Population pharmacokinetics of lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra) in HIV-infected patients

BACKGROUND: A relationship between plasma concentrations and viral suppression in patients receiving lopinavir (LPV)/ritonavir (RTV) has been observed. Therefore, it is important to increase our knowledge about factors that determine interpatient variability in LPV pharmacokinetics (PK).

METHODS: The study, designed to develop and validate population PK models for LPV and RTV, involved 263 ambulatory patients treated with 400/100 mg of LPV/RTV twice daily. A database of 1110 concentrations of LPV and RTV (647 from a single time-point and 463 from 73 full PK profiles) was available. Concentrations were determined at steady state using high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. PK analysis was performed with NONMEM software. Age, gender, height, total body weight, body mass index, RTV trough concentration (RTC), hepatitis C virus coinfection, total bilirubin, hospital of origin, formulation and concomitant administration of efavirenz (EFV), saquinavir (SQV), atazanavir (ATV), and tenofovir were analyzed as possible covariates influencing LPV/RTV kinetic behavior.

RESULTS: Population models were developed with 954 drug plasma concentrations from 201 patients, and the validation was conducted in the remaining 62 patients (156 concentrations). A 1-compartment model with first-order absorption (including lag-time) and elimination best described the PK. Proportional error models for interindividual and residual variability were used. The final models for the drugs oral clearance (CL/F) were as follows: CL/F(LPV)(L/h)=0.216·BMI·0.81(RTC)·1.25(EFV)·0.84(ATV); CL/F(RTV)(L/h) = 8.00·1.34(SQV)·1.77(EFV)·1.35(ATV). The predictive performance of the final population PK models was tested using standardized mean prediction errors, showing values of 0.03 ± 0.74 and 0.05 ± 0.91 for LPV and RTV, and normalized prediction distribution error, confirming the suitability of both models.

CONCLUSIONS: These validated models could be implemented in clinical PK software and applied to dose individualization using a Bayesian approach for both drugs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

Erschienen:

2011

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Therapeutic drug monitoring - 33(2011), 5 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 573-82

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

López Aspiroz, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Santos Buelga, Dolores [VerfasserIn]
Cabrera Figueroa, Salvador [VerfasserIn]
López Galera, Rosa María [VerfasserIn]
Ribera Pascuet, Esteban [VerfasserIn]
Domínguez-Gil Hurlé, Alfonso [VerfasserIn]
García Sánchez, María José [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2494G1JF75
Anti-HIV Agents
Drug Combinations
Journal Article
Lopinavir
Lopinavir-ritonavir drug combination
O3J8G9O825
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ritonavir

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.01.2012

Date Revised 21.11.2013

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/FTD.0b013e31822d578b

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM211420484