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Yuda GPWC, Hanif N, Hermawan A. Computational Screening Using a Combination of Ligand-Based Machine Learning and Molecular Docking Methods for the Repurposing of Antivirals Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease. Daru 2024; 32:47-65. [PMID: 37907683 PMCID: PMC11087449 DOI: 10.1007/s40199-023-00484-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, a close relative of SARS-CoV. Several studies have searched for COVID-19 therapies. The topics of these works ranged from vaccine discovery to natural products targeting the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro), a potential therapeutic target due to its essential role in replication and conserved sequences. However, published research on this target is limited, presenting an opportunity for drug discovery and development. METHOD This study aims to repurpose 10692 drugs in DrugBank by using ligand-based virtual screening (LBVS) machine learning (ML) with Konstanz Information Miner (KNIME) to seek potential therapeutics based on Mpro inhibitors. The top candidate compounds, the native ligand (GC-376) of the Mpro inhibitor, and the positive control boceprevir were then subjected to absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADMET) characterization, drug-likeness prediction, and molecular docking (MD). Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis was added to provide accurate information about the Mpro regulatory network. RESULTS This study identified 3,166 compound candidates inhibiting Mpro. The random forest (RF) molecular access system ML model provided the highest confidence score of 0.95 (bromo-7-nitroindazole) and identified the top 22 candidate compounds. Subjecting the 22 candidate compounds, the native ligand GC-376, and boceprevir to further ADMET property characterization and drug-likeness predictions revealed that one compound had two violations of Lipinski's rule. Additional MD results showed that only five compounds had more negative binding energies than the native ligand (- 12.25 kcal/mol). Among these compounds, CCX-140 exhibited the lowest score of - 13.64 kcal/mol. Through literature analysis, six compound classes with potential activity for Mpro were discovered. They included benzopyrazole, azole, pyrazolopyrimidine, carboxylic acids and derivatives, benzene and substituted derivatives, and diazine. Four pathologies were also discovered on the basis of the Mpro PPI network. CONCLUSION Results demonstrated the efficiency of LBVS combined with MD. This combined strategy provided positive evidence showing that the top screened drugs, including CCX-140, which had the lowest MD score, can be reasonably advanced to the in vitro phase. This combined method may accelerate the discovery of therapies for novel or orphan diseases from existing drugs.
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- Gusti Putu Wahyunanda Crista Yuda
- Laboratory of Macromolecular Engineering, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada Sekip Utara II, 55281, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Master Student of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, 06100, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Macromolecular Engineering, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada Sekip Utara II, 55281, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
- Laboratory of Advanced Pharmaceutical Sciences. APSLC Building, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada Sekip Utara II, 55281, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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Thoueille P, Delfraysse M, Andre P, Buclin T, Decosterd LA, Fedeli C, Ustero P, Calmy A, Guidi M. Population pharmacokinetic analysis of lopinavir in HIV negative individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2: a COPEP (COronavirus Post-Exposure Prophylaxis) sub-study. BMC Pharmacol Toxicol 2023; 24:47. [PMID: 37759315 PMCID: PMC10536696 DOI: 10.1186/s40360-023-00687-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) is a drug traditionally used for the treatment of HIV that has been repurposed as a potential post-exposure prophylaxis agent against COVID-19 in the COronavirus Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (COPEP) study. The present analysis aims to evaluate LPV levels in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2 versus people living with HIV (PLWH) by developing a population pharmacokinetic (popPK) model, while characterizing external and patient-related factors that might affect LPV exposure along with dose-response association. METHODS We built a popPK model on 105 LPV concentrations measured in 105 HIV-negative COPEP individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2, complemented with 170 LPV concentrations from 119 PLWH followed in our routine therapeutic drug-monitoring programme. Published LPV popPK models developed in PLWH and in COVID-19 patients were retrieved and validated in our study population by mean prediction error (MPE) and root mean square error (RMSE). The association between LPV model-predicted residual concentrations (Cmin) and the appearance of the COVID-19 infection in the COPEP participants was investigated. RESULTS A one-compartment model with linear absorption and elimination best described LPV concentrations in both our analysis and in the majority of the identified studies. Globally, similar PK parameters were found in all PK models, and provided close MPEs (from -19.4% to 8.0%, with a RMSE of 3.4% to 49.5%). No statistically significant association between Cmin and the occurrence of a COVID-19 infection could be detected. CONCLUSION Our analysis indicated that LPV circulating concentrations were similar between COPEP participants and PLWH, and that published popPK models described our data in a comparable way.
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- Paul Thoueille
- Service and Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Service and Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Service and Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Service and Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Service and Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Service and Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Centre for Research and Innovation in Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Kaizer AM, Shapiro NI, Wild J, Brown SM, Cwik BJ, Hart KW, Jones AE, Pulia MS, Self WH, Smith C, Smith SA, Ng PC, Thompson BT, Rice TW, Lindsell CJ, Ginde AA. Lopinavir/ritonavir for treatment of non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a randomized clinical trial. Int J Infect Dis 2023; 128:223-229. [PMID: 36581186 PMCID: PMC9792182 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Effective and widely available therapies are still needed for outpatients with COVID-19. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) for early treatment of non-hospitalized individuals diagnosed with COVID-19. METHODS This randomized, placebo (Plb)-controlled, double-blind, multi-site decentralized clinical trial enrolled non-hospitalized adults with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and six or fewer days of acute respiratory infection symptoms who were randomized to either twice-daily oral LPV/r (400 mg/100 mg) or Plb for 14 days. Daily surveys on study days 1 through 16 and again on study day 28 evaluated symptoms, daily activities, and hospitalization status. The primary outcome was longitudinal change in an ordinal scale based on a combination of symptoms, activity, and hospitalization status through day 15 and was analyzed by use of a Bayesian longitudinal proportional odds logistic regression model for estimating the probability of a superior recovery for LPV/r over Plb (odds ratio >1). RESULTS Between June 2020 and December 2021, 448 participants were randomized to receive either LPV/r (n = 216) or Plb (n = 221). The mean symptom duration before randomization was 4.3 days (SD 1.3). There were no differences between treatment groups through the first 15 days for the ordinal primary outcome (odds ratio 0.96; 95% credible interval: 0.66 to 1.41). There were 3.2% (n = 7) of LPV/r and 2.7% (n = 6) of Plb participants hospitalized by day 28. Serious adverse events did not differ between groups. CONCLUSION LPV/r did not significantly improve symptom resolution or reduce hospitalization in non-hospitalized participants with COVID-19. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04372628.
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- Alexander M Kaizer
- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, Utah, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Missouri, USA
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- BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research and Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Vanderbilt Coordinating Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- San Antonio Military Medical Center, En route Care Research Center, 59th Medical Wing/Office of Science and Technology, US Air Force 59th Medical Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
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Villemure S, Trenaman SC, Goralski KB. The impact of COVID-19 infection on cytochrome P450 3A4-mediated drug metabolism and drug interactions. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2023; 19:329-332. [PMID: 37345482 DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2023.2228680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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- Samuel Villemure
- College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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- College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre
- Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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McColl ER, Croyle MA, Zamboni WC, Honer WG, Heise M, Piquette-Miller M, Goralski KB. COVID-19 Vaccines and the Virus: Impact on Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics. Drug Metab Dispos 2023; 51:130-141. [PMID: 36273826 PMCID: PMC11022893 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.122.000934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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This article reports on an American Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Division of Drug Metabolism and Disposition symposium held at Experimental Biology on April 2, 2022, in Philadelphia. As of July 2022, over 500 million people have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 (the virus causing COVID-19) and over 12 billion vaccine doses have been administered. Clinically significant interactions between viral infections and hepatic drug metabolism were first recognized over 40 years ago during a cluster of pediatric theophylline toxicity cases attributed to reduced hepatic drug metabolism amid an influenza B outbreak. Today, a substantive body of research supports that the activated innate immune response generally decreases hepatic cytochrome P450 activity. The interactions extend to drug transporters and other organs and have the potential to impact drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME). Based on this knowledge, altered ADME is predicted with SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination. The report begins with a clinical case exploring the possibility of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination increasing clozapine levels. This is followed by discussions of how SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccines alter the metabolism and disposition of complex drugs, such as nanoparticles and biologics and small molecule therapies. The review concludes with a discussion of the effects of viral infections on placental amino acid transport and their potential to impact fetal development. The session improved our understanding of the impact of emerging viral infections and vaccine technologies on drug metabolism and disposition, which will help mitigate drug toxicity and improve drug and vaccine safety and effectiveness. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Altered pharmacokinetics of small molecule and complex molecule drugs and fetal brain distribution of amino acids following SARS-CoV-2 infection or immunization are possible. The proposed mechanisms involve decreased liver cytochrome P450 metabolism of small molecules, enhanced innate immune system metabolism of complex molecules, and altered placental and fetal blood-brain barrier amino acid transport, respectively. Future research is needed to understand the effects of these interactions on adverse drug responses, drug and vaccine safety, and effectiveness and fetal neurodevelopment.
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- Eliza R McColl
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (E.R.M., M.P-M.); Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Austin, Texas (M.A.C.); Eshelman School of Pharmacy (W.C.Z.) and Department of Genetics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and The Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative (READDI) (M.H.), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (W.G.H.); and College of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Department of Pharmacology and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University (K.B.G.); Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre (K.B.G.); and Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute (K.B.G.), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (E.R.M., M.P-M.); Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Austin, Texas (M.A.C.); Eshelman School of Pharmacy (W.C.Z.) and Department of Genetics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and The Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative (READDI) (M.H.), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (W.G.H.); and College of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Department of Pharmacology and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University (K.B.G.); Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre (K.B.G.); and Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute (K.B.G.), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (E.R.M., M.P-M.); Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Austin, Texas (M.A.C.); Eshelman School of Pharmacy (W.C.Z.) and Department of Genetics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and The Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative (READDI) (M.H.), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (W.G.H.); and College of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Department of Pharmacology and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University (K.B.G.); Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre (K.B.G.); and Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute (K.B.G.), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (E.R.M., M.P-M.); Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Austin, Texas (M.A.C.); Eshelman School of Pharmacy (W.C.Z.) and Department of Genetics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and The Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative (READDI) (M.H.), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (W.G.H.); and College of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Department of Pharmacology and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University (K.B.G.); Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre (K.B.G.); and Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute (K.B.G.), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (E.R.M., M.P-M.); Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Austin, Texas (M.A.C.); Eshelman School of Pharmacy (W.C.Z.) and Department of Genetics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and The Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative (READDI) (M.H.), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (W.G.H.); and College of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Department of Pharmacology and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University (K.B.G.); Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre (K.B.G.); and Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute (K.B.G.), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (E.R.M., M.P-M.); Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Austin, Texas (M.A.C.); Eshelman School of Pharmacy (W.C.Z.) and Department of Genetics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and The Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative (READDI) (M.H.), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (W.G.H.); and College of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Department of Pharmacology and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University (K.B.G.); Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre (K.B.G.); and Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute (K.B.G.), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (E.R.M., M.P-M.); Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery and LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, Austin, Texas (M.A.C.); Eshelman School of Pharmacy (W.C.Z.) and Department of Genetics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and The Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative (READDI) (M.H.), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia and British Columbia Mental Health and Substance Use Services Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (W.G.H.); and College of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Department of Pharmacology and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University (K.B.G.); Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre (K.B.G.); and Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute (K.B.G.), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Abdallah YEH, Chahal S, Jamali F, Mahmoud SH. Drug-disease interaction: Clinical consequences of inflammation on drugs action and disposition. JOURNAL OF PHARMACY & PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES : A PUBLICATION OF THE CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, SOCIETE CANADIENNE DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES 2023; 26:11137. [PMID: 36942294 PMCID: PMC9990632 DOI: 10.3389/jpps.2023.11137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Inflammation is a culprit in many conditions affecting millions of people worldwide. A plethora of studies has revealed that inflammation and inflammatory mediators such as cytokines and chemokines are associated with altered expression and activity of various proteins such as those involved in drug metabolism, specifically cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYPs). Emphasis of most available reports is on the inflammation-induced downregulation of CYPs, subsequently an increase in their substrate concentrations, and the link between the condition and the inflammatory mediators such as interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha. However, reports also suggest that inflammation influences expression and/or activity of other proteins such as those involved in the drug-receptor interaction. These multifaced involvements render the clinical consequence of the inflammation unexpected. Such changes are shown in many inflammatory conditions including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, acute respiratory illnesses as well as natural processes such as aging, among others. For example, some commonly used cardiovascular drugs lose their efficacy when patients get afflicted with inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease. Interestingly, this is despite increased concentration subsequent to reduced clearance. The observation is attributed to a simultaneous reduction in the expression of target receptor proteins such as the calcium and potassium channel and β-adrenergic receptor as well as the metabolic enzymes. This narrative review summarizes the current understanding and clinical implications of the inflammatory effects on both CYPs and drug-receptor target proteins.
