Deflazacort

Deflazacort

Systematic (IUPAC) name
(11β,16β)-21-(acetyloxy)-11-hydroxy-2′-methyl-5′H-pregna-1,4-dieno[17,16-d]oxazole-3,20-dione
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com	International Drug Names
Routes of administration	Oral
Pharmacokinetic data
Protein binding	40%
Metabolism	By plasma esterases, to active metabolite
Half-life	1.1–1.9 hours (metabolite)
Excretion	Renal (70%) and fecal (30%)
Identifiers
CAS Registry Number	14484-47-0 Y
ATC code	H02AB13
PubChem	CID 26709
ChemSpider	164861 N
UNII	KR5YZ6AE4B Y
KEGG	D03671 Y
ChEMBL	CHEMBL1201891 N
Chemical data
Formula	C25H31NO6
Molecular mass	441.517 g/mol
SMILES O=C(OCC(=O)[C@]25/N=C(\O[C@@H]5C[C@H]1[C@H]4[C@H]([C@@H](O)C[C@@]12C)[C@]/3(/C=C\C(=O)\C=C\3CC4)C)C)C
InChI InChI=1S/C25H31NO6/c1-13-26-25(20(30)12-31-14(2)27)21(32-13)10-18-17-6-5-15-9-16(28)7-8-23(15,3)22(17)19(29)11-24(18,25)4/h7-9,17-19,21-22,29H,5-6,10-12H2,1-4H3/t17-,18-,19-,21+,22+,23-,24-,25+/m0/s1  N Key:FBHSPRKOSMHSIF-GRMWVWQJSA-N  N
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Deflazacort is a glucocorticoid used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant.

Deflazacort is an inactive prodrug which is metabolized rapidly to the active drug 21-desacetyldeflazacort.^[1] Its potency is around 70–90% that of prednisone.^[2]

It is sold in Bangladesh as Xalcort, marketed by Beacon Pharmaceuticals Limited, in the United Kingdom by Shire under the trade name Calcort;^[2] in Brazil as Cortax, Decortil, and Deflanil; in India as MOAID, Defolet(Roussette), DFZ, Decotaz, and DefZot; in Panama as Zamen, Spain as Zamene and in Honduras as Flezacor.^[3] It is not available in the United States. In January 2015, the FDA granted fast track status to Marathon Pharmaceuticals to pursue approval of deflazacort as a potential treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The company expects to make deflazacort available in the United States in 2016. ^[4]

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