Lopinavir/ritonavir pharmacokinetics, efficacy, and safety in HIV and hepatitis B or C coinfected adults without symptoms of hepatic impairment

OBJECTIVE: Lopinavir/ritonavir plus nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors is one standard antiretroviral therapy regimen, both in patients with HIV alone and coinfected with hepatitis B or C. Our objective was to investigate whether hepatitis coinfection without clinical signs of hepatic impairment is a cofactor altering lopinavir pharmacokinetics and influencing therapy outcome.

METHODS: Steady-state 12-hour pharmacokinetic profiles of lopinavir/ritonavir were assessed in patients with (group 1, n = 20) or without (group 2, n = 36) hepatitis coinfection, taking lopinavir/ritonavir 400/100 mg twice a day plus nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, measured by means of high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Demographic (sex, age, weight), pharmacological (formulation, comedication), clinical, and virological/immunologic parameters (HIV-RNA PCR, CD4(+) cell count) were compared between the groups and included in regression analyses for correlations with lopinavir pharmacokinetic parameters (C(min), C(max), AUC, CL, and t(1/2)) and viral load evolution over 48 weeks on therapy. Patient pairs were matched 1:2 for the parameters sex, age, weight, ethnicity, and drug formulation.

RESULTS: None of the hepatitis-related cofactors (aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, γGT, HBe Ag, HBsAg, HCV-RNA PCR, HCV-therapy) had an influence on lopinavir pharmacokinetics in this group of patients. Lopinavir C(min) (P = 0.039) and area under the curve (P = 0.038) and ritonavir C(max) (P = 0.049) were significantly enhanced in hepatitis-coinfected patients, but correlated only with drug formulation (ie, soft gel capsule or Meltrex tablet formulation, multivariate regression analysis, P = 0.001), not hepatitis coinfection.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite moderately enhanced lopinavir/ritonavir plasma concentrations, regular therapeutic drug monitoring is not to be considered in hepatitis-coinfected patients without hepatic impairment. Antiviral efficacy is comparable between both groups, a less-pronounced CD4(+) cell increase in hepatitis-coinfected patients is in line with previously published data.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Therapeutic drug monitoring - 36(2014), 2 vom: 17. Apr., Seite 192-201

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khaykin, Pavel [VerfasserIn]
Kotzerke, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Stephan, Christoph [VerfasserIn]
Nisius, Gabi [VerfasserIn]
Bickel, Markus [VerfasserIn]
Haberl, Annette [VerfasserIn]
Stürmer, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Kurowski, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Brodt, Reinhard [VerfasserIn]
von Hentig, Nils [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2494G1JF75
Controlled Clinical Trial
Drug Combinations
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Journal Article
Lopinavir
O3J8G9O825
Ritonavir

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Date Completed 09.02.2015

Date Revised 17.03.2014

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/FTD.0b013e3182a28c6a

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM236430629