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# Tropisetron

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Also known as: ICS 205-930, SDZ ICS 930, Navoban, Novaban, Tropisetron hydrochloride, Tropiestron (market misspelling) 

Tropisetron, coded ICS 205-930 during development and marketed as Navoban, is a serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonist approved as an antiemetic in Japan and in many other countries outside the United States, with ATC code A04AA03 (KEGG DRUG D02041, D02130). It has never been approved by the FDA, which is why American research groups describe it as a drug already approved for clinical use outside the United States (PMID: 15927799).

Half-Life:  About 5.7 h after a single 5 mg oral capsule and 5.6 h after 2 mg intravenously in 18 healthy volunteers; oral bioavailability averaged 0.60 with a range of 0.27 to 0.99 and was inversely related to CYP2D6 activity (PMID: 11736884) Route:  Oral, Intravenous injection MW:  284.35 g/mol (free base) CAS:  89565-68-4 (free base); 105826-92-4 (hydrochloride) 

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### At A Glance

Mechanism 

Tropisetron is a potent and selective serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, the property behind its antiemetic license, blocking 5-HT3 receptors on peripheral neurones involved in the emetic reflex with possible additional action at 5-HT3 receptors in the area postrema (PMID: 8363… 

Half-Life 

About 5.7 h after a single 5 mg oral capsule and 5.6 h after 2 mg intravenously in 18 healthy volunteers; oral bioavailability averaged 0.60 with a range of 0.27 to 0.99 and was inversely related to CYP2D6 activity (PMID: 11736884)

Routes 

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Potential Benefits 

Improved cognition and P50 auditory gating in 40 non-smoking patients with schizophrenia in a randomized double-blind 10-day study (PMID: 22952075) Improved P50 gating and sustained visual attention in a randomized placebo-controlled 8-week study in 40 patients with schizophrenia (PMID: 20573264) Improved primary negative symptoms as an add-on to risperidone in a randomized placebo-controlled 8-week study in 40 patients with chronic schizophrenia (PMID: 23515583) Larger fall in pain scores than placebo in a randomized double-blind multicenter trial in 21 women with fibromyalgia, significant on the secondary body diagram score only (PMID: 15370724) Improved memory and the sAPPalpha to amyloid-beta ratio in J20 transgenic mice, with greater effect than memantine or donepezil at comparable doses (PMID: 24389031) Reduced collagen synthesis in human dermal fibroblasts and reduced established dermal fibrosis in a bleomycin mouse model of scleroderma, through alpha7 nicotinic receptors (PMID: 23440693) 

