Macitentan
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| Trade names | Opsumit |
| Other names | ACT-064992 |
| AHFS/Drugs.com | Monograph |
| MedlinePlus | a615033 |
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| Routes of administration | By mouth |
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| Metabolism | Hydrolysis, oxidation (CYP3A4) |
| Excretion | 2/3 urine, 1/3 faeces |
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| Formula | C19H20Br2N6O4S |
| Molar mass | 588.28 g·mol−1 |
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Macitentan, sold under the brand name Opsumit, is an endothelin receptor antagonist developed by Actelion and approved for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).[4] Macitentan is a dual endothelin receptor antagonist, meaning that it acts as an antagonist of two endothelin (ET) receptor subtypes, ETA and ETB.[4] However, macitentan has a 50-fold increased selectivity for the ETA subtype compared to the ETB subtype.[5]
Macitentan was approved for medical use in the United States in October 2013.[2][6] Macitentan is available as a generic medication.[7]
- ^ "Prescription medicines: registration of new chemical entities in Australia, 2014". Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). 21 June 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Opsumit- macitentan tablet, film coated". DailyMed. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Opsumit EPAR". European Medicines Agency (EMA). 27 September 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ a b Hong IS, Coe HV, Catanzaro LM (April 2014). "Macitentan for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension". The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 48 (4): 538–47. doi:10.1177/1060028013518900. PMID 24458948. S2CID 24720486.
- ^ Iglarz M, Binkert C, Morrison K, Fischli W, Gatfield J, Treiber A, et al. (December 2008). "Pharmacology of macitentan, an orally active tissue-targeting dual endothelin receptor antagonist". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 327 (3): 736–45. doi:10.1124/jpet.108.142976. PMID 18780830. S2CID 6315900.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: overridden setting (link) - ^ "Actelion receives us fda approval of Opsumit (macitentan) for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension" (Press release). Actelion. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- ^ "Macitentan: FDA-Approved Drugs". U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.