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Details

Stereochemistry EPIMERIC
Molecular Formula C32H47F5O3S
Molecular Weight 606.771
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 6 / 7
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of FULVESTRANT

SMILES

[H][C@@]12CC[C@H](O)[C@@]1(C)CC[C@]3([H])C4=C(C[C@@H](CCCCCCCCC[S+]([O-])CCCC(F)(F)C(F)(F)F)[C@@]23[H])C=C(O)C=C4

InChI

InChIKey=VWUXBMIQPBEWFH-WCCTWKNTSA-N
InChI=1S/C32H47F5O3S/c1-30-17-15-26-25-12-11-24(38)21-23(25)20-22(29(26)27(30)13-14-28(30)39)10-7-5-3-2-4-6-8-18-41(40)19-9-16-31(33,34)32(35,36)37/h11-12,21-22,26-29,38-39H,2-10,13-20H2,1H3/t22-,26-,27+,28+,29-,30+,41?/m1/s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C32H47F5O3S
Molecular Weight 606.771
Charge 0
Count
MOL RATIO 1 MOL RATIO (average)
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 5 / 6
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Description

Fulvestrant is a drug treatment of hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer in post-menopausal women with disease progression following anti-estrogen therapy. It is an estrogen receptor antagonist with no agonist effects, which works both by down-regulating and by degrading the estrogen receptor. Fulvestrant competitively and reversibly binds to estrogen receptors present in cancer cells and achieves its anti-estrogen effects through two separate mechanisms. First, fulvestrant binds to the receptors and downregulates them so that estrogen is no longer able to bind to these receptors. Second, fulvestrant degrades the estrogen receptors to which it is bound. Both of these mechanisms inhibit the growth of tamoxifen-resistant as well as estrogen-sensitive human breast cancer cell lines. Fulvestrant is used for the treatment of hormone receptor positive metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women with disease progression following anti-estrogen therapy. Fulvestrant is marketed under the trade name Faslodex, by AstraZeneca.

CNS Activity

Originator

Approval Year

Targets

Primary TargetPharmacologyConditionPotency
0.0631 nM [IC50]
0.1 nM [IC50]

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
FASLODEX

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
25.1 ng/mL
500 mg single, intramuscular
FULVESTRANT plasma
Homo sapiens
11.4 ng/mL
250 mg single, intramuscular
FULVESTRANT plasma
Homo sapiens

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
11400 ng × h/mL
500 mg single, intramuscular
FULVESTRANT plasma
Homo sapiens
176 ng × day/mL
250 mg single, intramuscular
FULVESTRANT plasma
Homo sapiens

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
40 day
250 mg single, intramuscular
FULVESTRANT plasma
Homo sapiens

Funbound

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
1%
250 mg single, intramuscular
FULVESTRANT plasma
Homo sapiens

Doses

AEs

Drug as perpetrator​

Drug as victim

PubMed

Sample Use Guides

In Vivo Use Guide
Usual Adult Dose for Breast Cancer Initial dose: 500 mg IM on days 1, 15, and 29, then once a month thereafter.
Route of Administration: Intramuscular
In Vitro Use Guide
In human and rat mesangial cells, increased type IV collagen and fibronectin gene transcription induced by TGF-b1 was downregulated by Fulvestrant at concentrations ranging from 10(-10) M to 10(-7) M.
Substance Class Chemical
Record UNII
22X328QOC4
Record Status Validated (UNII)
Record Version