[CAS NO. 851723-84-7]  OC000459

OC000459 administrated at doses of 2 mg/kg p.o. in the Sprague-Dawley rats shows plasma half-life of 2.9 hours, time that maximal plasma concentration is achieved of 1.3 hours, maximal plasma concentration achieved is 1.54 μg/mL. OC000459 orally administrated 0.5 hour before injection of DK-PGD2 leads to a dose-dependent reduction in blood eosinophilia with ED50 of 0.04 mg/kg in rats. OC000459 orally administrated 0.5 hour before injection of DK-PGD2 also leads to a dose-dependent inhibition eosinophil accumulation ED50 of 0.01 mg/kg in rats. OC000459 (200 mg twice daily for 28 days) administrated in patients with moderate persistent asthma shows improvement in quality of life as analysed for both the Full Analysis (FA) population and the Per Protocol (PP) population. In those patients, OC000459 improves the night-time symptom scores, reduces the geometric mean sputum eosinophil count and respiratory infections. OC000459 (200 mg twice daily) treatment inhibits the later asthmatic responses and the post allergen increase in sputum eosinophils in steroid naive asthmatic patients.