Josefine Schulz1, Robin Michelet1, Markus Zeitlinger2, Gerd Mikus1,3, Charlotte Kloft4. 1. Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Biochemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Kelchstraße 31, 12169, Berlin, Germany. 2. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria. 3. Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 410, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. 4. Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Biochemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Kelchstraße 31, 12169, Berlin, Germany. charlotte.kloft@fu-berlin.de.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Voriconazole is an essential antifungal drug whose complex pharmacokinetics with high interindividual variability impedes effective and safe therapy. By application of the minimally-invasive sampling technique microdialysis, interstitial space fluid (ISF) concentrations of VRC and its potentially toxic N-oxide metabolite (NO) were assessed to evaluate target-site exposure for further elucidating VRC pharmacokinetics. METHODS: Plasma and ISF samples of a clinical trial with an approved VRC dosing regimen were analyzed for VRC and NO concentrations. Concentration-time profiles, exposure assessed as area-under-the-curve (AUC) and metabolic ratios of four healthy adults in plasma and ISF were evaluated regarding the impact of multiple dosing and CYP2C19 genotype. RESULTS: VRC and NO revealed distribution into ISF with AUC values being ≤2.82- and 17.7-fold lower compared to plasma, respectively. Intraindividual variability of metabolic ratios was largest after the first VRC dose administration while interindividual variability increased with multiple dosing. The CYP2C19 genotype influenced interindividual differences with a maximum 6- and 24-fold larger AUCNO/AUCVRC ratio between the intermediate and rapid metabolizer in plasma and ISF, respectively. VRC metabolism was saturated/auto-inhibited indicated by substantially decreasing metabolic concentration ratios with increasing VRC concentrations and after multiple dosing. CONCLUSION: The feasibility of the simultaneous microdialysis of VRC and NO in vivo was demonstrated and provided new quantitative insights by leveraging distribution and metabolism processes of VRC in humans. The exploratory analysis suggested substantial dissimilarities of VRC and NO pharmacokinetics in plasma and ISF. Ultimately, a thorough understanding of target-site pharmacokinetics might contribute to the optimization of personalized VRC dosing regimens.
PURPOSE: Voriconazole is an essential antifungal drug whose complex pharmacokinetics with high interindividual variability impedes effective and safe therapy. By application of the minimally-invasive sampling technique microdialysis, interstitial space fluid (ISF) concentrations of VRC and its potentially toxic N-oxide metabolite (NO) were assessed to evaluate target-site exposure for further elucidating VRC pharmacokinetics. METHODS: Plasma and ISF samples of a clinical trial with an approved VRC dosing regimen were analyzed for VRC and NO concentrations. Concentration-time profiles, exposure assessed as area-under-the-curve (AUC) and metabolic ratios of four healthy adults in plasma and ISF were evaluated regarding the impact of multiple dosing and CYP2C19 genotype. RESULTS: VRC and NO revealed distribution into ISF with AUC values being ≤2.82- and 17.7-fold lower compared to plasma, respectively. Intraindividual variability of metabolic ratios was largest after the first VRC dose administration while interindividual variability increased with multiple dosing. The CYP2C19 genotype influenced interindividual differences with a maximum 6- and 24-fold larger AUCNO/AUCVRC ratio between the intermediate and rapid metabolizer in plasma and ISF, respectively. VRC metabolism was saturated/auto-inhibited indicated by substantially decreasing metabolic concentration ratios with increasing VRC concentrations and after multiple dosing. CONCLUSION: The feasibility of the simultaneous microdialysis of VRC and NO in vivo was demonstrated and provided new quantitative insights by leveraging distribution and metabolism processes of VRC in humans. The exploratory analysis suggested substantial dissimilarities of VRC and NO pharmacokinetics in plasma and ISF. Ultimately, a thorough understanding of target-site pharmacokinetics might contribute to the optimization of personalized VRC dosing regimens.
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