Jasleen K Sodhi1, Shuaibing Liu1,2, Leslie Z Benet3. 1. Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave Rm HSE 1164, UCSF Box 0912, San Francisco, California, 94143, USA. 2. Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China. 3. Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave Rm HSE 1164, UCSF Box 0912, San Francisco, California, 94143, USA. leslie.benet@ucsf.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The involvement of the intestinally expressed xenobiotic transporters P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP) have been implicated in apixaban disposition based on in vitro studies. Recommendations against co-administration of apixaban with inhibitors of these efflux transporters can be found throughout the literature as well as in the apixaban FDA label. However, the clinical relevance of such findings is questionable due to the high permeability and high solubility characteristics of apixaban. METHODS: Using recently published methodologies to discern metabolic- from transporter- mediated drug-drug interactions, a critical evaluation of all published apixaban drug-drug interaction studies was conducted to investigate the purported clinical significance of efflux transporters in apixaban disposition. RESULTS: Rational examination of these clinical studies using basic pharmacokinetic theory does not support the clinical significance of intestinal efflux transporters in apixaban disposition. Further, there is little evidence that efflux transporters are clinically significant determinants of systemic clearance. CONCLUSIONS: Inhibition or induction of intestinal CYP3A4 can account for exposure changes of apixaban in all clinically significant drug-drug interactions, and lack of intestinal CYP3A4 inhibition can explain all studies with no exposure changes, regardless of the potential for these perpetrators to inhibit intestinal or systemic efflux transporters.
PURPOSE: The involvement of the intestinally expressed xenobiotic transporters P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP) have been implicated in apixaban disposition based on in vitro studies. Recommendations against co-administration of apixaban with inhibitors of these efflux transporters can be found throughout the literature as well as in the apixaban FDA label. However, the clinical relevance of such findings is questionable due to the high permeability and high solubility characteristics of apixaban. METHODS: Using recently published methodologies to discern metabolic- from transporter- mediated drug-drug interactions, a critical evaluation of all published apixabandrug-drug interaction studies was conducted to investigate the purported clinical significance of efflux transporters in apixaban disposition. RESULTS: Rational examination of these clinical studies using basic pharmacokinetic theory does not support the clinical significance of intestinal efflux transporters in apixaban disposition. Further, there is little evidence that efflux transporters are clinically significant determinants of systemic clearance. CONCLUSIONS: Inhibition or induction of intestinal CYP3A4 can account for exposure changes of apixaban in all clinically significant drug-drug interactions, and lack of intestinal CYP3A4 inhibition can explain all studies with no exposure changes, regardless of the potential for these perpetrators to inhibit intestinal or systemic efflux transporters.
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Keywords:
apixaban; bioavailability; clearance; complex drug-drug interactions; mean absorption time
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