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Agema BC, Kocher T, Öztürk AB, Giraud EL, van Erp NP, de Winter BCM, Mathijssen RHJ, Koolen SLW, Koch BCP, Sassen SDT. Selecting the Best Pharmacokinetic Models for a Priori Model-Informed Precision Dosing with Model Ensembling. Clin Pharmacokinet 2024:10.1007/s40262-024-01425-9. [PMID: 39331236 DOI: 10.1007/s40262-024-01425-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/06/2024] [Indexed: 09/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE When utilizing population pharmacokinetic (popPK) models for a priori dosage individualization, selecting the best model is crucial to obtain adequate doses. We developed and evaluated several model-selection and ensembling methods, using external evaluation on the basis of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) samples to identify the best (set of) models per patient for a priori dosage individualization. METHODS PK data and models describing both hospitalized patients (n = 134) receiving continuous vancomycin (26 models) and patients (n = 92) receiving imatinib in an outpatient setting (12 models) are included. Target attainment of four model-selection methods was compared with standard dosing: the best model based on external validation, uninformed model ensembling, model ensembling using a weighting scheme on the basis of covariate-stratified external evaluation, and model selection using covariates in decision trees that were subsequently ensembled. RESULTS Overall, the use of PK models improved the proportion of patients exposed to concentrations within the therapeutic window for both cohorts. Relative improvement of proportion on target for best model, unweighted, weighted, and decision trees were - 7.0%, 2.3%, 11.4%, and 37.0% (vancomycin method-development); 23.2%, 7.9%, 15.6%, and, 77.2% (vancomycin validation); 40.7%, 50.0%, 59.5%, and 59.5% (imatinib method-development); and 19.0%, 28.5%, 38.0%, and 23.8% (imatinib validation), respectively. CONCLUSIONS The best (set of) models per patient for a priori dosage individualization can be identified using a relatively small set of TDM samples as external evaluation. Adequately performing popPK models were identified while also excluding poor-performing models. Dose recommendations resulted in more patients within the therapeutic range for both vancomycin and imatinib. Prospective validation is necessary before clinical implementation.
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- Bram C Agema
- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Rotterdam Clinical Pharmacometrics Group, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Rotterdam Clinical Pharmacometrics Group, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Rotterdam Clinical Pharmacometrics Group, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Rotterdam Clinical Pharmacometrics Group, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Ferrer F, Tetu P, Dousset L, Lebbe C, Ciccolini J, Combarel D, Meyer N, Paci A, Bouchet S. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors in cancers: Treatment optimization - Part II. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2024; 200:104385. [PMID: 38810843 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2024.104385] [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: 01/24/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024] Open
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Real-life populations are more heterogeneous than those included in prospective clinical studies. In cancer patients, comorbidities and co-medications favor the appearance of severe adverse effects which can significantly impact quality of life and treatment effectiveness. Most of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) have been developed with flat oral dosing exposing patients to the risk of poor adherence due to side effects. Additionally, genetic or physiological factors, differences in diet, and drug-drug interactions can lead to inter-individual variability affecting treatment outcomes and increasing the risk of adverse events. Knowledge of the different factors of variability allows individualized patient management. This review examines the effects of adherence, food intake, and pharmaceutical form on the pharmacokinetics of oral TKI, as well as evaluating pharmacokinetics considerations improving TKI management. Concentration-effectiveness and concentration-toxicity data are presented for the selected TKI, and a simple therapeutic drug monitoring schema is outlined to help individualize dosing of oral TKI.
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- Florent Ferrer
- Department of Pharmacology, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France; SMARTc Unit, CRCM Inserm U1068, Aix Marseille Univ and APHM, Marseille, France; Service de Pharmacologie, Département de Biologie et Pathologie médicales, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif 94805, France
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- Department of Dermatology, APHP Dermatology, Paris 7 Diderot University, INSERM U976, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France; Service de Pharmacologie, Département de Biologie et Pathologie médicales, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif 94805, France
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- Dermatology Department, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France; Service de Pharmacologie, Département de Biologie et Pathologie médicales, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif 94805, France
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- Department of Dermatology, APHP Dermatology, Paris 7 Diderot University, INSERM U976, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France; Service de Pharmacologie, Département de Biologie et Pathologie médicales, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif 94805, France
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- SMARTc Unit, CRCM Inserm U1068, Aix Marseille Univ and APHM, Marseille, France; Service de Pharmacologie, Département de Biologie et Pathologie médicales, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif 94805, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie, Département de Biologie et Pathologie médicales, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif 94805, France; Service de Pharmacocinétique, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Saclay, Châtenay-Malabry, Châtenay-Malabry 92 296, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie, Département de Biologie et Pathologie médicales, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif 94805, France; Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité Mixte de Recherche, Toulouse 1037-CRCT, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie, Département de Biologie et Pathologie médicales, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif 94805, France; Service de Pharmacocinétique, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Saclay, Châtenay-Malabry, Châtenay-Malabry 92 296, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie, Département de Biologie et Pathologie médicales, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif 94805, France; Département de Pharmacologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
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Judson I, Jones RL, Wong NACS, Dileo P, Bulusu R, Smith M, Almond M. Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST): British Sarcoma Group clinical practice guidelines. Br J Cancer 2024:10.1038/s41416-024-02672-0. [PMID: 38840030 DOI: 10.1038/s41416-024-02672-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND British Sarcoma Group guidelines for the management of GIST were initially informed by those published by the European Society of Clinical Oncology. This update was written by a group of experts to includes a discussion of the highlight improvements in our knowledge of the disease and recent treatment developments. The guidelines include sections on Incidence, Aetiology, Diagnosis, including risk assessment, Treatment and Follow-up. METHODS A careful review of the literature was performed to ensure that wherever possible recommendations are supported by the results of clinical trials or substantive retrospective reports. Areas of uncertainty are indicated appropriately. CONCLUSION Guidelines represent a consensus view of current best clinical practice. Where appropriate, key recommendations are given and the levels of evidence and strength of recommendation gradings are those used by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO).
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- Ian Judson
- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Birmingham University Hospitals, Birmingham, UK
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Zeng L, Cheng X, Li J, Zhang J, Wu X. A case-matched study of imatinib mesylate between different formulations on plasma trough concentration, adverse events, quality of life and outcomes in gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0303290. [PMID: 38743680 PMCID: PMC11093358 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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Genike, the imatinib (IM)-alpha form is widely used in the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) patients in China. We wanted to investigate whether there are differences in IM plasma concentrations, adverse events, health-related quality of life (QOL) and outcomes between patients treated with Genike and Glivec. Thirty included GIST patients receiving IM treatment were matched to either Genike or Glivec according to gastrectomy, body weight, body surface area and sex. There was no statistically significant difference in IM trough plasma levels between the two groups. There were no significant differences in very common adverse events of IM between the Genike and Glivec groups. IM was well tolerated, although it was associated with a significant change in cognitive function (P < 0.001), fatigue (P = 0.015), pain (P = 0.015), nausea/vomiting (P = 0.029), insomnia (P = 0.019), diarrhea (P = 0.003) and financial difficulties (P < 0.001). Physical functioning, financial burden and insomnia were significantly different between the two groups (P = 0.026). Until Aug. 2022, there was no significant difference in time to imatinib treatment failure (TTF) between the two groups. In conclusion, there was no difference in IM plasma concentration and adverse events between Genike and Glivec. Both Genike and Glivec could partially decrease the QOL of GIST patients. Physical functioning was worse in Genike group than in Glivec group, while the economic burden and symptoms of insomnia in Glivec patients were worse. There was no significant difference in TTF between the two groups.
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- Li Zeng
- Department of Combination of Chinese and Western Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Clinical Center for Tumor Therapy, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Ran P, Tan T, Li J, Yang H, Li J, Zhang J. Advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor: reliable classification of imatinib plasma trough concentration via machine learning. BMC Cancer 2024; 24:264. [PMID: 38402382 PMCID: PMC10894477 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-024-11930-6] [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: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/26/2024] Open
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AIM Patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) exhibiting an imatinib plasma trough concentration (IM Cmin) under 1100 ng/ml may show a reduced drug response rate, leading to the suggestion of monitoring for IM Cmin. Consequently, the objective of this research was to create a customized IM Cmin classification model for patients with advanced GISTs from China. METHODS Initial data and laboratory indicators from patients with advanced GISTs were gathered, and the above information was segmented into a training set, validation set, and testing set in a 6:2:2 ratio. Key variables associated with IM Cmin were identified to construct the classification model using the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression and forward stepwise binary logistic regression. Within the training and validation sets, nine ML classification models were constructed via the resampling method and underwent comparison through the Brier scores, the areas under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUROC), the decision curve, and the precision-recall (AUPR) curve to determine the most suitable model for this dataset. Two methods of internal validation were used to assess the most suitable model's classification performance: tenfold cross-validation and random split-sample validation (test set), and the value of the test set AUROC was used to evaluate the model's classification performance. RESULTS Six key variables (gender, daily IM dose, metastatic site, red blood cell count, platelet count, and percentage of neutrophils) were ultimately selected to construct the classification model. In the validation set, it is found by comparison that the Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) model has the largest AUROC, the lowest Brier score, the largest area under the decision curve, and the largest AUPR value. Furthermore, as evaluated via internal verification, it also performed well in the test set (AUROC = 0.725). CONCLUSION For patients with advanced GISTs who receive IM, initial data and laboratory indicators could be used to accurately estimate whether the IM Cmin is below 1100 ng/ml. The XGBoost model may stand a chance to assist clinicians in directing the administration of IM.
