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# Fludrocortisone

Highest phase reached

Phase 2

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1201388)

Drug type

Small molecule

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1201388)

## Development status

**Listing at source**

Listed

**Highest phase reached**

Phase 2

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1201388)

## Names and chemistry

**Drug type**

Small molecule

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1201388)

**Drug name**

Fludrocortisone

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1201388)

**Molecular weight**

380.46

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1201388)

**Structure (SMILES)**

C\[C@\]12CCC(=O)C=C1CC\[C@H\]1\[C@@H\]3CC\[C@\](O)(C(=O)CO)\[C@@\]3(C)C\[C@H\](O)\[C@@\]12F

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1201388)

### Other names (20)

- alflorone
- Alflorone
- astonin h
- Astonin-h
- fludrocortisone
- Fludrocortisone
- FLUDROCORTISONE \[HSDB\]
- fludrocortisone \[INN\]
- FLUDROCORTISONE \[MI\]
- FLUDROCORTISONE \[VANDF\]
- Fludrocortisone \[WHO-DD\]
- fludrocortisone 50 mcg daily
- Fludrocortisone 50 mcg daily
- fludrocortisone hsdb
- fludrocortisone inn
- fludrocortisone mi
- fludrocortisone vandf
- fludrocortisone who dd
- nsc 11318
- NSC-11318

## Identifiers

**ATC classification codes**

- H02AA02

Sources for recorded values

Source: [mor.nlm.nih.gov](https://mor.nlm.nih.gov/RxNav/search?searchBy=RXCUI&searchTerm=4452)

**CAS registry numbers**

- 127-31-1

**ChEMBL ID**

CHEMBL1201388

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1201388)

**InChIKey**

AAXVEMMRQDVLJB-BULBTXNYSA-N

Source: [www.ebi.ac.uk](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1201388)

**PubChem compound IDs**

- 31378

**RxNorm IDs (RxCUI)**

- 4452

**FDA ingredient codes (UNII)**

- U0476M545B

## Regulatory information

### Other regulatory facts

**First in class**

No

**Orphan designation**

No

## Pharmacology

### Drug classification

**Pharmacology name**

fludrocortisone

**Type**

Synthetic organic

**Drug name stem**

\-cort-

**Approval recorded by Guide to Pharmacology**

Yes

### Mechanisms of action

- **Action**  
Agonist

**Action type**  
Agonist

**Target**  
Mineralocorticoid receptor

**Gene symbol**  
NR3C2

**Protein identifier**  
P08235

**Median affinity**

9.92

**Affinity units**  
pIC50

**Primary target**  
Yes

### Open Targets indications (8)

- **Condition identifier**  
EFO\_0006834

**Highest recorded phase**  
3
- **Condition identifier**  
HP\_0012076
- **Condition identifier**  
HP\_0100806

**Highest recorded phase**  
2
- **Condition identifier**  
MONDO\_0002009
- **Condition identifier**  
MONDO\_0002050
- **Condition identifier**  
MONDO\_0002492

