• Drug Metab. Dispos. · Jul 2007

    Clinical Trial

    Metabolism, pharmacokinetics, and excretion of a nonpeptidic substance P receptor antagonist, ezlopitant, in normal healthy male volunteers: characterization of polar metabolites by chemical derivatization with dansyl chloride.

    • Chandra Prakash, John O'Donnell, and S Cyrus Khojasteh-Bakht.
    • Department of Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, CT 06340, USA. Chandra.prakash@pfizer.com
    • Drug Metab. Dispos. 2007 Jul 1; 35 (7): 1071-80.

    AbstractThe excretion, biotransformation, and pharmacokinetics of ezlopitant [(2-benzhydryl-1-aza-bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl)-(5-isopropyl-2-methoxy-benzyl)-amine], a substance P receptor antagonist, were investigated in healthy male volunteers after oral administration of a single 200-mg (approximately 93 microCi/subject) dose of [(14)C]ezlopitant. The total recovery of administered radioactive dose was 82.8 +/- 5.1, with 32.0 +/- 4.2% in the urine and 50.8 +/- 1.4% in the feces. Mean observed maximal serum concentrations for ezlopitant and total radioactivity were achieved at approximately 2 h after oral administration; thus, ezlopitant was rapidly absorbed. Ezlopitant was extensively metabolized in humans, since no unchanged drug was detected in urine and feces. The major pathway of ezlopitant in humans was the result of the oxidation of the isopropyl side chain to form the omega-hydroxy and omega-1-hydroxy (M16) metabolites. M16 and omega,omega-1-dihydroxy (1,2-dihydroxy, M12) were identified as the major circulating metabolites accounting for 64.6 and 15.4% of total circulating radioactivity, respectively. In feces, the major metabolite M14 was characterized as the propionic acid metabolite and formed by further oxidation of the omega-hydroxy metabolite. The urinary metabolites were the result of cleaved metabolites caused by oxidative dealkylation of the 2-benzhydryl-1-aza-bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-3-yl moiety. The metabolites (M1A, M1B, and M4), approximately 34% of the total radioactivity in urine, were identified as benzyl amine derivatives. These were polar metabolites that were further characterized using the reaction with dansyl chloride to derivatize the primary amines and phenol moieties to less polar analytes. The other metabolites were the result of O-demethylation, dehydrogenation of the isopropyl group, and oxidation on the quinuclidine moiety.

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