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Coutant DE, Boulton DW, Dahal UP, Deslandes A, Grimaldi C, Pereira JNS, Säll C, Sarvaiya H, Schiller H, Tai G, Umehara K, Yuan Y, Dallas S. Therapeutic Protein Drug Interactions: A White Paper From the International Consortium for Innovation and Quality in Pharmaceutical Development. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2022; 113:1185-1198. [PMID: 36477720 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Typically, therapeutic proteins (TPs) have a low risk for eliciting meaningful drug interactions (DIs). However, there are select instances where TP drug interactions (TP-DIs) of clinical concern can occur. This white paper discusses the various types of TP-DIs involving mechanisms such as changes in disease state, target-mediated drug disposition, neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), or antidrug antibodies formation. The nature of TP drug interaction being investigated should determine whether the examination is conducted as a standalone TP-DI study in healthy participants, in patients, or assessed via population pharmacokinetic analysis. DIs involving antibody-drug conjugates are discussed briefly, but the primary focus here will be DIs involving cytokine modulation. Cytokine modulation can occur directly by certain TPs, or indirectly due to moderate to severe inflammation, infection, or injury. Disease states that have been shown to result in indirect disease-DIs that are clinically meaningful have been listed (i.e., typically a twofold change in the systemic exposure of a coadministered sensitive cytochrome P450 substrate drug). Type of disease and severity of inflammation should be the primary drivers for risk assessment for disease-DIs. While more clinical inflammatory marker data needs to be collected, the use of two or more clinical inflammatory markers (such as C-reactive protein, albumin, or interleukin 6) may help broadly categorize whether the predicted magnitude of inflammatory disease-DI risk is negligible, weak, or moderate to strong. Based on current knowledge, clinical DI studies are not necessary for all TPs, and should no longer be conducted in certain disease patient populations such as psoriasis, which do not have sufficient systemic inflammation to cause a meaningful indirect disease-DI.
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- David E Coutant
- Drug Disposition Department, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- Clinical Pharmacology and Quantitative Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, Research & Development, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
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- Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism, Amgen, Inc., South San Francisco, California, USA
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- Translational Medicine and Early Development, Sanofi Research & Development, Chilly-Mazarin, France
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- Formerly of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA
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- Drug Disposition & Design, Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Development Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Elimination, Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark
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- Drug Metabolism, Pharmacokinetics, and Bioanalytical, AbbVie Inc., California, South San Francisco, USA
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- Pharmacokinetic Sciences, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, Roche Pharma Research & Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Formerly of Department of Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- Preclinical Sciences & Translational Safety, Janssen Research & Development, Springhouse, Pennsylvania, USA
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Joshi C, Chaudhari A, Joshi C, Joshi M, Bagatharia S. Repurposing of the herbal formulations: molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation studies to validate the efficacy of phytocompounds against SARS-CoV-2 proteins. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2022; 40:8405-8419. [PMID: 33988079 PMCID: PMC8127611 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2021.1922095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Herbal formulations mentioned in traditional medicinal texts were investigated for in silico effect against SARS-COV-2 proteins involved in various functions of a virus such as attachment, entry, replication, transcription, etc. To repurpose and validate polyherbal formulations, molecular docking was performed to study the interactions of more than 150 compounds from various formulations against the SARS-CoV-2 proteins. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was performed to evaluate the interaction of top scored ligands with the various receptor proteins. The docking results showed that Liquiritic acid, Liquorice acid, Terchebulin, Glabrolide, Casuarinin, Corilagin, Chebulagic acid, Neochebulinic acid, Daturataturin A, and Taraxerol were effective against SARS-COV-2 proteins with higher binding affinities with different proteins. Results of MD simulations validated the stability of ligands from potent formulations with various receptors of SARS-CoV-2. Binding free energy analysis suggested the favourable interactions of phytocompounds with the recpetors. Besides, in silico comparison of the various formulations determined that Pathyadi kwath, Sanjeevani vati, Yashtimadhu, Tribhuvan Keeratiras, and Septillin were more effective than Samshamni vati, AYUSH-64, and Trikatu. Polyherbal formulations having anti-COVID-19 potential can be used for the treatment with adequate monitoring. New formulations may also be developed for systematic trials based on ranking from these studies.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Chinmayi Joshi
- Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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- Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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- Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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- Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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Huang J, Zhang Z, Hao C, Qiu Y, Tan R, Liu J, Wang X, Yang W, Qu H. Identifying Drug-Induced Liver Injury Associated With Inflammation-Drug and Drug-Drug Interactions in Pharmacologic Treatments for COVID-19 by Bioinformatics and System Biology Analyses: The Role of Pregnane X Receptor. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:804189. [PMID: 35979235 PMCID: PMC9377275 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.804189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Of the patients infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), approximately 14–53% developed liver injury resulting in poor outcomes. Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is the primary cause of liver injury in COVID-19 patients. In this study, we elucidated liver injury mechanism induced by drugs of pharmacologic treatments against SARS-CoV-2 (DPTS) using bioinformatics and systems biology. Totally, 1209 genes directly related to 216 DPTS (DPTSGs) were genes encoding pharmacokinetics and therapeutic targets of DPTS and enriched in the pathways related to drug metabolism of CYP450s, pregnane X receptor (PXR), and COVID-19 adverse outcome. A network, constructed by 110 candidate targets which were the shared part of DPTSGs and 445 DILI targets, identified 49 key targets and four Molecular Complex Detection clusters. Enrichment results revealed that the 4 clusters were related to inflammatory responses, CYP450s regulated by PXR, NRF2-regualted oxidative stress, and HLA-related adaptive immunity respectively. In cluster 1, IL6, IL1B, TNF, and CCL2 of the top ten key targets were enriched in COVID-19 adverse outcomes pathway, indicating the exacerbation of COVID-19 inflammation on DILI. PXR-CYP3A4 expression of cluster 2 caused DILI through inflammation-drug interaction and drug-drug interactions among pharmaco-immunomodulatory agents, including tocilizumab, glucocorticoids (dexamethasone, methylprednisolone, and hydrocortisone), and ritonavir. NRF2 of cluster 3 and HLA targets of cluster four promoted DILI, being related to ritonavir/glucocorticoids and clavulanate/vancomycin. This study showed the pivotal role of PXR associated with inflammation-drug and drug-drug interactions on DILI and highlighted the cautious clinical decision-making for pharmacotherapy to avoid DILI in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
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- Jingjing Huang
- Department of Pharmacy, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Critical Care, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaoli Wang, ; Wanhua Yang, ; Hongping Qu,
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- Department of Pharmacy, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaoli Wang, ; Wanhua Yang, ; Hongping Qu,
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- Department of Critical Care, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Xiaoli Wang, ; Wanhua Yang, ; Hongping Qu,
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Chen KF, Jones HM, Gill KL. PBPK modelling to predict drug-biologic interactions with cytokine modulators: Are these relevant and is IL-6 enough?. Drug Metab Dispos 2022; 50:1322-1331. [PMID: 35868639 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.122.000926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Drugs that modulate cytokine levels are often used for the treatment of cancer as well as inflammatory or immunological disorders. Pharmacokinetic drug-biologic interactions (DBI) may arise from suppression or elevation of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes caused by the increase or decrease in cytokine levels following administration of these therapies. There is in vitro and in vivo evidence that demonstrates a clear link between raised interleukin (IL)-6 levels and CYP suppression, in particular CYP3A4. However despite this, the changes in IL-6 levels in vivo rarely lead to significant drug interactions (AUC and Cmax ratios < 2-fold). The clinical significance of such interactions therefore remains questionable and is dependent on the therapeutic index of the small molecule therapy. Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelling has been used successfully to predict the impact of raised IL-6 on CYP activities. Beyond IL-6, published data show little evidence that IL-8, IL-10, and IL-17 suppress CYP enzymes. I n vitro data suggest that IL-1β, IL-2, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, and interferon (IFN)-γ can cause suppression of CYP enzymes. Despite in vivo there being a link between IL-6 levels and CYP suppression, the evidence to support a direct effect of IL-2, IL-8, IL-10, IL-17, IFN-γ, TNF-α or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on CYP activity is inconclusive. This commentary will discuss the relevance of such drug-biologic interactions and whether current PBPK models considering only IL-6 are sufficient. Significance Statement This commentary summarizes the current in vitro and in vivo literature regarding cytokine-mediated CYP suppression and compares the relative suppressive potential of different cytokines in reference to IL-6. It also discusses the relevance of drug-biologic interactions to therapeutic use of small molecule drugs and whether current PBPK models considering only IL-6 are sufficient to predict the extent of drug-biologic interactions.
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Elfaki I. The Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection on the Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes Cytochrome P450s. Drug Metab Lett 2022; 15:DML-EPUB-122095. [PMID: 35362390 DOI: 10.2174/1872312815666220331142046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Coronaviruses cause disease in human and animals. In 2019 a novel coronavirus was first characterized in Wuhan, China. It causes acute respiratory disease and designated the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or COVID-19. The COVID-19 spread to all cities of China, and in 2020 to the whole world. Patients with COVID-19 may recover without medical treatment. However, some patients need medical care. The Cytochrome p450s (CYP450s) are large superfamily of enzymes catalyze the metabolism of endogenous substrates and xenobiotics. CYP450s catalyze the biotransformation of 80% of the drug in clinical use. The CYP450 present in liver, lungs, intestine and other tissues. COVID-19 has been reported to decrease the activity of certain isoforms of CYP450s in an isoform specific manner. Furthermore, the COVID-19 infection decreases the liver functions including the drug clearance or detoxification medicated by the CYP450s. The healthcare providers should be aware of this disease-drug interaction when prescribing drugs for treatment of COVID-19 and other comorbidities.
