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Stereochemistry RACEMIC
Molecular Formula C24H25FNO4.Na
Molecular Weight 433.4478
Optical Activity ( + / - )
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 2
E/Z Centers 1
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of FLUVASTATIN SODIUM

SMILES

[Na+].CC(C)N1C(\C=C\[C@H](O)C[C@H](O)CC([O-])=O)=C(C2=C1C=CC=C2)C3=CC=C(F)C=C3

InChI

InChIKey=ZGGHKIMDNBDHJB-RPQBTBOMSA-M
InChI=1S/C24H26FNO4.Na/c1-15(2)26-21-6-4-3-5-20(21)24(16-7-9-17(25)10-8-16)22(26)12-11-18(27)13-19(28)14-23(29)30;/h3-12,15,18-19,27-28H,13-14H2,1-2H3,(H,29,30);/q;+1/p-1/b12-11+;/t18-,19-;/m0./s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C24H25FNO4
Molecular Weight 410.458
Charge -1
Count
Stereochemistry RACEMIC
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 2 / 2
E/Z Centers 1
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

Molecular Formula Na
Molecular Weight 22.9898
Charge 1
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Fluvastatin is an antilipemic agent that competitively inhibits hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase. Fluvastatin is marketed under the trade names Lescol, Canef, Vastin. LESCOL/LESCOL XL is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) indicated as an adjunctive therapy to diet to: Reduce elevated TC, LDL-C, Apo B, and TG, and to increase HDL-C in adult patients with primary hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemia Reduce elevated TC, LDL-C, and Apo B levels in boys and post-menarchal girls, 10 to 16 years of age, with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia after failing an adequate trial of diet therapy Reduce the risk of undergoing revascularization procedures in patients with clinically evident CHD Slow the progression of atherosclerosis in patients with CHD. Fluvastatin selectively and competitively inhibits the hepatic enzyme hydroxymethylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase. HMG-CoA reductase is responsible for converting HMG-CoA to mevalonate, the rate-limiting step in cholesterol biosynthesis. Inhibition results in a decrease in hepatic cholesterol levels which stimulates the synthesis of LDL receptors and increases hepatic uptake of LDL cholesterol. The end result is decreased levels of plasma total and LDL cholesterol.

Originator

Curator's Comment: # Novartis

Approval Year

TargetsConditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Primary
LESCOL

Approved Use

LESCOL/LESCOL XL is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) indicated as an adjunctive therapy to diet to: Reduce elevated TC, LDL-C, Apo B, and TG, and to increase HDL-C in adult patients with primary hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemia (1.1) Reduce elevated TC, LDL-C, and Apo B levels in boys and post-menarchal girls, 10 to 16 years of age, with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia after failing an adequate trial of diet therapy (1.1) Reduce the risk of undergoing revascularization procedures in patients with clinically evident CHD (1.2) Slow the progression of atherosclerosis in patients with CHD (1.2)

Launch Date

7.5729601E11
Primary
LESCOL

Approved Use

LESCOL/LESCOL XL is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) indicated as an adjunctive therapy to diet to: Reduce elevated TC, LDL-C, Apo B, and TG, and to increase HDL-C in adult patients with primary hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemia (1.1) Reduce elevated TC, LDL-C, and Apo B levels in boys and post-menarchal girls, 10 to 16 years of age, with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia after failing an adequate trial of diet therapy (1.1) Reduce the risk of undergoing revascularization procedures in patients with clinically evident CHD (1.2) Slow the progression of atherosclerosis in patients with CHD (1.2)

Launch Date

7.5729601E11
Primary
LESCOL

Approved Use

LESCOL/LESCOL XL is an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) indicated as an adjunctive therapy to diet to: Reduce elevated TC, LDL-C, Apo B, and TG, and to increase HDL-C in adult patients with primary hypercholesterolemia and mixed dyslipidemia (1.1) Reduce elevated TC, LDL-C, and Apo B levels in boys and post-menarchal girls, 10 to 16 years of age, with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia after failing an adequate trial of diet therapy (1.1) Reduce the risk of undergoing revascularization procedures in patients with clinically evident CHD (1.2) Slow the progression of atherosclerosis in patients with CHD (1.2)

Launch Date

7.5729601E11
Cmax

Cmax

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
205 μg/mL
20 mg single, oral
dose: 20 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
FLUVASTATIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: FASTED
AUC

AUC

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
206.2 μg × h/mL
20 mg single, oral
dose: 20 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
FLUVASTATIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: FASTED
T1/2

T1/2

ValueDoseCo-administeredAnalytePopulation
0.54 h
20 mg single, oral
dose: 20 mg
route of administration: Oral
experiment type: SINGLE
co-administered:
FLUVASTATIN plasma
Homo sapiens
population: HEALTHY
age: ADULT
sex: FEMALE / MALE
food status: FASTED
Doses

