Predicting Efavirenz Concentrations in the Brain Tissue of HIV-Infected Individuals and Exploring their Relationship to Neurocognitive Impairment

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Sparse data exist on the penetration of antiretrovirals into brain tissue. In this work, we present a framework to use efavirenz (EFV) pharmacokinetic (PK) data in plasma, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and brain tissue of eight rhesus macaques to predict brain tissue concentrations in HIV-infected individuals. We then perform exposure-response analysis with the model-predicted EFV area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) and neurocognitive scores collected from a group of 24 HIV-infected participants. Adult rhesus macaques were dosed daily with 200 mg EFV (as part of a four-drug regimen) for 10 days. Plasma was collected at 8 time points over 10 days and at necropsy, whereas CSF and brain tissue were collected at necropsy. In the clinical study, data were obtained from one paired plasma and CSF sample of participants prescribed EFV, and neuropsychological test evaluations were administered across 15 domains. PK modeling was performed using ADAPT version 5.0 Biomedical Simulation Resource, Los Angeles, CA) with the iterative two-stage estimation method. An eight-compartment model best described EFV distribution across the plasma, CSF, and brain tissue of rhesus macaques and humans. Model-predicted median brain tissue concentrations in humans were 31 and 8,000 ng/mL, respectively. Model-predicted brain tissue AUC was highly correlated with plasma AUC (γ = 0.99, P < 0.001) but not CSF AUC (γ = 0.34, P = 0.1) and did not show any relationship with neurocognitive scores (γ < 0.05, P > 0.05). This analysis provides an approach to estimate PK the brain tissue in order to perform PK/pharmacodynamic analyses at the target site.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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Clinical and translational science - 12(2019), 3 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 302-311

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Srinivas, Nithya [VerfasserIn]
Joseph, Sarah Beth [VerfasserIn]
Robertson, Kevin [VerfasserIn]
Kincer, Laura P [VerfasserIn]
Menezes, Prema [VerfasserIn]
Adamson, Lourdes [VerfasserIn]
Schauer, Amanda P [VerfasserIn]
Blake, Kimberly H [VerfasserIn]
White, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Sykes, Craig [VerfasserIn]
Luciw, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Eron, Joseph J [VerfasserIn]
Forrest, Alan [VerfasserIn]
Price, Richard W [VerfasserIn]
Spudich, Serena [VerfasserIn]
Swanstrom, Ronald [VerfasserIn]
Kashuba, Angela D M [VerfasserIn]

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Alkynes
Benzoxazines
Clinical Trial
Cyclopropanes
Efavirenz
JE6H2O27P8
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 03.07.2020

Date Revised 14.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/cts.12620

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM293034559