fulvestrant   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 1015

Synonyms: Faslodex® | ICI 182,780 | ICI 182780 | ICI182780 | ZD-9238
Approved drug
fulvestrant is an approved drug (FDA (2002), EMA (2004))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Fulvestrant is an estrogen receptor antagonist. It behaves as a selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD). Fulvestrant binding triggers ERα's degradation by ubiquitination.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 2
Hydrogen bond donors 2
Rotatable bonds 15
Topological polar surface area 76.74
Molecular weight 606.32
XLogP 10.2
No. Lipinski's rules broken 2
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES O=S(CCCC(C(F)(F)F)(F)F)CCCCCCCCCC1Cc2cc(O)ccc2C2C1C1CCC(C1(CC2)C)O
Isomeric SMILES O=S(CCCC(C(F)(F)F)(F)F)CCCCCCCCC[C@@H]1Cc2cc(O)ccc2[C@@H]2[C@@H]1[C@@H]1CC[C@@H]([C@]1(CC2)C)O
InChI InChI=1S/C32H47F5O3S/c1-30-17-15-26-25-12-11-24(38)21-23(25)20-22(29(26)27(30)13-14-28(30)39)10-7-5-3-2-4-6-8-18-41(40)19-9-16-31(33,34)32(35,36)37/h11-12,21-22,26-29,38-39H,2-10,13-20H2,1H3/t22-,26-,27+,28+,29-,30+,41?/m1/s1
InChI Key VWUXBMIQPBEWFH-WCCTWKNTSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Fulvestrant is used to treat hormone receptor-positive (HR +ve) metastatic breast cancer in post-menopausal women. In September 2017, fulvestrant was FDA approved as a first-line monotherapy for HR +ve, HER2 -ve advanced breast cancer in endocrine-therapy näive, post-menopausal women. Due to its poor pharmacokinetic properties in humans (low solubility and bioavailability and high metabolism) fulvestrant has to be administered as monthly intramuscular injections.
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Fulvestrant binds to estrogen receptors present in cancer cells and leads to receptor desensitisation and degradation, such that estrogen-responsiveness is lost and the cancer cells die.
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