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- Imadeldin Elfaki
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Jacobs TG, Marzolini C, Back DJ, Burger DM. Dexamethasone is a dose-dependent perpetrator of drug-drug interactions: implications for use in people living with HIV. J Antimicrob Chemother 2022; 77:568-573. [PMID: 34791318 PMCID: PMC8690014 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkab412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Global use of dexamethasone in COVID-19 patients has revealed a poor understanding of the drug-drug interaction (DDI) potential of dexamethasone, particularly with antiretroviral agents (ARVs). Dexamethasone is both a substrate and a dose-dependent inducer of cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4). As many ARVs are substrates and/or inhibitors or inducers of CYP3A4, there is concern about DDIs with dexamethasone either as a perpetrator or a victim. Assessment of DDIs that involve dexamethasone is complex as dexamethasone is used at a range of daily doses (generally 0.5 up to 40 mg) and a treatment course can be short, long, or intermittent. Moreover, DDIs with dexamethasone have been evaluated only for a limited number of drugs. Here, we summarize the available in vitro and in vivo data on the interaction potential of dexamethasone and provide recommendations for the management of DDIs with ARVs, considering various dexamethasone dosages and treatment durations.
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- Tom G Jacobs
- Department of Pharmacy, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Departments of Medicine and Clinical Research, University Hospital of Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Wang G, Xiao B, Deng J, Gong L, Li Y, Li J, Zhong Y. The Role of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes in COVID-19 Pathogenesis and Therapy. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:791922. [PMID: 35185562 PMCID: PMC8847594 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.791922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a new public health crisis threatening the world. Dysregulated immune responses are the most striking pathophysiological features of patients with severe COVID-19, which can result in multiple-organ failure and death. The cytochrome P450 (CYP) system is the most important drug metabolizing enzyme family, which plays a significant role in the metabolism of endogenous or exogenous substances. Endogenous CYPs participate in the biosynthesis or catabolism of endogenous substances, including steroids, vitamins, eicosanoids, and fatty acids, whilst xenobiotic CYPs are associated with the metabolism of environmental toxins, drugs, and carcinogens. CYP expression and activity are greatly affected by immune response. However, changes in CYP expression and/or function in COVID-19 and their impact on COVID-19 pathophysiology and the metabolism of therapeutic agents in COVID-19, remain unclear. In this analysis, we review current evidence predominantly in the following areas: firstly, the possible changes in CYP expression and/or function in COVID-19; secondly, the effects of CYPs on the metabolism of arachidonic acid, vitamins, and steroid hormones in COVID-19; and thirdly, the effects of CYPs on the metabolism of therapeutic COVID-19 drugs.
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- Guyi Wang
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Emergency, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Lenoir C, Rollason V, Desmeules JA, Samer CF. Influence of Inflammation on Cytochromes P450 Activity in Adults: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:733935. [PMID: 34867341 PMCID: PMC8637893 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.733935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background: Available in-vitro and animal studies indicate that inflammation impacts cytochromes P450 (CYP) activity via multiple and complex transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms, depending on the specific CYP isoforms and the nature of inflammation mediators. It is essential to review the current published data on the impact of inflammation on CYP activities in adults to support drug individualization based on comorbidities and diseases in clinical practice. Methods: This systematic review was conducted in PubMed through 7th January 2021 looking for articles that investigated the consequences of inflammation on CYP activities in adults. Information on the source of inflammation, victim drugs (and CYPs involved), effect of disease-drug interaction, number of subjects, and study design were extracted. Results: The search strategy identified 218 studies and case reports that met our inclusion criteria. These articles were divided into fourteen different sources of inflammation (such as infection, autoimmune diseases, cancer, therapies with immunomodulator…). The impact of inflammation on CYP activities appeared to be isoform-specific and dependent on the nature and severity of the underlying disease causing the inflammation. Some of these drug-disease interactions had a significant influence on drug pharmacokinetic parameters and on clinical management. For example, clozapine levels doubled with signs of toxicity during infections and the concentration ratio between clopidogrel's active metabolite and clopidogrel is 48-fold lower in critically ill patients. Infection and CYP3A were the most cited perpetrator of inflammation and the most studied CYP, respectively. Moreover, some data suggest that resolution of inflammation results in a return to baseline CYP activities. Conclusion: Convincing evidence shows that inflammation is a major factor to be taken into account in drug development and in clinical practice to avoid any efficacy or safety issues because inflammation modulates CYP activities and thus drug pharmacokinetics. The impact is different depending on the CYP isoform and the inflammatory disease considered. Moreover, resolution of inflammation appears to result in a normalization of CYP activity. However, some results are still equivocal and further investigations are thus needed.
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- Camille Lenoir
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland (ISPSO), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland (ISPSO), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Fujino C, Sanoh S, Katsura T. Variation in Expression of Cytochrome P450 3A Isoforms and Toxicological Effects: Endo- and Exogenous Substances as Regulatory Factors and Substrates. Biol Pharm Bull 2021; 44:1617-1634. [PMID: 34719640 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b21-00332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The CYP3A subfamily, which includes isoforms CYP3A4, CYP3A5, and CYP3A7 in humans, plays important roles in the metabolism of various endogenous and exogenous substances. Gene and protein expression of CYP3A4, CYP3A5, and CYP3A7 show large inter-individual differences, which are caused by many endogenous and exogenous factors. Inter-individual differences can cause negative outcomes, such as adverse drug events and disease development. Therefore, it is important to understand the variations in CYP3A expression caused by endo- and exogenous factors, as well as the variation in the metabolism and kinetics of endo- and exogenous substrates. In this review, we summarize the factors regulating CYP3A expression, such as bile acids, hormones, microRNA, inflammatory cytokines, drugs, environmental chemicals, and dietary factors. In addition, variations in CYP3A expression under pathological conditions, such as coronavirus disease 2019 and liver diseases, are described as examples of the physiological effects of endogenous factors. We also summarize endogenous and exogenous substrates metabolized by CYP3A isoforms, such as cholesterol, bile acids, hormones, arachidonic acid, vitamin D, and drugs. The relationship between the changes in the kinetics of these substrates and the toxicological effects in our bodies are discussed. The usefulness of these substrates and metabolites as endogenous biomarkers for CYP3A activity is also discussed. Notably, we focused on discrimination between CYP3A4, CYP3A5, and CYP3A7 to understand inter-individual differences in CYP3A expression and function.
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- Chieri Fujino
- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmaceutics and Therapeutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
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- Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University.,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wakayama Medical University
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- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmaceutics and Therapeutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
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Bartelink IH, Bet PM, Widmer N, Guidi M, Duijvelaar E, Grob B, Honeywell R, Evelo A, Tielbeek IPE, Snape SD, Hamer H, Decosterd LA, Jan Bogaard H, Aman J, Swart EL. Elevated acute phase proteins affect pharmacokinetics in COVID-19 trials: Lessons from the CounterCOVID - imatinib study. CPT-PHARMACOMETRICS & SYSTEMS PHARMACOLOGY 2021; 10:1497-1511. [PMID: 34608769 PMCID: PMC8646516 DOI: 10.1002/psp4.12718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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This study aimed to determine whether published pharmacokinetic (PK) models can adequately predict the PK profile of imatinib in a new indication, such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). Total (bound + unbound) and unbound imatinib plasma concentrations obtained from 134 patients with COVID‐19 participating in the CounterCovid study and from an historical dataset of 20 patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and 85 patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) were compared. Total imatinib area under the concentration time curve (AUC), maximum concentration (Cmax) and trough concentration (Ctrough) were 2.32‐fold (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.34–3.29), 2.31‐fold (95% CI 1.33–3.29), and 2.32‐fold (95% CI 1.11–3.53) lower, respectively, for patients with CML/GIST compared with patients with COVID‐19, whereas unbound concentrations were comparable among groups. Inclusion of alpha1‐acid glycoprotein (AAG) concentrations measured in patients with COVID‐19 into a previously published model developed to predict free imatinib concentrations in patients with GIST using total imatinib and plasma AAG concentration measurements (AAG‐PK‐Model) gave an estimated mean (SD) prediction error (PE) of −20% (31%) for total and −7.0% (56%) for unbound concentrations. Further covariate modeling with this combined dataset showed that in addition to AAG; age, bodyweight, albumin, CRP, and intensive care unit admission were predictive of total imatinib oral clearance. In conclusion, high total and unaltered unbound concentrations of imatinib in COVID‐19 compared to CML/GIST were a result of variability in acute phase proteins. This is a textbook example of how failure to take into account differences in plasma protein binding and the unbound fraction when interpreting PK of highly protein bound drugs, such as imatinib, could lead to selection of a dose with suboptimal efficacy in patients with COVID‐19.
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- Imke H Bartelink
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Service of Clinical Pharmacology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Specialised Centre for Emergency and Disaster Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Pharmacy of the Eastern Vaud Hospitals, Rennaz, Switzerland
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- Service of Clinical Pharmacology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Center for Research and Innovation in Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Service of Clinical Pharmacology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Dunvald ACD, Järvinen E, Mortensen C, Stage TB. Clinical and Molecular Perspectives on Inflammation-Mediated Regulation of Drug Metabolism and Transport. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2021; 112:277-290. [PMID: 34605009 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Inflammation is a possible cause of variability in drug response and toxicity due to altered regulation in drug-metabolizing enzymes and transporters (DMETs) in humans. Here, we evaluate the clinical and in vitro evidence on inflammation-mediated modulation of DMETs, and the impact on drug metabolism in humans. Furthermore, we identify and discuss the gaps in our current knowledge. A systematic literature search on PubMed, Embase, and grey literature was performed in the period of February to September 2020. A total of 203 papers was included. In vitro studies in primary human hepatocytes revealed strong evidence that CYP3A4 is strongly downregulated by inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and IL-1β. CYP1A2, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, and CYP2D6 were downregulated to a lesser extent. In clinical studies, acute and chronic inflammatory diseases were observed to cause downregulation of CYP enzymes in a similar pattern. However, there is no clear correlation between in vitro studies and clinical studies, mainly because most in vitro studies use supraphysiological cytokine doses. Moreover, clinical studies demonstrate considerable variability in terms of methodology and inconsistencies in evaluation of the inflammatory state. In conclusion, we find inflammation and pro-inflammatory cytokines to be important factors in regulation of drug-metabolizing enzymes and transporters. The observed downregulation is clinically relevant, and we emphasize caution when treating patients in an inflammatory state with narrow therapeutic index drugs. Further research is needed to identify the full extent of inflammation-mediated changes in DMETs and to further support personalized medicine.
