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| Formula | C29H29F2N3O8 | 
| Molar mass | 585.561 g·mol−1 | 
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Cadazolid is an experimental antibiotic of the oxazolidinone class made by Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. which is effective against Clostridioides difficile , a major cause of drug resistant diarrhea in the elderly. [1] Current drug treatments for this infection involve orally delivered antibiotics, principally fidaxomicin, metronidazole and vancomycin; the last two drugs are the principal therapeutic agents in use, but fail in approximately 20 to 45% of the cases. The drug works by inhibiting the synthesis of proteins in the bacteria, thus inhibiting the production of toxins and the formation of spores. [2] Cadazolid progressed through to Phase III clinical trials, [1] but in its financial results for Q1 2018, Idorsia mentions that Actelion informed them that "following completion of Phase 3 data analysis of cadazolid - it has decided to discontinue the development of the compound." [3]
The chemical structure of cadazolid combines the pharmacophores of oxazolidinone and fluoroquinolone antibiotics. [2]
In a study published in the journal Anaerobe, cadazolid has been shown to be effective in vitro against 133 strains of Clostridioides difficile all collected from Sweden. [4]
In phase I tests, sixty four male patients reacted favourably to cadazolid which primarily acted and remained in the colon while displaying little toxicity even in regimes involving large doses. [1]