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Details

Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C26H37N5O2
Molecular Weight 451.6043
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 3 / 3
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of CABERGOLINE

SMILES

CCNC(=O)N(CCCN(C)C)C(=O)[C@@H]1C[C@H]2[C@@H](CC3=CNC4=C3C2=CC=C4)N(CC=C)C1

InChI

InChIKey=KORNTPPJEAJQIU-KJXAQDMKSA-N
InChI=1S/C26H37N5O2/c1-5-11-30-17-19(25(32)31(26(33)27-6-2)13-8-12-29(3)4)14-21-20-9-7-10-22-24(20)18(16-28-22)15-23(21)30/h5,7,9-10,16,19,21,23,28H,1,6,8,11-15,17H2,2-4H3,(H,27,33)/t19-,21-,23-/m1/s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C26H37N5O2
Molecular Weight 451.6043
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 3 / 3
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Description
Curator's Comment: description was created based on several sources, including: https://www.drugs.com/dosage/cabergoline.html http://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Cabergoline http://www.rxlist.com/dostinex-drug.htm

Cabergoline is a long-acting dopamine receptor agonist with a high affinity for D2 receptors. Results of in vitro studies demonstrate that cabergoline exerts a direct inhibitory effect on the secretion of prolactin by rat pituitary lactotrophs. It is FDA approved for the treatment of hyperprolactinemic disorders, either idiopathic or due to pituitary adenomas. Common adverse reactions include constipation, nausea, dizziness, headache and fatigue. Cabergoline should not be administered concurrently with D-antagonists, such as phenothiazines, butyrophenones, thioxanthenes, or metoclopramide.

Approval Year

TargetsConditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
CABERGOLINE

Approved Use

Cabergoline tablets are indicated for the treatment of hyperprolactinemic disorders, either idiopathic or due to pituitary adenomas.

Launch Date

2005
Primary
CABERGOLINE

Approved Use

Cabergoline tablets are indicated for the treatment of hyperprolactinemic disorders, either idiopathic or due to pituitary adenomas.

Launch Date

2005
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
33.3 ng/L
0.5 mg single, oral
dose: 0.5 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
CABERGOLINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
40.3 ng/L
1 mg single, oral
dose: 1 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
CABERGOLINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
67 ng/L
1.5 mg single, oral
dose: 1.5 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
CABERGOLINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
1295 ng × h/L
0.5 mg single, oral
dose: 0.5 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
CABERGOLINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
1884 ng × h/L
1 mg single, oral
dose: 1 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
CABERGOLINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
2546 ng × h/L
1.5 mg single, oral
dose: 1.5 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
CABERGOLINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: MALE
food status: UNKNOWN
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
68.54 h
1 mg single, oral
dose: 1 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
CABERGOLINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE
food status: FASTED
Funbound

Funbound

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
60%
unknown, unknown
CABERGOLINE plasma
Homo sapiens
population: UNKNOWN
age: UNKNOWN
sex: UNKNOWN
food status: UNKNOWN
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
20 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 20 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 20 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy, 41.0–73.5
Health Status: unhealthy
Age Group: 41.0–73.5
Sex: M+F
Sources:
2 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Overdose
Dose: 2 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 2 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
Other AEs: Cardiac valvulopathy...
0.5 mg 2 times / week multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 0.5 mg, 2 times / week
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 0.5 mg, 2 times / week
Sources:
unhealthy
Disc. AE: Headache, Nausea...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Headache (1.4%)
Nausea (0.9%)
Vomiting (0.9%)
Sources:
1 mg 2 times / week multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 1 mg, 2 times / week
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 2 times / week
Sources:
unhealthy
Disc. AE: Pleural effusion, Pulmonary fibrosis...
Other AEs: Cardiac valvulopathy, Pericardial fibrosis...
AEs leading to
discontinuation/dose reduction:
Pleural effusion
Pulmonary fibrosis
Other AEs:
Cardiac valvulopathy
Pericardial fibrosis
Retroperitoneal fibrosis
Sources:
AEs

AEs

AESignificanceDosePopulation
Cardiac valvulopathy
2 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Overdose
Dose: 2 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 2 mg, 1 times / day
Sources:
unhealthy
Nausea 0.9%
Disc. AE
0.5 mg 2 times / week multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 0.5 mg, 2 times / week
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 0.5 mg, 2 times / week
Sources:
unhealthy
Vomiting 0.9%
Disc. AE
0.5 mg 2 times / week multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 0.5 mg, 2 times / week
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 0.5 mg, 2 times / week
Sources:
unhealthy
Headache 1.4%
Disc. AE
0.5 mg 2 times / week multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 0.5 mg, 2 times / week
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 0.5 mg, 2 times / week
Sources:
unhealthy
Cardiac valvulopathy
1 mg 2 times / week multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 1 mg, 2 times / week
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 2 times / week
Sources:
unhealthy
Pericardial fibrosis
1 mg 2 times / week multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 1 mg, 2 times / week
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 2 times / week
Sources:
unhealthy
Retroperitoneal fibrosis
1 mg 2 times / week multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 1 mg, 2 times / week
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 2 times / week
Sources:
unhealthy
Pleural effusion Disc. AE
1 mg 2 times / week multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 1 mg, 2 times / week
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 2 times / week
Sources:
unhealthy
Pulmonary fibrosis Disc. AE
1 mg 2 times / week multiple, oral
Recommended
Dose: 1 mg, 2 times / week
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 1 mg, 2 times / week
Sources:
unhealthy
Overview