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- Pan Ran
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Research for Cancer Metastasis and Individualized Treatment, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, 400030, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
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He S, Shao Q, Zhao J, Bian J, Zhao Y, Hao X, Li Y, Hu L, Liu B, He H, Huang L, Jiang Q. Population pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics analyses of imatinib in Chinese patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in a real-world situation. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2023; 92:399-410. [PMID: 37624393 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-023-04581-0] [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: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Imatinib is presently the first-line choice for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia. However, there are limited real-world data on Chinese patients to support individualized medicine. This work aims to characterize population pharmacokinetics in Chinese patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, investigate the effects of several covariates on imatinib exposure, and provide support for personalized medicine and dose reduction. METHODS A total of 230 patients with chronic myeloid leukemia were enrolled, and 424 steady-state concentration measurements were taken to perform the population pharmacokinetic analysis and Monte Carlo simulations with Phoenix NLME software. The effects of the demographic, biological, and pharmacogenetic (ten SNP corresponding to CYP3A4, CYP3A5, ABCB1, ABCG2, SCL22A1 and POR) covariates on clearance were evaluated. RESULTS A one-compartmental model best-described imatinib pharmacokinetics. The hemoglobin and the estimated glomerular filtration rate (< 85 mL⋅min-1⋅1.73 m2) were associated with imatinib clearance. The genetic polymorphisms related to pharmacokinetics were not found to have a significant effect on the clearance of imatinib. The final model estimates of parameters are: ka (h-1) = 0.329; Vd/F (L) = 270; CL/F (L⋅h-1) = 7.60. CONCLUSIONS Key covariates in the study population accounting for variability in imatinib exposure are hemoglobin and the estimated glomerular filtration rate. There is some need for caution when treating patients with moderate-to-severe renal impairment and significant hemoglobin changes.
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- Shiyu He
- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, China
- Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, China
- Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, China
- Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, China
- Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Children's Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Peking University People's Hospital, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, No. 11 Xizhimen South Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100044, China.
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Teranishi R, Takahashi T, Nishida T, Kurokawa Y, Nakajima K, Koh M, Nishigaki T, Saito T, Yamamoto K, Yamashita K, Tanaka K, Makino T, Motoori M, Omori T, Hirota S, Hayashi Y, Takehara T, Eguchi H, Doki Y. Plasma trough concentration of imatinib and its effect on therapeutic efficacy and adverse events in Japanese patients with GIST. Int J Clin Oncol 2023; 28:680-687. [PMID: 36971916 DOI: 10.1007/s10147-023-02325-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Imatinib mesylate (IM) is the standard chemotherapy for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) and has a favorable safety profile. Pharmacokinetics (PK), such as plasma trough concentration (Cmin), varies among patients, requiring the need for therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) during IM administration. Despite some reports from overseas, the relationship between Cmin, adverse events (AEs), and treatment efficacy in Japanese patients with GIST has still been lacking. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between IM plasma concentration and AEs in Japanese patients with GISTs. METHODS This retrospective study analyzed the data of 83 patients who underwent IM treatment for GISTs at our institution between May 2002 and September 2021. RESULTS The IM Cmin was associated with any grade of AEs (with AEs vs. without AEs = 1294 (260-4075) vs. 857 (163-1886) ng/mL, P < 0.001), edema (with edema vs. without edema = 1278 (634-4075) vs. 1036 (163-4069) ng/mL, P = 0.017), and fatigue (with fatigue vs. without fatigue = 1373 (634-4069) vs. 1046 (163-4075) ng/mL, P = 0.044). Moreover, a Cmin ≥ 1283 ng/mL was a risk factor for severe AEs. The median progression-free survival (PFS) was 3.04 years in the lowest Cmin tertile (T1, < 917 ng/mL) compared with 5.90 years for T2 and T3 (P = 0.010). CONCLUSION Edema and fatigue are potentially associated with IM plasma trough concentrations of ≥ 1283 ng/mL in Japanese patients with GISTs. Further, maintaining an IM plasma trough concentration above 917 ng/mL may improve PFS.
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The Application of Virtual Therapeutic Drug Monitoring to Assess the Pharmacokinetics of Imatinib in a Chinese Cancer Population Group. J Pharm Sci 2023; 112:599-609. [PMID: 36202248 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2022.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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PURPOSE Imatinib is used in gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) and chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). Oncology patients demonstrate altered physiology compared to healthy adults, e.g. reduced haematocrit, increased α-1 acid glycoprotein, decreased albumin and reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR), which may influence imatinib pharmacokinetics. Given that Chinese cancer patients often report raised imatinib plasma concentrations and wider inter-individual variability reported in trough concentration when compared to Caucasian cancer patients, therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) has been advocated. METHOD This study utilised a previously validated a Chinese cancer population and assessed the impact of imatinib virtual-TDM in Chinese and Caucasian cancer populations across a dosing range from 200-800 mg daily. RESULTS Staged dose titration to 800 mg daily, resulted in recapitulation to within the target therapeutic range for 50 % (Chinese) and 42.1% (Caucasian) subjects possessing plasma concentration < 550 ng/mL when dosed at 400 mg daily. For subjects with plasma concentrations >1500 ng/mL when dosed at 400 mg daily, a dose reduction to 200 mg once daily was able to recover 67 % (Chinese) and 87.4 % (Caucasian) patients to the target therapeutic range. CONCLUSION Virtual TDM highlights the benefit of pharmacokinetic modelling to optimising treatments in challenging oncology population groups.
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Jiang X, Fu Q, Jing Y, Kong Y, Liu H, Peng H, Rexiti K, Wei X. Personalized Dose of Adjuvant Imatinib in Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Results from a Population Pharmacokinetic Analysis. Drug Des Devel Ther 2023; 17:809-820. [PMID: 36942304 PMCID: PMC10024496 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s400986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 03/15/2023] Open
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Purpose Imatinib is the first-line treatment for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) after surgery. However, its pharmacokinetic profile varies remarkably between individuals and has not been well characterized in postoperative Chinese patients with GIST. Therefore, this study aimed to develop a population pharmacokinetic (PPK) model and recommend appropriate doses for different patients to achieve the target trough concentration in such a population. Patients and Methods A total of 110 surgically treated GIST patients were enrolled, of which 85 were applied to conduct a PPK analysis with a nonlinear mixed-effect model and 25 for external validation of the model. Demographic and biomedical covariates, as well as six single nucleotide polymorphisms were tested to explore the sources of variation in pharmacokinetic parameters of imatinib. Monte Carlo simulations were performed to establish the initial dosing regimens. Results A one-compartment model was established in postoperative GIST patients. The red blood cell count (RBC) and ABCG2 rs2231142 were observed to have a significant effect on the clearance of imatinib. The typical values estimated by the final model were 9.72 L/h for clearance (CL/F) and 229 L for volume of distribution (V/F). Different from the fixed dose regimen of 400 mg each day, patients carrying rs2231142 heterozygous type and with a lower level of RBC (2.9 × 1012/L), 300 mg imatinib daily is enough to achieve the target trough concentration. When RBC rises to 4.9 × 1012/L, 500 mg daily is recommended. For patients with rs2231142 GG genotype, 500 mg a day is required at RBCs of 3.9 × 1012/L and 4.9 × 1012/L. Conclusion RBC and rs2231142 contribute to the pharmacokinetic variation of imatinib and personalized dose recommendations based on patient characteristics may be necessary.
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- Xuehui Jiang
- School of Pharmacy, Nanchang University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Drug Inspector Center, Jiangxi Provincial Drug Administration, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Linyi Central Hospital, Linyi, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nanchang University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People’s Republic of China
- Correspondence: Xiaohua Wei, Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No. 17 Yong Wai Zheng Street, Nanchang, 330006, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13803523639, Email
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Wu X, Ge Y, He X, Li J, Zhang J. Changes in imatinib plasma trough level during long-term treatment in patients with intermediate- or high-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Relationship between covariates and imatinib plasma trough level. Front Surg 2023; 10:1115141. [PMID: 36911619 PMCID: PMC9995696 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1115141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023] Open
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Background Imatinib is the first-line adjuvant treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). Considering that some studies have suggested that imatinib (IM) plasma trough levels (Cmin) change with time, the aim of this study is to assess the changes in IM Cmin in patients with GIST in a long-term study and to elucidate the relationships between clinicopathological features and IM Cmin. Methods In 204 patients with intermediate- or high-risk GIST who were taking IM, IM Cmin was analyzed. Patient data were grouped according to the duration of medication (A: 1-3 months, B: 4-6 months, C: 7-9 months, D: 10-12 months, E: ≤12 months, F: 12<-≤36 months, G: >36 months). The correlation between IM Cmin at different time stages and clinicopathological characteristics was assessed. Results Statistically significant differences were observed between Groups A, C, and D (P = 0.049 and 0.01, respectively). In Group E, IM Cmin correlated with sex (P = 0.049) and age (P = 0.029) and negatively correlated with body weight, height, and body surface area (P = 0.007, 0.002, and 0.001, respectively). In Groups F and G, IM Cmin was significantly higher in non-gastric operation patients than in patients with gastrectomy (P = 0.002, 0.036) and was significantly higher in patients with the primary sites of others than in the stomach (P < 0.001, = 0.012). In addition, IM Cmin was much higher in patients with mutation sites other than KIT exon 11 in Group F (P = 0.011). Conclusion This is the first study of IM Cmin during the long-term treatment of patients with intermediate- or high-risk GIST. IM Cmin was the highest for the first 3 months and then declined, and long-term administration of IM showed a relatively stable plasma trough level. The IM Cmin correlated with different clinical characteristics at different durations of medication. This meant that future "trough level-clinicopathological characteristics" analyses should be time-point-specific. We also need to formulate time-specific medication monitoring plans in clinical practice to study disease progression caused by the occurrence of drug resistance.
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- Xingye Wu
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Groenland SL, van Eerden RAG, Westerdijk K, Meertens M, Koolen SLW, Moes DJAR, de Vries N, Rosing H, Otten H, Vulink AJE, Desar IME, Imholz ALT, Gelderblom H, van Erp NP, Beijnen JH, Mathijssen RHJ, Huitema ADR, Steeghs N. Therapeutic drug monitoring-based precision dosing of oral targeted therapies in oncology: a prospective multicenter study. Ann Oncol 2022; 33:1071-1082. [PMID: 35777707 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Oral targeted therapies show a high pharmacokinetic (PK) interpatient variability. Even though exposure has been positively correlated with efficacy for many of these drugs, these are still dosed using a one-size-fits-all approach. Consequently, individuals have a high probability to be either underexposed or overexposed, potentially leading to suboptimal outcomes. Therapeutic drug monitoring, which is personalized dosing based on measured systemic drug concentrations, could address these problems. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients were enrolled in this prospective multicenter study (www.trialregister.nl; NL6695) if they started treatment with one of the 24 participating oral targeted therapies. Primary outcome was to halve the proportion of underexposed patients, compared with historical data. PK sampling was carried out after 4, 8 and 12 weeks, and every 12 weeks thereafter. In case of Cmin below the predefined target and manageable toxicity, a pharmacokinetically guided intervention was proposed (i.e. checking compliance and drug-drug interactions, concomitant intake with food, splitting intake moments or dose increments). RESULTS In total, 600 patients were included of whom 426 patients are assessable for the primary outcome and 552 patients had ≥1 PK sample(s) available and were therefore assessable for the overall analyses. Pharmacokinetically guided dosing reduced the proportion of underexposed patients at the third PK measurement by 39.0% (95% confidence interval 28.0% to 49.0%) compared with historical data. At the third PK measurement, 110 out of 426 patients (25.8%) had a low exposure. In total, 294 patients (53.3%) had ≥1 PK sample(s) below the preset target at a certain time point during treatment. In 166 of these patients (56.5%), pharmacokinetically guided interventions were carried out, which were successful in 113 out of 152 assessable patients (74.3%). CONCLUSIONS Pharmacokinetically guided dose optimization of oral targeted therapies was feasible in clinical practice and reduced the proportion of underexposed patients considerably.
