Model-Informed Precision Dosing Guidance of Ethosuximide Developed from a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of Childhood Absence Epilepsy

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Ethosuximide was identified as the optimal option for new-onset childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) in a randomized, two-phase dose escalation comparative effectiveness trial of ethosuximide, lamotrigine, and valproic acid. However, 47% of ethosuximide initial monotherapy participants experienced short-term treatment failure. This study aimed to characterize the initial monotherapy ethosuximide exposure-response relationship and to propose model-informed precision dosing guidance. Dose titration occurred over a 16-20-week period until patients experienced seizure freedom or intolerable side effects. Subjects with initial monotherapy failure were randomized to one of the other two medications and dose escalation was repeated. A population pharmacokinetic model was created using plasma concentration data (n = 1,320), collected at 4-week intervals from 211 unique participants during both the initial and second monotherapy phases. A logistic regression analysis was performed on the initial monotherapy cohort (n = 103) with complete exposure-response data. Eighty-four participants achieved seizure freedom with a wide range of ethosuximide area under the curves (AUC) ranging from 420 to 2,420 μg·h/mL. AUC exposure estimates for achieving a 50% and 75% probability of seizure freedom were 1,027 and 1,489 μg·h/mL, respectively, whereas the corresponding cumulative frequency of intolerable adverse events was 11% and 16%. Monte Carlo Simulation indicated a daily dose of 40 and 55 mg/kg to achieve 50% and 75% probability of seizure freedom in the overall population, respectively. We identified the need for adjusted mg/kg dosing in different body weight cohorts. This ethosuximide proposed model-informed precision dosing guidance to achieve seizure freedom carries promise to optimize initial monotherapy success for patients with CAE.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:114

Enthalten in:

Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics - 114(2023), 2 vom: 28. Aug., Seite 459-469

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mizuno, Kana [VerfasserIn]
Capparelli, Edmund V [VerfasserIn]
Fukuda, Tsuyoshi [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Min [VerfasserIn]
Adamson, Peter C [VerfasserIn]
Blumer, Jeffery L [VerfasserIn]
Cnaan, Avital [VerfasserIn]
Clark, Peggy O [VerfasserIn]
Reed, Michael D [VerfasserIn]
Shinnar, Shlomo [VerfasserIn]
Vinks, Alexander A [VerfasserIn]
Glauser, Tracy A [VerfasserIn]
Childhood Absence Epilepsy Study Group [VerfasserIn]

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5SEH9X1D1D
614OI1Z5WI
Anticonvulsants
Ethosuximide
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Valproic Acid

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Date Completed 23.10.2023

Date Revised 24.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cpt.2965

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358180651