Repositioning Candidate Details
| Candidate ID: | R1227 |
| Source ID: | DB09114 |
| Source Type: | approved; investigational; withdrawn |
| Compound Type: | small molecule |
| Compound Name: | Colfosceril palmitate |
| Synonyms: | Colfosceril palmitate; Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine |
| Molecular Formula: | C40H80NO8P |
| SMILES: | CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC[C@H](COP([O-])(=O)OCC[N+](C)(C)C)OC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC |
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| DrugBank Description: | Colfosceril palmitate is a synthetic pulmonary surfactant administered in infants with respiratory distress syndrome. It was part of the first generation of commercially available artificial surfactants. It was developed by Burroughs Wellcome and it was FDA approved on August 6, 1990. Nowadays colfosceril palmitate is under the state of canceled post-marketing. |
| CAS Number: | 63-89-8 |
| Molecular Weight: | 734.0389 |
| DrugBank Indication: | Colfosceril palmitate is indicated for the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in premature infants. The official label is referred as a intratracheal suspension for prophylactic treatment of infants of less than 1350 grams of birth weight under risk of developing RDS, or in infants with birth weight greater than 1350 grams with pulmonary immaturity, or as rescue treatment of infants that already developed RDS. The central feature of RDS is a surfactant deficiency due to lung immaturity. This lung condition is more frequently presented due to risk factors like prematurity, delayed lung maturation caused by maternal diabetes or male gender, or surfactant dysfuntion due to perinatal asphyxia, pulmonary infection or delivery without labor. |
| DrugBank Pharmacology: | Colfosceril palmitate has shown to significantly reduce the risk of pneumothoraces, pulmonary interstitial emphysema and mortality. Unlike naturals surfactants, colfosceril palmitate reduces the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, intraventricular hemorrhage and patent ductus arteriosus. In clinical placebo-controlled trials, there was a significant reduction in the number of deaths attributed to hyaline membrane disease, the incidence of pulmonary air leaks, oxygen requirements and mean airway pressure. Some reports have indicated a lack of therapeutic effect due to the absence of surfactant protein. |
| DrugBank MoA: | Treatment with colfosceril palmitate aims to reinflate a collapsed area of the lung, improve compliance and reduce intrapulmonary shunting. The actions of colfosceril palmitate are perfomed by replacing the defficient or innefective endogenous lung surfactant and thus, reducing the tension and stabilizing the alveoli from collapsing. Colfosceril palmitate will form a very thin film that will cover the surface of the alveolar cells and therefore it will reduce surface tension. |
| Targets: | -- |
| Inclusion Criteria: | Indication associated |
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