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- Ann-Cathrine Dalgård Dunvald
- Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy, and Environmental Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy, and Environmental Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy, and Environmental Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy, and Environmental Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense C, Denmark
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Stader F, Battegay M, Sendi P, Marzolini C. Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modelling to Investigate the Impact of the Cytokine Storm on CYP3A Drug Pharmacokinetics in COVID-19 Patients. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2021; 111:579-584. [PMID: 34496043 PMCID: PMC8652944 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) may experience a cytokine storm with elevated interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) levels in response to severe acute respiratory syndrome‐coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2). IL‐6 suppresses hepatic enzymes, including CYP3A; however, the effect on drug exposure and drug‐drug interaction magnitudes of the cytokine storm and resulting elevated IL‐6 levels have not been characterized in patients with COVID‐19. We used physiologically‐based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling to simulate the effect of inflammation on the pharmacokinetics of CYP3A metabolized drugs. A PBPK model was developed for lopinavir boosted with ritonavir (LPV/r), using clinically observed data from people living with HIV (PLWH). The inhibition of CYPs by IL‐6 was implemented by a semimechanistic suppression model and verified against clinical data from patients with COVID‐19, treated with LPV/r. Subsequently, the verified model was used to simulate the effect of various clinically observed IL‐6 levels on the exposure of LPV/r and midazolam, a CYP3A model drug. Clinically observed LPV/r concentrations in PLWH and patients with COVID‐19 were predicted within the 95% confidence interval of the simulation results, demonstrating its predictive capability. Simulations indicated a twofold higher LPV exposure in patients with COVID‐19 compared with PLWH, whereas ritonavir exposure was predicted to be comparable. Varying IL‐6 levels under COVID‐19 had only a marginal effect on LPV/r pharmacokinetics according to our model. Simulations showed that a cytokine storm increased the exposure of the CYP3A paradigm substrate midazolam by 40%. Our simulations suggest that CYP3A metabolism is altered in patients with COVID‐19 having increased cytokine release. Caution is required when prescribing narrow therapeutic index drugs particularly in the presence of strong CYP3A inhibitors.
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- Felix Stader
- Departments of Medicine and Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Departments of Medicine and Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Departments of Medicine and Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Departments of Medicine and Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Lenoir C, Terrier J, Gloor Y, Curtin F, Rollason V, Desmeules JA, Daali Y, Reny JL, Samer CF. Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19) on Cytochromes P450 Activity Assessed by the Geneva Cocktail. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2021; 110:1358-1367. [PMID: 34473836 PMCID: PMC8653122 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) infection, is a severe acute respiratory syndrome with an underlying inflammatory state. We have previously demonstrated that acute inflammation modulates cytochromes P450 (CYPs) activity in an isoform‐specific manner. We therefore hypothesized that COVID‐19 might also impact CYP activity, and thus aimed to evaluate the impact of acute inflammation in the context of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection on the six main human CYPs activity. This prospective observational study was conducted in 28 patients hospitalized at the Geneva University Hospitals (Switzerland) with a diagnosis of moderate to severe COVID‐19. They received the Geneva phenotyping cocktail orally during the first 72 hours of hospitalization and after 3 months. Capillary blood samples were collected 2 hours after cocktail administration to assess the metabolic ratios (MRs) of CYP1A2, 2B6, 2C9, 2C19, 2D6, and 3A. C‐reactive protein (CRP), interleukin 6 (IL‐6), and tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α) levels were also measured in blood. CYP1A2, CYP2C19, and CYP3A MRs decreased by 52.6% (P = 0.0001), 74.7% (P = 0.0006), and 22.8% (P = 0.045), respectively, in patients with COVID‐19. CYP2B6 and CYP2C9 MRs increased by 101.1% (P = 0.009) and 55.8% (P = 0.0006), respectively. CYP2D6 MR variation did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.072). As expected, COVID‐19 was a good acute inflammation model as mean serum levels of CRP, IL‐6, and TNF‐α were significantly (P < 0.001) higher during SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. CYP activity are modulated in an isoform‐specific manner by SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. The pharmacokinetics of CYP substrates, whether used to treat the disease or as the usual treatment of patients, could be therefore clinically impacted.
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- Camille Lenoir
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Personalized Health and Related Technologies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pharmacology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Launay M, Demartin AL, Ragey SP, Mismetti P, Botelho-Nevers E, Delavenne X. Severe Inflammation, Acute Kidney Injury, and Drug-Drug Interaction: Triple Penalty for Prolonged Elimination of Apixaban in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Grand Round. Ther Drug Monit 2021; 43:455-458. [PMID: 33908408 PMCID: PMC8277038 DOI: 10.1097/ftd.0000000000000899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
ABSTRACT In this article, we present a case of apixaban elimination prolonged by 450% in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 because of multiple conditions, including drug-drug interaction, severe inflammation, and acute kidney injury. Therapeutic drug monitoring was used to explain unusual routine coagulation assays. This grand round highlights the importance of dialog between the clinician and a therapeutic drug monitoring consultant for optimal patient care.
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- Manon Launay
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie—Toxicologie—Gaz du Sang, CHU de Saint-Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie—Toxicologie—Gaz du Sang, CHU de Saint-Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
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- Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation G, CHU de Saint-Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
- INSERM U1059, Dysfonctions Vasculaires et de L'Hémostase, Université de Lyon, Saint-Etienne, France
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- Service de Médecine Vasculaire et Thérapeutique, CHU de Saint-Etienne, Saint Etienne, France; and
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie—Toxicologie—Gaz du Sang, CHU de Saint-Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
- INSERM U1059, Dysfonctions Vasculaires et de L'Hémostase, Université de Lyon, Saint-Etienne, France
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Eveleens Maarse BC, Graff C, Kanters JK, van Esdonk MJ, Kemme MJB, In 't Veld AE, Jansen MAA, Moerland M, Gal P. Effect of hydroxychloroquine on the cardiac ventricular repolarization: A randomized clinical trial. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2021; 88:1054-1062. [PMID: 34327732 PMCID: PMC8444885 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.15013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Aims Hydroxychloroquine has been suggested as possible treatment for severe acute respiratory syndrome‐coronavirus‐2. Studies reported an increased risk of QTcF‐prolongation after treatment with hydroxychloroquine. The aim of this study was to analyse the concentration‐dependent effects of hydroxychloroquine on the ventricular repolarization, including QTcF‐duration and T‐wave morphology. Methods Twenty young (≤30 y) and 20 elderly (65–75 y) healthy male subjects were included. Subjects were randomized to receive either a total dose of 2400 mg hydroxychloroquine over 5 days, or placebo (ratio 1:1). Follow‐up duration was 28 days. Electrocardiograms (ECGs) were recorded as triplicate at baseline and 4 postdose single recordings, followed by hydroxychloroquine concentration measurements. ECG intervals (RR, QRS, PR, QTcF, J‐Tpc, Tp‐Te) and T‐wave morphology, measured with the morphology combination score, were analysed with a prespecified linear mixed effects concentration–effect model. Results There were no significant associations between hydroxychloroquine concentrations and ECG characteristics, including RR‐, QRS‐ and QTcF‐interval (P = .09, .34, .25). Mean ΔΔQTcF‐interval prolongation did not exceed 5 ms and the upper limit of the 90% confidence interval did not exceed 10 ms at the highest measured concentrations (200 ng/mL). There were no associations between hydroxychloroquine concentration and the T‐wave morphology (P = .34 for morphology combination score). There was no significant effect of age group on ECG characteristics. Conclusion In this study, hydroxychloroquine did not affect ventricular repolarization, including the QTcF‐interval and T‐wave morphology, at plasma concentrations up to 200 ng/mL. Based on this analysis, hydroxychloroquine does not appear to increase the risk of QTcF‐induced arrhythmias.
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- Boukje C Eveleens Maarse
- Centre for Human Drug Research, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Human Drug Research, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Human Drug Research, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Human Drug Research, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Altulea D, Maassen S, Baranov MV, van den Bogaart G. What makes (hydroxy)chloroquine ineffective against COVID-19: insights from cell biology. J Mol Cell Biol 2021; 13:175-184. [PMID: 33693723 PMCID: PMC7989365 DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjab016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Since chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) can inhibit the invasion and proliferation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in cultured cells, the repurposing of these antimalarial drugs was considered a promising strategy for treatment and prevention of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). However, despite promising preliminary findings, many clinical trials showed neither significant therapeutic nor prophylactic benefits of CQ and HCQ against COVID-19. Here, we aim to answer the question of why these drugs are not effective against the disease by examining the cellular working mechanisms of CQ and HCQ in prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infections.
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- Dania Altulea
- Department of Molecular Immunology and Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Immunology and Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Immunology and Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Immunology and Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.,Department of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Lopinavir-ritonavir and hydroxychloroquine for critically ill patients with COVID-19: REMAP-CAP randomized controlled trial. Intensive Care Med 2021; 47:867-886. [PMID: 34251506 PMCID: PMC8274471 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-021-06448-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Purpose To study the efficacy of lopinavir-ritonavir and hydroxychloroquine in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods Critically ill adults with COVID-19 were randomized to receive lopinavir-ritonavir, hydroxychloroquine, combination therapy of lopinavir-ritonavir and hydroxychloroquine or no antiviral therapy (control). The primary endpoint was an ordinal scale of organ support-free days. Analyses used a Bayesian cumulative logistic model and expressed treatment effects as an adjusted odds ratio (OR) where an OR > 1 is favorable. Results We randomized 694 patients to receive lopinavir-ritonavir (n = 255), hydroxychloroquine (n = 50), combination therapy (n = 27) or control (n = 362). The median organ support-free days among patients in lopinavir-ritonavir, hydroxychloroquine, and combination therapy groups was 4 (– 1 to 15), 0 (– 1 to 9) and—1 (– 1 to 7), respectively, compared to 6 (– 1 to 16) in the control group with in-hospital mortality of 88/249 (35%), 17/49 (35%), 13/26 (50%), respectively, compared to 106/353 (30%) in the control group. The three interventions decreased organ support-free days compared to control (OR [95% credible interval]: 0.73 [0.55, 0.99], 0.57 [0.35, 0.83] 0.41 [0.24, 0.72]), yielding posterior probabilities that reached the threshold futility (≥ 99.0%), and high probabilities of harm (98.0%, 99.9% and > 99.9%, respectively). The three interventions reduced hospital survival compared with control (OR [95% CrI]: 0.65 [0.45, 0.95], 0.56 [0.30, 0.89], and 0.36 [0.17, 0.73]), yielding high probabilities of harm (98.5% and 99.4% and 99.8%, respectively). Conclusion Among critically ill patients with COVID-19, lopinavir-ritonavir, hydroxychloroquine, or combination therapy worsened outcomes compared to no antiviral therapy. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00134-021-06448-5.
