Jianping Zhang1, Mita Thapar, Colm Farrell, Mary B Wire. 1. Department of Clinical Pharmacology Modeling and Simulation, GlaxoSmithKline, 5 Moore Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, USA, jianping.p.zhang@gsk.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The pharmacokinetics of eltrombopag and its stimulation of platelet production were characterized in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection to optimize an eltrombopag dosing regimen for treatment of HCV-related thrombocytopenia before and throughout peginterferon (pegIFN)-based antiviral therapy. METHODS: Population pharmacokinetic analysis for eltrombopag included 663 individuals (healthy subjects, n = 28; patients with HCV, n = 635). Population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analysis for platelet response involved patients with HCV only. Simulations were conducted using various dosing scenarios in the same patient population. RESULTS: Eltrombopag pharmacokinetics were described by a two-compartment model with dual sequential first-order absorption and elimination. Age, race, sex, and severity of hepatic impairment were predictors of eltrombopag clearance. The effect of eltrombopag on platelet counts was adequately described by a model with four transit compartments in which eltrombopag concentrations stimulated the production rate of platelet precursors in an Emax manner. CONCLUSIONS: Modeling and simulation results support once-daily eltrombopag 25 mg as an appropriate starting dosing regimen followed by biweekly dose escalation (in 25-mg increments) up to once-daily eltrombopag 100 mg to raise platelet counts sufficiently for initiation of pegIFN-based antiviral therapy in patients with HCV. Biweekly dose adjustment allows patients to stay on the lowest possible eltrombopag dose during antiviral therapy.
PURPOSE: The pharmacokinetics of eltrombopag and its stimulation of platelet production were characterized in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection to optimize an eltrombopag dosing regimen for treatment of HCV-related thrombocytopenia before and throughout peginterferon (pegIFN)-based antiviral therapy. METHODS: Population pharmacokinetic analysis for eltrombopag included 663 individuals (healthy subjects, n = 28; patients with HCV, n = 635). Population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analysis for platelet response involved patients with HCV only. Simulations were conducted using various dosing scenarios in the same patient population. RESULTS:Eltrombopag pharmacokinetics were described by a two-compartment model with dual sequential first-order absorption and elimination. Age, race, sex, and severity of hepatic impairment were predictors of eltrombopag clearance. The effect of eltrombopag on platelet counts was adequately described by a model with four transit compartments in which eltrombopag concentrations stimulated the production rate of platelet precursors in an Emax manner. CONCLUSIONS: Modeling and simulation results support once-daily eltrombopag 25 mg as an appropriate starting dosing regimen followed by biweekly dose escalation (in 25-mg increments) up to once-daily eltrombopag 100 mg to raise platelet counts sufficiently for initiation of pegIFN-based antiviral therapy in patients with HCV. Biweekly dose adjustment allows patients to stay on the lowest possible eltrombopag dose during antiviral therapy.
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