U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Divider Arrow National Institutes of Health Divider Arrow NCATS

Details

Stereochemistry EPIMERIC
Molecular Formula C18H23NO3.C4H6O6
Molecular Weight 451.467
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 3
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of DOBUTAMINE D-TARTRATE

SMILES

O[C@@H]([C@H](O)C(O)=O)C(O)=O.CC(CCC1=CC=C(O)C=C1)NCCC2=CC(O)=C(O)C=C2

InChI

InChIKey=WZIUXGZIVZDXIG-WUUYCOTASA-N
InChI=1S/C18H23NO3.C4H6O6/c1-13(2-3-14-4-7-16(20)8-5-14)19-11-10-15-6-9-17(21)18(22)12-15;5-1(3(7)8)2(6)4(9)10/h4-9,12-13,19-22H,2-3,10-11H2,1H3;1-2,5-6H,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)/t;1-,2-/m.0/s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI
Dobutamine is a sympathomimetic drug used in the treatment of heart failure and cardiogenic shock. Dobutamine hydrochloride is a direct-acting inotropic agent whose primary activity results from stimulation of the ß-receptors of the heart while producing comparatively mild chronotropic, hypertensive, arrhythmogenic, and vasodilative effects. It does not cause the release of endogenous norepinephrine, as does dopamine. Dobutamine directly stimulates beta-1 receptors of the heart to increase myocardial contractility and stroke volume, resulting in increased cardiac output. Dobutamine Injection, USP is indicated when parenteral therapy is necessary for inotropic support in the short-term treatment of adults with cardiac decompensation due to depressed contractility resulting either from organic heart disease or from cardiac surgical procedures.

Originator

Curator's Comment: Dobutamine was developed in the 1970s by Drs. Ronald Tuttle and Jack Mills at Eli Lilly and Company, as a structural analogue of isoprenaline.

Approval Year

TargetsConditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
Dobutamine hydrochloride

Approved Use

Dobutamine in 5% Dextrose Injection is indicated when parenteral therapy is necessary for inotropic support in the short-term treatment of patients with cardiac decompensation due to depressed contractility resulting either from organic heart disease or from cardiac surgical procedures. Experience with intravenous dobutamine in controlled trials does not extend beyond 48 hours of repeated boluses and/or continuous infusions. Whether given orally, continuously intravenously, or intermittently intravenously, neither dobutamine nor any other cyclic-AMP-dependent inotrope has been shown in controlled trials to be safe or effective in the long-term treatment of congestive heart failure. In controlled trials of chronic oral therapy with various such agents, symptoms were not consistently alleviated, and the cyclic-AMP-dependent inotropes were consistently associated with increased risks of hospitalization and death. Patients with NYHA Class IV symptoms appeared to be at particular risk.