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Boffito M, Back DJ, Flexner C, Sjö P, Blaschke TF, Horby PW, Cattaneo D, Acosta EP, Anderson P, Owen A. Toward Consensus on Correct Interpretation of Protein Binding in Plasma and Other Biological Matrices for COVID-19 Therapeutic Development. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2021; 110:64-68. [PMID: 33113246 PMCID: PMC8359231 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The urgent global public health need presented by severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has brought scientists from diverse backgrounds together in an unprecedented international effort to rapidly identify interventions. There is a pressing need to apply clinical pharmacology principles and this has already been recognized by several other groups. However, one area that warrants additional specific consideration relates to plasma and tissue protein binding that broadly influences pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. The principles of free drug theory have been forged and applied across drug development but are not currently being routinely applied for SARS-CoV-2 antiviral drugs. Consideration of protein binding is of critical importance to candidate selection but requires correct interpretation, in a drug-specific manner, to avoid either underinterpretation or overinterpretation of its consequences. This paper represents a consensus from international researchers seeking to apply historical knowledge, which has underpinned highly successful antiviral drug development for other viruses, such as HIV and hepatitis C virus for decades.
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- Marta Boffito
- Chelsea & Westminster HospitalLondonUK
- Department of Infectious DiseaseImperial College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Pharmacology and TherapeuticsUniversity of LiverpoolLiverpoolUK
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- Bloomberg School of Public HealthJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)GenevaSwitzerland
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- Department of MedicineStanford University School of MedicineStanfordCaliforniaUSA
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global HealthNuffield Department of MedicineUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Unit of Clinical PharmacologyASST FatebenefratelliSacco University HospitalMilanItaly
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- Department of Pharmacology and ToxicologyUniversity of Alabama at BirminghamBirminghamAlabamaUSA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of ColoradoAuroraColoradoUSA
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- Department of Pharmacology and TherapeuticsUniversity of LiverpoolLiverpoolUK
- Centre of Excellence in Long‐acting Therapeutics (CELT)University of LiverpoolUK
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Karolyi M, Omid S, Pawelka E, Jilma B, Stimpfl T, Schoergenhofer C, Laferl H, Seitz T, Traugott M, Wenisch C, Zoufaly A. High Dose Lopinavir/Ritonavir Does Not Lead to Sufficient Plasma Levels to Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:704767. [PMID: 34276386 PMCID: PMC8282360 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.704767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background: Despite lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/RTV) demonstrating in-vitro activity against SARS-CoV-2, large trials failed to show any net clinical benefit. Since SARS-CoV-2 has an EC50 of 16.4 μg/ml for LPV this could be due to inadequate dosing. Methods: COVID-19 positive patients admitted to the hospital who received high dose LPV/RTV were included. High dose (HD) LPV/RTV 200/50 mg was defined as four tablets bid as loading dose, then three tablets bid for up to 10 days. Trough plasma concentrations were measured after the loading dose and on day 5–7 in steady state (SS). Post loading dose (PLD) and SS plasma trough levels were compared with SS trough levels from COVID-19 patients who received normal dose (ND) LPV/RTV (2 tablets bid) at the beginning of the pandemic. Results: Fifty patients (30% female) with a median age of 59 years (interquartile range 49–70.25) received HD LPV/RTV. Median HD-PLD concentration was 24.9 μg/ml (IQR 15.8–30.3) and significantly higher than HD-SS (12.9 μg/ml, IQR 7.2–19.5, p < 0.001) and ND-SS (13.6 μg/ml, IQR 10.1–22.2, p = 0.013). HD-SS and ND-SS plasma levels did not differ significantly (p = 0.507). C-reactive-protein showed a positive correlation with HD-SS (Spearman correlation-coefficient rS = 0.42, p = 0.014) and ND-SS (rS = 0.81, p = 0.015) but not with HD-PLD (rS = 0.123, p = 0.43). Conclusion: HD-PLD plasma trough concentration was significantly higher than HD-SS and ND-SS concentration, but no difference was detected between HD-SS and ND-SS trough levels. Due to the high EC50 of SARS-CoV-2 and the fact that LPV/RTV is highly protein bound, it seems unlikely that LPV/RTV exhibits a relevant antiviral effect against SARS-CoV-2 in vivo.
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- Mario Karolyi
- Department for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Klinik Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Klinik Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Klinik Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Klinik Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Klinik Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Klinik Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Klinik Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Klinik Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
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Istampoulouoglou I, Zimmermanns B, Grandinetti T, Marzolini C, Harings-Kaim A, Koechlin-Lemke S, Scholz I, Bassetti S, Leuppi-Taegtmeyer AB. Cardiovascular adverse effects of lopinavir/ritonavir and hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients: Cases from a single pharmacovigilance centre. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract 2021; 2021:e202111. [PMID: 34285902 PMCID: PMC8272412 DOI: 10.21542/gcsp.2021.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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In this article we summarize the cardiovascular adverse events that were observed in three patients during their treatment for COVID-19 and discuss their association with lopinavir/ ritonavir (LPV/r) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). The cases were reported to our regional pharmacovigilance centre in April 2020. All three patients were above 75 years in age, male and multimorbid, and had been hospitalized for treatment of COVID-19. As part of their treatment, all of them received a very strictly monitored off-label therapy with LPV/r and HCQ, for which they had given their prior, written, informed consent. In one patient, erythromycin was also administered. All three patients developed a significant QTc time prolongation during or shortly after therapy with the above drugs. On account of this, the treatment had to be discontinued early in each case and QTc time recovered in all three patients.
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- Ioanna Istampoulouoglou
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.,Regional Pharmacovigilance Centre Basel, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases & Hospital Hygiene, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Regional Pharmacovigilance Centre Basel, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.,Regional Pharmacovigilance Centre Basel, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Swissmedic, Schweizerisches Heilmittelinstitut, Bern, Switzerland
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- Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.,Regional Pharmacovigilance Centre Basel, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Dos Santos Nascimento IJ, de Aquino TM, da Silva-Júnior EF. Drug Repurposing: A Strategy for Discovering Inhibitors against Emerging Viral Infections. Curr Med Chem 2021; 28:2887-2942. [PMID: 32787752 DOI: 10.2174/0929867327666200812215852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Viral diseases are responsible for several deaths around the world. Over the past few years, the world has seen several outbreaks caused by viral diseases that, for a long time, seemed to possess no risk. These are diseases that have been forgotten for a long time and, until nowadays, there are no approved drugs or vaccines, leading the pharmaceutical industry and several research groups to run out of time in the search for new pharmacological treatments or prevention methods. In this context, drug repurposing proves to be a fast and economically viable technique, considering the fact that it uses drugs that have a well-established safety profile. Thus, in this review, we present the main advances in drug repurposing and their benefit for searching new treatments against emerging viral diseases. METHODS We conducted a search in the bibliographic databases (Science Direct, Bentham Science, PubMed, Springer, ACS Publisher, Wiley, and NIH's COVID-19 Portfolio) using the keywords "drug repurposing", "emerging viral infections" and each of the diseases reported here (CoV; ZIKV; DENV; CHIKV; EBOV and MARV) as an inclusion/exclusion criterion. A subjective analysis was performed regarding the quality of the works for inclusion in this manuscript. Thus, the selected works were those that presented drugs repositioned against the emerging viral diseases presented here by means of computational, high-throughput screening or phenotype-based strategies, with no time limit and of relevant scientific value. RESULTS 291 papers were selected, 24 of which were CHIKV; 52 for ZIKV; 43 for DENV; 35 for EBOV; 10 for MARV; and 56 for CoV and the rest (72 papers) related to the drugs repurposing and emerging viral diseases. Among CoV-related articles, most were published in 2020 (31 papers), updating the current topic. Besides, between the years 2003 - 2005, 10 articles were created, and from 2011 - 2015, there were 7 articles, portraying the outbreaks that occurred at that time. For ZIKV, similar to CoV, most publications were during the period of outbreaks between the years 2016 - 2017 (23 articles). Similarly, most CHIKV (13 papers) and DENV (14 papers) publications occur at the same time interval. For EBOV (13 papers) and MARV (4 papers), they were between the years 2015 - 2016. Through this review, several drugs were highlighted that can be evolved in vivo and clinical trials as possible used against these pathogens showed that remdesivir represent potential treatments against CoV. Furthermore, ribavirin may also be a potential treatment against CHIKV; sofosbuvir against ZIKV; celgosivir against DENV, and favipiravir against EBOV and MARV, representing new hopes against these pathogens. CONCLUSION The conclusions of this review manuscript show the potential of the drug repurposing strategy in the discovery of new pharmaceutical products, as from this approach, drugs could be used against emerging viral diseases. Thus, this strategy deserves more attention among research groups and is a promising approach to the discovery of new drugs against emerging viral diseases and also other diseases.
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Sharanya CS, Sabu A, Haridas M. Potent phytochemicals against COVID-19 infection from phyto-materials used as antivirals in complementary medicines: a review. FUTURE JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES 2021; 7:113. [PMID: 34095323 PMCID: PMC8170460 DOI: 10.1186/s43094-021-00259-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a surge of research activity to find methods/drugs to treat it. There has been drug-repurposing research focusing on traditional medicines. Concomitantly, many researchers tried to find in silico evidence for traditional medicines. There is a great increase in article publication to commensurate the new-found research interests. This situation inspired the authors to have a comprehensive understanding of the multitude of publications related to the COVID-19 pandemic with a wish to get promising drug leads. Main body This review article has been conceived and made as a hybrid of the review of the selected papers advertised recently and produced in the interest of the COVID-19 situation, and in silico work done by the authors. The outcome of the present review underscores a recommendation for thorough MDS analyses of the promising drug leads. The inclusion of in silico work as an addition to the review was motivated by a recently published article of Toelzer and colleagues. The in silico investigation of free fatty acids is novel to the field and it buttresses the further MDS analysis of drug leads for managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion The review performed threw light on the need for MDS analyses to be considered together with the application of other in silico methods of prediction of pharmacologic properties directing towards the sites of drug-receptor regulation. Also, the present analysis would help formulate new recipes for complementary medicines.
