Cebranopadol

Cebranopadol
Clinical data
Routes of
administration		Oral
ATC code
  • None
Pharmacokinetic data
Elimination half-life~4.5 hours
Identifiers
  • (1r,4r)-6'-Fluoro-N,N-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4',9'-dihydro-3'H-spiro[cyclohexane-1,1'-pyrano[3,4-b]indol]-4-amine
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC24H27FN2O
Molar mass378.491 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CN(C)[C@@]1(c2ccccc2)CC[C@@]2(CC1)OCCc1c2[nH]c2ccc(F)cc12
  • InChI=1S/C24H27FN2O/c1-27(2)23(17-6-4-3-5-7-17)11-13-24(14-12-23)22-19(10-15-28-24)20-16-18(25)8-9-21(20)26-22/h3-9,16,26H,10-15H2,1-2H3/t23-,24-
  • Key:CSMVOZKEWSOFER-RQNOJGIXSA-N

Cebranopadol (developmental code GRT-6005) is an opioid analgesic of the benzenoid class which is currently under development internationally by Grünenthal, a German pharmaceutical company, and its partner Depomed, a pharmaceutical company in the United States, for the treatment of a variety of different acute and chronic pain states.[1][2][3] As of November 2014, it is in phase III clinical trials.

Cebranopadol is unique in its mechanism of action as an opioid, binding to and activating all four of the opioid receptors; it acts as a full agonist of the μ-opioid receptor (Ki = 0.7 nM; EC50 = 1.2 nM; IA = 104%), and δ-opioid receptor (Ki = 18 nM; EC50 = 110 nM; IA = 105%), and as a partial agonist of the nociceptin receptor (Ki = 0.9 nM; EC50 = 13.0 nM; IATooltip intrinsic activity = 89%) and κ-opioid receptor (Ki = 2.6 nM; EC50 = 17 nM; IA = 67%).[1] The EC50 values of 0.5–5.6 μg/kg when introduced intravenously and 25.1 μg/kg after oral administration.[4]

Cebranopadol shows highly potent and effective antinociceptive and antihypertensive effects in a variety of different animal models of pain.[1] Notably, it has also been found to be more potent in models of chronic neuropathic pain than acute nociceptive pain compared to selective μ-opioid receptor agonists.[1] Relative to morphine, tolerance to the analgesic effects of cebranopadol has been found to be delayed (26 days versus 11 days for complete tolerance).[1] In addition, unlike morphine, cebranopadol has not been found to affect motor coordination or reduce respiration in animals at doses in or over the dosage range for analgesia.[1] As such, it may have improved and prolonged efficacy and greater tolerability in comparison to currently available opioid analgesics.[1]

As an agonist of the κ-opioid receptor, cebranopadol may have the capacity to produce psychotomimetic effects, dysphoria, and other adverse reactions at sufficiently high doses, a property which could potentially limit its practical clinical dosage range, but would likely reduce the occurrence of patients taking more than their prescribed dose.[5]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Linz K, Christoph T, Tzschentke TM, Koch T, Schiene K, Gautrois M, et al. (June 2014). "Cebranopadol: a novel potent analgesic nociceptin/orphanin FQ peptide and opioid receptor agonist". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 349 (3): 535–548. doi:10.1124/jpet.114.213694. PMID 24713140. S2CID 6942770.
  2. ^ Schunk S, Linz K, Hinze C, Frormann S, Oberbörsch S, Sundermann B, et al. (August 2014). "Discovery of a Potent Analgesic NOP and Opioid Receptor Agonist: Cebranopadol". ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 5 (8): 857–862. doi:10.1021/ml500117c. PMC 4137374. PMID 25147603.
  3. ^ Lambert DG, Bird MF, Rowbotham DJ (March 2015). "Cebranopadol: a first in-class example of a nociceptin/orphanin FQ receptor and opioid receptor agonist". British Journal of Anaesthesia. 114 (3): 364–366. doi:10.1093/bja/aeu332. PMID 25248647.
  4. ^ Linz K, Christoph T, Tzschentke TM, Koch T, Schiene K, Gautrois M, et al. (June 2014). "Cebranopadol: a novel potent analgesic nociceptin/orphanin FQ peptide and opioid receptor agonist". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 349 (3): 535–548. doi:10.1124/jpet.114.213694. PMID 24713140. S2CID 6942770.
  5. ^ Pfeiffer A, Brantl V, Herz A, Emrich HM (August 1986). "Psychotomimesis mediated by kappa opiate receptors". Science. 233 (4765): 774–776. Bibcode:1986Sci...233..774P. doi:10.1126/science.3016896. PMID 3016896. S2CID 37512800.