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- S L Groenland
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Pharmacy, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Toxicology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Reinier de Graaf Hospital, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Deventer Hospital, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Department of Pharmacology, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Population pharmacokinetic modelling of imatinib in healthy subjects receiving a single dose of 400 mg. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2022; 90:125-136. [PMID: 35831644 PMCID: PMC9360108 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-022-04454-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Purpose Imatinib is indicated for treatment of CML, GIST, etc. The population pharmacokinetics (popPK) of imatinib in patients under long-term treatment are reported in literature. Data obtained from bioequivalence trials for healthy subjects were used to evaluate the influence of demographic and pharmacogenetic factors on imatinib pharmacokinetics (PK) in a collective without concurrent drugs, organ dysfunction, inflammation etc. In addition, the differences in PK between the healthy subjects and a patient cohort was examined to identify possible disease effects. Methods 26 volunteers were administered orally with single dose of 400 mg imatinib. 16–19 plasma samples per volunteer were collected from 0.5 up to 72 h post-dose. The popPK was built and post hoc estimates were compared with previously published PK parameters evaluated by non-compartmental analysis in the same cohort. The predictivity of the model for data collected from 40 patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors at steady state was evaluated. Results The popPK was best described by a two-compartment transit model with first-order elimination. No significant covariates were identified, probably due to the small cohort and the narrow range of demographic covariates; CYP3A5 phenotypes appeared to have some influence on the clearance of imatinib. Good agreement between non-compartment and popPK analyses was observed with the differences of the geometric means/ median of PK estimates below 10%. The model indicated lower clearance for patients compared to healthy volunteers (p value < 0.01). Conclusion The two-compartment transit model adequately describes the absorption and distribution of imatinib in healthy volunteers. For patients, a lower clearance of imatinib compared to healthy volunteer was estimated by the model. The model can be applied for dose individualization based on trough concentrations assuming no significant differences in absorption between patients and healthy volunteers. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00280-022-04454-y.
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Escudero-Ortiz V, Domínguez-Leñero V, Catalán-Latorre A, Rebollo-Liceaga J, Sureda M. Relevance of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Routine Clinical Practice: A Pilot Study. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14061216. [PMID: 35745789 PMCID: PMC9228468 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14061216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The main goal of treatment in cancer patients is to achieve the highest therapeutic effectiveness with the least iatrogenic toxicity. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are anticancer oral agents, usually administered at fixed doses, which present high inter- and intra-individual variability due to their pharmacokinetic characteristics. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) can be used to optimize the use of several types of medication. OBJECTIVE We evaluated the use of TDM of TKIs in routine clinical practice through studying the variability in exposure to erlotinib, imatinib, lapatinib, and sorafenib and dose adjustment. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective analytical study involving patients who received treatment with TKIs, guided by TDM and with subsequent recommendation of dose adjustment. The quantification of the plasma levels of the different drugs was performed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Hospital Quirónsalud Torrevieja approved this study. RESULTS The inter-individual variability in the first cycle and in the last monitored cycle was 46.2% and 44.0% for erlotinib, 48.9 and 50.8% for imatinib, 60.7% and 56.0% for lapatinib and 89.7% and 72.5% for sorafenib. Relationships between exposure and baseline characteristics for erlotinib, imatinib, lapatinib and sorafenib were not statistically significant for any of the variables evaluated (weight, height, body surface area (BSA), age and sex). Relationships between height (p = 0.021) and BSA (p = 0.022) were statistically significant for sorafenib. No significant relationships were observed between Ctrough and progression-free survival (PFS) or overall survival (OS) for any drug, except in the case of sunitinib (correlation between Ctrough and PFS p = 0.023) in the exposure-efficacy analysis. CONCLUSIONS Erlotinib, imatinib, lapatinib and sorafenib show large inter-individual variability in exposure. TDM entails a significant improvement in exposure and enables more effective and safe use of TKIs in routine clinical practice.
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- Vanesa Escudero-Ortiz
- Plataforma de Oncología, Hospital Quirónsalud Torrevieja, 03184 Torrevieja, Spain; (V.E.-O.); (A.C.-L.); (J.R.-L.)
- Pharmacy and Clinical Nutrition Group, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, 03203 Elche, Spain
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- Plataforma de Oncología, Hospital Quirónsalud Torrevieja, 03184 Torrevieja, Spain; (V.E.-O.); (A.C.-L.); (J.R.-L.)
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- Plataforma de Oncología, Hospital Quirónsalud Torrevieja, 03184 Torrevieja, Spain; (V.E.-O.); (A.C.-L.); (J.R.-L.)
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- Plataforma de Oncología, Hospital Quirónsalud Torrevieja, 03184 Torrevieja, Spain; (V.E.-O.); (A.C.-L.); (J.R.-L.)
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Studentova H, Volakova J, Spisarova M, Zemankova A, Aiglova K, Szotkowski T, Melichar B. Severe tyrosine-kinase inhibitor induced liver injury in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients: two case reports assessed for causality using the updated RUCAM and review of the literature. BMC Gastroenterol 2022; 22:49. [PMID: 35123392 PMCID: PMC8818210 DOI: 10.1186/s12876-022-02121-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Sunitinib and pazopanib are both oral small molecule multityrosine kinase inhibitors (MTKI) used in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Hepatotoxicity or “liver injury” is the most important adverse effect of pazopanib administration, but little is known about the underlying mechanism. Liver injury may also occur in patients treated with sunitinib, but severe toxicity is extremely rare. Herein we report two new cases of severe liver injury induced by MTKI. Both cases are unique and exceptional. We assessed both cases for drug-induced liver injury (DILI) using the updated score Roussel Uclaf causality assessment method (RUCAM). The literature on potential pathogenic mechanisms and precautionary measures is reviewed.
Case presentation A case of a metastatic RCC (mRCC) patient treated with pazopanib who had manifestation of severe liver injury is presented. These manifestations consisted of grade 4 alanine aminotransferase (ALT) increase and grade 4 hyperbilirubinemia. Alternate causes of acute or chronic liver disease were excluded. The patient gradually recovered from the liver injury and refused any further therapy for mRCC. The patient was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) two years later and eventually succumbed to the disease. The second case describes a mRCC patient treated with sunitinib for 3,5 years and fatal liver failure after 2 weeks of clarithromycin co-medication for acute bronchitis. Conclusions Liver injury has been commonly observed in TKI-treated patients with unpredictable course. Management requires regular routine liver enzyme-monitoring and the collaboration of medical oncologist and hepatologist. There is an unmet medical need for a risk stratification and definition of predictive biomarkers to identify potential genetic polymorphisms or other factors associated with TKI-induced liver injury. Any potential unrecommended concomitant therapy has to be avoided.
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Wilson CG, Aarons L, Augustijns P, Brouwers J, Darwich AS, De Waal T, Garbacz G, Hansmann S, Hoc D, Ivanova A, Koziolek M, Reppas C, Schick P, Vertzoni M, García-Horsman JA. Integration of advanced methods and models to study drug absorption and related processes: An UNGAP perspective. Eur J Pharm Sci 2021; 172:106100. [PMID: 34936937 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2021.106100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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This collection of contributions from the European Network on Understanding Gastrointestinal Absorption-related Processes (UNGAP) community assembly aims to provide information on some of the current and newer methods employed to study the behaviour of medicines. It is the product of interactions in the immediate pre-Covid period when UNGAP members were able to meet and set up workshops and to discuss progress across the disciplines. UNGAP activities are divided into work packages that cover special treatment populations, absorption processes in different regions of the gut, the development of advanced formulations and the integration of food and pharmaceutical scientists in the food-drug interface. This involves both new and established technical approaches in which we have attempted to define best practice and highlight areas where further research is needed. Over the last months we have been able to reflect on some of the key innovative approaches which we were tasked with mapping, including theoretical, in silico, in vitro, in vivo and ex vivo, preclinical and clinical approaches. This is the product of some of us in a snapshot of where UNGAP has travelled and what aspects of innovative technologies are important. It is not a comprehensive review of all methods used in research to study drug dissolution and absorption, but provides an ample panorama of current and advanced methods generally and potentially useful in this area. This collection starts from a consideration of advances in a priori approaches: an understanding of the molecular properties of the compound to predict biological characteristics relevant to absorption. The next four sections discuss a major activity in the UNGAP initiative, the pursuit of more representative conditions to study lumenal dissolution of drug formulations developed independently by academic teams. They are important because they illustrate examples of in vitro simulation systems that have begun to provide a useful understanding of formulation behaviour in the upper GI tract for industry. The Leuven team highlights the importance of the physiology of the digestive tract, as they describe the relevance of gastric and intestinal fluids on the behaviour of drugs along the tract. This provides the introduction to microdosing as an early tool to study drug disposition. Microdosing in oncology is starting to use gamma-emitting tracers, which provides a link through SPECT to the next section on nuclear medicine. The last two papers link the modelling approaches used by the pharmaceutical industry, in silico to Pop-PK linking to Darwich and Aarons, who provide discussion on pharmacometric modelling, completing the loop of molecule to man.
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- Clive G Wilson
- Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow, U.K.