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- C S Sharanya
- Inter University Centre for Bioscience and Department of Biotechnology & Microbiology, Dr. Janaki Ammal Campus, Kannur University, Thalassery, 670661 India
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- Inter University Centre for Bioscience and Department of Biotechnology & Microbiology, Dr. Janaki Ammal Campus, Kannur University, Thalassery, 670661 India
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- Inter University Centre for Bioscience and Department of Biotechnology & Microbiology, Dr. Janaki Ammal Campus, Kannur University, Thalassery, 670661 India
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Ader F, Peiffer-Smadja N, Poissy J, Bouscambert-Duchamp M, Belhadi D, Diallo A, Delmas C, Saillard J, Dechanet A, Mercier N, Dupont A, Alfaiate T, Lescure FX, Raffi F, Goehringer F, Kimmoun A, Jaureguiberry S, Reignier J, Nseir S, Danion F, Clere-Jehl R, Bouiller K, Navellou JC, Tolsma V, Cabié A, Dubost C, Courjon J, Leroy S, Mootien J, Gaci R, Mourvillier B, Faure E, Pourcher V, Gallien S, Launay O, Lacombe K, Lanoix JP, Makinson A, Martin-Blondel G, Bouadma L, Botelho-Nevers E, Gagneux-Brunon A, Epaulard O, Piroth L, Wallet F, Richard JC, Reuter J, Staub T, Lina B, Noret M, Andrejak C, Lê MP, Peytavin G, Hites M, Costagliola D, Yazdanpanah Y, Burdet C, Mentré F. An open-label randomized controlled trial of the effect of lopinavir/ritonavir, lopinavir/ritonavir plus IFN-β-1a and hydroxychloroquine in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Clin Microbiol Infect 2021; 27:1826-1837. [PMID: 34048876 PMCID: PMC8149166 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 05/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Objectives We evaluated the clinical, virological and safety outcomes of lopinavir/ritonavir, lopinavir/ritonavir–interferon (IFN)-β-1a, hydroxychloroquine or remdesivir in comparison to standard of care (control) in coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) inpatients requiring oxygen and/or ventilatory support. Methods We conducted a phase III multicentre, open-label, randomized 1:1:1:1:1, adaptive, controlled trial (DisCoVeRy), an add-on to the Solidarity trial (NCT04315948, EudraCT2020-000936-23). The primary outcome was the clinical status at day 15, measured by the WHO seven-point ordinal scale. Secondary outcomes included quantification of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in respiratory specimens and pharmacokinetic and safety analyses. We report the results for the lopinavir/ritonavir-containing arms and for the hydroxychloroquine arm, trials of which were stopped prematurely. Results The intention-to-treat population included 583 participants—lopinavir/ritonavir (n = 145), lopinavir/ritonavir–IFN–β-1a (n = 145), hydroxychloroquine (n = 145), control (n = 148)—among whom 418 (71.7%) were male, the median age was 63 years (IQR 54–71), and 211 (36.2%) had a severe disease. The day-15 clinical status was not improved with the investigational treatments: lopinavir/ritonavir versus control, adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.83, (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.55–1.26, p 0.39), lopinavir/ritonavir–IFN–β-1a versus control, aOR 0.69 (95%CI 0.45–1.04, p 0.08), and hydroxychloroquine versus control, aOR 0.93 (95%CI 0.62–1.41, p 0.75). No significant effect of investigational treatment was observed on SARS-CoV-2 clearance. Trough plasma concentrations of lopinavir and ritonavir were higher than those expected, while those of hydroxychloroquine were those expected with the dosing regimen. The occurrence of serious adverse events was significantly higher in participants allocated to the lopinavir/ritonavir-containing arms. Conclusion In adults hospitalized for COVID-19, lopinavir/ritonavir, lopinavir/ritonavir–IFN–β-1a and hydroxychloroquine improved neither the clinical status at day 15 nor SARS-CoV-2 clearance in respiratory tract specimens.
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- Florence Ader
- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Département des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, F-69004, Lyon, France; Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), Inserm 1111, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5308, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Univ Lyon, F-69007, Lyon, France.
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- Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, F-75018 Paris, France; National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Université de Lille, Inserm U1285, CHU Lille, Pôle de réanimation, CNRS, UMR 8576-UGSF-Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Laboratoire de Virologie, Institut des Agents Infectieux de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Virus Respiratoires France Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, F-69317, Lyon, France; Université de Lyon, Virpath, CIRI, INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69372, Lyon, France
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- Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Département d'Épidémiologie, Biostatistique et Recherche Clinique, F-75018 Paris, France; CIC-EC 1425, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France
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- ANRS, France Recherche Nord & Sud Sida-hiv Hépatites, Agence autonome de l'INSERM, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Institut de Santé Publique, Pôle Recherche Clinique, INSERM, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Institut de Santé Publique, Pôle Recherche Clinique, INSERM, F-75013 Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Unité de Recherche Clinique, F-75018 Paris, France; CIC-EC 1425, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France
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- ANRS, France Recherche Nord & Sud Sida-hiv Hépatites, Agence autonome de l'INSERM, F-75013 Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Département d'Épidémiologie, Biostatistique et Recherche Clinique, F-75018 Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Unité de Recherche Clinique, F-75018 Paris, France; CIC-EC 1425, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Département d'Épidémiologie, Biostatistique et Recherche Clinique, F-75018 Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Unité de Recherche Clinique, F-75018 Paris, France; CIC-EC 1425, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, F-75018 Paris, France
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- CHU de Nantes, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, Département des Maladies Infectieuses, Nantes, France; CIC-EC 1413, INSERM, Nantes, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CHRU-Nancy, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, F-54000 Nancy, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CHRU de Nancy, Service de Médecine Intensive et Réanimation Brabois, Inserm U1116, F-CRIN INI CRCT, 54000 Nancy, France
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- AP-HP, Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital Bicêtre, F- 94270 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France; AP-HP, Centre National de Référence du Paludisme, Paris, France
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- CHU Nantes, Médecine Intensive Réanimation, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Université de Lille, Inserm U1285, CHU Lille, Pôle de réanimation, CNRS, UMR 8576-UGSF-Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, F-67091 Strasbourg, France
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- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, F-67091 Strasbourg, Cedex, France; Université de Strasbourg, ImmunoRhumatologie Moléculaire, INSERM UMR_S1109, LabEx TRANSPLANTEX, Centre de Recherche d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, Faculté de Médecine, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OMICARE, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, F-67091 Strasbourg, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Besançon, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, F-25030 Besançon, France; UMR-CNRS 6249 Chrono-environnement, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, F-25000 Besançon, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Besançon, Service de Réanimation Médicale, F-25030 Besançon, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, F-74374 Annecy, France
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- PCCEI, Univ Montpellier, Univ Antilles, Inserm, EFS, Montpellier, France; CHU de Martinique, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Inserm CIC1424, Martinique, France
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- Hôpital Militaire Bégin, Service de réanimation polyvalente, F-94160 Saint-Mandé, France; Université Paris-Saclay, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Centre Borelli, F-91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CHU de Nice, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Nice, France; Université Côte d'Azur, U1065, Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire, C3M, Virulence Microbienne et Signalisation Inflammatoire, INSERM, Nice, France
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- Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OncoAge, Nice, France; CHU de Nice, Département de Pneumologie et d'Oncologie, F-06000 Nice, France; Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS UMR 7275, IPMC, Sophia Antipolis, France
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- Groupe Hospitalier de la région Mulhouse Sud-Alsace, Service de réanimation médicale, Mulhouse, France
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- CHR Metz-Thionville, Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Ars-Laquenexy, France
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- CHU de Reims, Service de Réanimation Médicale, Reims, France; Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France
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- Université de Lille Nord de France, Faculté de Médecine de Lille, Lille, France; CHRU Lille, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut Pierre-Louis d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, INSERM, F-75013, Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, F-75013 Paris, France
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Service d'Immunologie et Maladies Infectieuses, F-94000 Créteil, France; Université Paris-Est Créteil, INSERM U955, F-94000 Créteil, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut Pierre-Louis d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, INSERM, F-75013, Paris, France; APHP, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, F-75012 Paris, France
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- CHU Amiens-Picardie, Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, F-80000 Amiens, France; Université Picardie Jules Verne, AGIR UR UPJV 4294, CURS, F-80000 Amiens, France
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- CHU de Montpellier, Département des Maladies Infectieuses, UMI 233 Inserm U1175, F-34000 Montpellier, France; Inserm Clinical Investigation Centre 1411, Montpellier, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, F-31320 Toulouse, France; Institut Toulousain des Maladies Infectieuses et Inflammatoires (Infinity) INSERM UMR1291, CNRS UMR5051, Université Toulouse III, F-31320 Toulouse, France
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- Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Service de Réanimation Médicale et Infectieuse, F-75018 Paris, France
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- CHU de Saint-Etienne, Service d'Infectiologie, F- 42055 Saint-Etienne, France; CIRI - Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Team GIMAP, Univ Lyon, Université Jean Monnet, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Inserm, U1111, CNRS, UMR530, F-42023 Saint-Etienne, France; CIC 1408, INSERM, F- 42055 Saint-Etienne, France
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- CHU de Saint-Etienne, Service d'Infectiologie, F- 42055 Saint-Etienne, France; CIRI - Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Team GIMAP, Univ Lyon, Université Jean Monnet, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Inserm, U1111, CNRS, UMR530, F-42023 Saint-Etienne, France; CIC 1408, INSERM, F- 42055 Saint-Etienne, France
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- CHU Grenoble Alpes, Service des Maladies Infectieuses, F-38000 Grenoble, France; Université Grenoble Alpes, Fédération d'Infectiologie Multidisciplinaire de l'Arc Alpin, F-38000 Grenoble, France; Institut de Biologie Structurale, 'Virus Humains Persistants' Team, UMR 5075 CEA-CNRS-UGA, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- CHU de Dijon, Département de maladies infectieuses, F-21000, Dijon, France; Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, CIC 1432, INSERM, F-21000, Dijon, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Lyon-Sud Pierre-Bénite, Département de Soins Intensifs, F-69000, Lyon, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Service de Réanimation Médicale, F-69000, Lyon, France; Université Lyon I, CREATIS, CNRS UMR5220, INSERM U1044, INSA, F-69000, Lyon, France
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- Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Service de Réanimation-Soins Intensifs, L-1210 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Service des Maladies Infectieuses, L-1210 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- Laboratoire de Virologie, Institut des Agents Infectieux de Lyon, Centre National de Référence des Virus Respiratoires France Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, F-69317, Lyon, France; Université de Lyon, Virpath, CIRI, INSERM U1111, CNRS UMR5308, ENS Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69372, Lyon, France
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- RENARCI, Réseau national de recherche clinique en infectiologie, France
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- CHU d'Amiens, Département de Pneumologie, F-80000 Amiens, France
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- AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, Laboratoire de Pharmacologie-toxicologie, F-75018 Paris, France; Université de Paris, INSERM, UMRS 1144, F-75006, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, Laboratoire de Pharmacologie-toxicologie, F-75018 Paris, France
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- Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles-Hôpital Érasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Clinique des Maladies Infectieuses, Brussels, Belgium
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut Pierre-Louis d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, INSERM, F-75013, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, F-75018 Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Département d'Épidémiologie, Biostatistique et Recherche Clinique, F-75018 Paris, France; CIC-EC 1425, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Département d'Épidémiologie, Biostatistique et Recherche Clinique, F-75018 Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Unité de Recherche Clinique, F-75018 Paris, France; CIC-EC 1425, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France
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Stanke-Labesque F, Concordet D, Djerada Z, Bouchet S, Solas C, Mériglier E, Bonnet F, Mourvillier B, Ruiz S, Martin-Blondel G, Epaulard O, Schwebel C, Gautier-Veyret E, Gandia P. Neglecting Plasma Protein Binding in COVID-19 Patients Leads to a Wrong Interpretation of Lopinavir Overexposure. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2021; 109:1030-1033. [PMID: 33547636 PMCID: PMC8013748 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.2196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Boffito et al. recalled the critical importance to correctly interpret protein binding. Changes of lopinavir pharmacokinetics in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) are a perfect illustration. Indeed, several studies described that total lopinavir plasma concentrations were considerably higher in patients with severe COVID‐19 than those reported in patients with HIV. These findings have led to a reduction of the dose of lopinavir in some patients, hypothesizing an inhibitory effect of inflammation on lopinavir metabolism. Unfortunately, changes in plasma protein binding were never investigated. We performed a retrospective cohort study. Data were collected from the medical records of patients hospitalized for COVID‐19 treated with lopinavir/ritonavir in intensive care units or infectious disease departments of Toulouse University Hospital (France). Total and unbound concentrations of lopinavir, C reactive protein, albumin, and alpha‐1‐acid glycoprotein (AAG) levels were measured during routine care on the same samples. In patients with COVID‐19, increased total lopinavir concentration is the result of an increased AAG‐bound lopinavir concentration, whereas the unbound concentration remains constant, and insufficient to reduce the severe acute respiratory syndrome‐coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) viral load. Although international guidelines have recently recommended against using lopinavir/ritonavir to treat severe COVID‐19, the description of lopinavir pharmacokinetics changes in COVID‐19 is a textbook case of the high risk of misinterpretation of a total drug exposure when changes in protein binding are not taken into consideration.
