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Chemical compound

Pharmaceutical compound
Maxacalcitol
Clinical data
Trade namesOxarol
Other names22-Oxacalcitriol; OCT
Routes of
administration
IV or topical
Legal status
Legal status
  • In general: ℞ (Prescription only)
Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • (1R,3S,5Z)-5--7a-methyl-2,3,3a,5,6,7-hexahydro-1H-inden-4-ylidene]ethylidene]-4-methylidenecyclohexane-1,3-diol
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ECHA InfoCard100.212.050 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC26H42O4
Molar mass418.618 g·mol
3D model (JSmol)
SMILES
  • C(1CC\21(CCC/C2=C\C=C/3\C(C(C3=C)O)O)C)OCCC(C)(C)O
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C26H42O4/c1-17-20(15-21(27)16-24(17)28)9-8-19-7-6-12-26(5)22(10-11-23(19)26)18(2)30-14-13-25(3,4)29/h8-9,18,21-24,27-29H,1,6-7,10-16H2,2-5H3/b19-8+,20-9-/t18-,21+,22+,23-,24-,26+/m0/s1
  • Key:DTXXSJZBSTYZKE-ZDQKKZTESA-N

Maxacalcitol (trade name Oxarol) is a vitamin D3 analog and vitamin D receptor activator (VDRA). As a pharmaceutical drug, it is used as an injection to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism resulting from hemodialysis and as a topical ointment for psoriasis.

It was approved for use in Japan in 2010 and in Taiwan in 2018.

References

  1. Mizobuchi M, Ogata H (March 2014). "Clinical uses of 22-oxacalcitriol". Current Vascular Pharmacology. 12 (2): 324–328. doi:10.2174/15701611113119990023. PMID 23713875.
  2. "Maxacalcitol". Inxight Drugs. National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, U.S. National Institutes of Health.
  3. "Maxacalcitol". New Drug Approvals in Japan. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes. D01098.
  4. Fukazawa-Shinotsuka M, Saito T, Abe M, Iida S, Wang IT, Terao K, et al. (January 2022). "Maxacalcitol Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Modeling and Simulation for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis". Drug Research. 72 (1): 23–33. doi:10.1055/a-1581-7609. PMID 34488237.
Vitamin D receptor modulators
VDRTooltip Vitamin D receptor
See also
Receptor/signaling modulators
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