Single dose pharmacokinetics of tiaprofenic acid. Effects of food and severe renal insufficiency.

The single oral dose pharmacokinetics of tiaprofenic acid (Surgam) has been investigated in fasting and non-fasting healthy volunteers (200 and 300 mg) and in fasting patients with severe renal insufficiency (200 mg). A dose independent pharmacokinetics of tiaprofenic acid was shown in fasting healthy volunteers and the following parameters were calculated after administration of 200 mg: tl = 0.53 +/- 0.15 h, tm = 1.28 +/- 0.19 h, cm = 27.1 micrograms/ml, ka = 2.79 +/- 0.93 h-1, lambda 2 = 1.06 +/- 0.14 h-1, t1/2 = 3.0 +/- 0.2 h, AUCl-infinity = 80 +/- 7 mg X h/l, Clt = 43.8 +/- 3.7 ml/min and V beta = 11.1 +/- 0.8 l. A small, but significant positive deviation from linearity was observed with increasing dose for cm and AUCl-infinity in non-fasting healthy volunteers, probably due to a slightly higher bioavailability of the 300 mg formulation in the non-fasting state as compared with the 200 mg formulation. Intake of food decreased cm significantly at both dosage levels from 27.1 to 19.1 micrograms/ml and from 47.9 to 39.1 micrograms/ml for 200 and 300 mg, respectively. The absorption kinetics of tiaprofenic acid was not significantly different in fasting healthy volunteers and in fasting patients with severe renal insufficiency. However, a significant increase in t1/2 and AUCl-infinity to 5.8 +/- 0.9 h and 173 +/- 34 mg X h/l, respectively, and a significant decrease in total body clearance to 25.5 +/- 5.3 ml/min were observed in this category of patients. No correlation was found between creatinine clearance and tiaprofenic acid clearance.