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- Francoise Stanke-Labesque
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie-Pharmacogénétique-Toxicologie, University of Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- INTHERES, Université de Toulouse, INRA, ENVT, Toulouse Cedex 3, France
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- Department de Pharmacologie Médicale, CHU Reims, EA3801, SFR Cap-Santé, Université de Reims, Reims, France
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et Toxicologie, Service de Pharmacologie Médicale, CHU Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France.,INSERM U1219, Bordeaux Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de pharmacocinétique et Toxicologie, CHU Timone, Marseille, France
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- Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital Saint-André, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Service de Médecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital Saint-André, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Médecine Intensive Réanimation Polyvalente, CHU Reims, EA 4684 cardiovir, Université de Reims, Reims, France
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- Service de Réanimation Rangueil, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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- Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France.,UMR INSERM/CNRS 1043, Centre de Physiopathologie Toulouse Purpan, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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- Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, 38000 CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.,Fédération d'Infectiologie Multidisciplinaire de l'Arc Alpin, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.,Institut de Biologie Structurale, UMR UGA-CNRS-CEA, Grenoble, France
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- Médecine Intensive Réanimation, 38000 CHU Grenoble Alpes-Inserm U1039 Radiopharmaceutiques Biocliniques Grenoble, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie-Pharmacogénétique-Toxicologie, University of Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- INTHERES, Université de Toulouse, INRA, ENVT, Toulouse Cedex 3, France.,Laboratoire de Pharmacocinétique et Toxicologie Clinique, Institut Fédératif de Biologie, CHU de Toulouse, Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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Deb S, Arrighi S. Potential Effects of COVID-19 on Cytochrome P450-Mediated Drug Metabolism and Disposition in Infected Patients. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2021; 46:185-203. [PMID: 33538960 PMCID: PMC7859725 DOI: 10.1007/s13318-020-00668-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a global health crisis since it was first identified in December 2019. In addition to fever, cough, headache, and shortness of breath, an intense increase in immune response-based inflammation has been the hallmark of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) virus infection. This narrative review summarizes and critiques pathophysiology of COVID-19 and its plausible effects on drug metabolism and disposition. The release of inflammatory cytokines (e.g., interleukins, tumor necrosis factor α), also known as 'cytokine storm', leads to altered molecular pathophysiology and eventually organ damage in the lung, heart, and liver. The laboratory values for various liver function tests (e.g., alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, total bilirubin, albumin) have indicated potential hepatocellular injury in COVID-19 patients. Since the liver is the powerhouse of protein synthesis and the primary site of cytochrome P450 (CYP)-mediated drug metabolism, even a minor change in the liver function status has the potential to affect the hepatic clearance of xenobiotics. It has now been well established that extreme increases in cytokine levels are common in COVID-19 patients, and previous studies with patients infected with non-SARS-CoV-2 virus have shown that CYP enzymes can be suppressed by an infection-related cytokine increase and inflammation. Alongside the investigational COVID-19 drugs, the patients may also be on therapeutics for comorbidities; especially epidemiological studies have indicated that individuals with hypertension, hyperglycemia, and obesity are more vulnerable to COVID-19 than the average population. This complicates the drug-disease interaction profile of the patients as both the investigational drugs (e.g., remdesivir, dexamethasone) and the agents for comorbidities can be affected by compromised CYP-mediated hepatic metabolism. Overall, it is imperative that healthcare professionals pay attention to the COVID-19 and CYP-driven drug metabolism interactions with the goal to adjust the dose or discontinue the affected drugs as appropriate.
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- Subrata Deb
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Larkin University, Miami, FL, 33169, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Larkin University, Miami, FL, 33169, USA
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Fresse A, Viard D, Romani S, Gérard A, Lepelley M, Rocher F, Salem JE, Drici MD. Spontaneous reported cardiotoxicity induced by lopinavir/ritonavir in COVID-19. An alleged past-resolved problem. Int J Cardiol 2021; 324:255-260. [PMID: 33075384 PMCID: PMC7566676 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The antiretroviral drug lopinavir/ritonavir has been recently repurposed for the treatment of COVID-19. Its empirical use has been associated with multiple cardiac adverse reactions pertaining to its ancillary multi-channel blocking properties, vaguely characterized until now. We aimed to characterize qualitatively the cardiotoxicity associated with lopinavir/ritonavir in the setting of COVID-19. Spontaneous notifications of cardiac adverse drug reactions reported to the national Pharmacovigilance Network were collected for 8 weeks since March 1st 2020. The Nice Regional Center of Pharmacovigilance, whose scope of expertise is drug-induced long QT syndrome, analyzed the cases, including the reassessment of all available ECGs. QTc ≥ 500 ms and delta QTc > 60 ms from baseline were deemed serious. Twenty-two cases presented with 28 cardiac adverse reactions associated with the empirical use of lopinavir/ritonavir in a hospital setting. Most adverse reactions reflected lopinavir/ritonavir potency to block voltage-gated potassium channels with 5 ventricular arrhythmias and 17 QTc prolongations. An average QTc augmentation of 97 ± 69 ms was reported. Twelve QTc prolongations were deemed serious. Other cases were likely related to lopinavir/ritonavir potency to block sodium channels: 1 case of bundle branch block and 5 recurrent bradycardias. The incidence of cardiac adverse reactions of lopinavir/ritonavir was estimated between 0.3% and 0.4%. These cardiac adverse drug reactions offer a new insight in its ancillary multi-channel blocking functions. Lopinavir/ritonavir cardiotoxicity may be of concern for its empirical use during the COVID-19 pandemic. Caution should be exerted relative to this risk where lopinavir/ritonavir summary of product characteristics should be implemented accordingly.
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- Audrey Fresse
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Université Côte d'Azur Medical Center Pasteur hospital, Bât J4, 30, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, CS51069, Nice Cedex 01 06001, France.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Université Côte d'Azur Medical Center Pasteur hospital, Bât J4, 30, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, CS51069, Nice Cedex 01 06001, France.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Université Côte d'Azur Medical Center Pasteur hospital, Bât J4, 30, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, CS51069, Nice Cedex 01 06001, France.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Université Côte d'Azur Medical Center Pasteur hospital, Bât J4, 30, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, CS51069, Nice Cedex 01 06001, France.
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- RCPV of Grenoble. University of Grenoble Medical Center, Grenoble 38043, France.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Université Côte d'Azur Medical Center Pasteur hospital, Bât J4, 30, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, CS51069, Nice Cedex 01 06001, France.
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- INSERM, AP-HP. Sorbonne Université, Clinical Investigation Center, Department of Pharmacology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne Université, CIC-1901, Paris 75013, France; Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States of America.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Université Côte d'Azur Medical Center Pasteur hospital, Bât J4, 30, avenue de la Voie-Romaine, CS51069, Nice Cedex 01 06001, France.
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Rendic S, Guengerich FP. Metabolism and Interactions of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine with Human Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Drug Transporters. Curr Drug Metab 2021; 21:1127-1135. [PMID: 33292107 DOI: 10.2174/1389200221999201208211537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND In clinical practice, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are often co-administered with other drugs in the treatment of malaria, chronic inflammatory diseases, and COVID-19. Therefore, their metabolic properties and the effects on the activity of cytochrome P450 (P450, CYP) enzymes and drug transporters should be considered when developing the most efficient treatments for patients. METHODS Scientific literature on the interactions of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine with human P450 enzymes and drug transporters, was searched using PUBMED.Gov (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/) and the ADME database (https://life-science.kyushu.fujitsu.com/admedb/). RESULTS Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are metabolized by P450 1A2, 2C8, 2C19, 2D6, and 3A4/5 in vitro and by P450s 2C8 and 3A4/5 in vivo by N-deethylation. Chloroquine effectively inhibited P450 2D6 in vitro; however, in vivo inhibition was not apparent except in individuals with limited P450 2D6 activity. Chloroquine is both an inhibitor and inducer of the transporter MRP1 and is also a substrate of the Mate and MRP1 transport systems. Hydroxychloroquine also inhibited P450 2D6 and the transporter OATP1A2. CONCLUSIONS Chloroquine caused a statistically significant decrease in P450 2D6 activity in vitro and in vivo, also inhibiting its own metabolism by the enzyme. The inhibition indicates a potential for clinical drug-drug interactions when taken with other drugs that are predominant substrates of the P450 2D6. When chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are used clinically with other drugs, substrates of P450 2D6 enzyme, attention should be given to substrate-specific metabolism by P450 2D6 alleles present in individuals taking the drugs.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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Hardesty A, Pandita A, Vieira K, Rogers R, Merhi B, Osband AJ, Aridi J, Shi Y, Bayliss G, Cosgrove C, Gohh R, Morrissey P, Beckwith CG, Farmakiotis D. Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Single-Center Experience and Case-Control Study. Transplant Proc 2021; 53:1187-1193. [PMID: 33573820 PMCID: PMC7836220 DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Background Kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are considered high-risk for morbidity and mortality from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, some studies did not show worse outcomes compared to non-transplant patients and there is little data about immunosuppressant drug levels and secondary infections in KTR with COVID-19. Herein, we describe our single-center experience with COVID-19 in KTR. Methods We captured KTR diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 1, 2020 and May 18, 2020. After exclusion of KTR on hemodialysis and off immunosuppression, we compared the clinical course of COVID-19 between hospitalized KTR and non-transplant patients, matched by age and sex (controls). Results. Eleven KTR were hospitalized and matched with 44 controls. One KTR and 4 controls died (case fatality rate: 9.1%). There were no significant differences in length of stay or clinical outcomes between KTR and controls. Tacrolimus or sirolimus levels were >10 ng/mL in 6 out of 9 KTR (67%). Bacterial infections were more frequent in KTR (36.3%), compared with controls (6.8%, P = .02). Conclusions In our small case series, unlike earlier reports from the pandemic epicenters, the clinical outcomes of KTR with COVID-19 were comparable to those of non-transplant patients. Calcineurin or mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor (mTOR) levels were high. Bacterial infections were more common in KTR, compared with controls.