Doses

DosePopulationAdverse events​
640 mg 1 times / day multiple, oral
Highest studied dose
Dose: 640 mg, 1 times / day
Route: oral
Route: multiple
Dose: 640 mg, 1 times / day
Sources: Page: p.505
unhealthy, ADULT
n = 7
Health Status: unhealthy
Condition: lipid metabolism disorder
Age Group: ADULT
Sex: M+F
Food Status: FED
Population Size: 7
Sources: Page: p.505
OverviewDrug as perpetrator​Drug as victim

Drug as victim

TargetModalityActivityMetaboliteClinical evidence
major
yes (co-administration study)
Comment: Coadministration with rifampicin (CYP2C9 inducer) increased the CL/F of fluvastatin by 95% and to reduce AUC by 50%.
minor
minor
minor
minor
unknown (co-administration study)
Comment: Coadministration with cyclocporine resulted in 3.1-fold increase in AUC; however, cannot be explained through these mechanisms, since neither pravastatin nor fluvastatin has been shown to be a substrate for either P-gp or CYP3A4; coadministration with itraconazole had no significant impact on Cmax and AUC of fluvastatin
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
unknown (co-administration study)
Comment: Coadministration with cyclocporine resulted in 3.1-fold increase in AUC; however, cannot be explained through these mechanisms, since neither pravastatin nor fluvastatin has been shown to be a substrate for either P-gp or CYP3A4
Page: 14.0
yes
yes
yes
unlikely (co-administration study)
Comment: coadministered with rifampin. See https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29768081/. Pharmacogenomic study also performed. Not significant: see https://www.lipidjournal.com/article/S1933-2874(14)00072-5/pdf
yes
yes (pharmacogenomic study)
Comment: AUC of drug increased by 72%
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Synthesis and biological activity of new HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. 3. Lactones of 6-phenoxy-3,5-dihydroxyhexanoic acids.
1991 Oct
Fluvastatin in combination with other lipid-lowering agents.
1994 Dec
Fluvastatin in combination with other lipid-lowering agents.
1996 Jan
Effect of fluvastatin or bezafibrate on the distribution of high density lipoprotein subpopulations in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia.
1996 Sep
A head-to-head comparison of the cost effectiveness of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors and fibrates in different types of primary hyperlipidemia.
1997 Jan
Troglitazone upregulates LDL receptor activity in HepG2 cells.
1998 Aug
Postural hypotension induced by paroxetine.
1998 Feb 21
[Cardiology in 1997].
1998 Oct 5
Effects of fluvastatin and bezafibrate combination on plasma fibrinogen, t-plasminogen activator inhibitor and C reactive protein levels in coronary artery disease patients with mixed hyperlipidaemia (FACT study). Fluvastatin Alone and in Combination Treatment.
2000 Apr
Effect of fluvastatin, an inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase, on nitric oxide-induced hydroxyl radical generation in the rat heart.
2001 Apr 30
Structural mechanism for statin inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase.
2001 May 11
Statins and risk of polyneuropathy: a case-control study.
2002 May 14
Search of antimicrobial activity of selected non-antibiotic drugs.
2002 Nov-Dec
Molecular mechanism for inhibition of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase by rosuvastatin.
2003 Jun
In vitro and pharmacophore-based discovery of novel hPEPT1 inhibitors.
2005 Apr
Bile salt export pump (BSEP/ABCB11) can transport a nonbile acid substrate, pravastatin.
2005 Aug
[Fluvastatin-induced dermatomyositis].
2005 Dec
Identification of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors as activators for human, mouse and rat constitutive androstane receptor.
2005 Jul
Immediate effects of fluvastain on circulating soluble endothelial protein C and free tissue factor pathway inhibitor in acute coronary syndromes.
2005 May
Prediction of CYP2C9-mediated drug-drug interactions: a comparison using data from recombinant enzymes and human hepatocytes.
2005 Nov
Binding thermodynamics of statins to HMG-CoA reductase.
2005 Sep 6
Muscle symptoms associated with statins: a series of twenty patients.
2006 Jan
Chiral evaluation of fluvastatin in human plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography electrospray mass spectrometry.
2006 Mar 7
Enantioselectivity in the pharmacokinetic interaction between fluvastatin and lercanidipine in healthy volunteers.
2009 Feb
Pretreatment with statin attenuates the cardiotoxicity of Doxorubicin in mice.
2009 Jan 15
In vitro interactions between primycin and different statins in their effects against some clinically important fungi.
2010 Feb
A gene score of nine LDL and HDL regulating genes is associated with fluvastatin-induced cholesterol changes in women.
2010 Mar
Effects of add-on fluvastatin therapy in patients with chronic proteinuric nephropathy on dual renin-angiotensin system blockade: the ESPLANADE trial.
2010 Nov
Identification of old drugs as potential inhibitors of HIV-1 integrase - human LEDGF/p75 interaction via molecular docking.
2012 Dec
Detection of statin cytotoxicity is increased in cells expressing the OATP1B1 transporter.
2013 Jul
ATP-dependent transport of statins by human and rat MRP2/Mrp2.
2013 Jun 1
Statin-induced inhibition of breast cancer proliferation and invasion involves attenuation of iron transport: intermediacy of nitric oxide and antioxidant defence mechanisms.
2014 Aug
Statins alter the hepatobiliary transport of unconjugated and conjugated bilirubin in sandwich-cultured rat hepatocytes.
2014 Sep
Systems pharmacological analysis of drugs inducing stevens-johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis.
2015 May 18
Drug-Induced Acute Liver Injury Within 12 Hours After Fluvastatin Therapy.
2016 Jan-Feb
Patents