### Overview

Tropisetron, coded ICS 205-930 during development and marketed as Navoban, is a serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonist approved as an antiemetic in Japan and in many other countries outside the United States, with ATC code A04AA03 (KEGG DRUG D02041, D02130). It has never been approved by the FDA, which is why American research groups describe it as a drug already approved for clinical use outside the United States (PMID: 15927799). Material sold on the research chemical market as Tropiestron is a misspelling of the same drug. Interest beyond nausea comes from a second property. Tropisetron is a partial agonist at the alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Oocyte electrophysiology traced that activity to the tropane portion of the molecule and showed that the indole portion mainly determines potency and subtype selectivity (PMID: 15781147). Positron emission tomography with the alpha7 radioligand CHIBA-1001 showed that a single oral dose lowered radioligand distribution volume in the human brain while ondansetron did not, so alpha7 engagement happens at ordinary clinical exposure (PMID: 23430308). A separate drug screen also found that it binds the ectodomain of amyloid precursor protein (PMID: 24389031). Preclinical work follows that thread. Tropisetron improved deficient inhibitory processing of the auditory evoked potential in DBA/2 mice, an effect blocked by the alpha7 antagonist methyllycaconitine (PMID: 16136299); improved phencyclidine-induced cognitive deficits in mice, again blocked by methyllycaconitine (PMID: 17094961); and improved apomorphine-disrupted prepulse inhibition in Wistar rats (PMID: 20673759). In J20 transgenic mice it improved memory and the sAPPalpha to amyloid-beta ratio more than memantine or donepezil at comparable doses (PMID: 24389031). Outside the brain it reduced collagen synthesis in human dermal fibroblasts and reduced established dermal fibrosis in a bleomycin mouse model of scleroderma through alpha7 receptors (PMID: 23440693). Human trials outside emesis are small but real. Three randomized controlled trials, each with 40 patients with schizophrenia stabilized on risperidone, reported improved P50 auditory gating and cognition after 10 days (PMID: 22952075), improved P50 gating and sustained visual attention after 8 weeks (PMID: 20573264), and improved negative symptoms after 8 weeks (PMID: 23515583). In fibromyalgia, a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled multicenter trial in 21 women reported a larger fall in pain scores than placebo, which reached significance on a secondary body diagram score and not on the primary visual analog scale (PMID: 15370724). Pharmacokinetics are dominated by CYP2D6. In 18 healthy volunteers, oral bioavailability ranged from 0.27 to 0.99 and correlated inversely with CYP2D6 activity measured by the sparteine metabolic ratio, with a half-life near 5.7 h (PMID: 11736884). Poor metabolisers get higher exposure with more headache and constipation, ultrarapid metabolisers get less antiemetic effect, and this relationship is now covered by a Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium guideline for CYP2D6 genotype and 5-HT3 receptor antagonists (PMID: 8363993, PMID: 12065557, PMID: 41979467). Every use outside the licensed antiemetic indication is investigational.

### Potential Research Fields

5-HT3 receptor antagonists Alpha7 nicotinic receptor pharmacology Antiemetics Schizophrenia cognition Fibromyalgia 

## Chemical Information

IUPAC Name

Not yet available 

CAS Number

89565-68-4 (free base); 105826-92-4 (hydrochloride)

Molecular Formula

C17H20N2O2

Molecular Mass

284.35 g/mol (free base)

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Sourced and mechanism-based: metabolism depends on CYP2D6, so ultrarapid metabolisers get lower exposure and reduced antiemetic effect while poor metabolisers get higher exposure and more adverse effects (PMID: 12065557, PMID: 11736884), the basis of the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium guideline for CYP2D6 genotype and 5-HT3 receptor antagonists (PMID: 41979467). Constipation and other gastrointestinal effects make pre-existing bowel obstruction or severe constipation a mechanism-based concern (PMID: 8363993). Use outside a licensed antiemetic indication is investigational and unsupervised use carries no evidence base.

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### Meldonium

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### Mirabegron

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### Quick Facts

Half-Life

About 5.7 h after a single 5 mg oral capsule and 5.6 h after 2 mg intravenously in 18 healthy volunteers; oral bioavailability averaged 0.60 with a range of 0.27 to 0.99 and was inversely related to CYP2D6 activity (PMID: 11736884)

Molecular Weight

284.35 g/mol (free base)

Administration

Oral, Intravenous injection

CAS Number

89565-68-4 (free base); 105826-92-4 (hydrochloride)

Trial Phase

Approved (Japan)

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## Frequently Asked Questions

What is Tropisetron used for in research?

Tropisetron, coded ICS 205-930 during development and marketed as Navoban, is a serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonist approved as an antiemetic in Japan and in many other countries outside the United States, with ATC code A04AA03 (KEGG DRUG D02041, D02130). It has never been approved by the FDA, which is why American research groups describe it as a drug already approved for clinical use outside the United States (PMID: 15927799). Material sold on the research chemical market as Tropiestron is a misspelling of the same drug.

Interest beyond nausea comes from a second property. Tropisetron is a partial agonist at the alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Oocyte electrophysiology traced that activity to the tropane portion of the molecule and showed that the indole portion mainly determines potency and subtype selectivity (PMID: 15781147). Positron emission tomography with the alpha7 radioligand CHIBA-1001 showed that a single oral dose lowered radioligand distribution volume in the human brain while ondansetron did not, so alpha7 engagement happens at ordinary clinical exposure (PMID: 23430308). A separate drug screen also found that it binds the ectodomain of amyloid precursor protein (PMID: 24389031).

