This study examined the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of branaplam in healthy adult male volunteers and, additionally, compared the adult metabolite profiles obtained in plasma and urine to those obtained in infants with type 1 spinal muscular atrophy. Six volunteers received a single oral dose of 140 mg 14C-branaplam. Blood, plasma, urine, and fecal samples were analyzed using liquid scintillation counting, accelerator mass spectrometry, and liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution or tandem mass spectrometry to assess radioactivity, generate metabolite profiles, and structurally characterize branaplam metabolites. Pediatric samples from various age groups were also evaluated. Mechanistic in vitro experiments enabled direct comparison between adult and pediatric results. The 14C-branaplam dose was well tolerated. Pharmacokinetic analysis showed that branaplam and metabolite UFB112 were the main circulating species, exhibiting delayed Tmax (10 and 28 hours, respectively) and prolonged half-lives (218 and 199 hours, respectively). UFB112 formation was exclusively catalyzed by CYP3A4, and its plasma levels increased with age, reflecting hepatic enzyme maturation. Branaplam was primarily eliminated through metabolism. Renally excreted metabolites were formed via oxygenation, glucuronidation, glucosidation, or ribose conjugation, whereas metabolites in feces included glucosidation and oxidative products. Mass balance was almost complete, with 86.6% of the administered radioactivity recovered in urine and feces over 47 days. These findings highlight the pharmacokinetic behavior of branaplam and UFB112, including the role of the 2,2,6,6,-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl moiety, in how metabolism of branaplam changes during physiological development. Mechanistic insights confirm that CYP enzyme ontogeny significantly influences metabolic profiles. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: This study provides a comprehensive overview of the metabolism of the tetramethyl piperidine moiety, contextualizing enzyme maturation by comparing metabolic fates in infants and adults. It also clearly explains human metabolism of branaplam and summarizes a rare Adenosine Triphosphate pathway observed in these studies.