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- NCE Formulation Sciences, Abbvie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
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- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Center of Drug Absorption and Transport, University of Greifswald, Germany
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Corral Alaejos Á, Zarzuelo Castañeda A, Jiménez Cabrera S, Sánchez-Guijo F, Otero MJ, Pérez-Blanco JS. External evaluation of population pharmacokinetic models of imatinib in adults diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2021; 88:1913-1924. [PMID: 34705297 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.15122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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AIMS Imatinib is considered the standard first-line treatment in newly diagnosed patients with chronic-phase myeloid leukaemia (CML). Several imatinib population pharmacokinetic (popPK) models have been developed. However, their predictive performance has not been well established when extrapolated to different populations. Therefore, this study aimed to perform an external evaluation of available imatinib popPK models developed mainly in adult patients, and to evaluate the improvement in individual model-based predictions through Bayesian forecasting computed by each model at different treatment occasions. METHODS A literature review was conducted through PubMed and Scopus to identify popPK models. Therapeutic drug monitoring data collected in adult CML patients treated with imatinib was used for external evaluation, including prediction- and simulated-based diagnostics together with Bayesian forecasting analysis. RESULTS Fourteen imatinib popPK studies were included for model-performance evaluation. A total of 99 imatinib samples were collected from 48 adult CML patients undergoing imatinib treatment with a minimum of one plasma concentration measured at steady-state between January 2016 and December 2020. The model proposed by Petain et al showed the best performance concerning prediction-based diagnostics in the studied population. Bayesian forecasting demonstrated a significant improvement in predictive performance at the second visit. Inter-occasion variability contributed to reducing bias and improving individual model-based predictions. CONCLUSIONS Imatinib popPK studies developed in Caucasian subjects including α1-acid glycoprotein showed the best model performance in terms of overall bias and precision. Moreover, two imatinib samples from different visits appear sufficient to reach an adequate model-based individual prediction performance trough Bayesian forecasting.
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- Institute for Biomedical Research of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Haematology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Department of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Pharmacy Service, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Institute for Biomedical Research of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy Faculty, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.,Institute for Biomedical Research of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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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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Clarke WA, Chatelut E, Fotoohi AK, Larson RA, Martin JH, Mathijssen RHJ, Salamone SJ. Therapeutic drug monitoring in oncology: International Association of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology consensus guidelines for imatinib therapy. Eur J Cancer 2021; 157:428-440. [PMID: 34597977 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Although therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is an important tool in guiding drug dosing for other areas of medicine including infectious diseases, cardiology, psychiatry and transplant medicine, it has not gained wide acceptance in oncology. For imatinib and other tyrosine kinase inhibitors, a flat dosing approach is utilised for management of oral chemotherapy. There are many published studies examining the correlation of blood concentrations with clinical effects of imatinib. The International Association of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Clinical Toxicology (IATDMCT) determined that there was a need to examine the published literature regarding utility of TDM in imatinib therapy and to develop consensus guidelines for TDM based on the available data. This article summarises the scientific evidence regarding TDM of imatinib, as well as the consensus guidelines developed by the IATDMCT.
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- William A Clarke
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Université de Toulouse, Inserm, Institut Claudius-Regaud, Toulouse, France
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, 141 86, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Centre for Drug Repurposing and Medicines Research, University of Newcastle. Level 3, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, 2305, New South Wales, Australia. https://twitter.com/jenhelenmar
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Krens SD, van Boxtel W, Uijen MJM, Jansman FGA, Desar IME, Mulder SF, van Herpen CML, van Erp NP. Exposure-toxicity relationship of cabozantinib in patients with renal cell cancer and salivary gland cancer. Int J Cancer 2021; 150:308-316. [PMID: 34494665 PMCID: PMC9291492 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Cabozantinib is registered in fixed 60 mg dose. However, 46% to 62% of patients in the registration studies needed a dose reduction due to toxicity. Improved clinical efficacy has been observed in renal cell carcinoma patients (RCC) with a cabozantinib exposure greater than 750 μg/L. In our study we explored the cabozantinib exposure in patients with different tumour types. We included RCC patients from routine care and salivary gland carcinoma (SGC) patients from a phase II study with ≥1 measured Cmin at steady‐state. The geometric mean (GM) Cmin at the starting dose, at 40 mg and at best tolerated dose (BTD) were compared between both tumour types. Forty‐seven patients were included. All SGC patients (n = 22) started with 60 mg, while 52% of RCC patients started with 40 mg. GM Cmin at the start dose was 1456 μg/L (95% CI: 1185‐1789) vs 682 μg/L (95% CI: 572‐812) (P < .001) for SGC and RCC patients, respectively. When dose‐normalised to 40 mg, SGC patients had a significantly higher cabozantinib exposure compared to RCC patients (Cmin 971 μg/L [95% CI: 790‐1193] vs 669 μg/L [95% CI: 568‐788]) (P = .005). Dose reductions due to toxicity were needed in 91% and 60% of SGC and RCC patients, respectively. Median BTD was between 20 to 30 mg for SGC and 40 mg for RCC patients. GM Cmin at BTD were comparable between the SGC and the RCC group, 694 μg/L (95% CI: 584‐824) vs 583 μg/L (95% CI: 496‐671) (P = .1). The observed cabozantinib exposure at BTD of approximately 600 μg/L is below the previously proposed target. Surprisingly, a comparable exposure at BTD was reached at different dosages of cabozantinib for SGC patients compared to RCC patients Further research is warranted to identify the optimal exposure and starting dose to balance efficacy and toxicity.
What's new?
Cabozantinib, a potent tyrosine kinase inhibitor that targets multiple signaling pathways, is approved for use against advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Variations in cabozantinib clearance, however, warrant further investigation. Here, the authors evaluated cabozantinib exposure in RCC patients and in patients with salivary gland cancer (SGC). SGC patients were found to have significantly higher cabozantinib exposure compared to RCC patients following a 40 mg dose. However, the best‐tolerated cabozantinib exposure was equivalent (~600 μg/L) for both tumor types and was substantially below the previously proposed target. The findings offer insight on exposure, dose, and the balance between efficacy and toxicity for cabozantinib.
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- Stefanie D Krens
- Department of Pharmacy, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Deventer Hospital, Deventer, The Netherlands.,Unit of Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Mueller-Schoell A, Groenland SL, Scherf-Clavel O, van Dyk M, Huisinga W, Michelet R, Jaehde U, Steeghs N, Huitema ADR, Kloft C. Therapeutic drug monitoring of oral targeted antineoplastic drugs. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2021; 77:441-464. [PMID: 33165648 PMCID: PMC7935845 DOI: 10.1007/s00228-020-03014-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE This review provides an overview of the current challenges in oral targeted antineoplastic drug (OAD) dosing and outlines the unexploited value of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). Factors influencing the pharmacokinetic exposure in OAD therapy are depicted together with an overview of different TDM approaches. Finally, current evidence for TDM for all approved OADs is reviewed. METHODS A comprehensive literature search (covering literature published until April 2020), including primary and secondary scientific literature on pharmacokinetics and dose individualisation strategies for OADs, together with US FDA Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmaceutics Reviews and the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use European Public Assessment Reports was conducted. RESULTS OADs are highly potent drugs, which have substantially changed treatment options for cancer patients. Nevertheless, high pharmacokinetic variability and low treatment adherence are risk factors for treatment failure. TDM is a powerful tool to individualise drug dosing, ensure drug concentrations within the therapeutic window and increase treatment success rates. After reviewing the literature for 71 approved OADs, we show that exposure-response and/or exposure-toxicity relationships have been established for the majority. Moreover, TDM has been proven to be feasible for individualised dosing of abiraterone, everolimus, imatinib, pazopanib, sunitinib and tamoxifen in prospective studies. There is a lack of experience in how to best implement TDM as part of clinical routine in OAD cancer therapy. CONCLUSION Sub-therapeutic concentrations and severe adverse events are current challenges in OAD treatment, which can both be addressed by the application of TDM-guided dosing, ensuring concentrations within the therapeutic window.
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- Anna Mueller-Schoell
- Dept. of Clinical Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Graduate Research Training Program, PharMetrX, Berlin/Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Food Chemistry, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Institute of Mathematics, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Dept. of Clinical Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical Center, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Clinical Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Hohenegger M. Pharmacokinetic considerations in geriatric cancer patients. MEMO - MAGAZINE OF EUROPEAN MEDICAL ONCOLOGY 2021; 14:11-14. [DOI: 10.1007/s12254-020-00668-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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SummaryPharmacological anticancer therapy in elderly people has to account for pharmacokinetic aspects in view of age-related changes in organ function and disease-related alterations. Age-related changes in organ function might still be physiological and have to be discriminated from concomitant diseases and their pharmacotherapy. Although efficacy is retained with pharmacological anticancer therapies in elderly patients, plasma drug concentrations and the incidence of adverse reactions often increase. Thus, altered organ function in elderly will be reviewed with respect to clinically relevant outcomes. Furthermore, possible consequences of therapeutic drug monitoring will be discussed focusing on novel targeted therapies with small molecules. Examples of therapeutic drug monitoring during targeted therapies may represent an easy tool to overcome the individual pharmacokinetic situation of elderly cancer patients and may contribute to enhanced safety, when implemented in clinical routine.
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van Eerden RAG, Oomen-de Hoop E, Noordam A, Mathijssen RHJ, Koolen SLW. Feasibility of Extrapolating Randomly Taken Plasma Samples to Trough Levels for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Purposes of Small Molecule Kinase Inhibitors. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2021; 14:ph14020119. [PMID: 33557114 PMCID: PMC7913819 DOI: 10.3390/ph14020119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Small molecule kinase inhibitors (SMKIs) are widely used in oncology. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) for SMKIs could reduce underexposure or overexposure. However, logistical issues such as timing of blood withdrawals hamper its implementation into clinical practice. Extrapolating a random concentration to a trough concentration using the elimination half-life could be a simple and easy way to overcome this problem. In our study plasma concentrations observed during 24 h blood sampling were used for extrapolation to trough levels. The objective was to demonstrate that extrapolation of randomly taken blood samples will lead to equivalent estimated trough samples compared to measured Cmin values. In total 2241 blood samples were analyzed. The estimated Ctrough levels of afatinib and sunitinib fulfilled the equivalence criteria if the samples were drawn after Tmax. The calculated Ctrough levels of erlotinib, imatinib and sorafenib met the equivalence criteria if they were taken, respectively, 12 h, 3 h and 10 h after drug intake. For regorafenib extrapolation was not feasible. In conclusion, extrapolation of randomly taken drug concentrations to a trough concentration using the mean elimination half-life is feasible for multiple SMKIs. Therefore, this simple method could positively contribute to the implementation of TDM in oncology.
