| Literature DB >> 28762476 |
Mohamed-Eslam F Mohamed1, Jiewei Zeng1, Ping Jiang1, Balakrishna Hosmane1, Ahmed A Othman1.
Abstract
Exposure-response analyses of QT data from early-stage clinical studies represent a valuable tool to assess the QT prolongation potential for drugs in development in lieu of standalone thorough QT (TQT) studies. However, demonstrating adequate electrocardiogram assay sensitivity can be challenging in the absence of a positive pharmacological control. Upadacitinib is a Janus kinase 1 inhibitor currently being evaluated in phase III rheumatoid arthritis trials. Exposure-response analyses to evaluate the QT prolongation potential for upadacitinib from phase I trials and the utility of the effect of food on QTcF to demonstrate ECG assay sensitivity are presented. The analyses demonstrated no effect of upadacitinib on QT interval and confirmed the sensitivity of the ECG assay to detect the small QT shortening effect caused by food. Lack of bias from manual ECG adjudication was also demonstrated. These analyses supported requesting a waiver for the regulatory requirement for a dedicated thorough QT study for upadacitinib.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28762476 PMCID: PMC5946993 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.804
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Pharmacol Ther ISSN: 0009-9236 Impact factor: 6.875
Figure 1Relationship between (a) observed change from baseline in ΔQTcF in the single‐ and multiple‐dose phase I studies vs. upadacitinib plasma concentrations, and (b) model‐predicted mean drug effect with two‐sided 90% CI across the range of observed individual upadacitinib plasma concentrations. [Color figure can be viewed at http://wileyonlinelibrary.com]
Definition of parameters and their estimates for the model describing the relationship between ΔQTcF and upadacitinib plasma concentration
| Parameter | Estimate (standard error) |
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|---|---|---|
| μ: Intercept (overall mean ΔQTcF; msec) | 27.9 (14) | 0.04 |
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| –0.09 (0.03) | 0.01 |
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| –0.004 (0.007) | 0.57 |
| Random subject effect (ω) variance | 22.4 | — |
| Residual error (ɛ) variance | 30.6 | — |
Figure 2Schematic of the ECG timepoints and meals in the single‐ascending dose (SAD) and multiple‐ascending dose (MAD) studies prior to dosing and in the first 2 h after dosing. [Color figure can be viewed at http://wileyonlinelibrary.com]
Figure 3Assessment of bias in QTcF measurements. Bland–Altman plot for the full analysis set comparing the semiautomated and fully‐automated QTcF measurements. Footnote: Red solid and dotted lines represent mean ± 2 standard deviations of the difference between the two measurement methods; green dashed line represents regression through the data using an M estimator as described by Ferber et al.22 [Color figure can be viewed at http://wileyonlinelibrary.com]
Summary of BA plot parameters comparing the fully‐automated and semiautomated QTcF measurements
| Analysis set | Difference, semiautomated minus fully automated, mean (95% CI), msec | BA slope, mean (95% CI), msec |
|---|---|---|
| Full analysis set ( | 2.52 (2.31 to 2.73) | –0.6 (–2.0 to 0.8) |
| Upadacitinib analysis set ( | 2.57 (2.33 to 2.81) | –1.8 (–3.4 to –0.2) |
| Placebo analysis set ( | 2.35 (1.91 to 2.79) | 2.2 (–0.4 to 4.7) |
Presented as milliseconds over a QTcF range of 100 milliseconds.