Dronedarone

Dronedarone
Names
Trade namesMultaq
Other namesDronedarone hydrochloride, SR33589
IUPAC name
  • N-(2-Butyl-3-(p-(3-(dibutylamino)propoxy)benzoyl)-5-benzofuranyl)methanesulfonamide
Clinical data
Drug classClass III antiarrhythmic[1]
Main usesAtrial fibrillation[2]
Side effectsDiarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain, feeling weak[2]
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Pregnancy
category
  • AU: D
  • US: X (Contraindicated)
    Routes of
    use    		By mouth
    Typical dose400 mg BID[2]
    External links
    AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
    MedlinePlusa609034
    Legal
    License data
    Legal status
    • AU: S4 (Prescription only)
    • UK: POM (Prescription only)
    • US: ℞-only [2]
    • EU: Rx-only
    Pharmacokinetics
    Bioavailability15% (with a high-fat meal)[2]
    Protein binding>98%
    MetabolismExtensive liver (mainly by CYP3A)
    Elimination half-life13–19 hours
    ExcretionFeces (84%), urine (~6%)
    Chemical and physical data
    FormulaC31H44N2O5S
    Molar mass556.76 g·mol−1
    3D model (JSmol)
    SMILES
    • O=S(=O)(Nc3cc1c(oc(c1C(=O)c2ccc(OCCCN(CCCC)CCCC)cc2)CCCC)cc3)C
    InChI
    • InChI=1S/C31H44N2O5S/c1-5-8-12-29-30(27-23-25(32-39(4,35)36)15-18-28(27)38-29)31(34)24-13-16-26(17-14-24)37-22-11-21-33(19-9-6-2)20-10-7-3/h13-18,23,32H,5-12,19-22H2,1-4H3 checkY
    • Key:ZQTNQVWKHCQYLQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY

    Dronedarone, sold under the brand name Multaq, is a medication used to keep people who have a history of atrial fibrillation in sinus rhythm.[2] While it may not work as well as amiodarone, it may be safer.[1] It should not be used in people who are always in atrial fibrillation.[1] It is taken by mouth.[2]

    Common side effects include diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain, and feeling weak.[2] Other side effects may include liver problems, low potassium, low magnesium, and kidney problems.[2] It should not be used in heart failure.[3] Use in pregnancy may harm the baby.[2] It is primarily a class III antiarrhythmic.[1]

    Dronedarone was approved for medical use in the United States and Europe in 2009.[2][3] It is available as a generic medication.[4] In the United States it costs about 680 USD per month as of 2021.[5] This amount in the United Kingdom costs about £67.[4]

    Medical uses

    It was recommended as an alternative to amiodarone for the treatment of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter in people whose hearts have either returned to normal rhythm or who undergo drug therapy or electric shock treatment i.e. direct current cardioversion (DCCV) to maintain normal rhythm. In the United States, the FDA approved label includes a claim for reducing hospitalization, but not for reducing mortality, as a reduction in mortality was not demonstrated in the clinical development program.[6] A trial of the drug in heart failure was stopped as an interim analysis showed a possible increase in heart failure deaths, in patients with moderate to severe CHF.[7]

    Dosage

    It is taken at a dose of 400 mg twice per day.[2]

    Side effects

    Dronedarone is contraindicated in patients with NYHA Class IV heart failure, with NYHA Class II–III heart failure with a recent decompensation requiring hospitalization or referral to a specialized heart failure clinic, or with permanent atrial fibrillation.[2] Dronedarone is also associated with rare cases of severe liver damage, including liver failure.[8]

    Contraindications

    • Permanent AF (patients in whom normal sinus rhythm will not or cannot be restored)[2]
    • Recently decompensated heart failure requiring hospitalization or Class IV heart failure.[2]
    • Second-or third-degree AV block or sick sinus syndrome (except when used in conjunction with a functioning pacemaker)[2]
    • Bradycardia[2]
    • Concomitant use of a strong CYP3A inhibitor[2]
    • Concomitant use of drugs or herbal products that prolong the QT interval and may induce Torsade de Pointes[2]
    • Liver or lung toxicity related to the previous use of amiodarone[2]
    • Severe hepatic impairment[2]
    • QTc Bazett interval ≥500 ms,[2] or use with drugs or herbal supplements that prolong QT interval or increase risk of torsades de points (Class I or III antiarrhythmic agents, phenothiazines, tricyclic antidepressants, certain oral macrolides, ephedra).
    • Pregnancy and nursing mothers[2]
    • Hypersensitivity to dronedarone[2]
    • Liver impairment. In Jan 2011 the FDA advised about cases of rare, but severe, liver injury, including two cases of acute liver failure leading to liver transplant in patients treated with dronedarone (Multaq). It is not known whether routine periodic monitoring of serum liver enzymes (ALT, AST, and alkaline phosphatase) and bilirubin in patients taking dronedarone will prevent the development of severe liver injury.[8]
    • PR interval exceeding 280 ms
    • Use of cytochrome P-450 (CYP) 3a isoenzyme inhibitors (includes: clarithromycin, cyclosporine, itraconazole, ketoconazole, nefazodone, ritonavir, telithromycin, voriconazole)