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- Ruben A. G. van Eerden
- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, 3015GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands; (E.O.-d.H.); (A.N.); (R.H.J.M.); (S.L.W.K.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +31-10-7039640
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, 3015GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands; (E.O.-d.H.); (A.N.); (R.H.J.M.); (S.L.W.K.)
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, 3015GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands; (E.O.-d.H.); (A.N.); (R.H.J.M.); (S.L.W.K.)
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, 3015GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands; (E.O.-d.H.); (A.N.); (R.H.J.M.); (S.L.W.K.)
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, 3015GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands; (E.O.-d.H.); (A.N.); (R.H.J.M.); (S.L.W.K.)
- Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, 3015GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Combining Sorafenib and Immunosuppression in Liver Transplant Recipients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2021; 14:ph14010046. [PMID: 33435321 PMCID: PMC7826978 DOI: 10.3390/ph14010046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence after liver transplantation occurs in approximately 20% of patients. Most of these patients use immunosuppressant drugs. Meanwhile, patients with HCC recurrence are frequently treated with the small molecule kinase inhibitor (SMKI) sorafenib. However, sorafenib and many immunosuppressants are substrates of the same enzymatic pathways (e.g., CYP3A4), which may potentially result in altered SMKI or immunosuppressant plasma levels. Therefore, we investigated changes in drug exposure of both sorafenib and immunosuppressants over time in four patients with systemic immunosuppressant and sorafenib treatment after HCC recurrence. In this study, sorafenib exposure declined over time during combined treatment with immunosuppressants, while two patients also experienced declining tacrolimus plasma levels. Importantly, patients were unable to increase the sorafenib dose higher than 200 mg b.i.d. without experiencing significant toxicity. We recommend to treat patients using both sorafenib and immunosuppressants with a sorafenib starting dose of 200 mg b.i.d.
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Xu H, Liu Q. Individualized Management of Blood Concentration in Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Onco Targets Ther 2021; 13:13345-13355. [PMID: 33456310 PMCID: PMC7804055 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s279998] [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: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal tumor, and surgical resection is the first choice for the treatment of the disease, but since the advent of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) such as imatinib (IM), the prognosis of the disease has undergone revolutionary changes. According to the current version of the guidelines, most GIST patients receive a fixed dose without taking into account their own individual differences, resulting in a wide difference in blood concentration, adverse reactions and prognosis. With more studies on the relationship between blood drug concentrations and prognosis, the concept of individualized therapy has been paid more attention by researchers. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) has also been made available for the research field of GIST targeted therapy. How to reduce the incidence of drug resistance and adverse reactions in patients with GISTs has become the focus of the current research. This article reviews the common monitoring methods and timing of TKIs blood concentration, the reasonable range of blood drug concentration, the toxic or adverse effects caused by high blood drug concentration, some possible factors affecting blood drug concentration and recent research progress, in order to discuss and summarize the treatment strategy of individual blood drug concentration, improve the prognosis of patients and reduce the adverse effects as much as possible.
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- Hao Xu
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China
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- Trauma Center, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China
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Chen Y, Dong X, Wang Q, Liu Z, Dong X, Shi S, Xiao H. Factors Influencing the Steady-State Plasma Concentration of Imatinib Mesylate in Patients With Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Front Pharmacol 2020; 11:569843. [PMID: 33381028 PMCID: PMC7768902 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.569843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Imatinib mesylate (IM) is the standard treatment for advanced, metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) with a fixed daily standard dosage via the oral route. Interindividual and intraindividual variability in plasma concentrations have been closely linked to the efficacy of IM therapy. Therefore, this review identifies and describes the key factors influencing the plasma concentration of IM in patients with GISTs and CML. We used the following keywords to search the PubMed, EMBASE, Ovid, Wangfang, and CNKI databases to identify published reports: IM, plasma concentration, GISTs, CML, drug combination/interaction, pathology, and genotype/genetic polymorphism, either alone or in combination. This literature review revealed that only 10 countries have reported the mean concentrations of IM in GISTs or CML patients and the clinical outcomes in different ethnic groups and populations. There were totally 24 different gene polymorphisms, which were examined for any potential influence on the steady-state plasma concentration of IM. As a result, some genotype locus made discrepant conclusion. Herein, the more sample capacity, multicenter, long-term study was worthy to carry out. Eleven reports were enumerated on clinical drug interactions with IM, while there is not sufficient information on the pharmacokinetic parameters altered by drug combinations with IM that could help in investigating the actual drug interactions. The drug interaction with IM should be paid more attention in the future research.
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- Yan Chen
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Stomatology, The 1st Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.,Personalized Drug Therapy Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu, China
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Roosendaal J, Groenland SL, Rosing H, Lucas L, Venekamp N, Nuijen B, Huitema ADR, Beijnen JH, Steeghs N. Determination of the absolute bioavailability of oral imatinib using a stable isotopically labeled intravenous imatinib-d8 microdose. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2020; 76:1075-1082. [PMID: 32430518 PMCID: PMC7351863 DOI: 10.1007/s00228-020-02888-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study was to ascertain whether the absolute bioavailability of oral imatinib (Glivec®) during steady state plasma pharmacokinetics in cancer patients could be determined through a concomitant intravenous administration of a single 100 μg microdose of deuterium labeled imatinib (imatinib-d8). Secondly, the usefulness of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was investigated for simultaneous analysis of orally and intravenously administered imatinib. METHODS Included patients were on a stable daily dose of 400 mg oral imatinib prior to study participation. On day 1, patients received a 100 μg intravenous imatinib-d8 microdose 2.5 h after intake of the oral dose. Plasma samples were collected for 48 h. Imatinib and imatinib-d8 concentrations were simultaneously quantified using a validated LC-MS/MS assay. The absolute bioavailability was calculated by comparing the dose-normalized exposure with unlabeled and stable isotopically labeled imatinib in plasma. RESULTS A total of six patients were enrolled. All patients had a history of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). The median absolute bioavailability of oral imatinib at steady state was 76% (range 44-106%). Imatinib and imatinib-d8 plasma concentrations were quantified in all collected plasma samples, with no samples below the limit of quantification for imatinib-d8. CONCLUSION The absolute bioavailability of imatinib was successfully estimated at steady state plasma pharmacokinetics using the stable isotopically labeled microdose trial design. This study exhibits the use of a stable isotopically labeled intravenous microdose to determine the absolute bioavailability of an oral anticancer agent in patients with LC-MS/MS as the analytical tool.
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- Jeroen Roosendaal
- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Clinical Pharmacology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical Center, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Clinical Pharmacology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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IJzerman NS, Groenland SL, Koenen AM, Kerst M, van der Graaf WTA, Rosing H, Beijnen JH, Huitema ADR, Steeghs N. Therapeutic drug monitoring of imatinib in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumours - Results from daily clinical practice. Eur J Cancer 2020; 136:140-148. [PMID: 32688207 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIM Higher imatinib exposure is correlated with longer time to progression, while the variability in exposure is high. This provides a strong rationale for therapeutic drug monitoring, which has therefore been implemented in routine clinical practice in our institute. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether pharmacokinetically (PK)-guided dose increases are feasible in daily clinical practice and result in an improved exposure (Cmin≥1100 ng/mL) and longer progression-free survival (PFS). METHODS This retrospective study included all patients with a gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) in the Netherlands Cancer Institute who started imatinib treatment at a dose of 400 mg and of whom PK plasma samples were available. Of these patients, minimum plasma concentrations (Cmin) of imatinib, frequency and successfulness of PK-guided dose increases and PFS in the palliative treatment setting were analysed. RESULTS In total, 169 consecutive patients were included, of whom 1402 PK samples were collected. In 126 patients (75%), Cmin was below the efficacy threshold of 1100 ng/mL. In 78 of these patients (62%), a PK-guided dose increase was performed, which was successful in 49 patients (63%). PFS was similar in patients with and without imatinib dose increase. However, due to the small number of patients with progressive disease, no definite conclusions on the effect on PFS could yet be drawn. CONCLUSION This is the largest cohort evaluating PK-guided dose increases of imatinib in patients with GIST in routine clinical practice and demonstrating its feasibility. PK-guided dose increases should be applied to optimise exposure in the significant subset of patients with a low Cmin.
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- Nikki S IJzerman
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Erasmus MC - Cancer Institute, Department of Medical Oncology, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 8, 3584 CS, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical Center, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 8, 3584 CS, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Medical Oncology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Adiwidjaja J, Boddy AV, McLachlan AJ. Implementation of a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling Approach to Guide Optimal Dosing Regimens for Imatinib and Potential Drug Interactions in Paediatrics. Front Pharmacol 2020; 10:1672. [PMID: 32082165 PMCID: PMC7002565 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.01672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Long-term use of imatinib is effective and well-tolerated in children with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) yet defining an optimal dosing regimen for imatinib in younger patients is a challenge. The potential interactions between imatinib and coadministered drugs in this "special" population also remains largely unexplored. This study implements a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling approach to investigate optimal dosing regimens and potential drug interactions with imatinib in the paediatric population. A PBPK model for imatinib was developed in the Simcyp Simulator (version 17) utilizing in silico, in vitro drug metabolism, and in vivo pharmacokinetic data and verified using an independent set of published clinical pharmacokinetic data. The model was then extrapolated to children and adolescents (aged 2-18 years) by incorporating developmental changes in organ size and maturation of drug-metabolising enzymes and plasma protein responsible for imatinib disposition. The PBPK model described imatinib pharmacokinetics in adult and paediatric populations and predicted drug interaction with carbamazepine, a cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A4 and 2C8 inducer, with a good accuracy (evaluated by visual inspections of the simulation results and predicted pharmacokinetic parameters that were within 1.25-fold of the clinically observed values). The PBPK simulation suggests that the optimal dosing regimen range for imatinib is 230-340 mg/m2/d in paediatrics, which is supported by the recommended initial dose for treatment of childhood CML. The simulations also highlighted that children and adults being treated with imatinib have similar vulnerability to CYP modulations. A PBPK model for imatinib was successfully developed with an excellent performance in predicting imatinib pharmacokinetics across age groups. This PBPK model is beneficial to guide optimal dosing regimens for imatinib and predict drug interactions with CYP modulators in the paediatric population.