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- Anna Hardesty
- Department of Internal Medicine, Residency, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Division of Nephrology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Department of Surgery (Transplantation), Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Residency, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Division of Nephrology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Division of Nephrology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Division of Nephrology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Department of Surgery (Transplantation), Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
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Niu W, Li S, Jin S, Lin X, Zhang M, Cai W, Jiao Z, Xiang X. Investigating the interaction between nifedipine- and ritonavir-containing antiviral regimens: A physiologically based pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analysis. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2020; 87:2790-2806. [PMID: 33269470 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.14684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2020] [Revised: 10/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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AIMS Hypertension is a common comorbidity of patients with COVID-19, SARS or HIV infection. Such patients are often concomitantly treated with antiviral and antihypertensive agents, including ritonavir and nifedipine. Since ritonavir is a strong inhibitor of CYP3A and nifedipine is mainly metabolized via CYP3A, the combination of ritonavir and nifedipine can potentially cause drug-drug interactions. This study provides guidance on nifedipine treatment during and after coadministration with ritonavir-containing regimens, using a physiologically based pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PBPK/PD) analysis. METHODS The PBPK/PD models for 3 formations of nifedipine were developed based on the Simcyp nifedipine model and the models were verified using published data. The effects of ritonavir on nifedipine exposure and systolic blood pressure (SBP) were assessed for instant-release, sustained-release and controlled-release formulations in patients. Various nifedipine regimens were investigated when coadministered with or without ritonavir. RESULTS PBPK/PD models for 3 formulations of nifedipine were successfully established. The predicted maximum concentration (Cmax ), area under plasma concentration-time curve (AUC), maximum reduction in SBP and area under effect-time curve were all within 0.5-2.0-fold of the observed data. Model simulations showed that the inhibitory effect of ritonavir on CYP3A4 increased the Cmax of nifedipine 17.92-48.85-fold and the AUC 63.30-84.01-fold at steady state and decreased the SBP by >40 mmHg. Thus, the combination of nifedipine and ritonavir could lead to severe hypotension. CONCLUSION Ritonavir significantly affects the pharmacokinetics and antihypertensive effect of nifedipine. It is not recommended for patients to take nifedipine- and ritonavir-containing regimens simultaneously.
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- Wanjie Niu
- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 241 West Huaihai Road, Shanghai, 200030, China.,Department of Pharmacy, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200040, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Drug Administration, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Drug Administration, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Drug Administration, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 241 West Huaihai Road, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Drug Administration, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 241 West Huaihai Road, Shanghai, 200030, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Drug Administration, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, 201203, China
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Cortese M, Lee JY, Cerikan B, Neufeldt CJ, Oorschot VMJ, Köhrer S, Hennies J, Schieber NL, Ronchi P, Mizzon G, Romero-Brey I, Santarella-Mellwig R, Schorb M, Boermel M, Mocaer K, Beckwith MS, Templin RM, Gross V, Pape C, Tischer C, Frankish J, Horvat NK, Laketa V, Stanifer M, Boulant S, Ruggieri A, Chatel-Chaix L, Schwab Y, Bartenschlager R. Integrative Imaging Reveals SARS-CoV-2-Induced Reshaping of Subcellular Morphologies. Cell Host Microbe 2020; 28:853-866.e5. [PMID: 33245857 PMCID: PMC7670925 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Pathogenesis induced by SARS-CoV-2 is thought to result from both an inflammation-dominated cytokine response and virus-induced cell perturbation causing cell death. Here, we employ an integrative imaging analysis to determine morphological organelle alterations induced in SARS-CoV-2-infected human lung epithelial cells. We report 3D electron microscopy reconstructions of whole cells and subcellular compartments, revealing extensive fragmentation of the Golgi apparatus, alteration of the mitochondrial network and recruitment of peroxisomes to viral replication organelles formed by clusters of double-membrane vesicles (DMVs). These are tethered to the endoplasmic reticulum, providing insights into DMV biogenesis and spatial coordination of SARS-CoV-2 replication. Live cell imaging combined with an infection sensor reveals profound remodeling of cytoskeleton elements. Pharmacological inhibition of their dynamics suppresses SARS-CoV-2 replication. We thus report insights into virus-induced cytopathic effects and provide alongside a comprehensive publicly available repository of 3D datasets of SARS-CoV-2-infected cells for download and smooth online visualization.
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- Mirko Cortese
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; German Center for Infection Research, Heidelberg partner site, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; Clinical Cooperation Unit Molecular Hematology/Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; Collaboration for joint PhD degree between EMBL and Heidelberg University, Faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; Electron Microscopy Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Bioimage Analysis, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- BioMed X Institute, BioMed X GmbH, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU), Otto-Meyerhof-Zentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 350, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Center for Infection Research, Heidelberg partner site, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Research Group "Cellular polarity and viral infection," German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie, 531, Boulevard des Prairies Laval, Québec, QC H7V 1B7, Canada
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- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany; Electron Microscopy Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; German Center for Infection Research, Heidelberg partner site, Heidelberg, Germany; Division Virus-Associated Carcinogenesis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Marzolini C, Stader F, Leuppi-Taegtmeyer A, Stoeckle M, Battegay M, Sendi P. Sex Differences in Lopinavir Concentrations and Occurrence of Marked QTc Prolongation Episodes in Patients with COVID-19. Drug Saf 2020; 44:255-257. [PMID: 33245507 PMCID: PMC7694584 DOI: 10.1007/s40264-020-01025-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Catia Marzolini
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Horby PW, Mafham M, Bell JL, Linsell L, Staplin N, Emberson J, Palfreeman A, Raw J, Elmahi E, Prudon B, Green C, Carley S, Chadwick D, Davies M, Wise MP, Baillie JK, Chappell LC, Faust SN, Jaki T, Jefferey K, Lim WS, Montgomery A, Rowan K, Juszczak E, Haynes R, Landray MJ. Lopinavir-ritonavir in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. Lancet 2020; 396:1345-1352. [PMID: 33031764 PMCID: PMC7535623 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(20)32013-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 437] [Impact Index Per Article: 109.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Lopinavir-ritonavir has been proposed as a treatment for COVID-19 on the basis of in vitro activity, preclinical studies, and observational studies. Here, we report the results of a randomised trial to assess whether lopinavir-ritonavir improves outcomes in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19. METHODS In this randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial, a range of possible treatments was compared with usual care in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19. The trial is underway at 176 hospitals in the UK. Eligible and consenting patients were randomly allocated to either usual standard of care alone or usual standard of care plus lopinavir-ritonavir (400 mg and 100 mg, respectively) by mouth for 10 days or until discharge (or one of the other RECOVERY treatment groups: hydroxychloroquine, dexamethasone, or azithromycin) using web-based simple (unstratified) randomisation with allocation concealment. Randomisation to usual care was twice that of any of the active treatment groups (eg, 2:1 in favour of usual care if the patient was eligible for only one active group, 2:1:1 if the patient was eligible for two active groups). The primary outcome was 28-day all-cause mortality. Analyses were done on an intention-to-treat basis in all randomly assigned participants. The trial is registered with ISRCTN, 50189673, and ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04381936. FINDINGS Between March 19, 2020, and June 29, 2020, 1616 patients were randomly allocated to receive lopinavir-ritonavir and 3424 patients to receive usual care. Overall, 374 (23%) patients allocated to lopinavir-ritonavir and 767 (22%) patients allocated to usual care died within 28 days (rate ratio 1·03, 95% CI 0·91-1·17; p=0·60). Results were consistent across all prespecified subgroups of patients. We observed no significant difference in time until discharge alive from hospital (median 11 days [IQR 5 to >28] in both groups) or the proportion of patients discharged from hospital alive within 28 days (rate ratio 0·98, 95% CI 0·91-1·05; p=0·53). Among patients not on invasive mechanical ventilation at baseline, there was no significant difference in the proportion who met the composite endpoint of invasive mechanical ventilation or death (risk ratio 1·09, 95% CI 0·99-1·20; p=0·092). INTERPRETATION In patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19, lopinavir-ritonavir was not associated with reductions in 28-day mortality, duration of hospital stay, or risk of progressing to invasive mechanical ventilation or death. These findings do not support the use of lopinavir-ritonavir for treatment of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19. FUNDING Medical Research Council and National Institute for Health Research.
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Ortega JT, Zambrano JL, Jastrzebska B, Liprandi F, Rangel HR, Pujol FH. Understanding Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Replication to Design Efficient Drug Combination Therapies. Intervirology 2020; 63:2-9. [PMID: 33099545 PMCID: PMC7649723 DOI: 10.1159/000512141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its disease CO-VID-19 has strongly encouraged the search for antiviral compounds. Most of the evaluated drugs against SARS-CoV-2 derive from drug repurposing of Food and Drug Administration-approved molecules. These drugs have as target three major processes: (1) early stages of virus-cell interaction, (2) viral proteases, and (3) the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. SUMMARY This review focused on the basic principles of virology and pharmacology to understand the importance of early stages of virus-cell interaction as therapeutic targets and other main processes vital for SARS-CoV-2 replication. Furthermore, we focused on describing the main targets associated with SARS-CoV-2 antiviral therapy and the rationale of drug combinations for efficiently suppressing viral replication. Key Messages: We hypothesized that blocking of both entry mechanisms could allow a more effective antiviral effect compared to the partial results obtained with chloroquine or its derivatives alone. This approach, already used to achieve an antiviral effect higher than that offered by every single drug administered separately, has been successfully applied in several viral infections such as HIV and HCV. This review will contribute to expanding the perception of the possible therapeutic targets in SARS-CoV-2 infection and highlight the benefits of using combination therapies.
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- Joseph T Ortega
- Department of Pharmacology, Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Virus, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Department of Pharmacology, Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Laboratorio de Biología de Virus, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela,
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Hajjo R, Tropsha A. A Systems Biology Workflow for Drug and Vaccine Repurposing: Identifying Small-Molecule BCG Mimics to Reduce or Prevent COVID-19 Mortality. Pharm Res 2020; 37:212. [PMID: 33025261 PMCID: PMC7537965 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-020-02930-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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PURPOSE Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is expected to continue to cause worldwide fatalities until the World population develops 'herd immunity', or until a vaccine is developed and used as a prevention. Meanwhile, there is an urgent need to identify alternative means of antiviral defense. Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine that has been recognized for its off-target beneficial effects on the immune system can be exploited to boast immunity and protect from emerging novel viruses. METHODS We developed and employed a systems biology workflow capable of identifying small-molecule antiviral drugs and vaccines that can boast immunity and affect a wide variety of viral disease pathways to protect from the fatal consequences of emerging viruses. RESULTS Our analysis demonstrates that BCG vaccine affects the production and maturation of naïve T cells resulting in enhanced, long-lasting trained innate immune responses that can provide protection against novel viruses. We have identified small-molecule BCG mimics, including antiviral drugs such as raltegravir and lopinavir as high confidence hits. Strikingly, our top hits emetine and lopinavir were independently validated by recent experimental findings that these compounds inhibit the growth of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro. CONCLUSIONS Our results provide systems biology support for using BCG and small-molecule BCG mimics as putative vaccine and drug candidates against emergent viruses including SARS-CoV-2.
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- Rima Hajjo
- Department of Pharmacy - Computational Chemical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, P.O. Box 130, Amman, 11733, Jordan.
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- Laboratory for Molecular Modeling, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, USA
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Marzolini C, Battegay M, Sendi P, Back DJ. Prescribing in COVID-19 patients: Should we take into account inflammation? Br J Clin Pharmacol 2020; 87:719-721. [PMID: 32820554 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.14524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Catia Marzolini
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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