    Mechanism of action

    Dronedarone has been termed a “multichannel blocker” however it is unclear which channel(s) play a pivotal role in its success.[9] Thus, dronedarone's actions at the cellular level are controversial with most studies suggesting an inhibition in multiple outward potassium currents including rapid delayed rectifier, slow delayed rectifier and ACh-activated inward rectifier.[10] It is also believed to reduce inward rapid Na current and L-type Ca channels. The reduction in K current in some studies was shown to be due to the inhibition of K-ACh channel or associated GTP-binding proteins.[9] Reduction of K+ current by 69% led to increased AP duration and increased effective refractory periods, thus shown to suppress pacemaker potential of the SA node and return patients to a normal heart rhythm.[10] In a European trial, the average time to recurrence of an arrhythmia was 41 days in the placebo group vs. 96 days in the dronedarone group (similar results obtained in the non-European trial, 59 and 158 days respectively).[11]

    Chemistry

    Chemically, dronedarone is a benzofuran derivative related to amiodarone, a popular antiarrhythmic. The use of amiodarone is limited by toxicity due its high iodine content (pulmonary fibrosis, thyroid disease) as well as by liver disease. In dronedarone, the iodine moieties are not present, reducing toxic effects on the thyroid and other organs. A methylsulfonamide group is added to reduce solubility in fats (lipophobicity) and thus reduce neurotoxic effects.[6]

    Dronedarone displays amiodarone-like class III antiarrhythmic activity in vitro[12] and in clinical trials.[7] The drug also appears to exhibit activity in each of the 4 Vaughan-Williams antiarrhythmic classes.[13]

    Pharmacokinetics

    Dronedarone is less lipophilic than amiodarone, has a much smaller volume of distribution, and has an elimination half-life of 13–19 hours—this stands in contrast to amiodarone's half-life of several weeks.[2][14] As a result of these pharmacokinetic characteristics, dronedarone dosing may be less complicated than amiodarone.

    Society and culture

    Regulatory review

    Originally submitted as a New Drug Application in 2005, dronedarone was reviewed and recommended for approval on March 18, 2009 by an Advisory Committee of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA is not bound by the Committee's recommendation, but it takes its advice into consideration when reviewing new drug applications.[15] The FDA approved dronedarone on July 2, 2009.

    Health Canada was the second major regulatory body to approve the drug, giving its approval on August 12, 2009. The approval is for "treatment of patients with a history of, or current atrial fibrillation to reduce their risk of cardiovascular hospitalization due to this condition."[16]

    The European Medicines Agency issued a Summary of Positive Opinion regarding dronedarone on 24 September 2009 recommending to the European Commission to grant a marketing authorization within the European Union.[17]

    Research

    Clinical trials have compared dronedarone to placebo and to amiodarone, for its ability to reduce atrial fibrillation, to reduce mortality overall and from cardiac causes, and for its adverse effects, including excess mortality.[6][18] Dronedarone is a non-iodinated class III anti-arrhythmic drug which helps patients return to normal sinus rhythm. This treatment for AF is also known to reduce associated mortality and hospitalizations compared to other similar antiarrhythmic agents.[19]

    In the EURIDIS and ADONIS trials in atrial fibrillation (2007), dronedarone was significantly more effective than placebo in maintaining sinus rhythm, with no difference in lung and thyroid function in the short term.[20]

    However, in the ANDROMEDA study (2007), dronedarone doubled the death rate compared to placebo, and the trial was halted early.[7] ANDROMEDA enrolled patients with moderate to severe congestive heart failure, a relatively sicker patient population.

    In a more recent atrial fibrillation trial, ATHENA, with 4628 subjects, dronedarone was significantly more effective than placebo in reducing the composite endpoint of first hospitalization due to cardiovascular events or death.[21] There was a significant reduction in the rate of cardiovascular death, but not in the rate of death from any cause.[6] Later post-hoc analysis of the ATHENA-results showed a significant reduction in the rate of stroke.[22]

    Patients randomized to dronedarone were more likely to develop bradycardia and QT-interval prolongation (but only 1 case of Torsades). Nausea, diarrhea, rash, and creatinine elevation also were more common in the dronedarone arm.

    The PALLAS trial (2011) was stopped for safety concerns due to the finding that "dronedarone increased rates of heart failure, stroke, and death from cardiovascular causes in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation who were at risk for major vascular events".[23] A Black Box warning was subsequently added by the FDA stating that the risk of death, stroke, and hospitalization for congestive heart failure doubled in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation.

    Cardioversion

    Dronedarone has been tested in some trials as a way to improve the success rate of electrical cardioversion. In one such trial by the Veteran's Administration it was used prepare patients for electrical conversion to sinus rhythm. In the ATHENA study, 25% of patients were started on dronedarone before cardioversion.[24] The results of a recently concluded randomized study (ELECTRA) may clarify the safety and ideal modalities of dronedarone use at the time of cardioversion.[25]

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    9. 1 2 Guillemare E, Marion A, Nisato D, Gautier P, “Inhibitory effects of dronedarone on muscarinic K+ current in guinea pig atrial cells,” in Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 2000 7
    10. 1 2 Aimond F, Beck L, Gautier P, Chérif OK, Davy JM, Lorente P, Nisato D, Vassort G, “Cellular and in vivo electrophysiological effects of dronedarone in normal and postmyocardial infarcted rats,” in The Journal of Pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 2000. 11
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