Assessment of Drug-Drug Interaction Risk Between Intravenous Fentanyl and the Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir Combination Regimen in Hepatitis C Patients Using Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling and Simulations

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INTRODUCTION: An unsafe injection practice is one of the major contributors to new hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections; thus, people who inject drugs are a key population to prioritize to achieve HCV elimination. The introduction of highly effective and well-tolerated pangenotypic direct-acting antivirals, including glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (GLE/PIB), has revolutionized the HCV treatment landscape. Glecaprevir is a weak cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) inhibitor, so there is the potential for drug-drug interactions (DDIs) with some opioids metabolized by CYP3A4, such as fentanyl. This study estimated the impact of GLE/PIB on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous fentanyl by building a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model.

METHODS: A PBPK model was developed for intravenous fentanyl by incorporating published information on fentanyl metabolism, distribution, and elimination in healthy individuals. Three clinical DDI studies were used to verify DDIs within the fentanyl PBPK model. This model was integrated with a previously developed GLE/PIB PBPK model. After model validation, DDI simulations were conducted by coadministering GLE 300 mg + PIB 120 mg with a single dose of intravenous fentanyl (0.5 µg/kg).

RESULTS: The predicted maximum plasma concentration ratio between GLE/PIB + fentanyl and fentanyl alone was 1.00, and the predicted area under the curve ratio was 1.04, suggesting an increase of only 4% in fentanyl exposure.

CONCLUSION: The administration of a therapeutic dose of GLE/PIB has very little effect on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous fentanyl. This negligible increase would not be expected to increase the risk of fentanyl overdose beyond the inherent risks related to the amount and purity of the fentanyl received during recreational use.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Infectious diseases and therapy - 12(2023), 8 vom: 20. Aug., Seite 2057-2070

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mukherjee, Dwaipayan [VerfasserIn]
Collins, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Dylla, Douglas E [VerfasserIn]
Kaur, Jatinder [VerfasserIn]
Semizarov, Dimitri [VerfasserIn]
Martinez, Anthony [VerfasserIn]
Conway, Brian [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Tipu [VerfasserIn]
Mostafa, Nael M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CYP3A4
Drug–drug interactions
Fentanyl
Glecaprevir
Hepatitis C virus
Journal Article
Opioids
Pangenotypic direct-acting antivirals
Physiologically based pharmacokinetic model

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 22.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s40121-023-00830-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359713777