Torcetrapib

Torcetrapib
Names
IUPAC name
ethyl (2R,4S)-4-({[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]methyl}(methoxycarbonyl)amino)-2-ethyl-6-(trifluoromethyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline-1-carboxylate
Identifiers
262352-17-0 N
ChEBI CHEBI:49203 YesY
ChEMBL ChEMBL479527 YesY
ChemSpider 140123 YesY
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KEGG D06195 YesY
PubChem 159325
UNII 4N4457MV2U YesY
Properties
C26H25F9N2O4
Molar mass 600.473
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Torcetrapib (CP-529,414, Pfizer) was a drug being developed to treat hypercholesterolemia (elevated cholesterol levels) and prevent cardiovascular disease. Its development was halted in 2006 when phase III studies showed excessive all-cause mortality in the treatment group receiving a combination of atorvastatin (Lipitor) and torcetrapib.

Medical uses

Torcetrapib has not been found to reduce either cardiovascular disease or risk of death in those already taking a statin drugs.[1]

Mechanism

Torcetrapib acts (as a CETP inhibitor) by inhibiting cholesterylester transfer protein (CETP), which normally transfers cholesterol from HDL cholesterol to very low density or low density lipoproteins (VLDL or LDL). Inhibition of this process results in higher HDL levels (the "good" cholesterol-containing particle) and reduces LDL levels (the "bad" cholesterol).

Development

The first step in the synthesis was a recently created reaction of amination to p-chlorotrifluoryltoluene, a reaction that was created by Dr. Stephen Buchwald at MIT.[2]

Development of the drug began around 1990; it was first administered in humans in 1999, and manufacturing at production scale began in Ireland in 2005.[3]

Pfizer had previously announced that torcetrapib would be sold in combination with Pfizer's statin, atorvastatin (Lipitor); however, following media and physician criticism, Pfizer had subsequently planned for torcetrapib to be sold independently of Lipitor.[4]

Clinical trials

A 2004 trial (19 subjects, non-randomised) showed that torcetrapib could increase HDL and lower LDL with and without an added statin.[5]

Nine phase III studies were completed.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Early termination of study

On December 2, 2006 Pfizer cut off torcetrapib's phase III trial because of "an imbalance of mortality and cardiovascular events" associated with its use.[16] This was a sudden and unexpected event and as late as November 30, 2006 Jeff Kindler, Pfizer’s chief executive, was quoted, "This will be one of the most important compounds of our generation."[16] In the terminated trial, a 60% increase in deaths was observed among patients taking torcetrapib and atorvastatin versus taking atorvastatin alone.[17] Pfizer recommended that all patients stop taking the drug immediately.[18]

Six studies were terminated early.[6] One of the completed studies found it raised systolic blood pressure and concluded "Torcetrapib showed no clinical benefit in this or other studies, and will not be developed further."[19]

The drug cost $800m+ to bring into Phase III development.[20]

Synthesis

Dietary cholesterol needs be esterified in order to be absorbed from the gut. The enzyme, cholesterylester transfer protein (CETP), then completes the absorption of cholesterol. Drugs that interfere with the action of these peptides would aid in lowering cholesterol levels by complementing the action of the statins that inhibit the endogenous production of cholesterol. The CETP inhibitor torcetrapib (8) proved very effective in lowering cholesterol levels in humans; the drug not only lowered low-density lipoproteins (LDL and VLDL) but also raised levels of high density, “good” lipoproteins (HDL). This agent, which had only a brief time on the market due to adverse safety reports, is included here to illustrate an unusual method for preparing tetrahydroquinolines.

Torcetrapib synthesis: U.S. Patent 6,313,142 Also see:[21][22]

Reaction of the trifluoromethylaniline (1) with propanal in the presence of benzotriazole (2) affords the aminal (3). Condensation of (3) with the vinyl carbamate (4) yields the tetrahydroquinoline ring (5) with expulsion of the benzotriazole fragment. The ring nitrogen is then protected as its ethyl carbamate by acylation with ethyl chloroformate (6). The benzyl carbamate function on nitrogen at the 4 position is next removed by reduction with ammonium formate over palladium to afford the primary amine; this compound is then resolved as its dibenzyl tartrate salt to afford the 2R,4S isomer (7). Reductive amination with the bis-trifuoromethyl benzaldehyde in the presence of sodium triacetoxyborohydride followed by acylation with methyl chloroformate completes the synthesis of torcetrapib (8).

