Agomelatine : A novel melatonergic antidepressant. Method validation and first exploratory pharmacokinetic study in fasted and fed dogs

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Agomelatine is a novel melatonergic antidepressant, with a non-monoaminergic mechanism of action. The aim of this study was to evaluate its plasma concentrations after a single oral dose of 300 mg/dog in fasted and fed status. The research was carried out in 6 adult healthy Labrador dogs according to a randomized open, single-dose, two-treatment, two-phase, paired 2 × 2 cross-over study. At the end of the study all the animals had received the drug in fasted and fed conditions. The drug concentrations were detected in plasma by a validated LC-MS/MS analytical method. The plasma concentrations of agomelatine were found to be extremely variable in both groups as well as the pharmacokinetic profiles. Due to these variable findings the only reliable pharmacokinetic parameters were assessed as Cmax (31.8 vs 15.7 ng/mL), Tmax (0.75 vs 4 h) and AUC (155 vs 52 ng h/mL) in fasted and fed status, respectively. Unfortunately, as a pioneer study, the small animal sample size used along with the unanticipated variability did not allow to neither statistically estimate if food can affect the pharmacokinetics of agomelatine nor recommend agomelatine for off-label therapies in canine species. Further studies are warranted to clarify this issue.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:139

Enthalten in:

Research in veterinary science - 139(2021) vom: 15. Okt., Seite 140-144

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Łebkowska-Wieruszewska, Beata [VerfasserIn]
Ziółkowski, Hubert [VerfasserIn]
Sartini, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Lisowski, Andrzej [VerfasserIn]
Kowalski, Cezary J [VerfasserIn]
Poapolathep, Amnart [VerfasserIn]
Giorgi, Mario [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

137R1N49AD
Acetamides
Agomelatine
Antidepressive Agents
Behaviour
Depression
Dogs
Journal Article
Plasma concentrations
Randomized Controlled Trial, Veterinary

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Date Completed 05.10.2021

Date Revised 28.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.07.019

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328479578