No repeat-dose NOAEL established; rat EFD maternal toxicity and embryo-fetal mortality at ~0.1x human AUC
“(reduced body weight gain, low food consumption, red vulvar discharge) and embryo-fetal mortality (increased resorptions, post-implantation loss, and reduced number of live fetuses) were noted at ≥3 mg/kg/day (approximately 0.1 times the human AUC at the recommended dose).”
✓ VerifiedFDA multi-discipline review, p. 43Source ↗
NOAEL / key findings
Anti-estrogenic atrophy of uterus, vagina, cervix and mammary gland, ovarian follicular cysts, pituitary atrophy (rats)
“Female rats and monkeys displayed decreased weight and atrophy of the uterus, vagina, cervix, and mammary gland, increased weight of the ovaries correlating with the presence of follicular cysts, and atrophy of the pituitary gland (only in rats).”