Pharmacokinetics of Staccato® alprazolam in healthy adult participants in two phase 1 studies : An open-label smoker study and a randomized, placebo-controlled ethnobridging study

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OBJECTIVE: Staccato® alprazolam is a single-use, drug-device combination delivering alprazolam to the deep lung that is being evaluated as treatment for rapid and early seizure termination. This article reports pharmacokinetic (PK) data from two phase 1 studies of Staccato alprazolam in healthy adult participants.

METHODS: The smoker study (EPK-002/NCT03516305) was an open-label, nonrandomized, single-dose, PK study in smokers and nonsmokers aged 21-50 years, administered a single inhaled dose of 1 mg Staccato alprazolam. The ethnobridging study (UP0101/NCT04782388) was a double-blind, placebo-controlled study in Japanese, Chinese, and Caucasian participants aged 18-55 years randomized 4:1 to a single inhaled dose of Staccato alprazolam 2 mg or Staccato placebo.

RESULTS: In the smoker study, 36 participants (18 smokers, 18 nonsmokers) were enrolled and received Staccato alprazolam. Following Staccato administration, alprazolam was rapidly absorbed, with a median time to peak drug plasma concentration (Tmax) of 2 min in both smokers (range = 2-30 min) and nonsmokers (range = 2-60 min). Staccato alprazolam was rapidly absorbed to a similar extent in both smokers and nonsmokers. The most commonly reported treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were somnolence and dizziness. In the ethnobridging study, 10 participants each of Japanese, Chinese, and Caucasian ethnicities were randomized 4:1 to Staccato alprazolam or Staccato placebo. Following Staccato administration, alprazolam was rapidly absorbed and distributed, with a median Tmax of 1.5-2 min in Japanese (range = 1-2 min), Chinese (range = 1-34 min), and Caucasian (range = 1-120 min) participants. Somnolence and sedation were the most commonly reported TEAEs. In both studies, there were no deaths, and no participants reported serious or severe TEAEs, or discontinued due to TEAEs.

SIGNIFICANCE: Alprazolam was rapidly absorbed, and therapeutic drug levels were achieved within 2 min postdose when administered to the lung with the Staccato device. Staccato alprazolam was generally well tolerated and displayed a safety profile consistent with that known from other alprazolam applications. No new safety signals were identified.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

Enthalten in:

Epilepsia - 65(2024), 4 vom: 17. Apr., Seite 887-899

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hayakawa, Yoshinobu [VerfasserIn]
Rospo, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Bartmann, Ana Paula [VerfasserIn]
King, Aliceson [VerfasserIn]
Roebling, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Chanteux, Hugues [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alprazolam
Clinical Trial, Phase I
Fast onset of action
Inhaled alprazolam
Journal Article
Non‐IV formulation
Prolonged seizures
Randomized Controlled Trial
Rapid and early seizure termination
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Date Completed 16.04.2024

Date Revised 19.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/epi.17901

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NLM368907902