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Arısoy M, Saydam M, Dolaksız YE, Demirbaş Ö, Talay Ç, Sağlam O, Demiray G, Kurtoğlu ED, Oktay AN. Evaluation of Pharmacokinetics of a BCS Class III Drug with Two Different Study Designs: Tenofovir Alafenamide Monofumarate Film-coated Tablet. AAPS PharmSciTech 2024; 25:123. [PMID: 38816624 DOI: 10.1208/s12249-024-02835-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
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Tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) is a BCS Class III compound and an oral pro-drug of Tenofovir (TFV) with limited oral bioavailability. The bioavailability of the oral intake increases with food as a result of the low stability of the active substance in the stomach. The reference drug is "Vemlidy® 25 mg Film Tablet", which contains 25 mg of TAF in "hemifumarate" form, is under patent protection until 15.08.2032 by Gilead, and so the "monofumarate" form was used in the present study. At first, a pilot study was conducted involving 12 subjects under fed conditions. The results of the pilot study revealed the test and reference products were not bioequivalent, as a result of insufficient statistical power and high inter-subject variability. Secondly, a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) simulation was performed based on the pilot study results and literature data. Finally, the power of the design was increased and the pivotal study design was optimized into a four-period, full-replicated, cross-over study with 34 subjects under fed conditions and it was concluded that the test and reference products were bioequivalent. In conclusion, the present study proved the importance of a correct study design with higher statistical power for a BCS Class III compound with high variability, to present the pharmacokinetics.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mustafa Arısoy
- Drogsan Pharmaceuticals, 1370 St. No:7, Oğuzlar District, Balgat, Ankara, 06520, Türkiye
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- Drogsan Pharmaceuticals, 1370 St. No:7, Oğuzlar District, Balgat, Ankara, 06520, Türkiye.
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- Drogsan Pharmaceuticals, 1370 St. No:7, Oğuzlar District, Balgat, Ankara, 06520, Türkiye
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- Drogsan Pharmaceuticals, 1370 St. No:7, Oğuzlar District, Balgat, Ankara, 06520, Türkiye
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- Drogsan Pharmaceuticals, 1370 St. No:7, Oğuzlar District, Balgat, Ankara, 06520, Türkiye
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- Novagenix Bioanalytical Drug R&D Centre, Balıkhisar, Özal Av. No:664, Akyurt, Ankara, 06970, Türkiye
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- Novagenix Bioanalytical Drug R&D Centre, Balıkhisar, Özal Av. No:664, Akyurt, Ankara, 06970, Türkiye
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- Novagenix Bioanalytical Drug R&D Centre, Balıkhisar, Özal Av. No:664, Akyurt, Ankara, 06970, Türkiye
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- University of Heath Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, EmrahEtlik, Keçiören, Ankara, 06018, Türkiye
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Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Tenofovir Alafenamide in HIV-Uninfected Subjects with Severe Renal Impairment. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2016; 60:5135-40. [PMID: 27216057 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00005-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) is an oral prodrug of tenofovir (TFV) that has greater stability in plasma than TFV disoproxil fumarate (TDF) and circulates as intact TAF, resulting in the direct and higher lymphatic loading of and exposure to TFV diphosphate, the active moiety. Unlike TFV, TAF is minimally eliminated in urine. The pharmacokinetics (PK) of TAF and TFV in HIV-uninfected subjects with severe renal impairment and matched healthy controls were evaluated. Subjects with severe renal impairment (RI; estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR], 15 to 29 ml/min) and controls (eGFR, ≥90 ml/min) matched for age, gender, and body mass index received a single dose of TAF at 25 mg. Blood and urine samples for TAF and TFV PK determinations were collected over 7 days postdosing, and subjects were followed up at 14 days. A total of 14 renally impaired subjects and 13 control subjects enrolled and completed the study. The TAF maximum observed concentration in plasma (Cmax) and the area under the concentration-versus-time curve (AUC) extrapolated to infinite time (AUCinf) were 79% and 92% higher, respectively, in subjects with severe RI than the controls, primarily due to higher absorption. The TFV Cmax and AUCinf were 2.8-fold and 5.7-fold higher, respectively, in subjects with severe RI than the controls. In subjects with severe RI, TAF at 25 mg provided a TFV AUC 10 to 40% lower than that from historical TDF-based TFV exposures in subjects with normal renal function. There were no discontinuations due to adverse events. In subjects with severe RI receiving TAF at 25 mg, TAF exposures were higher than those for the controls; these differences are unlikely to be clinically meaningful. TFV exposures were higher than those for the controls but lower than the exposures in nonrenally impaired subjects on TDF-based regimens.
