcoma metastatic ovarian carcinoma metastatic transitional cell bladder carcinoma metastatic thyroid carcinoma metastatic gastric carcinoma metastatic bronchogenic carcinoma