Ravuconazole

Ravuconazole
Systematic (IUPAC) name
4-[2-[(2R,3R)-3-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-3-hydroxy-4-(1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)butan-2-yl]-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]benzonitrile
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status  ?
Identifiers
CAS number 182760-06-1 Y
ATC code None
PubChem CID 467825
UNII 95YH599JWV N
ChEMBL CHEMBL294029 N
Chemical data
Formula C22H17F2N5OS 
Mol. mass 437.465086 g/mol
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Ravuconazole (BMS-207147 and ER-30346) is a potent triazole antifungal, being developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb, that is currently in phase I/II clinical trials. [1]. The drug has a shown to have a similar spectrum of activity to voriconazole, with an increased half-life.[2] However, ravuconazole has limited activity against species of fusarium, scedosporium and zygomycetes.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ National Cancer Institute. Ravuconazole in Preventing Fungal Infections in Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation. In: ClinicalTrials.gov [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US). 2000- [cited 2010 Feb 18]. Available from: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00064311?term=ravuconazole&spons_ex=Y&rank=1 NLM Identifier: NCT00064311.
  2. ^ The Aspergillus Website, Pasqualotto AC, Denning DW. Ravuconazole. Date accessed: 2010 Feb 18.
  3. ^ Pasqualotto AC, Thiele KO, Goldani LZ (2010). "Novel triazole antifungal drugs: focus on isavuconazole, ravuconazole and albaconazole". Curr Opin Investig Drugs 11 (2): 165–74. PMID 20112166. 
  4. ^ Pfaller, M. A.; Messer, S. A.; Hollis, R. J.; Jones, R. N.; Sentry Participants, Group (2002). "Antifungal Activities of Posaconazole, Ravuconazole, and Voriconazole Compared to Those of Itraconazole and Amphotericin B against 239 Clinical Isolates of Aspergillus spp. and Other Filamentous Fungi: Report from SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 2000". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 46 (4): 1032. doi:10.1128/AAC.46.4.1032-1037.2002. PMC 127116. PMID 11897586. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=127116.