Lumefantrine

Highest phase reached
Drug type
Small molecule
First approval year

First approval year
Listing at source
Listed
Highest phase reached

Drug type
Small molecule
Drug name
Lumefantrine
Molecular weight
Structure (SMILES)
CCCCN(CCCC)CC(O)c1cc(Cl)cc2c1-c1ccc(Cl)cc1/C2=C/c1ccc(Cl)cc1

  • lumefantrine component of coartem
  • Lumefantrine component of coartem

  • artemeter lumefantrine combination therapy
  • Artemeter-Lumefantrine (combination therapy)
  • arthemeter lumefantrine
  • Arthemeter-lumefantrine
  • benflumelol
  • Benflumelol
  • benflumetol
  • Benflumetol
  • cpg 56695
  • CPG-56695
  • d benflumelol
  • D-BENFLUMELOL
  • dl benflumelol
  • Dl-benflumelol
  • gnf pf 1971
  • GNF-PF-1971
  • lumefantrina
  • Lumefantrina
  • lumefantrine
  • Lumefantrine
  • LUMEFANTRINE, (+)-
  • lumefantrinum
  • Lumefantrinum

ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL38827
InChIKey
DYLGFOYVTXJFJP-MYYYXRDXSA-N
PubChem compound IDs
  • 6437380
RxNorm IDs (RxCUI)
  • 847728
FDA ingredient codes (UNII)
  • ZUV4B00D9P

  • 82186-77-4
  • 120583-70-2

Applicant
NOVARTIS
Approval date
7 Apr 2009
Application number
NDA022268

First in class
No
Orphan designation
No
Availability
Prescription only

Pharmacology name
lumefantrine
Type
Synthetic organic
Approval recorded by Guide to Pharmacology
Yes

Administration routes

  • Oral

Mechanisms of action

  • Mechanism
    Ferriprotoporphyrin IX inhibitor
    Action type
    Inhibitor
    Target
    Ferriprotoporphyrin IX

  • Condition
    HIV Infections
    Highest recorded phase
    1
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000764
    Subject identifier
    D015658
  • Condition
    Malaria
    Highest recorded phase
    4
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0001068
    Subject identifier
    D008288
  • Condition
    Malaria, Falciparum
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0007444
    Subject identifier
    D016778
  • Condition
    Malaria, Vivax
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0007445
    Subject identifier
    D016780
  • Condition
    Schistosomiasis haematobia
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0007530
    Subject identifier
    D012553
  • Condition
    Fever
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    HP:0001945
    Subject identifier
    D005334

  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000764
    Highest recorded phase
    1
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0001068
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0007444
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0007445
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0001945
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0005136
    Highest recorded phase
    4
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0005249
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0005920
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0005921
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0100096
    Highest recorded phase
    3

  • Event
    asthenia
    Reports
    16
    Reporting signal score
    12.1523
  • Event
    blood bilirubin increased
    Reports
    5
    Reporting signal score
    7.89423
  • Event
    blood smear test abnormal
    Reports
    1
    Reporting signal score
    5.96703
  • Event
    cerebral malaria
    Reports
    2
    Reporting signal score
    15.2513
  • Event
    chromaturia
    Reports
    4
    Reporting signal score
    7.86631
  • Event
    congenital hair disorder
    Reports
    1
    Reporting signal score
    5.96703
  • Event
    conjunctival hyperaemia
    Reports
    2
    Reporting signal score
    6.4222
  • Event
    coombs negative haemolytic anaemia
    Reports
    3
    Reporting signal score
    17.2882
  • Event
    coombs positive haemolytic anaemia
    Reports
    5
    Reporting signal score
    26.6647
  • Event
    coombs test negative
    Reports
    1
    Reporting signal score
    7.03527
  • Event
    eye discharge
    Reports
    2
    Reporting signal score
    5.86802
  • Event
    haemolysis
    Reports
    5
    Reporting signal score
    15.0213
  • Event
    haemolytic anaemia
    Reports
    38
    Reporting signal score
    173.71
  • Event
    haptoglobin decreased
    Reports
    2
    Reporting signal score
    8.71365
  • Event
    hepatocellular injury
    Reports
    6
    Reporting signal score
    11.2572
  • Event
    hookworm infection
    Reports
    1
    Reporting signal score
    6.83467
  • Event
    infection protozoal
    Reports
    1
    Reporting signal score
    6.83467
  • Event
    jaundice acholuric
    Reports
    2
    Reporting signal score
    12.5823
  • Event
    labia enlarged
    Reports
    1
    Reporting signal score
    6.5544
  • Event
    malaria
    Reports
    2
    Reporting signal score
    8.61798
  • Event
    malaria antibody test positive
    Reports
    1
    Reporting signal score
    8.13366
  • Event
    nematodiasis
    Reports
    1
    Reporting signal score
    7.84602
  • Event
    plasmodium falciparum infection
    Reports
    6
    Reporting signal score
    43.2563
  • Event
    pyrexia
    Reports
    17
    Reporting signal score
    11.7206
  • Event
    skin swelling
    Reports
    2
    Reporting signal score
    6.24236

And 3 more, listed on the interactive page.

And 61 more, listed on the interactive page.

Dose
4 tablets for adults 35 kg and above; 1-4 tablets based on bodyweight for children
Route
Oral
How often
3 days (initial dose, after 8 hours, then twice daily for 2 days)

  • Crush and mix with water if necessary
  • Take with food

Hydrogen bond acceptors
2
Hydrogen bond donors
1
Polar surface area
23.47
Calculated partition coefficient (ALogP)
9.15
Calculated partition coefficient (XLogP)
8.7
Prodrug
No
Chirality
Achiral
Inorganic
No
Rule-of-five violations
2
Rotatable bonds
10
Heavy atoms
35
Molecular formula
C30H32Cl3NO
Monoisotopic mass
527.154948
Natural product
Yes

Recorded assays
873
Active assays
206

  • Confirmatory
  • Other
  • Summary

Cardiac potassium channel inhibition

Median
380
Mean
3,473.06
Minimum
377
Maximum
8,128.31
Unit
nM
Assays
5
Standard deviation
4,236.73
Summary method
median
Censored results excluded
0
Other units excluded
0
Unknown units excluded
0

Measurement types

  • IC50

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