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- Jeffry Adiwidjaja
- Sydney Pharmacy School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- University of South Australia Cancer Research Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Westerdijk K, Desar IME, Steeghs N, van der Graaf WTA, van Erp NP. Imatinib, sunitinib and pazopanib: From flat-fixed dosing towards a pharmacokinetically guided personalized dose. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2020; 86:258-273. [PMID: 31782166 PMCID: PMC7015742 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.14185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are anti‐cancer drugs that target tyrosine kinases, enzymes that are involved in multiple cellular processes. Currently, multiple oral TKIs have been introduced in the treatment of solid tumours, all administered in a fixed dose, although large interpatient pharmacokinetic (PK) variability is described. For imatinib, sunitinib and pazopanib exposure‐treatment outcome (efficacy and toxicity) relationships have been established and therapeutic windows have been defined, therefore dose optimization based on the measured blood concentration, called therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), can be valuable in increasing efficacy and reducing the toxicity of these drugs. In this review, an overview of the current knowledge on TDM guided individualized dosing of imatinib, sunitinib and pazopanib for the treatment of solid tumours is presented. We summarize preclinical and clinical data that have defined thresholds for efficacy and toxicity. Furthermore, PK models and factors that influence the PK of these drugs which partly explain the interpatient PK variability are summarized. Finally, pharmacological interventions that have been performed to optimize plasma concentrations are described. Based on current literature, we advise which methods should be used to optimize exposure to imatinib, sunitinib and pazopanib.
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- Kim Westerdijk
- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.,Department of Medical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Iacuzzi V, Posocco B, Zanchetta M, Montico M, Marangon E, Poetto AS, Buzzo M, Gagno S, Buonadonna A, Guardascione M, Casetta B, Toffoli G. Development and validation of LC-MS/MS method for imatinib and norimatinib monitoring by finger-prick DBS in gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0225225. [PMID: 31743371 PMCID: PMC6863526 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The introduction of imatinib, an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor, as first-line standard therapy in patients with unresectable, metastatic, or recurrent gastro-intestinal stromal tumor (GIST), strongly improved their treatment outcomes. However, therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is recommended for this drug due to the large inter-individual variability in plasma concentration when standard dose is administered. A Cmin higher than 760 ng/mL was associated with a longer progression free survival. Thus, a LC-MS/MS method has been developed and fully validated to quantify imatinib and its active metabolite, norimatinib, in finger-prick dried blood spot (DBS). The influence of hematocrit, sample homogeneity, and spot size and the correlation between finger-prick and venous DBS measurements were also assessed. The method showed a good linearity (R2 > 0,996) between 50-7500 ng/mL for imatinib and 10-1500 ng/mL for norimatinib. Analytes were extracted from DBS samples by simply adding to 3 mm-discs 150 μL of acidified methanol containing IMA-D8. The collected extract was then injected on a LC Nexera system in-house configured for the on-line cleanup, coupled with an API-4000 QT. The chromatographic separation was conducted on a Synergi Fusion-RP column (4 μm, 2x50 mm) while the trapping column was a POROS R1/20 (20 μm, 2x30 mm). The total run time was 8.5 min. DBSs stored at room temperature in plastic envelopes containing a silica-gel drying bag were stable up to 16 months. The proposed method was applied to 67 clinical samples, showing a good correlation between patients' finger-prick DBS and plasma concentrations, measured by the reference LC-MS/MS method, internally validated. Imatinib and norimatinib concentrations found in finger-prick DBS were adjusted by hematocrit or by an experimental correction factor to estimate the corresponding plasma measurements. At the best of our knowledge, the proposed LC-MS/MS method is the first analytical assay to measure imatinib and norimatinib in DBS samples.
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- Valentina Iacuzzi
- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
- Doctoral School in Nanotechnology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Scientific Directorate, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
- Doctoral School in Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Department, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
- Polo Tecnologico Pordenone, Pordenone, Italy
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- Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, Italy
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Wilding CP, Elms ML, Judson I, Tan AC, Jones RL, Huang PH. The landscape of tyrosine kinase inhibitors in sarcomas: looking beyond pazopanib. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2019; 19:971-991. [PMID: 31665941 PMCID: PMC6882314 DOI: 10.1080/14737140.2019.1686979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Introduction: Tyrosine kinases are key mediators of intracellular signaling cascades and aberrations in these proteins have been implicated in driving oncogenesis through the dysregulation of fundamental cellular processes including proliferation, migration, and apoptosis. As such, targeting these proteins with small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) has led to significant advances in the treatment of a number of cancer types.Areas covered: Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are a heterogeneous and challenging group of rare cancers to treat, but the approval of the TKI pazopanib for the treatment of advanced STS demonstrates that this class of drugs may have broad utility against a range of different sarcoma histological subtypes. Since the approval of pazopanib, a number of other TKIs have entered clinical trials to evaluate whether their activity in STS matches the promising results seen in other solid tumors. In this article, we review the emerging role of TKIs in the evolving landscape of sarcoma treatment.Expert opinion: As our biological understanding of response and resistance of STS to TKIs advances, we anticipate that patient management will move away from a 'one size fits all' paradigm toward personalized, multi-line, and patient-specific treatment regimens where patients are treated according to the underlying biology and genetics of their specific disease.
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sarcoma Unit, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sarcoma Unit, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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Association of Hepatic Nuclear Factor 4 Alpha Gene Polymorphisms With Free Imatinib Plasma Levels and Adverse Reactions in Chinese Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Patients. Ther Drug Monit 2019; 41:582-590. [DOI: 10.1097/ftd.0000000000000642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Zuidema S, Desar IME, van Erp NP, Kievit W. Optimizing the dose in patients treated with imatinib as first line treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumours: A cost-effectiveness study. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2019; 85:1994-2001. [PMID: 31112617 PMCID: PMC6710511 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.13990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Revised: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Aims Patients with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) are treated in first line with the oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor, imatinib, until progressive disease. With this fixed dosing regimen, only approximately 40% of patients reach adequate plasma levels within the therapeutic index. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is a solution to reach plasma levels within the therapeutic index. However, introducing TDM will also increase costs, due to prolonged imatinib use and laboratory costs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost‐effectiveness of TDM in patients with metastatic/unresectable GIST treated with imatinib as a first line treatment, compared with fixed dosing. Methods A survival model was created to simulate progression, mortality and treatment costs over a 5‐year time horizon, comparing fixed dosing vs TDM‐guided dosing. The outcomes measured were treatments costs, life‐years and quality‐adjusted life‐years. Results Total costs over the 5‐year time horizon were estimated to be €106 994.85 and €150 477.08 for fixed dosing vs TDM‐guided dosing, respectively. A quality‐adjusted life year gain of 0.74 (95% confidence interval 0.66–0.90) was estimated with TDM‐guided dosing compared to fixed dosing. An average incremental cost‐effectiveness ratio of €58 785.70 per quality‐adjusted life year gained was found, mainly caused by longer use and higher dosages of imatinib. Conclusion Based on the currently available data, this analysis suggests that TDM‐guided dosing may be a cost‐effective intervention for patients with metastatic/unresectable GIST treated with imatinib which will be improved when imatinib losses its patency.
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- Sander Zuidema
- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Cardoso E, Csajka C, Schneider MP, Widmer N. Effect of Adherence on Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Relationships of Oral Targeted Anticancer Drugs. Clin Pharmacokinet 2019. [PMID: 28634655 DOI: 10.1007/s40262-017-0571-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The emergence of oral targeted anticancer agents transformed several cancers into chronic conditions with a need for long-term oral treatment. Although cancer is a life-threatening condition, oncology medication adherence-the extent to which a patient follows the drug regimen that is intended by the prescriber-can be suboptimal in the long term, as in any other chronic disease. Poor adherence can impact negatively on clinical outcomes, notably because most of these drugs are given as a standard non-individualized dosage despite marked inter-individual variabilities that can lead to toxic or inefficacious drug concentrations. This has been especially studied with the prototypal drug imatinib. In the context of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), increasingly advocated for oral anticancer treatment optimization, unreported suboptimal adherence affecting drug intake history may lead to significant bias in the concentration interpretation and inappropriate dosage adjustments. In the same way, suboptimal adherence may also bias the results of pharmacokinetic modeling studies, which will affect in turn Bayesian TDM interpretation that relies on such population models. Detailed knowledge of the influence of adherence on plasma concentrations in pharmacokinetic studies or in routine TDM programs is however presently missing in the oncology field. Studies on this topic are therefore eagerly awaited to better pilot the treatment of cancer with the new targeted agents and to find their optimal dosage regimen. Hence, the development and assessment of effective medication adherence programs are warranted for these treatments.
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- Evelina Cardoso
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland.,Community Pharmacy, Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Pharmacy of Eastern Vaud Hospitals, Vevey, Switzerland. .,Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Service of Biomedicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Rue du Bugnon 17, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Small intestinal perforation due to a huge gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a kidney transplant recipient: a case report and literature review. BMC Nephrol 2019; 20:120. [PMID: 30943904 PMCID: PMC6448240 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-019-1310-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) in transplant recipients are very rare and only a handful of cases have been reported to date. Here we present the first known case of a huge GIST in a kidney transplant recipient with perforation of small intestine. Case presentation A 64-year-old male presented at our hospital with right colic pain; he had received an ABO incompatible kidney transplant 6 years earlier and was treated with cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil, and methylprednisolone. Radiological evaluation revealed a huge (11 cm in diameter) solitary tumor at the small intestine without distant metastasis. The small intestinal wall at the tumor location was perforated one week after diagnosis and the patient underwent emergency surgery. The pathological findings were compatible with GIST and the tumor consisted of spindle cells with positive staining for KIT, CD34, and DOG1 and negative or weak staining for desmin and S-100 protein. A mutation in exon 11 of the c-kit gene was also detected. Cyclosporine was withdrawn and imatinib mesylate (400 mg daily) was introduced. However, thereafter, we needed to decrease the dose at 300 mg daily due to severe hyponatremia. Reduced imatinib treatment was well tolerated and recurrence was not observed for 18 months after surgery. Conclusions The occurrence of GISTs in transplant patients is rare, and huge GISTs should be resected immediately after diagnosis because gastrointestinal tract at the tumor site could be perforated. Imatinib treatment is feasible in transplant recipients under immunosuppression, although immunosuppressive drugs metabolized by CYP3A4 should be used at a reduced dosage or withdrawn.
