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Details

Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula 2C25H48N6O10.5H2O4S
Molecular Weight 1675.758
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 24 / 24
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of PLAZOMICIN SULFATE

SMILES

OS(O)(=O)=O.OS(O)(=O)=O.OS(O)(=O)=O.OS(O)(=O)=O.OS(O)(=O)=O.CN[C@@H]1[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O[C@H]2[C@@H](C[C@H](N)[C@@H](O[C@H]3OC(CNCCO)=CC[C@H]3N)[C@@H]2O)NC(=O)[C@@H](O)CCN)OC[C@]1(C)O.CN[C@@H]4[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O[C@H]5[C@@H](C[C@H](N)[C@@H](O[C@H]6OC(CNCCO)=CC[C@H]6N)[C@@H]5O)NC(=O)[C@@H](O)CCN)OC[C@]4(C)O

InChI

InChIKey=GUXPJAIJDJSSGJ-CYJQXXSXSA-N
InChI=1S/2C25H48N6O10.5H2O4S/c2*1-25(37)11-38-24(18(35)21(25)29-2)41-20-15(31-22(36)16(33)5-6-26)9-14(28)19(17(20)34)40-23-13(27)4-3-12(39-23)10-30-7-8-32;5*1-5(2,3)4/h2*3,13-21,23-24,29-30,32-35,37H,4-11,26-28H2,1-2H3,(H,31,36);5*(H2,1,2,3,4)/t2*13-,14+,15-,16+,17+,18-,19-,20+,21-,23-,24-,25+;;;;;/m11...../s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI
Plazomicin is a novel aminoglycoside antibiotic that binds to the bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit, thus inhibiting protein synthesis in a concentration-dependent manner. Plazomicin displays a broad spectrum of activity against aerobic gram-negative bacteria including extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, and organisms with aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes. Plazomicin resistance in Enterobacteriaceae is via modification of the ribosomal binding site due to expression of 16S rRNA methyltransferases. ZEMDRI (plazomicin) injection for intravenous use is indicated for the treatment of patients 18 years of age or older with Complicated Urinary Tract Infections (cUTI) including Pyelonephritis.

Approval Year

Targets

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Curative
ZEMDRI

Approved Use

ZEMDRI is an aminoglycoside antibacterial indicated for the treatment of patients 18 years of age or older with Complicated Urinary Tract Infections (cUTI) including Pyelonephritis.

Launch Date

2018
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
73.7 μg/mL
15 mg/kg single, intravenous
dose: 15 mg/kg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PLAZOMICIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
257 μg × h/mL
15 mg/kg single, intravenous
dose: 15 mg/kg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PLAZOMICIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
3.5 h
15 mg/kg single, intravenous
dose: 15 mg/kg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PLAZOMICIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
Funbound

Funbound

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
80%
15 mg/kg single, intravenous
dose: 15 mg/kg
route of administration: Intravenous
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
PLAZOMICIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
MTD
healthy, 18 to 65 years
n = 15
Other AEs: Hypotension...
20 mg/kg 1 times / day single, intravenous
Highest studied dose
Dose: 20 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: single
Dose: 20 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
healthy, adult
n = 57
Other AEs: Abdominal pain, Nausea...
Other AEs:
Abdominal pain (1.7%)
Nausea (10.5%)
Dizziness (8.8%)
Headache (7%)
Hypoesthesia (17.5%)
Flushing (1.7%)
Sources:
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
unhealthy, mean age 39.5 years
n = 74
Disc. AE: Vertigo, Dizziness...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Vertigo (1.3%)
Dizziness (2.7%)
Azotaemia (1.4%)
Hypotension (1.4%)
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (1.4%)
Sources:
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, mean age 39.5 years
n = 74
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Age Group: mean age 39.5 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 74
Sources:
Other AEs: Ototoxicity, Tinnitus...
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
unhealthy, mean age 59.4 years
n = 303
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Age Group: mean age 59.4 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 303
Sources:
Disc. AE: Blood creatinine increased...
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, mean age 59.4 years
n = 303
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Age Group: mean age 59.4 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 303
Sources:
Disc. AE: Acute kidney injury, Chronic kidney disease...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Acute kidney injury (0.7%)
Chronic kidney disease (0.3%)
Metastatic neoplasm (0.3%)
Metastatic uterine cancer (0.3%)
Renal failure (0.3%)
Renal impairment (0.3%)
Sources:
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Hypotension grade 1-2
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
MTD
healthy, 18 to 65 years
n = 15
Abdominal pain 1.7%
20 mg/kg 1 times / day single, intravenous
Highest studied dose
Dose: 20 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: single
Dose: 20 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
healthy, adult
n = 57
Flushing 1.7%
20 mg/kg 1 times / day single, intravenous
Highest studied dose
Dose: 20 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: single
Dose: 20 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
healthy, adult
n = 57
Nausea 10.5%
20 mg/kg 1 times / day single, intravenous
Highest studied dose
Dose: 20 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: single
Dose: 20 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
healthy, adult
n = 57
Hypoesthesia 17.5%
20 mg/kg 1 times / day single, intravenous
Highest studied dose
Dose: 20 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: single
Dose: 20 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
healthy, adult
n = 57
Headache 7%
20 mg/kg 1 times / day single, intravenous
Highest studied dose
Dose: 20 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: single
Dose: 20 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
healthy, adult
n = 57
Dizziness 8.8%
20 mg/kg 1 times / day single, intravenous
Highest studied dose
Dose: 20 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: single
Dose: 20 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
healthy, adult
n = 57
Vertigo 1.3%
Disc. AE
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
unhealthy, mean age 39.5 years
n = 74
Azotaemia 1.4%
Disc. AE
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
unhealthy, mean age 39.5 years
n = 74
Hypotension 1.4%
Disc. AE
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
unhealthy, mean age 39.5 years
n = 74
Type 2 diabetes mellitus 1.4%
Disc. AE
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
unhealthy, mean age 39.5 years
n = 74
Dizziness 2.7%
Disc. AE
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
unhealthy, mean age 39.5 years
n = 74
Tinnitus 1.3%
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, mean age 39.5 years
n = 74
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Age Group: mean age 39.5 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 74
Sources:
Ototoxicity 2.2%
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, mean age 39.5 years
n = 74
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Age Group: mean age 39.5 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 74
Sources:
Blood creatinine increased 0.3%
Disc. AE
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
unhealthy, mean age 59.4 years
n = 303
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Age Group: mean age 59.4 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 303
Sources:
Chronic kidney disease 0.3%
Disc. AE
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, mean age 59.4 years
n = 303
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Age Group: mean age 59.4 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 303
Sources:
Metastatic neoplasm 0.3%
Disc. AE
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, mean age 59.4 years
n = 303
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Age Group: mean age 59.4 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 303
Sources:
Metastatic uterine cancer 0.3%
Disc. AE
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, mean age 59.4 years
n = 303
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Age Group: mean age 59.4 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 303
Sources:
Renal failure 0.3%
Disc. AE
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, mean age 59.4 years
n = 303
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Age Group: mean age 59.4 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 303
Sources:
Renal impairment 0.3%
Disc. AE
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, mean age 59.4 years
n = 303
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Age Group: mean age 59.4 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 303
Sources:
Acute kidney injury 0.7%
Disc. AE
15 mg/kg 1 times / day multiple, intravenous
Recommended
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Route: intravenous
Route: multiple
Dose: 15 mg/kg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, mean age 59.4 years
n = 303
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: Complicated Urinary Tract Infections
Age Group: mean age 59.4 years
Sex: M+F
Population Size: 303
Sources:
OverviewDrug as perpetrator​

