Dordaviprone

Dordaviprone
Clinical data
Trade namesModeyso
Other namesONC201, ONC-201
AHFS/Drugs.comModeyso
License data
Routes of
administration
By mouth
Drug classProtease activator
ATC code
  • None
Legal status
Legal status
Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • 11-benzyl-7-[(2-methylphenyl)methyl]-2,5,7,11-tetrazatricyclo[7.4.0.02,6]trideca-1(9),5-dien-8-one
CAS Number
PubChem CID
DrugBank
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEBI
ChEMBL
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC24H26N4O
Molar mass386.499 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
SMILES
  • CC1=CC=CC=C1CN2C(=O)C3=C(CCN(C3)CC4=CC=CC=C4)N5C2=NCC5
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C24H26N4O/c1-18-7-5-6-10-20(18)16-28-23(29)21-17-26(15-19-8-3-2-4-9-19)13-11-22(21)27-14-12-25-24(27)28/h2-10H,11-17H2,1H3
  • Key:VLULRUCCHYVXOH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • Key:HKBXPCQCBQFDML-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Dordaviprone, sold under the brand name Modeyso, is an anti-cancer medication used for the treatment of diffuse midline glioma (a type of brain tumor).[1][2] Dordaviprone is a protease activator of the mitochondrial caseinolytic protease P.[1] It is dopamine receptor D2 antagonist and an allosteric activator of the mitochondrial caseinolytic protease P.[3]

Dordaviprone was approved for medical use in the United States in August 2025.[2] It is the first approval of a systemic therapy for H3 K27M-mutant diffuse midline glioma by the US Food and Drug Administration.[2]

Medical uses

Dordaviprone is indicated for the treatment of people with diffuse midline glioma harboring an H3 K27M mutation with progressive disease following prior therapy.[1][2]

History

Efficacy was evaluated in an integrated efficacy population of 50 participants with recurrent H3 K27M-mutant diffuse midline glioma enrolled across five open-label, non-randomized clinical trials conducted in the US (ONC006 [NCT02525692], ONC013 [NCT03295396], ONC014 [NCT03416530], ONC016 [NCT05392374], and ONC018 [NCT03134131]).[2] The efficacy population comprised participants who received single-agent dordaviprone for diffuse midline glioma harboring an H3 K27M mutation and had progressive and measurable disease per Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology-High Grade Glioma (RANO-HGG) criteria.[2] Participants were also at least 90 days post radiation therapy, had an adequate washout period from prior anticancer therapies, a Karnofsky Performance Status/Lansky Performance Status (KPS/LPS) score ≥ 60, and stable or decreasing corticosteroid use.[2] Participants with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, primary spinal tumors, atypical histologies, or cerebrospinal fluid dissemination were excluded.[2]

The US Food and Drug Administration granted the application for dordaviprone priority review, orphan drug, rare pediatric disease, and fast track designations.[2]

Society and culture

Dordaviprone was approved for medical use in the United States in August 2025.[2][4]

Names

Dordaviprone is the international nonproprietary name.[5]

Dordaviprone is sold under the brand name Modeyso.[2][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 https://pp.jazzpharma.com/pi/modeyso.en.USPI.pdf
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "FDA grants accelerated approval to dordaviprone for diffuse midline glioma". U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 6 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Prabhu VV, Morrow S, Rahman Kawakibi A, Zhou L, Ralff M, Ray J, et al. (December 2020). "ONC201 and imipridones: Anti-cancer compounds with clinical efficacy". Neoplasia. 22 (12). New York, N.Y.: 725–744. doi:10.1016/j.neo.2020.09.005. PMC 7588802. PMID 33142238.
  4. 1 2 "Jazz Pharmaceuticals Announces U.S. FDA Approval of Modeyso (dordaviprone) as the First and Only Treatment for Recurrent H3 K27M-mutant Diffuse Midline Glioma" (Press release). Jazz Pharmaceuticals. 6 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025 via PR Newswire.
  5. World Health Organization (2023). "International nonproprietary names for pharmaceutical substances (INN): recommended INN: list 89". WHO Drug Information. 37 (1). hdl:10665/366661.