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Wu X, Li J, Zhou Y, Mao Y, Luo S, He X, Wang L, Shen Y, Zhang H, Yang L, Zhang J. Relative Factors Analysis of Imatinib Trough Concentration in Chinese Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. Chemotherapy 2019; 63:301-307. [PMID: 30836365 DOI: 10.1159/000493195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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AIMS Imatinib plasma trough levels (IM Cmin) have been reported to have a considerable clinical impact in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). We therefore have investigated the factors affecting IM plasma concentration in Chinese GIST patients. METHODS IM Cmin in 190 patients with GIST who were taking IM were measured. RESULTS In patients treated with IM 300 mg/day (n = 16), 400 mg/day (n = 168), and > 400 mg/day (500: n = 1, 600: n = 5), IM Cmin was 1,564.54 ± 596.15, 1,521.26 ± 610.33, and 2,540.31 ± 1,298.14 ng/mL, respectively. Of the 168 patients treated with IM 400 mg/day, IM Cmin was significantly lower in males (1,353.94 ± 492.89 ng/mL) than in females (1,680.79 ± 669.03 ng/mL, p < 0.01), and in patients with gastrectomy (1,439.60 ± 587.66 ng/mL) than those without gastrectomy (1,649.88 ± 620.12 ng/mL) (p = 0.033). High IM Cmin was correlated with low body weight (p = 0.004) and low body surface area (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION IM Cmin at steady state was significantly associated with body weight and body surface area. Monitoring of IM Cmin might be particularly important for the optimal treatment with IM of male patients and those who have undergone gastrectomy.
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- Xingye Wu
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- The Center for Clinical Molecular Medical Detection of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China,
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Wang Q, Jiang ZP, Yu EQ, Zeng J, Zhu Y, Cai HL, Yan M, Xiang DX, Zhao XL, Xu P, Jiao Z, Banh HL. Population pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetics of imatinib in Chinese patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. Pharmacogenomics 2019; 20:251-260. [PMID: 30767712 DOI: 10.2217/pgs-2018-0139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Aim: This study aimed to establish a population pharmacokinetic (PPK) model in Chinese patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, and to quantify the effects of pharmacogenetics on pharmacokinetic parameters of imatinib. Methods: A total of 229 plasma concentrations from 170 patients were analyzed. Nonlinear mixed effect model was used to establish the PPK model. Results: A one-compartment model with first-order absorption and first-order elimination adequately describes imatinib pharmacokinetics. Actual bodyweight shows slight effect on the estimated apparent clearance (CL/F) of imatinib in this study population. The final PPK model is: Ka (1/h) = 0.329; CL/F (l/h) = 9.25 × (actual bodyweight/70)0.228; V/F(l) = 222. Conclusion: Actual bodyweight has a slight effect on CL/F. Demographics, physiopathology and pharmacogenetics covariates have no significant effects on imatinib pharmacokinetics.
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- Qing Wang
- Department of Pharmacy, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Hematology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, PR China
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, PR China
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- Department of Education & Research, Ningbo Medical Center, Li Huili Eastern Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315000, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Hematology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, PR China
- Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry/Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, 6-10 University Terrace, Edmonton, AB T6G 2T4, Canada
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Pazopanib is an inhibitor of the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, platelet-derived growth factor receptor, fibroblast growth factor receptor and stem cell receptor c-Kit, and has been approved for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma and soft tissue sarcoma. The pharmacokinetics of pazopanib are complex and are characterized by pH-dependent solubility, large interpatient variability and low, non-linear and time-dependent bioavailability. Exposure to pazopanib is increased by both food and coadministration of ketoconazole, but drastically reduced by proton pump inhibitors. Studies have demonstrated relationships between systemic exposure to pazopanib and toxicity, such as hypertension. Furthermore, a strong relationship between pazopanib trough level ≥20 mg/L and both tumor shrinkage and progression-free survival has been established. At the currently approved daily dose of 800 mg, approximately 20% of patients do not reach this threshold and may be at risk of suboptimal treatment. As a result of this, clinical trials have explored individualized pazopanib dosing, which demonstrate the safety and feasibility of individualized pazopanib dosing based on trough levels. In summary, we provide an overview of the complex pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles of pazopanib and, based on the available data, we propose optimized dosing strategies.
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Morotti M, Dass PH, Harris AL, Lord S. Pharmacodynamic and Pharmacokinetic Markers For Anti-angiogenic Cancer Therapy: Implications for Dosing and Selection of Patients. Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2018; 43:137-153. [PMID: 29019020 DOI: 10.1007/s13318-017-0442-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Angiogenesis is integral to tumour growth and invasion, and is a key target for cancer therapeutics. However, for many of the licensed indications, only a modest clinical benefit has been observed for both monoclonal antibody and small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor anti-angiogenic therapy. Pre-clinical and clinical studies have attempted to evaluate circulating, imaging, genomic, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic markers that may aid both the selection of patients for treatment and define dosing. Correct dosing is likely to be critical in the context of vascular normalization to allow better delivery of concomitant anti-cancer therapy and novel imaging techniques hold much promise in the early evaluation of pharmacodynamic response to improve efficacy.
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- Matteo Morotti
- Hypoxia and Angiogenesis Group, Cancer Research UK Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
- Department of Gynaecology Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Department of Oncology, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.
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- Department of Oncology, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Hypoxia and Angiogenesis Group, Cancer Research UK Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK
- Department of Oncology, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Hypoxia and Angiogenesis Group, Cancer Research UK Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK
- Department of Oncology, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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Differential effects of hepatic cirrhosis on the intrinsic clearances of sorafenib and imatinib by CYPs in human liver. Eur J Pharm Sci 2018; 114:55-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2017.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Chatelut E, Bruno R, Ratain MJ. Intraindividual Pharmacokinetic Variability: Focus on Small-Molecule Kinase Inhibitors. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2017; 103:956-958. [PMID: 29194586 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2017] [Revised: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The magnitude of interindividual pharmacokinetic variability (IIV) of a drug and the factors responsible for this variability are intensively studied before-and sometimes after-registration as crucial information in anticipating and understanding variability in toxicity and efficacy. However, there has been much less attention paid to intraindividual variability, reflecting random or systematic changes in an individual's pharmacokinetics over time. We have chosen to focus on small-molecule kinase inhibitors (SMKIs).
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- Etienne Chatelut
- Institut Claudius-Regaud, IUCT-Oncopole, CRCT, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, Toulouse, France
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- Clinical Pharmacology, Roche/Genentech, Marseille, France
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Development of a Pharmacokinetic Model to Describe the Complex Pharmacokinetics of Pazopanib in Cancer Patients. Clin Pharmacokinet 2017; 56:293-303. [PMID: 27534647 DOI: 10.1007/s40262-016-0443-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Pazopanib is a multi-targeted anticancer tyrosine kinase inhibitor. This study was conducted to develop a population pharmacokinetic (popPK) model describing the complex pharmacokinetics of pazopanib in cancer patients. METHODS Pharmacokinetic data were available from 96 patients from three clinical studies. A multi-compartment model including (i) a complex absorption profile, (ii) the potential non-linear dose-concentration relationship and (iii) the potential long-term decrease in exposure was developed. RESULTS A two-compartment model best described pazopanib pharmacokinetics. The absorption phase was modelled by two first-order processes: 36 % (relative standard error [RSE] 34 %) of the administered dose was absorbed with a relatively fast rate (0.4 h-1 [RSE 31 %]); after a lag time of 1.0 h (RSE 6 %), the remaining dose was absorbed at a slower rate (0.1 h-1 [RSE 28 %]). The relative bioavailability (rF) at a dose of 200 mg was fixed to 1. With an increasing dose, the rF was strongly reduced, which was modelled with an E max (maximum effect) model (E max was fixed to 1, the dose at half of maximum effect was estimated as 480 mg [RSE 23 %]). Interestingly, the plasma exposure to pazopanib also decreased over time, modelled on rF with a maximum magnitude of 50 % (RSE 27 %) and a first-order decay constant of 0.15 day-1 (RSE 43 %). The inter-patient and intra-patient variability on rF were estimated as 36 % (RSE 16 %) and 75 % (RSE 22 %), respectively. CONCLUSION A popPK model for pazopanib was developed that illustrated the complex absorption process, the non-linear dose-concentration relationship, the high inter-patient and intra-patient variability, and the first-order decay of pazopanib concentration over time. The developed popPK model can be used in clinical practice to screen covariates and guide therapeutic drug monitoring.
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Prospective Analysis in GIST Patients on the Role of Alpha-1 Acid Glycoprotein in Imatinib Exposure. Clin Pharmacokinet 2017; 56:305-310. [PMID: 27461250 PMCID: PMC5315737 DOI: 10.1007/s40262-016-0441-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Background For imatinib, a relationship between systemic exposure and clinical outcome has been suggested. Importantly, imatinib concentrations are not stable and decrease over time, for which several mechanisms have been suggested. In this study, we investigated if a decrease in alpha-1 acid glycoprotein (AGP) is the main cause of the lowering in imatinib exposure over time. Methods We prospectively measured imatinib trough concentration (Cmin) values in 28 patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumours, at 1, 3 and 12 months after the start of imatinib treatment. At the same time points, AGP levels were measured. Results Overall, imatinib Cmin and AGP levels were correlated (r2 = 0.656; P < 0.001). However, AGP levels did not fluctuate significantly over time, nor did the change in AGP levels correlate with the change in the imatinib Cmin. Conclusion We showed that systemic AGP levels are not likely to be a key player in the decrease in systemic imatinib exposure over time. As long as intra-individual changes in imatinib exposure remain unexplained, researchers should standardize the sampling times for imatinib in order to be able to assess the clinical applicability of therapeutic drug monitoring.
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Farag S, Verheijen RB, Martijn Kerst J, Cats A, Huitema ADR, Steeghs N. Imatinib Pharmacokinetics in a Large Observational Cohort of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour Patients. Clin Pharmacokinet 2017; 56:287-292. [PMID: 27435281 DOI: 10.1007/s40262-016-0439-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Low trough imatinib concentration (C min) values have been associated with poor clinical outcomes in gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) patients. This study describes the pharmacokinetics of imatinib in a large cohort of GIST patients in routine clinical care. METHODS An observational study was performed in imatinib-treated GIST patients. Patient and tumour characteristics were derived from the Dutch GIST Registry and medical records. Imatinib concentrations were measured by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. The analyses included the occurrence of a low imatinib C min (<1000 µg/L), the change in the C min over time and the correlation between exposure and response. RESULTS In total, 421 plasma samples were available from 108 GIST patients. Most patients (79.6 %) received an imatinib dose of 400 mg. The inter- and intrapatient variabilities in C min were 54 and 23 %, respectively. In the first steady-state sample, 44.4 % of patients presented with C min values <1000 µg/L; 32.4 % of patients had values <1000 µg/L in >75 % of their samples. Only 33.3 % of patients had C min values ≥1000 µg/L in all measured samples. No decrease in C min over time was found (P > 0.05). Fifty-seven (91.9 %) of 62 palliative-treated patients had a tumour response (median C min 1271 µg/L). Five palliative patients (8.1 %) did not respond (median C min 920 µg/L). Given the limited number of non-responders in this cohort, no statistically significant association with clinical benefit could be demonstrated. CONCLUSION In routine clinical care, one third of GIST patients are systematically underexposed with a fixed dose of imatinib. Prospective clinical studies are needed to investigate the value of C min-guided imatinib dosing in GIST patients.