Overview

CYP3A4CYP2C9CYP2D6hERG

OverviewOther

Other InhibitorOther SubstrateOther Inducer

Drug as perpetrator​

Drug as perpetrator​

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
likely
Drug as victim

Drug as victim

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
yes
yes (co-administration study)
Comment: n healthy male volunteers, the mean of Cmax and AUC of cabergoline increased around 2.7 times by coadministration of clarithromycin.
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PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Bait-delivered cabergoline for the reproductive control of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes): estimating mammalian non-target risk in south-eastern Australia.
2001
Prolactinomas in children and adolescents--consequences in adult life.
2001
Clinical data on restless legs syndrome: a dose-finding study with cabergoline.
2001
Successful treatment of a large macroprolactinoma with cabergoline during pregnancy.
2001 Aug
A review of canine pseudocyesis.
2001 Dec
Effectiveness of cabergoline for termination of pregnancy in silver fox (Vulpes vulpes fulva).
2001 Oct
Treatment of risperidone-induced hyperprolactinemia with a dopamine agonist in children.
2001 Winter
Medical management of prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas.
2002
[Use of dopamine agonists in the treatment of Parkinson's disease].
2002
DA agonists -- ergot derivatives: cabergoline: management of Parkinson's disease.
2002
DA agonists -- ergot derivatives: bromocriptine: management of Parkinson's disease.
2002
Control of fertility in the red fox (Vulpes vulpes): effect of a single oral dose of cabergoline in early pregnancy.
2002
Clinical pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of drugs used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
2002
A case of macroprolactinoma with subclinical growth hormone production.
2002 Feb
Giant prolactinomas presenting as skull base tumors.
2002 Feb
Restless legs syndrome: treatment with dopaminergic agents.
2002 Feb 26
Alteration of glutamate receptors in the striatum of dyskinetic 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-treated monkeys following dopamine agonist treatment.
2002 Jan
Effects of short- and long-acting dopamine agonists on sensitized dopaminergic neurotransmission in rats with unilateral 6-OHDA lesions.
2002 Jan 18
The dopamine agonist cabergoline provides neuroprotection by activation of the glutathione system and scavenging free radicals.
2002 Jul
Gateways to clinical trials.
2002 Jul-Aug
Treatment of Parkinson's disease and restless legs syndrome with cabergoline, a long-acting dopamine agonist.
2002 Jul-Aug
Dopamine receptor agonists for treating prolactinomas.
2002 Jun
Use of cabergoline to treat primary and secondary anestrus in dogs.
2002 Jun 1
SUNCT syndrome in two patients with prolactinomas and bromocriptine-induced attacks.
2002 Jun 11
Sleep attacks in patients taking dopamine agonists: review.
2002 Jun 22
Cabergoline can increase penile erections and libido.
2002 Mar 12
[Novel pharmacologic therapies in acromegaly].
2002 May 12
Effect of cabergoline on thyroid function in hyperprolactinaemia.
2002 Nov
Differential actions of antiparkinson agents at multiple classes of monoaminergic receptor. III. Agonist and antagonist properties at serotonin, 5-HT(1) and 5-HT(2), receptor subtypes.
2002 Nov
Differential actions of antiparkinson agents at multiple classes of monoaminergic receptor. II. Agonist and antagonist properties at subtypes of dopamine D(2)-like receptor and alpha(1)/alpha(2)-adrenoceptor.
2002 Nov
Differential actions of antiparkinson agents at multiple classes of monoaminergic receptor. I. A multivariate analysis of the binding profiles of 14 drugs at 21 native and cloned human receptor subtypes.
2002 Nov
Dopamine agonist monotherapy in Parkinson's disease.
2002 Nov 30
Pregnancy outcome after cabergoline treatment in early weeks of gestation.
2002 Nov-Dec
Circulating nitric oxide changes throughout the menstrual cycle in healthy women and women affected by pathological hyperprolactinemia on dopamine agonist therapy.
2002 Oct
An evidence-based review of dopamine receptor agonists in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
2002 Oct
Autonomic failure mimicing dopamine agonist induced vertigo in a patient with macroprolactinoma.
2002 Oct
Use of the dopamine agonist cabergoline in the treatment of movement disorders.
2002 Oct
The novel use of very high doses of cabergoline and a combination of testosterone and an aromatase inhibitor in the treatment of a giant prolactinoma.
2002 Oct
Combination of two different dopamine agonists in the management of Parkinson's disease.
2002 Sep
Antioxidant properties of cabergoline: inhibition of brain auto-oxidation and superoxide anion production of microglial cells in rats.
2002 Sep 13
Accurate mass measurement at enhanced mass-resolution on a triple quadrupole mass-spectrometer for the identification of a reaction impurity and collisionally-induced fragment ions of cabergoline.
2003
Treatment with cabergoline is associated with weight loss in patients with hyperprolactinemia.
2003 Feb
Radioimmunoassay of prolactin for the meerkat (Suricata suricatta), a cooperatively breeding carnivore.
2003 Feb 1
Hyperprolactinemia in men: clinical and biochemical features and response to treatment.
2003 Feb-Mar
[Efficacy of cabergoline in the treatment of macroprolactinoma].
2003 Jan 18
Involvement of PI3'-K, mitogen-activated protein kinase and protein kinase B in the up-regulation of the expression of nNOSalpha and nNOSbeta splicing variants induced by PRL-receptor activation in GH3 cells.
2003 Mar
Gender differences in the prevalence, clinical features and response to cabergoline in hyperprolactinemia.
2003 Mar
Prolactinomas, dopamine agonists and headache: two case reports.
2003 Mar
Selective control of the estrous cycle of the dog through suppression of estrus and reduction of the length of anestrus.
2003 Mar
[Macroadenoma of the pituitary gland with moderate hyperprolactinaemia].
2003 Mar 28
Patents

