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Details

Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C12H16BNO5S
Molecular Weight 297.135
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 2
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

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Structure of VABORBACTAM

SMILES

OB1O[C@H](CC(O)=O)CC[C@@H]1NC(=O)CC2=CC=CS2

InChI

InChIKey=IOOWNWLVCOUUEX-WPRPVWTQSA-N
InChI=1S/C12H16BNO5S/c15-11(7-9-2-1-5-20-9)14-10-4-3-8(6-12(16)17)19-13(10)18/h1-2,5,8,10,18H,3-4,6-7H2,(H,14,15)(H,16,17)/t8-,10-/m0/s1

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Description

Vaborbactam (formerly RPX7009) is a new beta-lactamase inhibitor based on a cyclic boronic acid pharmacophore. Vaborbactam is a highly active beta-lactamase inhibitor that restores activity of meropenem and other beta-lactam antibiotics in beta-lactamase-producing bacteria, particularly KPC-producing CRE. Meropenem in combination with vaborbactam (VABOMERE) is indicated for the treatment of patients 18 years and older with complicated urinary tract infections including pyelonephritis caused by designated susceptible bacteria. The vaborbactam component of VABOMERE is a non-suicidal beta-lactamase inhibitor that protects meropenem from degradation by certain serine beta-lactamases such as Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC). Vaborbactam does not have any antibacterial activity. Vaborbactam does not decrease the activity of meropenem against meropenem-susceptible organisms.

Originator

Approval Year

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Curative
VABOMERE
Curative
Unknown

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
33.4 μg/mL
1500 mg 3 times / day multiple, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
40.9 μg/mL
2000 mg 3 times / day multiple, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
4.81 μg/mL
250 mg 3 times / day multiple, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
21.3 μg/mL
1000 mg 3 times / day multiple, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
27.8 μg/mL
1250 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
32.9 μg/mL
1500 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
41.6 μg/mL
2000 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
5.03 μg/mL
250 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
9.97 μg/mL
500 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
15.3 μg/mL
750 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
21.8 μg/mL
1000 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
118 μg × h/mL
1500 mg 3 times / day multiple, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
145 μg × h/mL
2000 mg 3 times / day multiple, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
16.3 μg × h/mL
250 mg 3 times / day multiple, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
74.6 μg × h/mL
1000 mg 3 times / day multiple, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
100 μg × h/mL
1250 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
114 μg × h/mL
1500 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
144 μg × h/mL
2000 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
16.6 μg × h/mL
250 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
35.6 μg × h/mL
500 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
51.8 μg × h/mL
750 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
79.3 μg × h/mL
1000 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
1.65 h
1500 mg 3 times / day multiple, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
1.66 h
2000 mg 3 times / day multiple, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
1.17 h
250 mg 3 times / day multiple, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
1.43 h
1000 mg 3 times / day multiple, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
1.32 h
1250 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
1.4 h
1500 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
1.51 h
2000 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
1.17 h
250 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
1.35 h
500 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
1.24 h
750 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens
1.41 h
1000 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens

Funbound

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
67%
250 mg single, intravenous
VABORBACTAM plasma
Homo sapiens

Doses

AEs

Drug as perpetrator​

Drug as victim

Tox targets

PubMed

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide
Administer VABOMERE 4 grams (meropenem 2 grams and vaborbactam 2 grams) every 8 hours by intravenous infusion over 3 hours for up to 14 days, in patients 18 years of age and older with an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥50 mL/min/1.73m2 Dosage adjustment is recommended in patients with renal impairment who have an eGFR less than 50 mL/min/ 1.73m2
Route of Administration: Intravenous
In Vitro Use Guide
The activity of meropenem combined with the serine β-lactamase inhibitor vaborbactam (formerly RPX7009) was studied against 315 serine carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) isolates by use of checkerboard-designed panels to assess the optimal inhibitor concentration (range tested, 0.5 to 32 μg/ml). Overall, meropenem alone (MIC50 and MIC90, 16 and >64 μg/ml, respectively) inhibited only 2.2% of the isolates at ≤1 μg/ml (the CLSI susceptibility breakpoint) and 7.3% of the isolates at ≤2 μg/ml (the EUCAST breakpoint). Vaborbactam restored meropenem activity for 72.7 to 98.1% of CPE isolates at ≤2 μg/ml, and maximum potentiation was achieved with fixed concentrations of ≥8 μg/ml of the inhibitor (≥96.5% of isolates were inhibited at ≤2 μg/ml of meropenem-vaborbactam). Meropenem-vaborbactam with a fixed concentration of 8 μg/ml of the inhibitor (MIC50, ≤0.06 μg/ml for all organisms) inhibited 93.7% of the CPE isolates displaying elevated meropenem MICs at ≤1 μg/ml. Meropenem-vaborbactam MICs were elevated for isolates producing metallo-β-lactamases (MIC, 16 to >64 μg/ml) or displaying decreased expression of OmpK37 and/or elevated expression of the AcrAB-TolC efflux system (MIC, 16 μg/ml). Vaborbactam showed no antibacterial activity alone (all MICs, >64 μg/ml).