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Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C17H23Cl2NO.C4H6O6
Molecular Weight 478.363
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 6 / 6
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

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Structure of TESOFENSINE TARTRATE

SMILES

O[C@H]([C@@H](O)C(O)=O)C(O)=O.CCOC[C@H]1[C@H]2CC[C@@H](C[C@@H]1C3=CC(Cl)=C(Cl)C=C3)N2C

InChI

InChIKey=RNHGKRXUMVFCTA-DRIRFIHHSA-N
InChI=1S/C17H23Cl2NO.C4H6O6/c1-3-21-10-14-13(9-12-5-7-17(14)20(12)2)11-4-6-15(18)16(19)8-11;5-1(3(7)8)2(6)4(9)10/h4,6,8,12-14,17H,3,5,7,9-10H2,1-2H3;1-2,5-6H,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)/t12-,13+,14+,17+;1-,2-/m01/s1

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Tesofensine (also known as NS-2330) is a novel triple monoamine reuptake inhibitor with intrinsic inhibitory activity on norepinephrine (NE), serotonin (5-HT), and dopamine (DA) transporter function. It was development by NeuroSearch as a potential therapy for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's diseases, but these efforts have been discontinued. In phase II clinical trials with tesofensine in obese individuals, dose-related reductions in body weight, body fat and waist circumference, as well as improvements in other obesity-related endocrine factors were observed and the FDA recently endorsed the phase III trial program for this agent.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Primary
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Disc. AE: Mood altered, syncope...
Other AEs: Nausea, vomiting...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Mood altered (8%)
syncope (2%)
Vertigo (2%)
Vertigo2 (16%)
Pain of skin (2%)
Hypervigilance (2%)
Ear and labyrinth disorders (2%)
Other AEs:
Nausea (22.4%)
vomiting (4.1%)
Dry mouth (59.2%)
Toothache (4.1%)
Abdominal pain (12.2%)
Diarrhoea (18.4%)
Constipation (16.3%)
Faeces hard (10.2%)
Faecaloma (6.1%)
Insomnia (16.5%)
Dyssomnia (2%)
Hypervigilance (6.1%)
Dizziness (12.2%)
Sources:
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Faeces hard 10.2%
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Abdominal pain 12.2%
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Dizziness 12.2%
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Vertigo2 16%
Disc. AE
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Constipation 16.3%
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Insomnia 16.5%
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Diarrhoea 18.4%
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Dyssomnia 2%
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Ear and labyrinth disorders 2%
Disc. AE
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Hypervigilance 2%
Disc. AE
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Pain of skin 2%
Disc. AE
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Vertigo 2%
Disc. AE
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
syncope 2%
Disc. AE
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Nausea 22.4%
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Toothache 4.1%
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
vomiting 4.1%
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Dry mouth 59.2%
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Faecaloma 6.1%
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Hypervigilance 6.1%
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
Mood altered 8%
Disc. AE
1 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
n = 49
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: obesity
Sex: M+F
Food Status: UNKNOWN
Population Size: 49
Sources:
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Chronic fluoxetine treatment induces brain region-specific upregulation of genes associated with BDNF-induced long-term potentiation.
2007
Randomized trial of the triple monoamine reuptake inhibitor NS 2330 (tesofensine) in early Parkinson's disease.
2007 Feb 15
Gateways to clinical trials.
2007 Jan-Feb
Population pharmacokinetic modelling of NS2330 (tesofensine) and its major metabolite in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
2007 Jul
Contribution of the active metabolite M1 to the pharmacological activity of tesofensine in vivo: a pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modelling approach.
2008 Jan
Weight loss produced by tesofensine in patients with Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease.
2008 Jun
Tesofensine (NS 2330), a monoamine reuptake inhibitor, in patients with advanced Parkinson disease and motor fluctuations: the ADVANS Study.
2008 May
Gateways to clinical trials.
2008 Oct
Tesofensine--a novel potent weight loss medicine. Evaluation of: Astrup A, Breum L, Jensen TJ, Kroustrup JP, Larsen TM. Effect of tesofensine on bodyweight loss, body composition, and quality of life in obese patients: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2008;372:1906-13.
2009 Jul
[The effect of tesofensine on body weight and body composition in obese subjects--secondary publication].
2009 Oct 5
Gateways to clinical trials.
2009 Sep
Semi-mechanistic population pharmacokinetic drug-drug interaction modelling of a long half-life substrate and itraconazole.
2010
Tackling obesity: new therapeutic agents for assisted weight loss.
2010 Apr 26
Quantitative pharmacology approach in Alzheimer's disease: efficacy modeling of early clinical data to predict clinical outcome of tesofensine.
2010 Jun
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Sample Use Guides

tesofensine 0.5 mg may cause almost double the weight loss
Route of Administration: Oral
In vitro investigations resulted in IC50 values for tesofensine of 11 and 1.7 nM for the [3 H]5-HT and [3 H]noradrenaline uptake, respectively.
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