Nilotinibdrug info

nilotinib 150 MG Oral Capsule

What it is used for

Nilotinib capsules are a kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of: Adult and pediatric patients greater than or equal to 1 year of age with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase. Adult patients with chronic phase (CP) and accelerated phase (AP) Ph+ CML resistant to or intolerant to prior therapy that included imatinib. Pediatric patients greater than or equal to 1 year of age with Ph+ CML-CP resistant or intolerant to prior tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy.

1.1 Adult and

Pediatric Patients With Newly Diagnosed Ph+ CML-CP Nilotinib capsules are indicated for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients greater than or equal to 1 year of age with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase.

1.2 Adult Patients

With Resistant or Intolerant Ph+ CML-CP and CML-AP Nilotinib capsules are indicated for the treatment of adult patients with chronic phase and accelerated phase Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (Ph+ CML) resistant or intolerant to prior therapy that included imatinib.

1.3 Pediatric

Patients With Resistant or Intolerant Ph+ CML-CP Nilotinib capsules are indicated for the treatment of pediatric patients greater than or equal to 1 year of age with chronic phase Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia (Ph+ CML) with resistance or intolerance to prior tyrosine-kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy. Additional pediatric use information is approved for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s TASIGNA (nilotinib) capsules. However, due to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation’s marketing exclusivity rights, this drug product is not labeled with that pediatric information.

Text above is quoted in full from the FDA-approved drug label published by openFDA, effective November 20, 2025. Matched to this product by RxNorm code. Cross-references to other sections of the full prescribing information have been removed, since they point to a document not shown here. Nothing else is changed: no sentence is shortened, reworded or summarised.

Description

Nilotinib capsules contains nilotinib, which belongs to a pharmacologic class of drugs known as kinase inhibitors. Nilotinib drug substance, in the form of monohydrochloride sesquihydrate, is a white or slightly yellowish or slightly greenish-yellow powder with the molecular formula and weight, respectively, of C 28 H 23 ClF 3 N 7 O. 1.5 H 2 O and 593 g/mol (corresponding molecular formula and weight of nilotinib base, anhydrous are C 28 H 22 F 3 N 7 O and 529 g/mol, respectively). The solubility of nilotinib practically insoluble in water and heptane, slightly soluble in anhydrous ethanol. Nilotinib is not optically active. The pKa1 was determined to be 2.6 pKa2 was estimated to be 4.2. The chemical name of nilotinib monohydrochloride sesquihydrate is 4-methyl-N-(3-(4-methyl-1H-imidazol-l-yl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-3-((4-(pyridin-3-yl)pyrimidin-2-yl)amino)benzamide hydrochloride sesquihydrate. Its structure is shown below: Nilotinib capsules, for oral use, contain 50 mg, 150 mg, or 200 mg nilotinib base, anhydrous (equivalent to 56 mg, 168 mg, and 224 mg nilotinib monohydrochloride sesquihydrate respectively) with the following inactive ingredients: colloidal silicon dioxide, crospovidone, lactose monohydrate, magnesium stearate, and poloxamer 188. The capsules contain gelatin, iron oxide (red), iron oxide (yellow) and titanium dioxide. The imprinting ink contains black iron oxide, propylene glycol, potassium hydroxide and shellac. nilotinib-cap-structure

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