Lifitegrast

Lifitegrast
Clinical data
Trade namesXiidra
Other namesSAR-1118
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa616039
Pregnancy
category
  • AU: B1
Routes of
administration
Eye drops
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
Identifiers
  • N-{[2-(1-Benzofuran-6-ylcarbonyl)-5,7-dichloro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6-isoquinolinyl]carbonyl}-3-(methylsulfonyl)-L-phenylalanine
CAS Number
PubChem CID
DrugBank
ChemSpider
UNII
KEGG
ChEBI
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
ECHA InfoCard100.245.695
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC29H24Cl2N2O7S
Molar mass615.48 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CS(=O)(=O)c1cccc(c1)C[C@@H](C(=O)O)NC(=O)c2c(cc3c(c2Cl)CCN(C3)C(=O)c4ccc5ccoc5c4)Cl
  • InChI=1S/C29H24Cl2N2O7S/c1-41(38,39)20-4-2-3-16(11-20)12-23(29(36)37)32-27(34)25-22(30)13-19-15-33(9-7-21(19)26(25)31)28(35)18-6-5-17-8-10-40-24(17)14-18/h2-6,8,10-11,13-14,23H,7,9,12,15H2,1H3,(H,32,34)(H,36,37)/t23-/m0/s1
  • Key:JFOZKMSJYSPYLN-QHCPKHFHSA-N

Lifitegrast, sold under the brand name Xiidra (/ˈzdrə/), is a medication for the treatment of signs and symptoms of dry eye, a syndrome called keratoconjunctivitis sicca. Lifitegrast reduces inflammation by inhibiting inflammatory cell binding. It is often used as an alternative to ciclosporin (Ikervis, Restasis, Vevye, Verkazia or Cequa) for dry eye treatment including meibomian gland dysfunction and inflammatory dry eye.