Fluticasone furoate

Fluticasone furoate, sold under the brand name Flonase Sensimist among others, is a corticosteroid for the treatment of non-allergic and allergic rhinitis administered by a nasal spray. It is also available as an inhaled corticosteroid to help prevent and control symptoms of asthma. It is derived from cortisol. Unlike fluticasone propionate, which is only approved for children four years and older, fluticasone furoate is approved in children as young as two years of age when used for allergies.

Fluticasone furoate
Clinical data
Trade namesFlonase Sensimist, Veramyst, Arnuity Ellipta, others
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
License data
Pregnancy
category
  • AU: B3
Routes of
administration
Intranasal, by mouth
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
  • AU: S4 (Prescription only)
  • CA: ℞-only
  • UK: POM (Prescription only)
  • US: OTC/ Rx-only
  • EU: Rx-only
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability0.51% (Intranasal)
Protein binding91%
MetabolismIntranasal
Liver (CYP3A4-mediated)
Elimination half-life15 hours
ExcretionKidney
Identifiers
  • (6α,11β,16α,17α)-6,9-difluoro-17-{[(fluoro-methyl)thio]carbonyl}-11-hydroxy-16-methyl-3-oxoandrosta-1,4-dien-17-yl 2-furancarboxylate
CAS Number
PubChem CID
DrugBank
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEBI
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.158.130
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC27H29F3O6S
Molar mass538.58 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
SMILES
  • CC1CC2C3CC(C4=CC(=O)C=CC4(C3(C(CC2(C1(C(=O)SCF)OC(=O)C5=CC=CO5)C)O)F)C)F
  • InChI=1S/C27H29F3O6S/c1-14-9-16-17-11-19(29)18-10-15(31)6-7-24(18,2)26(17,30)21(32)12-25(16,3)27(14,23(34)37-13-28)36-22(33)20-5-4-8-35-20/h4-8,10,14,16-17,19,21,32H,9,11-13H2,1-3H3/t14-,16+,17+,19+,21+,24+,25+,26+,27+/m1/s1
  • Key:XTULMSXFIHGYFS-VLSRWLAYSA-N

It was approved for medical use in the United States in April 2007, and in the European Union in November 2008. In 2021, fluticasone was the 23rd most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 25 million prescriptions.

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