Impact of the CYP2C19*17 allele on the pharmacokinetics of omeprazole and pantoprazole in children: evidence for a differential effect.

The impact of the CYP2C19*17 allele on the pharmacokinetics of pantoprazole and omeprazole in previously studied children (n = 40) was explored. When pantoprazole area under the plasma concentration versus time curve (AUC) was examined as a function of CYP2C19 genotype, a significantly lower AUC was observed for subjects identified as CYP2C19*1/*1 and *1/*17. For pantoprazole, a statistically significant relationship was observed between CYP2C19 genotype and both dose-corrected AUC (p < 0.0001) and the apparent elimination rate constant (K(el); p = 0.0012); no significant genotype-phenotype relationships were observed for omeprazole.