Launch Date

1978
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
14 ng × h/mL
2.5 μg/kg/min other, intravenous
dose: 2.5 μg/kg/min
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: OTHER
co-administered:
DOBUTAMINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADOLESCENT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
2.37 min
2.5 μg/kg/min other, intravenous
dose: 2.5 μg/kg/min
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: OTHER
co-administered:
DOBUTAMINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNHEALTHY
age: ADOLESCENT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
40 ug/kg/min multiple, intravenous
Highest studied dose
Dose: 40 ug/kg/min
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 40 ug/kg/min
Sources:
unhealthy, 43 years (ranhe: 20-72 years)
n = 6
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 43 years (ranhe: 20-72 years)
Population Size: 6
Sources:
Other AEs: Adverse event...
Other AEs:
Adverse event
Sources:
30 ug/kg/min multiple, intravenous
Dose: 30 ug/kg/min
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 30 ug/kg/min
Sources:
unhealthy, 43 years (ranhe: 20-72 years)
n = 5
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 43 years (ranhe: 20-72 years)
Population Size: 5
Sources:
Disc. AE: Angina, Arrhythmia...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Angina (5 patients)
Arrhythmia (5 patients)
Hypertension (severe, 5 patients)
Sources:
2 ug/kg/min multiple, intravenous
Dose: 2 ug/kg/min
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 2 ug/kg/min
Sources:
unhealthy, 46 years
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 46 years
Sex: M
Population Size: 1
Sources:
Disc. AE: Eosinophilia...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Eosinophilia (1 patient)
Sources:
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Adverse event
40 ug/kg/min multiple, intravenous
Highest studied dose
Dose: 40 ug/kg/min
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 40 ug/kg/min
Sources:
unhealthy, 43 years (ranhe: 20-72 years)
n = 6
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 43 years (ranhe: 20-72 years)
Population Size: 6
Sources:
Angina 5 patients
Disc. AE
30 ug/kg/min multiple, intravenous
Dose: 30 ug/kg/min
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 30 ug/kg/min
Sources:
unhealthy, 43 years (ranhe: 20-72 years)
n = 5
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 43 years (ranhe: 20-72 years)
Population Size: 5
Sources:
Arrhythmia 5 patients
Disc. AE
30 ug/kg/min multiple, intravenous
Dose: 30 ug/kg/min
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 30 ug/kg/min
Sources:
unhealthy, 43 years (ranhe: 20-72 years)
n = 5
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 43 years (ranhe: 20-72 years)
Population Size: 5
Sources:
Hypertension severe, 5 patients
Disc. AE
30 ug/kg/min multiple, intravenous
Dose: 30 ug/kg/min
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 30 ug/kg/min
Sources:
unhealthy, 43 years (ranhe: 20-72 years)
n = 5
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 43 years (ranhe: 20-72 years)
Population Size: 5
Sources:
Eosinophilia 1 patient
Disc. AE
2 ug/kg/min multiple, intravenous
Dose: 2 ug/kg/min
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 2 ug/kg/min
Sources:
unhealthy, 46 years
n = 1
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 46 years
Sex: M
Population Size: 1
Sources:
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Influence of dobutamine on regional myocardial blood flow and ventricular performance during acute and chronic myocardial ischemia in dogs.
1976 May
Modulation of inotropic therapy by venodilation in acute heart failure: a randomised comparison of four inotropic agents, alone and combined with isosorbide dinitrate.
1992 Jan
Long-term dobutamine therapy for refractory congestive heart failure.
1992 Jul
Effect of intravenous metoprolol or intravenous metoprolol plus glucagon on dobutamine-induced myocardial ischemia.
2000 Nov
Catecholamines suppress leptin release from in vitro differentiated subcutaneous human adipocytes in primary culture via beta1- and beta2-adrenergic receptors.
2000 Sep
[Prognostic value of cardiac perfusion scintigraphy associated with the dobutamine test in acute coronary syndromes].
2001 Apr
Prognostic value of pharmacologic stress echocardiography in patients with left bundle branch block.
2001 Apr 1
[Complications of stress echocardiography].
2001 Aug
Increased inducible nitric oxide synthase expression contributes to myocardial dysfunction and higher mortality after myocardial infarction in mice.
2001 Aug 7
Milrinone versus dobutamine in heart failure subjects treated chronically with carvedilol.
2001 Dec
Molecular mechanisms controlling the rate and specificity of catechol O-methylation by human soluble catechol O-methyltransferase.
2001 Feb
Normal coronary angiogram and dobutamine-induced left ventricular obstruction during stress echocardiography: a higher hemodynamic responsiveness to dobutamine.
2001 May
The Arg 389 Gly beta1-adrenergic receptor gene polymorphism and human fat cell lipolysis.
2001 Nov
Attenuation of lung inflammation by adrenergic agonists in murine acute lung injury.
2001 Oct
Dobutamine stress cine-MRI of cardiac function in the hearts of adult cardiomyocyte-specific VEGF knockout mice.
2001 Oct
Therapeutic angiogenesis in the ischemic canine heart induced by myocardial injection of naked complementary DNA plasmid encoding hepatocyte growth factor.
2002 Dec
Effects of fluid and dobutamine treatment on renal function during partial superior mesenteric artery occlusion and reperfusion.
2002 Feb
Long-term treatment with perindopril ameliorates dobutamine-induced myocardial ischemia in patients with coronary artery disease.
2002 Jan
[Coronary Spasm after Administration of Propranolol during Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography].
2002 Jul
Multifocal myoclonus due to verapamil overdose.
2002 Mar 26
Effects of norepinephrine on rat cultured microglial cells that express alpha1, alpha2, beta1 and beta2 adrenergic receptors.
2002 Nov
Generalized tetany: an unusual complication during dobutamine stress echocardiography.
2002 Nov
Kallikrein gene delivery improves cardiac reserve and attenuates remodeling after myocardial infarction.
2002 Nov
Real-time MR image acquisition during high-dose dobutamine hydrochloride stress for detecting left ventricular wall-motion abnormalities in patients with coronary arterial disease.
2002 Sep
Sensitive method of detecting myocardial ischemia during dobutamine stress echocardiography.
2003 Apr
Dobutamine-induced ST-segment elevation associated with a biphasic response of wall motion in patients with a recent myocardial infarction is caused by myocardial ischaemia and is abolished by revascularization of the infarct-related artery.
2003 Dec
Dobutamine inhibits monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 production and chemotaxis in human monocytes.
2003 Jul
Levosimendan: a new dual-action drug in the treatment of acute heart failure.
2003 Jun
Expression of glycerokinase in brown adipose tissue is stimulated by the sympathetic nervous system.
2003 Jun
Gene therapy in cardiac surgery: intramyocardial injection of naked plasmid DNA for chronic myocardial ischemia.
2003 Nov
Beta 1-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms confer differential function and predisposition to heart failure.
2003 Oct
Protein kinase Cepsilon overexpression alters myofilament properties and composition during the progression of heart failure.
2004 Aug 20
Effects of growth hormone on the function of beta-adrenoceptor subtypes in rat adipocytes.
2004 Feb
Hypersensitivity myocarditis complicating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy heart.
2004 Jul
Prognostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with normal left ventricular systolic function.
2004 Jul
Chronic beta-adrenoreceptor stimulation in vivo decreased Bcl-2 and increased Bax expression but did not activate apoptotic pathways in mouse heart.
2004 Mar
Chronic phospholamban inhibition prevents progressive cardiac dysfunction and pathological remodeling after infarction in rats.
2004 Mar
Dobutamine-induced myoclonia in severe renal failure.
2004 May
Synergistic contributions of the functional groups of epinephrine to its affinity and efficacy at the beta2 adrenergic receptor.
2004 May
The Arg389Gly beta1-adrenoceptor gene polymorphism determines contractile response to catecholamines.
2004 Nov
Detrimental effects after dobutamine infusion on rat left ventricular function: mechanical work and energetics.
2005 Jul
Dobutamine-induced bradycardia in a dog.
2005 Mar
A Dobutamine paradox: eosinophilic myocarditis in the explanted heart of a 9-year-old girl undergoing cardiac transplantation.
2005 Oct
Polymorphism of the AHSG gene is associated with increased adipocyte beta2-adrenoceptor function.
2005 Oct
Sustained ventricular tachycardia induced by dobutamine stress echocardiography: a prospective study.
2005 Sep
Upstream transcription factor-1 gene polymorphism is associated with increased adipocyte lipolysis.
2005 Sep
Clinical and prognostic implications of angina pectoris developing during dobutamine stress echocardiography in the absence of inducible wall motion abnormalities.
2005 Sep 15
Adenoviral gene transfer of Akt enhances myocardial contractility and intracellular calcium handling.
2006 Jan
Atrial fibrillation in dobutamine stress echocardiography.
2006 Jul 28
Beneficial effects of high doses of growth hormone in the introduction and optimization of medical treatment in decompensated congestive heart failure.
2006 Jun 28
Patents