Drug as perpetrator​

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
no [IC50 6111 uM]
no [IC50 8712 uM]
no [IC50 8951 uM]
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes [IC50 1552 uM]
no (co-administration study)
Comment: IC50 value given as 1300 mcg/mL; mw of drug: 837.89; not an inhibitor in vivo when administered with metformin
Page: 16134.0
yes [IC50 403 uM]
no (co-administration study)
Comment: IC50 value given as 338 mcg/mL; mw of drug: 837.89; not an inhibitor in vivo when administered with metformin
Page: 16,96
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
Drug as victimTox targets

Tox targets

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Synthesis and spectrum of the neoglycoside ACHN-490.
2010 Nov
Activity of a novel aminoglycoside, ACHN-490, against clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae from New York City.
2010 Oct
Plazomicin: A Novel Aminoglycoside for the Treatment of Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections.
2019 Feb
Plazomicin: A Next-Generation Aminoglycoside.
2019 Jan
Patents

Sample Use Guides

Administer ZEMDRI 15 mg/kg every 24 hours by intravenous (IV) infusion over 30 minutes to patients 18 years of age or older with creatinine clearance greater than or equal to 90 mL/min.
Route of Administration: Intravenous
MIC50/MIC90 values for plazomicin were the lowest of all the drugs tested: 0.5/0.5 mg/L for 96 KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates and 0.5/1 mg/L for all 110 carbapenemase-producing isolates. Plazomicin (ACHN-490) inhibited the growth of AG-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (MIC(90), ≤4 μg/ml), with the exception of Proteus mirabilis and indole-positive Proteae (MIC(90), 8 μg/ml and 16 μg/ml, respectively). ACHN-490 was more active alone in vitro against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii isolates with AG-modifying enzymes than against those with altered permeability/efflux. The MIC(90) of ACHN-490 against AG-resistant staphylococci was 2 μg/ml.
Name Type Language
PLAZOMICIN SULFATE
USAN   WHO-DD  
USAN  
Official Name English
PLAZOMICIN HEMIPENTASULFATE
Common Name English
(2S)-4-AMINO-N-((1R,2S,3S,4R,5S)-5-AMINO-4-((2-AMINO-2,3,4,6-TETRADEOXY-6-((2-HYDROXYETHYL)AMINO)-.ALPHA.-D-GLYCERO-HEX-4-ENOPYRANOSYL(OXY)-2-((3-DEOXY-4-C-METHYL-3-(METHYLAMINO)-.BETA.-L-ARABINOPYRANOSYL)OXY(-3-HYDROXYCYCLOHEXYL)-2-HYDROXYBUTANAMIDE SUL
Common Name English
ZEMDRI
Brand Name English
PLAZOMICIN SULFATE [USAN]
Common Name English
PLAZOMICIN SULFATE [ORANGE BOOK]
Common Name English
ACHN-490 SULFATE
Code English
D-STREPTAMINE, O-2-AMINO-2,3,4,6-TETRADEOXY-6-((2-HYDROXYETHYL)AMINO)-.ALPHA.-D-GLYCERO-HEX-4-ENOPYRANOSYL-(1->4)-O-(3-DEOXY-4-C-METHYL-3-(METHYLAMINO)-.BETA.-L-ARABINOPYRANOSYL-(1->6))-N1-((2S)-4-AMINO-2-HYDROXY-1-OXOBUTYL)-2-DEOXY-, SULFATE
Common Name English
Plazomicin sulfate [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
PLAZOMICIN SULFATE [MI]
Common Name English
Code System Code Type Description
FDA UNII
A78L6MT746
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SMS_ID
100000178212
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MERCK INDEX
m12109
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NCI_THESAURUS
C174609
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RXCUI
2052872
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DRUG BANK
DBSALT002742
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USAN
AB-51
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL1650559
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PUBCHEM
137528219
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CAS
1380078-95-4
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID60160452
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