**Highest recorded phase**  
3
- **Condition identifier**  
MONDO\_0005147
- **Condition identifier**  
MONDO\_0011972

**Highest recorded phase**  
2

### Reported adverse events (46)

- **Event**  
accelerated hypertension

**Reports**  
3

**Reporting signal score**

14.002
- **Event**  
acute psychosis

**Reports**  
10

**Reporting signal score**

40.3405
- **Event**  
adrenal insufficiency

**Reports**  
6

**Reporting signal score**

13.7243
- **Event**  
adrenocortical insufficiency acute

**Reports**  
4

**Reporting signal score**

15.2333
- **Event**  
androgens abnormal

**Reports**  
1

**Reporting signal score**

6.17121
- **Event**  
autonomic failure syndrome

**Reports**  
2

**Reporting signal score**

13.3418
- **Event**  
blood pressure increased

**Reports**  
11

**Reporting signal score**

10.6076
- **Event**  
cerebral hypoperfusion

**Reports**  
2

**Reporting signal score**

8.81654
- **Event**  
cerebrovascular accident

**Reports**  
33

**Reporting signal score**

57.538
- **Event**  
cognitive disorder

**Reports**  
11

**Reporting signal score**

19.9085
- **Event**  
confusional state

**Reports**  
16

**Reporting signal score**

15.8753
- **Event**  
cushingoid

**Reports**  
3

**Reporting signal score**

8.09522
- **Event**  
dermatitis bullous

**Reports**  
7

**Reporting signal score**

18.1988
- **Event**  
disorientation

**Reports**  
14

**Reporting signal score**

28.2715
- **Event**  
dizziness

**Reports**  
19

**Reporting signal score**

6.87739
- **Event**  
dizziness postural

**Reports**  
4

**Reporting signal score**

9.93032
- **Event**  
dyskinesia

**Reports**  
10

**Reporting signal score**

18.8269
- **Event**  
dystonia

**Reports**  
12

**Reporting signal score**

31.7602
- **Event**  
electrocardiogram qrs complex prolonged

**Reports**  
4

**Reporting signal score**

10.2273
- **Event**  
eosinophilic oesophagitis

**Reports**  
7

**Reporting signal score**

37.2738
- **Event**  
executive dysfunction

**Reports**  
3

**Reporting signal score**

14.7695
- **Event**  
fall

**Reports**  
24

**Reporting signal score**

18.5947
- **Event**  
foaming at mouth

**Reports**  
3

**Reporting signal score**

11.1043
- **Event**  
gastritis

**Reports**  
5

**Reporting signal score**

7.21539
- **Event**  
glomerulonephritis membranous

**Reports**  
5

**Reporting signal score**

20.5263

And 21 more, listed on the interactive page.

## Chemical properties

**Hydrogen bond acceptors**

5

**Hydrogen bond donors**

3

**Polar surface area**

94.83

**Calculated partition coefficient (ALogP)**

1.87

**Calculated partition coefficient (XLogP)**

1.7

**Prodrug**

No

**Chirality**

Single enantiomer

**Inorganic**

No

**Rule-of-five violations**

0

**Rotatable bonds**

2

**Heavy atoms**

27

**Molecular formula**

C21H29FO5

**Monoisotopic mass**

380.19990218

**Natural product**

No

## Evidence counts

**Recorded assays**

1,193

**Active assays**

54

### Active assay types (3)

- Confirmatory
- Other
- Summary

## Pharmacologic actions

- Anti-Inflammatory Agents  
Source: [id.nlm.nih.gov](https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000893.html)

## Related records

### Trials (36)

- [A Study of MK-5684 in People With Certain Solid Tumors (MK-5684-015/OMAHA-015)](https://trialight.com/data/trial/a-study-of-mk-5684-in-people-with-certain-solid-tumors-mk-461c8734-405e-4e5a-93a0-93cbf569e545.md)
- A Study of Opevesostat (MK-5684) in China Participants With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) (MK-5684-001)
- A Study of the Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Elimination of Opevesostat (MK-5684) in Healthy Adult Male Participants (MK-5684-008)
- A Study to Assess the Pharmacodynamic Effect of Single Doses of AZD9977 in Healthy Male Subjects
- A Trial of Adjunctive Fludrocortisone (50mcg, 100mcg or Placebo) in Critically Ill Patients With Septic Shock Receiving Hydrocortisone, Evaluating Survival and Functional Recovery and the Influence of Transcriptomic Response
- Activated Protein C and Corticosteroids for Human Septic Shock
- Adaptive Platform Trial for Personnalisation of Sepsis Treatment in Children and Adults: a Multi-national, Treatable Traits-guided, Adaptive, Exploratory, Bayesian Basket Trial
- Adjunctive Fludrocortisone in Septic Shock
- Androgen Reduction in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Combination of Corticotherapy and Intensive Insulin Therapy for Septic Shock
- Effects of Fludrocortisone and Hydrocortisone in Healthy Volunteers With Aldosterone Induced Suppression
- Effects of Fludrocortisone on Norepinephrine-mean Arterial Pressure Dose-response in Septic Shock
- Efficacy and Tolerance of Flucortac in Patients With Orthostatic Neurogenic Hypotension
- Efficacy of Therapeutic Interventions for Orthostatic Hypotension in Parkinson's Disease and Multiple System Atrophy
- Evaluation of Tumor Response to Ipilimumab in the Treatment of Melanoma With Brain Metastases
- Evaluation of Vamorolone Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonism in Healthy Subjects
- FLudrocortisone Administration in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
- Fludrocortisone and Information Processing in Healthy Volunteers
- Fludrocortisone for Sudden Hearing Loss
- Fludrocortisone in Healthy Volunteers (AFLUCO4)

### In development for (2)

- Acute kidney injury Phase 3
- Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome Phase 2

### Other linked conditions (4)

- Borderline personality disorder
- [Depressive disorder](https://trialight.com/data/condition/depressive-disorder-7618feda-3f90-5521-94e1-99f7100e8324.md)
- [Major depressive disorder](https://trialight.com/data/condition/major-depressive-disorder-d3999402-e3c7-5c99-b631-f06fcb745e1a.md)
- [Type 1 diabetes mellitus](https://trialight.com/data/condition/type-1-diabetes-mellitus-c22c640e-5db9-525c-8e4b-8da31250a7a3.md)

### Targets (1)

- [NR3C2](https://trialight.com/data/target/nr3c2-ddf600eb-ddcf-5af5-b7a0-935d2b5ed817.md)

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