Rogletimide

Rogletimide
Clinical data
Other names	Roglethimide; Pyridoglutethimide
Routes of; administration	By mouth
Drug class	Aromatase inhibitor
Identifiers
	IUPAC name 3-ethyl-3-(pyridin-4-yl)piperidine-2,6-dione;
CAS Number	92788-10-8;
PubChem CID	56487;
ChemSpider	50963;
UNII	14P4QR28QF;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID60869670 ;
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C12H14N2O2
Molar mass	218.256 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
	SMILES O=C1NC(=O)CCC1(c2ccncc2)CC;

Rogletimide, also known as pyridoglutethimide, is a medication which was never marketed. It is related in chemical structure to the sedative/hypnotic drug glutethimide, but instead has pharmacological activity as a selective aromatase inhibitor similar to the related drug aminoglutethimide and has no significant sedative-hypnotic effect. This makes it potentially useful in the treatment of breast cancer, and with fewer side effects than aminoglutethimide, but its lower potency caused it to be unsuccessful in clinical trials.

Pharmacodynamics of aromatase inhibitors
Generation	Medication	Dosage	% inhibition^a	Class^b	IC₅₀^c
First	Testolactone	250 mg 4x/day p.o.	?	Type I	?
	Testolactone	100 mg 3x/week i.m.	?	Type I	?
	Rogletimide	200 mg 2x/day p.o. 400 mg 2x/day p.o. 800 mg 2x/day p.o.	50.6% 63.5% 73.8%	Type II	?
	Aminoglutethimide	250 mg mg 4x/day p.o.	90.6%	Type II	4,500 nM
Second	Formestane	125 mg 1x/day p.o. 125 mg 2x/day p.o. 250 mg 1x/day p.o.	72.3% 70.0% 57.3%	Type I	30 nM
	Formestane	250 mg 1x/2 weeks i.m. 500 mg 1x/2 weeks i.m. 500 mg 1x/1 week i.m.	84.8% 91.9% 92.5%	Type I	30 nM
	Fadrozole	1 mg 1x/day p.o. 2 mg 2x/day p.o.	82.4% 92.6%	Type II	?
Third	Exemestane	25 mg 1x/day p.o.	97.9%	Type I	15 nM
	Anastrozole	1 mg 1x/day p.o. 10 mg 1x/day p.o.	96.7–97.3% 98.1%	Type II	10 nM
	Letrozole	0.5 mg 1x/day p.o. 2.5 mg 1x/day p.o.	98.4% 98.9%–>99.1%	Type II	2.5 nM
Footnotes: ^a = In postmenopausal women. ^b = Type I: Steroidal, irreversible (substrate-binding site). Type II: Nonsteroidal, reversible (binding to and interference with the cytochrome P450 heme moiety). ^c = In breast cancer homogenates. Sources: See template.