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Bianca D van Groen1, Esther van Duijn2, Arjan de Vries2, Miriam G Mooij1,3,4, Dick Tibboel1, Wouter H J Vaes2, Saskia N de Wildt1,4.
Abstract
Growth and development affect drug-metabolizing enzyme activity thus could alter the metabolic profile of a drug. Traditional studies to create metabolite profiles and study the routes of excretion are unethical in children due to the high radioactive burden. To overcome this challenge, we aimed to show the feasibility of an absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) study using a [14 C]midazolam microtracer as proof of concept in children. Twelve stable, critically ill children received an oral [14 C]midazolam microtracer (20 ng/kg; 60 Bq/kg) while receiving intravenous therapeutic midazolam. Blood was sampled up to 24 hours after dosing. A time-averaged plasma pool per patient was prepared reflecting the mean area under the curve plasma level, and subsequently one pool for each age group (0-1 month, 1-6 months, 0.5-2 years, and 2-6 years). For each pool [14 C]levels were quantified by accelerator mass spectrometry, and metabolites identified by high resolution mass spectrometry. Urine and feces (n = 4) were collected up to 72 hours. The approach resulted in sufficient sensitivity to quantify individual metabolites in chromatograms. [14 C]1-OH-midazolam-glucuronide was most abundant in all but one age group, followed by unchanged [14 C]midazolam and [14 C]1-OH-midazolam. The small proportion of unspecified metabolites most probably includes [14 C]midazolam-glucuronide and [14 C]4-OH-midazolam. Excretion was mainly in urine; the total recovery in urine and feces was 77-94%. This first pediatric pilot study makes clear that using a [14 C]midazolam microtracer is feasible and safe to generate metabolite profiles and study recovery in children. This approach is promising for first-in-child studies to delineate age-related variation in drug metabolite profiles.Entities:
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32386327 PMCID: PMC7689753 DOI: 10.1002/cpt.1884
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Pharmacol Ther ISSN: 0009-9236 Impact factor: 6.875
The ICRP classification and justification of radiolabeled doses to be administered to human volunteers participating in clinical trials
| ICRP risk category | Radioactive dose | Justified for | Drug developmental stage | Ethically allowed in children? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| µSv | µCi | ||||
| I | 100 | 0.1–1 but preferably lower | An increase of knowledge | At any stage in drug development | Yes |
| IIa | 1,000 | 10–100 | An increase of knowledge and health benefit | At the end of phase II in drug development, after radiological dosimetry using tissue distribution data from animals and demonstration of efficacy of a drug in humans | No |
ICRP, International Commission on Radiological Protection.
Characteristics of patients included in the analysis
| Patient characteristics | |
| Number of patients (n) | 12 |
| Postnatal age (weeks) | 13.1 (1.3–218.6) |
| Weight (kg) | 5.6 (3.1–17.0) |
| Gender (M/F) | 8/4 |
| Reason for admission (n) | |
| Respiratory failure | |
| Pneumonia/bronchiolitis | 3 |
| Congenital cardiac abnormality | 2 |
| Pulmonary hypertension | 1 |
| Post cardiac surgery | 5 |
| Status epilepticus | 1 |
| Disease severity scores | |
| PELOD | 6.5 (0–20) |
| Number of organs failing on study day | 1 (0–2) |
| PRISM | 18 (11–28) |
| PIM | −3.1 (−4.7 to −0.6) |
| Laboratory values at day of administration [14C]midazolam | |
| Plasma creatinine (µmol/L) | 38 (25–63) |
| AST (U/L) | 53 (16–309) |
| ALT (U/L) | 17 (7–114) |
| CRP (mg/L) | 21 (3–123) |
Data are presented as median (range) or number.
ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CRP, C‐reactive protein; PELOD, Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction; PIM, Pediatric Index of Mortality; PRISM, Pediatric Risk of Mortality.
Figure 1Metabolite profiles as presented by the radio chromatogram of [14C] levels after administration of an oral [14C]midazolam microtracer to children. The population was divided in four age groups/Hamilton pools: 0–1 month, 1–6 months, 6 months–2 years, and 2–6 years. [14C]levels were quantified with accelerator mass spectrometry. 1‐OHM, 1‐OH‐midazolam; 1‐OHMG, 1‐OH‐midazolam‐glucuronide. The corresponding high resolution mass spectrometry retention times can be found in Table .
The parent and metabolite exposures in percentage of the total drug‐related exposure of an oral [14C]midazolam microtracer in four age groups
| Midazolam (%) | 1‐OHM (%) | 1‐OHMG (%) | Unspecified (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–1 month | 40.7 | 5.0 | 42.7 | 11.5 |
| 1–6 months | 26.2 | 2.5 | 63.0 | 8.3 |
| 6 months–2 years | 27.0 | 2.5 | 59.2 | 11.3 |
| 2–6 years | 56.1 | 5.6 | 32.0 | 6.3 |
Mass balance results after administration of an oral [14C]midazolam microtracer
| Subject | Sampling time (hour) | Urine | Feces | Total fraction of the administered dose recovered in urine and feces | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total recovery (Bq) | Fraction of administered dose | Total recovery (Bq) | Fraction of administered dose | |||
| 1 | 20 | 155 | 0.74 | 6.21 | 0.03 | 0.77 |
| 2 | 48 | 124 | 0.74 | 31.5 | 0.19 | 0.93 |
| 3 | 48 | 81 | 0.49 | 64.1 | 0.39 | 0.88 |
| 4 | 71 | 330 | 0.92 | 7.12 | 0.02 | 0.94 |