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Also known as ICI 182,780

Fulvestrant, sold under the brand name Faslodex among others, is an antiestrogenic medication used to treat hormone receptor (HR)-positive metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women with disease progression as well as HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer in combination with abemaciclib or palbociclib in women with disease progression after endocrine therapy. It is given by injection into a muscle.

Key facts

Drug.Verifiedfields
changed
Drug.Watchedfields
changed
Drug.verifiedrevid
410130476
Drug.image
Fulvestrant.svg
Drug.image_class
skin-invert-image
Drug.width
250
Drug.tradename
Faslodex, others
Drug.MedlinePlus
a607031
Drug.DailyMedID
Fulvestrant
Drug.pregnancy_AU
D
Drug.routes_of_administration
Intramuscular injection
Drug.class
Antiestrogen
Drug.ATC_prefix
L02
Drug.ATC_suffix
BA03
Drug.legal_AU
S4
Drug.legal_UK
POM
Drug.legal_US
Rx-only
Drug.legal_EU
Rx-only

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Chemical data

Formula
C32H47F5O3S
Molecular weight
606.8 g/mol
IUPAC name
(7R,8R,9S,13S,14S,17S)-13-methyl-7-[9-(4,4,5,5,5-pentafluoropentylsulfinyl)nonyl]-6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,17-diol
SMILES
C[C@]12CC[C@H]3[C@H]([C@@H]1CC[C@@H]2O)[C@@H](CC4=C3C=CC(=C4)O)CCCCCCCCCS(=O)CCCC(C(F)(F)F)(F)F
InChIKey
VWUXBMIQPBEWFH-WCCTWKNTSA-N
XLogP
9.2
Polar surface area
76.7 Ų
H-bond donors
2
H-bond acceptors
9
Formal charge
0

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Wikidata facts

Mass
606.3166074639998
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defined daily dose
8.3
chemical formula
C₃₂H₄₇F₅O₃S
isomeric SMILES
C[C@]12CC[C@H]3[C@H]([C@@H]1CC[C@@H]2O)[C@@H](CC4=C3C=CC(=C4)O)CCCCCCCCCS(=O)CCCC(C(F)(F)F)(F)F
canonical SMILES
CC12CCC3C(C1CCC2O)C(CC4=C3C=CC(=C4)O)CCCCCCCCCS(=O)CCCC(C(F)(F)F)(F)F
World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name
fulvestrant
Commons category
Fulvestrant
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17 sections
Contents
  • Medical uses
  • Breast cancer
  • Early puberty
  • Available forms
  • Contraindications
  • Side effects
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacodynamics
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Chemistry
  • Synthesis
  • History
  • Society and culture
  • NICE evaluation
  • Patent extension
  • Research
  • References

Fulvestrant, sold under the brand name Faslodex among others, is an antiestrogenic medication used to treat hormone receptor (HR)-positive metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women with disease progression as well as HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer in combination with abemaciclib or palbociclib in women with disease progression after endocrine therapy. It is given by injection into a muscle.

Fulvestrant is a selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) and was first-in-class to be approved. It works by binding to the estrogen receptor and destabilizing it, causing the cell's normal protein degradation processes to destroy it.

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