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Identification of GSK3186899/DDD853651 as a Preclinical Development Candidate for the Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis

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Abstract

The leishmaniases are diseases that affect millions of people across the world, in particular visceral leishmaniasis (VL) which is fatal unless treated. Current standard of care for VL suffers from multiple issues and there is a limited pipeline of new candidate drugs. As such, there is a clear unmet medical need to identify new treatments. This paper describes the optimization of a phenotypic hit against Leishmania donovani, the major causative organism of VL. The key challenges were to balance solubility and metabolic stability while maintaining potency. Herein, strategies to address these shortcomings and enhance efficacy are discussed, culminating in the discovery of preclinical development candidate GSK3186899/DDD853651 (1) for VL.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1180-1202
Number of pages23
JournalJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume62
Issue number3
Early online date20 Dec 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Feb 2019

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Leishmaniasis
  • visceral leishmaniasis
  • anti-visceral leishmaniasis agents
  • Cdc2-related kinase 12 (CRK12) inhibitor
  • neglected diseases

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Drug Discovery
  • Molecular Medicine

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