Asenapine

Asenapine, sold under the brand name Saphris among others, is an atypical antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia and acute mania associated with bipolar disorder as well as the medium to long-term management of bipolar disorder.

Asenapine
Clinical data
Trade namesSaphris, Sycrest, Secuado
Other namesORG-5222
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa610015
License data
Pregnancy
category
  • AU: C
Routes of
administration
Sublingual, transdermal
Drug classAtypical antipsychotic
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
  • AU: S4 (Prescription only)
  • BR: Class C1 (Other controlled substances)
  • UK: POM (Prescription only)
  • US: WARNINGRx-only
  • EU: Rx-only
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability35% (sublingual), <2% (Oral)
Protein binding95%
Metabolismhepatic (glucurinodation by UGT1A4 and oxidative metabolism by CYP1A2)
Elimination half-life24 hours
ExcretionKidney (50%), Faecal (40%; ~5–16% as unchanged drug in faeces)
Identifiers
  • (3aRS,12bRS)-rel-5-Chloro-2,3,3a,12b-tetrahydro-
    2-methyl-1H-dibenz[2,3:6,7]oxepino[4,5-c]pyrrole
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IUPHAR/BPS
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ChEBI
ChEMBL
ECHA InfoCard100.059.828
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC17H16ClNO
Molar mass285.77 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
SMILES
  • Clc4cc2c(Oc1c(cccc1)[C@@H]3CN(C[C@@H]23)C)cc4
  • InChI=1S/C17H16ClNO/c1-19-9-14-12-4-2-3-5-16(12)20-17-7-6-11(18)8-13(17)15(14)10-19/h2-8,14-15H,9-10H2,1H3/t14-,15-/m0/s1 Y
  • Key:VSWBSWWIRNCQIJ-GJZGRUSLSA-N Y

  • as salt: InChI=1S/C17H16ClNO.C4H4O4/c1-19-9-14-12-4-2-3-5-16(12)20-17-7-6-11(18)8-13(17)15(14)10-19;5-3(6)1-2-4(7)8/h2-8,14-15H,9-10H2,1H3;1-2H,(H,5,6)(H,7,8)/b;2-1-/t14-,15-;/m1./s1
  • Key:GMDCDXMAFMEDAG-CHHFXETESA-N
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It was chemically derived via altering the chemical structure of the tetracyclic (atypical) antidepressant, mianserin.

It was initially approved in the United States in 2009 and approved as a generic medication in 2020.

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