Preclinical work follows that thread. Tropisetron improved deficient inhibitory processing of the auditory evoked potential in DBA/2 mice, an effect blocked by the alpha7 antagonist methyllycaconitine (PMID: 16136299); improved phencyclidine-induced cognitive deficits in mice, again blocked by methyllycaconitine (PMID: 17094961); and improved apomorphine-disrupted prepulse inhibition in Wistar rats (PMID: 20673759). In J20 transgenic mice it improved memory and the sAPPalpha to amyloid-beta ratio more than memantine or donepezil at comparable doses (PMID: 24389031). Outside the brain it reduced collagen synthesis in human dermal fibroblasts and reduced established dermal fibrosis in a bleomycin mouse model of scleroderma through alpha7 receptors (PMID: 23440693).

Human trials outside emesis are small but real. Three randomized controlled trials, each with 40 patients with schizophrenia stabilized on risperidone, reported improved P50 auditory gating and cognition after 10 days (PMID: 22952075), improved P50 gating and sustained visual attention after 8 weeks (PMID: 20573264), and improved negative symptoms after 8 weeks (PMID: 23515583). In fibromyalgia, a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled multicenter trial in 21 women reported a larger fall in pain scores than placebo, which reached significance on a secondary body diagram score and not on the primary visual analog scale (PMID: 15370724).

Pharmacokinetics are dominated by CYP2D6. In 18 healthy volunteers, oral bioavailability ranged from 0.27 to 0.99 and correlated inversely with CYP2D6 activity measured by the sparteine metabolic ratio, with a half-life near 5.7 h (PMID: 11736884). Poor metabolisers get higher exposure with more headache and constipation, ultrarapid metabolisers get less antiemetic effect, and this relationship is now covered by a Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium guideline for CYP2D6 genotype and 5-HT3 receptor antagonists (PMID: 8363993, PMID: 12065557, PMID: 41979467). Every use outside the licensed antiemetic indication is investigational.

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### Albuterol (salbutamol)

Pharmaceutical FDA Approved 

Albuterol, called salbutamol outside the United States, is a beta-2 adrenergic agonist and a standard asthma medicine worldwide.

t½ Mean terminal half-life 3.8 hours after intravenous administration in 16 healthy adult men, with absolute oral bioavailability of 44 percent and plasma peaks one to three hours after oral administration (PMID: 3653233) 

Preclinical View Profile 

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### Clascoterone

Pharmaceutical Preclinical 

Clascoterone (brand name Winlevi; development codes CB-03-01 and, for the alopecia formulation, Breezula) is a first-in-class topical androgen receptor (AR) antagonist approved by the U.S.

1188 studies View Profile 

](/compound/clascoterone)[

### Finasteride

Pharmaceutical Preclinical 

Finasteride is an orally-active selective type II 5α-reductase inhibitor that blocks the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT), the primary androgenic driver of both benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and androgenetic alopecia (male-pattern hair loss).

Preclinical View Profile 

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### Meldonium

Pharmaceutical Approved (Latvia) 

Meldonium, sold as Mildronate, was developed at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (PMID: 12242052) and is a licensed cardiovascular medicine in Latvia and a number of eastern European and post-Soviet countries.

t½ Not a single simple value: in 32 healthy athlete volunteers taking oral meldonium for three weeks, plasma took several days to reach steady state and urinary elimination continued for several months after the last dose, because tissue clearance depends on slow diffusion rather than transport (PMID: 30328291) 

Preclinical View Profile 

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### Mirabegron

Pharmaceutical FDA Approved 

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t½ Terminal half-life about 32 hours in one phase 1 multiple-dose study and about 60 hours in a second, with plasma peaks at three to five hours and steady state within seven days in healthy young and elderly adults (PMID: 23063375) 

Preclinical View Profile 

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