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- Sheima Farag
- Department of Medical Oncology and Clinical Pharmacology, Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Louwesweg 6, 1066 EC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Clinical Pharmacology, Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Louwesweg 6, 1066 EC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Clinical Pharmacology, Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Cabel L, Blanchet B, Thomas-Schoemann A, Huillard O, Bellesoeur A, Cessot A, Giroux J, Boudou-Rouquette P, Coriat R, Vidal M, Saidu NEB, Golmard L, Alexandre J, Goldwasser F. Drug monitoring of sunitinib in patients with advanced solid tumors: a monocentric observational French study. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2017; 32:98-107. [PMID: 29055166 DOI: 10.1111/fcp.12327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2017] [Revised: 09/30/2017] [Accepted: 10/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) could be helpful in oral targeted therapies. Data are sparse to evaluate its impact on treatment management. This study aimed to determine a threshold value of plasma drug exposure associated with the occurrence of grade 3-4 toxicity, then the potential impact of TDM on clinical decision. Consecutive outpatients treated with sunitinib were prospectively monitored between days 21 and 28 of the first cycle, then monthly until disease progression. At each consultation, the composite AUCƬ,ss (sunitinib + active metabolite SU12662) was assayed. The decisions taken during each consultation were matched with AUCƬ,ss and compared to the decisional algorithm based on TDM. A total of 105 cancer patients and 288 consultations were matched with the closest AUCƬ,ss measurement. The majority (60%) of the patients had metastatic renal clear-cell carcinoma (mRCC). Fifty-five (52%) patients experienced grade 3-4 toxicity. Multivariate analysis identified composite AUCƬ,ss as a parameter independently associated with grade 3-4 toxicity (P < 0.0001). Using the ROC curve, the threshold value of composite AUCƬ,ss predicting grade ≥3 toxicity was 2150 ng/mL/h (CI 95%, 0.6-0.79%; P < 0.0001). At disease progression in patients with mRCC, AUCƬ,ss tended to be lower than the one assayed during the first cycle (1678 vs. 2004 ng/mL/h, respectively, P = 0.072). TDM could have changed the medical decision for sunitinib dosing in 30% of patients at the first cycle of treatment, and in 46% of the patients over the whole treatment course. TDM is routinely feasible and may both contribute to improve toxicity management and to identify sunitinib underexposure at the time of disease progression.
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- Luc Cabel
- Department of Medical Oncology, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.,Paris Descartes University, CARPEM, Paris, France
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- Department of Pharmacocokinetics and Pharmacochemistry, Groupe de Pharmacologie Clinique Oncologique, Cochin Hospital, Paris, 75014, France
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- Department of Pharmacocokinetics and Pharmacochemistry, Groupe de Pharmacologie Clinique Oncologique, Cochin Hospital, Paris, 75014, France.,UMR8638 CNRS, UFR de Pharmacie, Université Paris Descartes, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.,Paris Descartes University, CARPEM, Paris, France
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- Department of Pharmacocokinetics and Pharmacochemistry, Groupe de Pharmacologie Clinique Oncologique, Cochin Hospital, Paris, 75014, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.,Paris Descartes University, CARPEM, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.,Paris Descartes University, CARPEM, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.,Paris Descartes University, CARPEM, Paris, France
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- U1016 INSERM, UMR 8104 CNRS, UMR-S1016, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Department of Gastroenterology, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, 75014, France.,Paris Descartes University, CARPEM, Paris, 75006, France
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- Department of Pharmacocokinetics and Pharmacochemistry, Groupe de Pharmacologie Clinique Oncologique, Cochin Hospital, Paris, 75014, France.,UMR8638 CNRS, UFR de Pharmacie, Université Paris Descartes, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- U1016 INSERM, UMR 8104 CNRS, UMR-S1016, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Department of Biological pharmacology, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, 75010, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.,Paris Descartes University, CARPEM, Paris, France.,U1016 INSERM, UMR 8104 CNRS, UMR-S1016, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.,Paris Descartes University, CARPEM, Paris, France.,U1016 INSERM, UMR 8104 CNRS, UMR-S1016, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Suttorp M, Bornhäuser M, Metzler M, Millot F, Schleyer E. Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of imatinib in pediatric patients. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2017; 11:219-231. [PMID: 29076384 DOI: 10.1080/17512433.2018.1398644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) imatinib was rationally designed to target BCR-ABL1 which is constitutively activated in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Following the tremendous success in adults, imatinib also became licensed for treatment of CML in minors. The rarity of pediatric CML hampers the conduction of formal trials. Thus, imatinib is still the single TKI approved for CML treatment in childhood. Areas covered: This review attempts to provide an overview of the literature on pharmacology, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacogenetic of imatinib concerning pediatric CML treatment. Articles were identified through a PubMed search and by reviewing abstracts from relevant hematology congresses. Additional information was provided from the authors' libraries and expertise and from our own measurements of imatinib trough plasma levels in children. Pharmacokinetic variables (e.g. alpha 1-acid glycoprotein binding, drug-drug/food-drug interactions via cytochrome P450 3A4/5, cellular uptake mediated via OCT-1-influx variations and P-glycoprotein-mediated drug efflux) still await to be addressed in pediatric patients systematically. Expert commentary: TKI response rates vary among different individuals and pharmacokinetic variables all can influence CML treatment success. Adherence to imatinib intake may be the most prominent factor influencing treatment outcome in teenagers thus pointing towards the potential benefits of regular drug monitoring.
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- Meinolf Suttorp
- a Pediatric Hematology and Oncology , University Hospital 'Carl Gustav Carus' , Dresden , Germany
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- b I. Medical Clinic , University Hospital 'Carl Gustav Carus' , Dresden , Germany
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- c Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine , University Hospital Erlangen , Erlangen , Germany
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- d Pediatric Oncology Unit , CIC 802 INSERM, University Hospital , Poitiers , France
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- b I. Medical Clinic , University Hospital 'Carl Gustav Carus' , Dresden , Germany
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Lucas CJ, Martin JH. Pharmacokinetic-Guided Dosing of New Oral Cancer Agents. J Clin Pharmacol 2017; 57 Suppl 10:S78-S98. [DOI: 10.1002/jcph.937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Catherine J. Lucas
- Discipline of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine and Public Health; University of Newcastle; New South Wales Australia
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- Discipline of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine and Public Health; University of Newcastle; New South Wales Australia
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Lankheet NAG, Desar IME, Mulder SF, Burger DM, Kweekel DM, van Herpen CML, van der Graaf WTA, van Erp NP. Optimizing the dose in cancer patients treated with imatinib, sunitinib and pazopanib. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2017; 83:2195-2204. [PMID: 28500677 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.13327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Revised: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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AIM Fixed dose oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors imatinib, sunitinib and pazopanib show a high interpatient variability in plasma exposure. A relationship between plasma exposure and treatment outcome has been established, which supports the rationale for dose optimization of these drugs. The aim of this study was to monitor how many patients reached adequate trough levels after therapeutic drug monitoring-based dose optimization in daily practice. METHODS A cohort study was performed in patients treated with imatinib, sunitinib or pazopanib of whom follow-up drug levels were measured between August 2012 and April 2016. Patients' characteristics were collected by reviewing electronic patient records. Drug levels were measured using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry and trough levels were estimated using a predefined algorithm. Dose interventions were proposed based on trough levels. RESULTS In total, 396 trough levels were determined in 109 patients. Median sample frequency per patient was 3. During the first measurement only 38% of patients showed trough levels within the predefined target ranges despite standard dosing; 52% of the patients showed drug levels below and 10% above the target range. In 35 out of 41 patients (85%) dose interventions led to adequate trough levels. Eventually, 64% of the total cohort reached adequate trough levels. CONCLUSIONS Dose optimization proved an effective tool to reach adequate trough levels in patients treated with imatinib, sunitinib and pazopanib. The percentage of patients with adequate trough levels increased from 38 to 64%. Therapeutic drug monitoring may add to the improvement of efficacy and reduction of toxicity and costs of these treatments.
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- Nienke A G Lankheet
- Department of Pharmacy, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacy, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,The Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Schindler E, Krishnan SM, Mathijssen R, Ruggiero A, Schiavon G, Friberg LE. Pharmacometric Modeling of Liver Metastases' Diameter, Volume, and Density and Their Relation to Clinical Outcome in Imatinib-Treated Patients With Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. CPT-PHARMACOMETRICS & SYSTEMS PHARMACOLOGY 2017; 6:449-457. [PMID: 28379635 PMCID: PMC5529749 DOI: 10.1002/psp4.12195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Revised: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Three‐dimensional and density‐based tumor metrics have been suggested to better discriminate tumor response to treatment than unidimensional metrics, particularly for tumors exhibiting nonuniform size changes. In the developed pharmacometric modeling framework based on data from 77 imatinib‐treated gastrointestinal patients, the time‐courses of liver metastases' maximum transaxial diameters, software‐calculated actual volumes (Vactual) and calculated ellipsoidal volumes were characterized by logistic growth models, in which imatinib induced a linear dose‐dependent size reduction. An indirect response model best described the reduction in density. Substantial interindividual variability in the drug effect of all response assessments and additional interlesion variability in the drug effect on density were identified. The predictive ability of longitudinal tumor unidimensional and three‐dimensional size and density on overall survival (OS) and progression‐free survival (PFS) were compared using parametric time‐to‐event models. Death hazard increased with increasing Vactual. This framework may guide early clinical interventions based on three‐dimensional tumor responses to enhance benefits for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST).
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- E Schindler
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge University Health Partners, Cambridge, CB23 3RE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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