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Pharmacokinetics and safety of single-dose tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine in HIV-1-infected pregnant women and their infants. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2011; 55:5914-22. [PMID: 21896911 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00544-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Tenofovir (TFV) is effective in preventing simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) transmission in a macaque model, is available as the oral agent tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), and may be useful in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We conducted a trial of TDF and TDF-emtricitabine (FTC) in HIV-infected pregnant women and their infants. Women received a single dose of either 600 mg TDF, 900 mg TDF, or 900 mg TDF-600 mg FTC at labor onset or prior to a cesarean section. Infants received no drug or a single dose of TDF at 4 mg/kg of body weight or of TDF at 4 mg/kg plus FTC at 3 mg/kg as soon as possible after birth. All regimens were safe and well tolerated. Maternal areas under the serum concentration-time curve (AUC) and concentrations at the end of sampling after 24 h (C(24)) were similar between the two doses of TDF; the maximum concentrations of the drugs in serum (C(max)) and cord blood concentrations were higher in women delivering via cesarean section than in those who delivered vaginally (P = 0.04 and 0.046, respectively). The median ratio of the TFV concentration in cord blood to that in the maternal plasma at delivery was 0.73 (range, 0.26 to 1.95). Without TDF administration, infants had a median TFV concentration of 12 ng/ml 12 h after birth. Following administration of a single dose of TDF at 4 mg/kg, infant TFV concentrations fell below the targeted level, 50 ng/ml, by 24 h postdose. In HIV-infected pregnant women and their infants, 600 mg of TDF is acceptable as a single dose during labor. Low concentrations at birth support infant dosing as soon after birth as possible. Rapidly decreasing TFV levels in infants suggest that multiple or higher doses of TDF will be necessary to maintain concentrations that are effective for viral suppression.
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Cotter AG, Powderly WG. Endocrine complications of human immunodeficiency virus infection: hypogonadism, bone disease and tenofovir-related toxicity. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 2011; 25:501-15. [PMID: 21663843 DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2010.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has revolutionized care of patients with HIV infection. The cost of increased survival has been antiretroviral toxicity and increasing age-related co-morbidities that include significant metabolic issues. Hypogonadism was first described in the setting of advanced AIDS and can be primary or secondary. Data regarding treatment largely concern patients with wasting. Varied syndromes involving bone have been described in patients with HIV including osteonecrosis, low bone mineral density (BMD) and osteoporosis, and rarely osteomalacia. Low BMD leading to osteoporosis is the most common bone pathology and may be as a result of HIV infection, drug toxicity or co-morbidities. However, increasingly fragility fractures are reported in HIV-infected patients, suggesting bone demineralization in this population is of clinical relevance. Further research is required to understand its pathogenesis and determine effective management; however, initiation of antiretroviral therapy seems to accelerate (in the short-term) bone demineralization. One particular antiretroviral agent, tenofovir is widely used and is potentially implicated as having a greater role in long-term bone and renal dysfunction. As this population ages, screening for low BMD will become increasingly more important.
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- Aoife G Cotter
- School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.
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Structural studies of series HIV-1 nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors 1-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-2-(2,6-difluorophenyl)-benzimidazoles with different 4-substituents. J Mol Struct 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2009.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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