Penicillamine
Cuprimine, Depen (penicillamine) is a small molecule pharmaceutical. Penicillamine was first approved as Depen on 1982-01-01. It is used to treat biliary liver cirrhosis, cystinuria, hepatolenticular degeneration, lead poisoning, and mercury poisoning amongst others in the USA. It is known to target delta-type opioid receptor and solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 1C1.
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Therapeutic Areas
Therapeutic Area | MeSH |
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musculoskeletal diseases | D009140 |
digestive system diseases | D004066 |
nervous system diseases | D009422 |
urogenital diseases | D000091642 |
hereditary congenital and neonatal diseases and abnormalities | D009358 |
skin and connective tissue diseases | D017437 |
nutritional and metabolic diseases | D009750 |
immune system diseases | D007154 |
signs and symptoms pathological conditions | D013568 |
chemically-induced disorders | D064419 |
Trade Name
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Cuprimine, Depen (generic drugs available since 2019-05-07)
Drug Products
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New Drug Application (NDA)
New Drug Application (NDA)
Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)
Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)
Labels
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Brand Name | Status | Last Update |
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cuprimine | New Drug Application | 2020-10-01 |
penicillamine | ANDA | 2023-02-16 |
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Clinical
Clinical Trials
6 clinical trials
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Indications Phases 3
Indication | MeSH | Ontology | ICD-10 | Ph 1 | Ph 2 | Ph 3 | Ph 4 | Other | Total |
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Hepatolenticular degeneration | D006527 | Orphanet_905 | E83.01 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
Vitamin d deficiency | D014808 | EFO_0003762 | E55 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Lead poisoning | D007855 | T56.0 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Indications Phases 2
Indication | MeSH | Ontology | ICD-10 | Ph 1 | Ph 2 | Ph 3 | Ph 4 | Other | Total |
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Central nervous system neoplasms | D016543 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
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Drug
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Drug common name | PENICILLAMINE |
INN | penicillamine |
Description | D-penicillamine is an optically active form of penicillamine having D-configuration. Pharmaceutical form (L-form is toxic) of chelating agent used to treat heavy metal poisoning. It has a role as a chelator, an antirheumatic drug, a drug allergen and a copper chelator. It is a penicillamine and a non-proteinogenic alpha-amino acid. It is an enantiomer of a L-penicillamine. |
Classification | Small molecule |
Drug class | — |
Image (chem structure or protein) | |
Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence) | CC(C)(S)[C@@H](N)C(=O)O |
Identifiers
PDB | — |
CAS-ID | 52-67-5 |
RxCUI | 7975 |
ChEMBL ID | CHEMBL1430 |
ChEBI ID | 7959 |
PubChem CID | 5852 |
DrugBank | DB00859 |
UNII ID | GNN1DV99GX (ChemIDplus, GSRS) |
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Safety
Black-box Warning
Black-box warning for: Cuprimine, Penicillamine
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43 adverse events reported
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