Farampator

Farampator

Legal status
Legal status	Investigational New Medicine
Identifiers
IUPAC name 2,1,3-benzoxadiazol-6-yl-piperidin-1-ylmethanone
Synonyms	CX-691, Org 24448
CAS Number	211735-76-1
PubChem (CID)	4118151
ChemSpider	3331565
UNII	7X6P5N8K2L
KEGG	D04131
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C12H13N3O2
Molar mass	231.25052 g/mol
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive image
SMILES C1CCN(CC1)C(=O)C2=CC3=NON=C3C=C2
InChI InChI=1S/C12H13N3O2/c16-12(15-6-2-1-3-7-15)9-4-5-10-11(8-9)14-17-13-10/h4-5,8H,1-3,6-7H2 Key:XFVRBYKKGGDPAJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Farampator (CX-691, Org 24448) is an ampakine drug. It was developed by Cortex Pharmaceuticals, and licensed to Organon BioSciences for commercial development. Following the purchase of Organon by Schering-Plough in 2007, the development license to farampator has been transferred, and development is continuing.

Farampator has been investigated for its effect on AMPA receptors and researched for potential use in the treatment of schizophrenia and Alzheimer's Disease. It was found to improve short-term memory, but impaired episodic memory. It produced side effects (SEs) such as headache, somnolence and nausea. Subjects with SEs had significantly higher plasma levels of farampator than subjects without SEs. Additional analyses revealed that in the farampator condition the group without SEs showed a significantly superior memory performance relative to the group with SEs. ^[1]

References

1. Wezenberg E, Verkes RJ, Ruigt GS, Hulstijn W, Sabbe BG. Acute effects of the ampakine farampator on memory and information processing in healthy elderly volunteers. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2007 Jun;32(6):1272-83. doi:10.1038/sj.npp.1301257 PMID 17119538