Abacavir pharmacokinetics in African children living with HIV : A pooled analysis describing the effects of age, malnutrition and common concomitant medications

© 2021 The Authors. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Pharmacological Society..

AIMS: Abacavir is part of WHO-recommended regimens to treat HIV in children under 15 years of age. In a pooled analysis across four studies, we describe abacavir population pharmacokinetics to investigate the influence of age, concomitant medications, malnutrition and formulation.

METHODS: A total of 230 HIV-infected African children were included, with median (range) age of 2.1 (0.1-12.8) years and weight of 9.8 (2.5-30.0) kg. The population pharmacokinetics of abacavir was described using nonlinear mixed-effects modelling.

RESULTS: Abacavir pharmacokinetics was best described by a two-compartment model with first-order elimination, and absorption described by transit compartments. Clearance was predicted around 54% of its mature value at birth and 90% at 10 months. The estimated typical clearance at steady state was 10.7 L/h in a child weighing 9.8 kg co-treated with lopinavir/ritonavir, and was 12% higher in children receiving efavirenz. During coadministration of rifampicin-based antituberculosis treatment and super-boosted lopinavir in a 1:1 ratio with ritonavir, abacavir exposure decreased by 29.4%. Malnourished children living with HIV had higher abacavir exposure initially, but this effect waned with nutritional rehabilitation. An additional 18.4% reduction in clearance after the first abacavir dose was described, suggesting induction of clearance with time on lopinavir/ritonavir-based therapy. Finally, absorption of the fixed dose combination tablet was 24% slower than the abacavir liquid formulation.

CONCLUSION: In this pooled analysis we found that children on lopinavir/ritonavir or efavirenz had similar abacavir exposures, while concomitant TB treatment and super-boosted lopinavir gave significantly reduced abacavir concentrations.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:88

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British journal of clinical pharmacology - 88(2022), 2 vom: 15. Feb., Seite 403-415

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tikiso, Tjokosela [VerfasserIn]
McIlleron, Helen [VerfasserIn]
Burger, David [VerfasserIn]
Gibb, Diana [VerfasserIn]
Rabie, Helena [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Janice [VerfasserIn]
Lallemant, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Cotton, Mark F [VerfasserIn]
Archary, Moherndran [VerfasserIn]
Hennig, Stefanie [VerfasserIn]
Denti, Paolo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2494G1JF75
Abacavir
Anti-HIV Agents
Children
Dideoxynucleosides
Efavirenz
Journal Article
Lopinavir
Malnutrition
Meta-Analysis
O3J8G9O825
Population pharmacokinetics
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rifampicin
Ritonavir
WR2TIP26VS

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Date Completed 11.04.2022

Date Revised 05.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/bcp.14984

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328056618