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Keene, D; Price, C; Shun-Shin, MJ; Francis, DP (Jul 18, 2014). "Effect on cardiovascular risk of high density lipoprotein targeted drug treatments niacin, fibrates, and CETP inhibitors: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials including 117,411 patients". BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 349: g4379. doi:10.1136/bmj.g4379. PMC 4103514. PMID 25038074.
  2. ↑ Buchwald, Stephen (July 23, 2004). "Research Projects". Retrieved 2007-10-04.
  3. ↑ "Pfizer Begins Production at Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Manufacturing Facility" (Press release). Pfizer. June 22, 2005. Retrieved 2006-12-03.
  4. ↑ Berenson, Alex (July 26, 2006). "Heart Pill to Be Sold by Itself". Business (The New York Times). Retrieved 2006-12-03.
  5. ↑ Brousseau, ME; Schaefer EJ; Wolfe ML; Bloedon LT; Digenio AG; Clark RW; Mancuso JP; Rader DJ (April 8, 2004). "Effects of an inhibitor of cholesteryl ester transfer protein on HDL cholesterol" (abstract). New England Journal of Medicine 350 (15): 1505–1515. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa031766. PMID 15071125. Retrieved 2006-12-03.
  6. 1 2 http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=torcetrapib
  7. ↑ http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00139061 Phase III Assess HDL-C Increase And Non-HDL Lowering Effect Of Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin Vs. Fenofibrate
  8. ↑ http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00134511 Phase III Study To Evaluate The Effect Of Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin In Patients With Genetic High Cholesterol Disorder
  9. ↑ http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00134485 Phase III Study To Evaluate The Safety And Efficacy Of Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin In Subjects With Familial Hypercholerolemia
  10. ↑ http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00134498 Phase III Study Comparing The Efficacy & Safety Of Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin And Atorvastatin In Subjects With High Triglycerides
  11. ↑ http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00267254 Phase III Clinical Trial Comparing Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin To Simvastatin In Subjects With High Cholesterol
  12. ↑ http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00138762 Phase III Study of Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin vs Atorvastatin Alone or Placebo in Patients With High Cholesterol
  13. ↑ http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00134173 Phase III Coronary IVUS Study to Compare Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin to Atorvastatin Alone in Subjects With Coronary Heart Disease (ILLUSTRATE)
  14. ↑ http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00137462 Phase III Lipitor Trial To Study The Effect Of Torcetrpib/Atorvastatin To Atorvastatin Alone.
  15. ↑ http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00136981 Phase III Carotid B-Mode Ultrasound Study to Compare Anti-Atherosclerotic Effect of Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin to Atorvastatin Alone. (RADIANCE 1)
  16. 1 2 Berenson, Alex (December 3, 2006). "Pfizer Ends Studies on Drug for Heart Disease". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-12-03. (registration required)
  17. ↑ Theresa Agovino (Associated Press) (December 3, 2006). "Pfizer ends cholesterol drug development". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2006-12-03. Each study arm (torcetrapib + atorvastatin vs. atorvastatin alone) had 7500 patients enrolled; 51 deaths were observed in the atorvastatin alone arm, while 82 deaths occurred in the torcetrapib + atorvastatin arm. (Link dead as of 15 January 2007)
  18. ↑ Associated Press (December 2, 2006). "Pfizer cuts off cholesterol drug trials". Yahoo! News (Yahoo.com). Retrieved 2006-12-03. (Link dead as of 15 January 2007)
  19. ↑ Bots; Visseren, Frank L; Evans, Gregory W; Riley, Ward A; Revkin, James H; Tegeler, Charles H; Shear, Charles L; Duggan, William T; et al. (July 2007). "Torcetrapib and carotid intima-media thickness in mixed dyslipidaemia (RADIANCE 2 study): a randomised, double-blind trial". The Lancet 370 (9582): 153–160. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61088-5. PMID 17630038.
  20. ↑ Cutler, D. M. (2007-03-29). "The Demise of the Blockbuster?". The New England Journal of Medicine (Massachusetts Medical Society) 356 (13): 1292–1293. doi:10.1056/NEJMp078020. ISSN 1533-4406. PMID 17392299. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  21. ↑ Damon, David B.; Dugger, Robert W.; Magnus-Aryitey, George; Ruggeri, Roger B.; Wester, Ronald T.; Tu, Meihua; Abramov, Yuriy (2006). "Synthesis of the CETP Inhibitor Torcetrapib: The Resolution Route and Origin of Stereoselectivity in the Iminium Ion Cyclization". Organic Process Research & Development 10 (3): 464. doi:10.1021/op060014a.
  22. ↑ Guinó, Meritxell; Phua, Pim Huat; Caille, Jean-Claude; Hii, King Kuok (Mimi) (2007). "A Concise Asymmetric Synthesis of Torcetrapib". The Journal of Organic Chemistry 72 (16): 6290. doi:10.1021/jo071031g. PMID 17625891.

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