Interdisciplinary model-informed drug development for extending duration of elagolix treatment in patients with uterine fibroids

© 2022 AbbVie Inc and Analysis Group, Inc. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Pharmacological Society..

AIM: Elagolix, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonist, was recently approved for heavy menstrual bleeding associated with uterine fibroids (UF, Oriahnn) at a dose of 300 mg twice daily (BID) in combination with add-back therapy (oestradiol 1 mg/norethindrone acetate 0.5 mg [E2/NETA] once daily) for 24 months use. The limited duration of treatment is related to elagolix dose- and duration-dependent decrease in oestrogen that is mechanistically linked to changes in bone mineral density (BMD). The work herein supported the extended treatment duration of 24 months.

METHODS: An integrated exposure-response and epidemiological modelling framework of elagolix effects on femoral neck BMD (FN-BMD), informed by real-world data and phase 3 clinical trials data, was developed to predict the time course and magnitude of changes in BMD and its relation to risk of bone fracture in women with UF.

RESULTS: Model results indicated that women treated with elagolix 300 mg BID + E2/NETA in the long term (ie, >24 months) may experience less than 1% loss in FN-BMD per year, relative to placebo. The exposure-response model simulations and clinical risk factors were used to estimate 10-year risk of fractures using the clinically validated Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX). The impact of elagolix 300 mg BID + E2/NETA treatment on the 10-year risk of hip or major osteoporotic fractures estimated from the FRAX model was minimal compared to that of placebo.

CONCLUSION: The elagolix integrated exposure-BMD analysis and translation to fracture risk provided an interdisciplinary model-informed drug development framework for clinical benefit-risk evaluation and enabled approval of longer treatment duration to benefit the patient.

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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), 12 vom: 29. Dez., Seite 5257-5268

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Beck, Denise [VerfasserIn]
Winzenborg, Insa [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Mostafa, Nael M [VerfasserIn]
Chiuve, Stephanie E [VerfasserIn]
Owens, Charlotte [VerfasserIn]
Shebley, Mohamad [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

33515-09-2
5B2546MB5Z
Bone mineral density
Elagolix
Exposure-response
Femoral neck
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
Hydrocarbons, Fluorinated
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Uterine fibroids

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Date Completed 16.11.2022

Date Revised 31.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/bcp.15440

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34217407X