Sample Use Guides

The recommended dosage for initiation of therapy is 0.25 mg twice a week. Dosage may be increased by 0.25 mg twice weekly up to a dosage of 1 mg twice a week according to the patient’s serum prolactin level. Dosage increases should not occur more rapidly than every 4 weeks.
Route of Administration: Oral
Tert-butylhydroperoxide caused a 42+/-4% neuronal death, which was prevented by cabergoline (2 h before) in a concentration-dependent manner (EC(50): 1.24 microM).
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Name Type Language
CABASER
Preferred Name English
CABERGOLINE
EP   INN   JAN   MART.   MI   ORANGE BOOK   USAN   USP   USP-RS   VANDF   WHO-DD  
USAN   INN  
Official Name English
FCE-21336
Code English
DOSTINEX
Brand Name English
CABERGOLINE [JAN]
Common Name English
CABERGOLINE [VANDF]
Common Name English
VELACTIS
Brand Name English
Cabergoline [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
CABERGOLINE [USP-RS]
Common Name English
ERGOLINE-8.BETA.-CARBOXAMIDE, N-(3-(DIMETHYLAMINO)PROPYL)-N-((ETHYLAMINO)CARBONYL)-6-(2-PROPENYL)-
Systematic Name English
CABERGOLINE [ORANGE BOOK]
Common Name English
FCE 21336
Code English
CABERGOLINE [USAN]
Common Name English
1-[(6-Allylergolin-8?-yl)carbonyl]-1-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-3-ethylurea
Systematic Name English
CABERGOLINE [EP MONOGRAPH]
Common Name English
cabergoline [INN]
Common Name English
CABERGOLINE [MI]
Common Name English
CABERGOLINE [MART.]
Common Name English
CABERGOLINE [USP MONOGRAPH]
Common Name English
CABERGOLINE [EMA EPAR VETERINARY]
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
NCI_THESAURUS C66884
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NCI_THESAURUS C38149
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WHO-VATC QG02CB03
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WHO-ATC N04BC06
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NDF-RT N0000007618
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LIVERTOX 135
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WHO-VATC QN04BC06
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NDF-RT N0000175827
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WHO-ATC G02CB03
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NDF-RT N0000007618
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EMA VETERINARY ASSESSMENT REPORTS VELACTIS [SUSPENDED]
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Code System Code Type Description
ChEMBL
CHEMBL1201087
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PRIMARY
DRUG CENTRAL
460
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MESH
C047047
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WIKIPEDIA
CABERGOLINE
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CAS
81409-90-7
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IUPHAR
37
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NCI_THESAURUS
C47428
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INN
5860
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SMS_ID
100000092143
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USAN
II-10
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID6022719
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RXCUI
47579
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CHEBI
3286
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RS_ITEM_NUM
1084306
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PUBCHEM
54746
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LACTMED
Cabergoline
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EVMPD
SUB06041MIG
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DRUG BANK
DB00248
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DAILYMED
LL60K9J05T
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FDA UNII
LL60K9J05T
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MERCK INDEX
m2876
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