Sample Use Guides

Usual Adult Dose for Congestive Heart Failure Initial dose: 0.5 to 1 mcg/kg/min IV infusion Maintenance dose: 2 to 20 mcg/kg/min IV infusion Maximum dose: 40 mcg/kg/min IV infusion
Route of Administration: Intravenous
In Vitro Use Guide
Dobutamine (10(-5)-10(-4) M), a relatively specific beta 1-adrenoceptor agonist caused a small but significant relaxant response in in rabbit urinary bladder trigonal muscle but no change in detrusor.
Name Type Language
DOBUTAMINE D-TARTRATE
Common Name English
LY174008
Code English
DOBUTAMINE TARTRATE [USAN]
Common Name English
LY-174008
Code English
DOBUTAMINE TARTRATE
USAN  
USAN  
Official Name English
DOBUTAMINE (-)-TARTRATE
Common Name English
(±)-4-(2-((3-(P-HYDROXYPHENYL)-1-METHYLPROPYL)AMINO)ETHYL)PYROCATECHOL D-TARTRATE (1:1) (SALT)
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
NCI_THESAURUS C48149
Created by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023 , Edited by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023
Code System Code Type Description
USAN
Y-65
Created by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023 , Edited by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023
PRIMARY
PUBCHEM
208850
Created by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023 , Edited by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023
PRIMARY
DRUG BANK
DBSALT002324
Created by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023 , Edited by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023
PRIMARY
FDA UNII
5D1IB9AI6J
Created by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023 , Edited by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023
PRIMARY
EPA CompTox
DTXSID30873946
Created by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023 , Edited by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023
PRIMARY
CAS
101626-66-8
Created by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023 , Edited by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023
PRIMARY
NCI_THESAURUS
C65452
Created by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023 , Edited by admin on Fri Dec 15 15:28:30 GMT 2023
PRIMARY