Eribulin (Halaven)

Wikipedia says: “eribulin is a fully synthetic macrocyclic ketone analogue of the marine sponge natural product halichondrin B, the latter being a potent naturally-occurring mitotic inhibitor with a unique mechanism of action found in the Halichondria genus of sponges. Eribulin is a mechanistically-unique inhibitor of microtubule dynamics, binding predominantly to a small number of high affinity sites at the plus ends of existing microtubules. Eribulin exerts its anticancer effects by triggering apoptosis of cancer cells following prolonged and irreversible mitotic blockade.”

PDF of the EMBRACE trial of eribulin

Subgroup analyses from EMBRACE trial