Cangrelor CAS: 163706-06-7

Cangrelor is a nucleoside triphosphate analogue that is 5'-O-[({[dichloro(phosphono)methyl](hydroxy)phosphoryl}oxy)(hydroxy)phosphoryl]adenosine carrying additional 2-(methylsulfanyl)ethyl and (3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)sulfanyl substituents at positions N6 and C2 respectively. Used (in the form of its tetrasodium salt) as an intravenous antiplatelet drug that prevents formation of harmful blood clots in the coronary arteries. It has a role as a platelet aggregation inhibitor and a P2Y12 receptor antagonist. It is a nucleoside triphosphate analogue, an organofluorine compound, an aryl sulfide, an organochlorine compound, a secondary amino compound and an adenosine 5'-phosphate. It is a conjugate acid of a cangrelor(4-).|Cangrelor is an intravenous, direct-acting, reversible P2Y12 inhibitor for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) who have not been yet treated by oral P2Y12 inhibitors. An advantage Cangrelor provides over oral P2Y12 inhibitors (such as prasugrel, ticagrelor, and clopidogrel) is that it is an active drug not requiring metabolic conversion therefore providing a rapid onset and offset of action. Cangrelor was approved by the FDA in June 2015 for intravenous application.|Cangrelor is a P2Y12 Platelet Inhibitor. The mechanism of action of cangrelor is as a P2Y12 Receptor Antagonist. The physiologic effect of cangrelor is by means of Decreased Platelet Aggregation.|Cangrelor is an intravenously administered antiplatelet drug that is used at the time of cardiac surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention to decrease the risk of myocardial infarction and maintain artery and stent patency. Cangrelor has not been linked to serum enzyme abnormalities or to clinically apparent liver injury, but its clinical use has been limited.