Sample Use Guides

Usual Adult Dose for Hyperlipidemia Immediate Release Capsules: -Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction to a goal of 25% or greater: Initial dose of 40 mg orally once a day in the evening or 40 mg orally twice a day -LDL-C reduction to a goal of less than 25%: Initial dose of 20 mg orally once a day -Maintenance dose: 20 mg to 80 mg per day Usual Adult Dose for Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IIa (Elevated LDL) Immediate Release Capsules: -Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction to a goal of 25% or greater: Initial dose of 40 mg orally once a day in the evening or 40 mg orally twice a day -LDL-C reduction to a goal of less than 25%: Initial dose of 20 mg orally once a day -Maintenance dose: 20 mg to 80 mg per day
Route of Administration: Oral
Fluvastatin markedly inhibits the formation of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances in iron (II)-supported peroxidation of liposomes with IC50 of 12 uM. Fluvastatin ranging from 1 uM to 100 uM inhibits peroxyl radical-mediated peroxidation of liposomes induced by water-soluble and lipid-soluble radical generators, 2,2'-azobis (2-amidinopropane) dihydro-chloride and 2,2'-azobis (2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile), respectively.
Substance Class Chemical
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Record UNII
PYF7O1FV7F
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Name Type Language
FLUVASTATIN SODIUM
EP   JAN   MART.   ORANGE BOOK   USAN   USP   USP-RS   VANDF   WHO-DD  
USAN  
Official Name English
6-HEPTENOIC ACID, 7-(3-(4-FLUOROPHENYL)-1-(1-METHYLETHYL)-1H-INDOL-2-YL)-3,5-DIHYDROXY-, MONOSODIUM SALT, (R*,S*-(E))-(±)-
Common Name English
LIPAXAN
Brand Name English
FRACTAL
Brand Name English
FLUVASTATIN SODIUM SALT [MI]
Common Name English
CANEF
Brand Name English
LESCOL
Brand Name English
SODIUM (±)-(3R*,5S*,6E)-7-(3-(P-FLUOROPHENYL)-1-ISOPROPYLINDOL-2-YL)-3,5-DIHYDROXY-6-HEPTENOATE
Common Name English
FLUINDOSTATIN
Common Name English
VASTIN
Brand Name English
LOCOL
Brand Name English
XU 62-320
Code English
CRANOC
Brand Name English
XU-62-320
Code English
FLUVASTATIN SODIUM [ORANGE BOOK]
Common Name English
FLUVASTATIN SODIUM [MART.]
Common Name English
FLUVASTATIN SODIUM [USP MONOGRAPH]
Common Name English
LOCHOL
Brand Name English
FLUVASTATIN SODIUM [JAN]
Common Name English
FLUVASTATIN SODIUM [EP MONOGRAPH]
Common Name English
FLUVASTATIN SODIUM [USP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
FLUVASTATIN SODIUM [USP-RS]
Common Name English
PRIMEXIN
Brand Name English
FLUVASTATIN SODIUM SALT
MI  
Common Name English
FLUVASTATIN SODIUM [VANDF]
Common Name English
Fluvastatin sodium [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
FLUVASTATIN SODIUM [USAN]
Common Name English
ALMASTATIN
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
NCI_THESAURUS C1655
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Code System Code Type Description
DAILYMED
PYF7O1FV7F
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PRIMARY
EVMPD
SUB02243MIG
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID3044758
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PUBCHEM
23679527
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CHEBI
5137
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RS_ITEM_NUM
1285931
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NCI_THESAURUS
C29062
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PRIMARY
MERCK INDEX
M5515
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PRIMARY Merck Index
RXCUI
72875
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PRIMARY RxNorm
DRUG BANK
DBSALT000088
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USAN
BB-10
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FDA UNII
PYF7O1FV7F
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PRIMARY
CAS
93957-55-2
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CHEBI
38561
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL2220442
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