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Bianca D van Groen1, Wouter H Vaes2, B Kevin Park3, Elke H J Krekels4, Esther van Duijn2, Lenne-Triin Kõrgvee5, Wioleta Maruszak6, Grzegorz Grynkiewicz6, R Colin Garner7, Catherijne A J Knibbe4,8, Dick Tibboel1, Saskia N de Wildt1,9, Mark A Turner3.
Abstract
AIMS: Drug disposition in children may vary from adults due to age-related variation in drug metabolism. Microdose studies present an innovation to study pharmacokinetics (PK) in paediatrics; however, they should be used only when the PK is dose linear. We aimed to assess dose linearity of a [14 C]midazolam microdose, by comparing the PK of an intravenous (IV) microtracer (a microdose given simultaneously with a therapeutic midazolam dose), with the PK of a single isolated microdose.Entities:
Keywords: cytochrome P450; drug metabolism; paediatrics
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31269280 PMCID: PMC6783587 DOI: 10.1111/bcp.14047
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Clin Pharmacol ISSN: 0306-5251 Impact factor: 4.335
Figure 1Explanation of the terms intravenous microdose and microtracer midazolam
Characteristics of patients that participated in the study and received a microdose or microtracer [14C]midazolam. Data are presented as median (range)
| Total | Microdose | Microtracer | Mann–Whitney | |
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| Number of patients | 15 | 9 | 6 | ‐ |
| Number of samples | 67 | 37 | 30 | ‐ |
| Samples per patient ( | 5 (2–5) | 5 (2–5) | 5 (5–5) | ‐ |
| Gestational age (wk) | 39.4 (23.9–41.4) | 39.4 (23.9–41.4) | 38.4 (26.7–41.0) | .15 |
| Postnatal age (weeks) | 11.4 (0.6–49.1) | 11.4 (0.6–49.1) | 13.4 (2.6–42.3) | .39 |
| Weight (kg) | 3.6 (2.6–8.9) | 3.5 (2.7–8.9) | 3.8 (2.6–6.0) | 1.00 |
| Plasma creatinine (μmol L−1) | 35 (20–51) | 41 (29–51) | 33 (20–36) | .07 |
| Total bilirubin (μmol L−1) | 9 (2–274) | 9 (5–274) | 9 (2–146) | .46 |
| ASAT (U L−1) | 42 (12–93) | 41 (12–93) | 57 (25–85) | .39 |
| ALAT (U L−1) | 17 (7–68) | 15 (7–43) | 23 (16–68) | .09 |
Figure 2Individual (n = 9) semilog plasma concentration–time profiles of [14C]midazolam and [14C]1‐hydroxy‐midazolam after administration of a [14C]midazolam microdose
Figure 3Individual (n = 6) semilog plasma concentration–time profiles of [14C]midazolam and [14C]1‐hydroxy‐midazolam after administration of a [14C]midazolam microtracer
Area under the curve (AUC) of [14C]midazolam and [14C]1‐hydroxy‐midazolam after administration of a microdose or microtracer [14C]midazolam, presented as median (range)
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| AUC0–t (ng L−1 *h) | 46.77 (32.42–196.77) | 46.77 (32.42–196.77) | 48.28 (39.17–81.40) | .86 |
| AUC0–∞ (ng L−1 *h) | 48.90 (34.15–218.80) ( | 48.90 (34.15–218.80) ( | 49.11 (39.75–82.45) | .66 |
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| AUC0–t (ng L−1 *h) | 10.89 (5.28–24.21) | 10.19 (5.28–24.21) | 11.20 (5.84–19.93) | .86 |
| AUC0–∞ (ng L−1 *h) | 12.39 (5.99–26.41) ( | 13.14 (7.40–26.41) ( | 12.39 (5.99–26.27) | .95 |
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| AUC0–t ratio | 0.23 (0.11–0.51) | 0.23 (0.11–0.49) | 0.21 (0.13–0.51) | .69 |
for 1 subject this parameter could not be established as there were only 2 plasma samples available.
AUC0–t ratio = [14C]1‐hydroxy‐midazolam AUC0–t/[14C]midazolam AUC0–t
Parameter estimates of the pharmacokinetic model for IV [14C]midazolam
| Parameter | Estimate (RSE%) | Bootstrap median (2.5th to 97.5th bootstrap percentile) |
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| CL (L h−1) | 2.06 (24) | 2.23 (1.57–3.23) |
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| Q (L h−1) | 0.79 (44) | 0.90 (0.60–2.45) |
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| V1i = V14kg * (WT/4)k1 | ||
| - V14kg (L) | 3.81 (8) | 3.75 (3.07–4.66) |
| - k1 | 1.36 (10) | 1.34 (0.68–1.68) |
| V2 (L) | 3.19 (18) | 3.30 (2.64–6.41) |
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| ω2 CL | 0.73 (42) | 0.62 (0.13–1.41) |
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| Proportional error | 0.09 (24) | 0.08 (0.05–0.14) |
| Additional error | 0.08 (50) | 0.07 (0.01–0.20) |
CL = population predicted clearance; Q = intercompartmental clearance; V1i = individual predicted volume of distribution in the central compartment for individual i; V14kg = population value for volume of distribution in the central compartment at 4 kg; WT = body weight; k1 = exponent to relate body weight to volume of distribution; V2 = volume of distribution in the peripheral compartment; ω2 = variance for the interindividual variability of the parameter mentioned. The bootstrap was based on 50 resampled datasets.
Figure 4Diagnostic plots for [14C]midazolam pharmacokinetic model, using different symbols for the different treatments. (A) Observed vs population predicted [14C]midazolam concentrations. (B) Observed vs individually predicted [14C]midazolam concentrations. (C) Weighted residuals vs population predicted [14C]midazolam concentration. (D) Weighted residuals vs time. Solid lines represent the line of unity in A and B, and a value of 0 in C and D. dotted line represent ±1.96 standard deviation, representing the interval in which 95% of the conditional weighted residual (CWRES) values are expected