Dofetilide

Dofetilide
Clinical data
Trade namesTikosyn
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa601235
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability96% (oral)
Protein binding60% -70%
Elimination half-life10 hours
Identifiers
  • N-[4-(2-{[2-(4-methane sulfonamidophenoxy)ethyl] (methyl)amino}ethyl)phenyl]methanesulfonamide
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ECHA InfoCard100.166.441 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC19H27N3O5S2
Molar mass441.56 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • O=S(=O)(Nc1ccc(cc1)CCN(CCOc2ccc(cc2)NS(=O)(=O)C)C)C
  • InChI=1S/C19H27N3O5S2/c1-22(13-12-16-4-6-17(7-5-16)20-28(2,23)24)14-15-27-19-10-8-18(9-11-19)21-29(3,25)26/h4-11,20-21H,12-15H2,1-3H3 checkY
  • Key:IXTMWRCNAAVVAI-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
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Dofetilide is a class III antiarrhythmic agent.[2] It is marketed under the trade name Tikosyn by Pfizer, and is available in the United States in capsules containing 125, 250, and 500 μg of dofetilide. It is not available in Europe[3] or Australia.[4]

  1. ^ "FDA-sourced list of all drugs with black box warnings (Use Download Full Results and View Query links.)". nctr-crs.fda.gov. FDA. Retrieved 22 Oct 2023.
  2. ^ Lenz TL, Hilleman DE (July 2000). "Dofetilide, a new class III antiarrhythmic agent". Pharmacotherapy. 20 (7): 776–786. doi:10.1592/phco.20.9.776.35208. PMID 10907968. S2CID 19897963.
  3. ^ Wathion N (2004-04-13). "Public Statement on Tikosyn (dofetilide): Voluntary Withdrawal of the Marketing Authorisation in the European Union" (PDF). European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  4. ^ Australian Medicines Handbook 2014