General Information of Drug (ID: DMOYE70)

Drug Name
Fexinidazole
Synonyms
Fexinidazole (human African trypanosomiasis); Fexinidazole (African sleeping sickness), Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative; Fexinidazole (HAT), Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative; Fexinidazole (human African trypanosomiasis), Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
Indication
Disease Entry ICD 11 Status REF
African trypanosomiasis 1F51 Approved [1]
Trypanosomiasis 1D51-1F53 Phase 2/3 [2]
Drug Type
Small molecular drug
Structure
3D MOL 2D MOL
#Ro5 Violations (Lipinski): 0 Molecular Weight (mw) 279.32
Logarithm of the Partition Coefficient (xlogp) 2.5
Rotatable Bond Count (rotbonds) 4
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count (hbonddonor) 0
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count (hbondacc) 5
ADMET Property
Absorption Cmax
The maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) of drug is 1.6 +/- 0.4 mg/L [3]
Clearance
The clearance of drug is 161 +/- 37 L/h [4]
Elimination
Elimination is almost entirely extra-renal, and roughly 0.75-3.15% of a drug dose was recovered in urine over 168 h [3]
Half-life
The concentration or amount of drug in body reduced by one-half in 15 +/- 6 hours [3]
Metabolism
The drug is metabolized via a variety of enzymes including the CYP450 enzymes CYP1A2, 2B6, 2C19, 2D6, 3A4, and 3A5 as well as flavin mono-oxygenase-3 (FMO-3) [5]
Vd
The volume of distribution (Vd) of drug is 3222 +/- 1199 L [4]
Chemical Identifiers
Formula
C12H13N3O3S
IUPAC Name
1-methyl-2-[(4-methylsulfanylphenoxy)methyl]-5-nitroimidazole
Canonical SMILES
CN1C(=CN=C1COC2=CC=C(C=C2)SC)[N+](=O)[O-]
InChI
InChI=1S/C12H13N3O3S/c1-14-11(13-7-12(14)15(16)17)8-18-9-3-5-10(19-2)6-4-9/h3-7H,8H2,1-2H3
InChIKey
MIWWSGDADVMLTG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Cross-matching ID
PubChem CID
68792
CAS Number
59729-37-2
DrugBank ID
DB12265
TTD ID
D00RWW
INTEDE ID
DR1873
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Drug-Metabolizing Enzyme (DME)
DME Name DME ID UniProt ID MOA REF
Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) DE4LYSA CP3A4_HUMAN Substrate [6]
Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) DECB0K3 CP2D6_HUMAN Substrate [6]
Mephenytoin 4-hydroxylase (CYP2C19) DEGTFWK CP2CJ_HUMAN Substrate [6]
Cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2) DEJGDUW CP1A2_HUMAN Substrate [6]
Cytochrome P450 3A5 (CYP3A5) DEIBDNY CP3A5_HUMAN Substrate [6]
Cytochrome P450 2B6 (CYP2B6) DEPKLMQ CP2B6_HUMAN Substrate [6]
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References

1 FDA Approved Drug Products from FDA Official Website. 2021. Application Number: 214429.
2 ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02169557) Efficacy and Safety of Fexinidazole in Patients With Stage 1 or Early Stage 2 Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) Due to T.b. Gambiense: a Prospective, Multicentre, Open-label Cohort Study, plug-in to the Pivotal Study. U.S. National Institutes of Health.
3 Determination of an optimal dosing regimen for fexinidazole, a novel oral drug for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis: first-in-human studies. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2014 Jun;53(6):565-80. doi: 10.1007/s40262-014-0136-3.
4 FDA Approved Drug Products: Fexinidazole tablets for oral use
5 Squirewell EJ, Qin X, Duffel MW: Endoxifen and other metabolites of tamoxifen inhibit human hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase 2A1 (hSULT2A1). Drug Metab Dispos. 2014 Nov;42(11):1843-50. doi: 10.1124/dmd.114.059709. Epub 2014 Aug 25.
6 Fexinidazole--a new oral nitroimidazole drug candidate entering clinical development for the treatment of sleeping sickness. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010 Dec 21;4(12):e923.