scholarly journals Effect of Fluconazole on Indinavir Pharmacokinetics in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients

1998 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-227
Author(s):  
S. De Wit ◽  
M. Debier ◽  
M. De Smet ◽  
J. McCrea ◽  
J. Stone ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT To evaluate a potential pharmacokinetic interaction of coadministration of fluconazole, and indinavir, a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitor, 13 patients were enrolled in a multiple-dose, three-period, placebo-controlled, crossover study. Patients were randomly assigned to receive indinavir at 1,000 mg every 8 h for 7 1 3 days (with fluconazole placebo), fluconazole at 400 mg once daily for 8 days (with indinavir placebo), and indinavir with fluconazole in combination. The pharmacokinetics of both drugs were measured on day 8 of each treatment period. The peak concentration in plasma ( C max ) and the time to reach C max were obtained by inspection, and the area under curve (AUC) was calculated for indinavir and fluconazole for each treatment period in which the respective drugs were administered. There was a marginally ( P = 0.08) statistically significant decrease in the AUC from 0 to 8 h (AUC 0–8 ) for indinavir when it was administered with fluconazole. However, the magnitudes of the decreases in C max and the concentration at 8 h postdosing ( C 8 ) were not as great as the decrease in AUC 0–8 . Although the 90% confidence interval for the geometric mean ratio was within the hypothesized limits, the clinical significance is not clear. Indinavir coadministration with fluconazole had no statistically ( P > 0.5) or clinically significant effect on the C max and C 8 of indinavir. Fluconazole coadministration with indinavir had no statistically or clinically significant effect on the pharmacokinetics of fluconazole. One patient was discontinued because of mild to moderate abdominal pain and diarrhea while on indinavir and fluconazole in combination. No serious adverse experience according to the results of laboratory tests was noted. Total bilirubin levels in serum were mildly increased in most patients treated with indinavir. This was not clinically significant and was not affected by the coadministration of fluconazole. Although the values of the pharmacokinetic parameters for indinavir decrease in the presence of fluconazole, indinavir and fluconazole can be administered concomitantly to HIV-infected patients without adjustment of the dose of either drug, and both drugs are generally well tolerated.

1999 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1516-1519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leock Y. Ngo ◽  
Ram Yogev ◽  
Wayne M. Dankner ◽  
Walter T. Hughes ◽  
Sandra Burchett ◽  
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ABSTRACT To evaluate if atovaquone (ATQ) interacts pharmacokinetically with azithromycin (AZ) in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children, 10 subjects (ages, 4 to 13 years) were randomized in a crossover study to receive AZ (5 mg/kg/day) alone (ALONE) or AZ (5 mg/kg/day) and ATQ (30 mg/kg/day) simultaneously (SIM) prior to receiving AZ and ATQ staggered by 12 h. Despite a lack of significant difference in the mean AZ pharmacokinetic parameters, the steady-state values of AZ’s area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 h and maximum concentration in serum were consistently lower (n = 7 of 7) for the SIM regimen than they were for the ALONE regimen. A larger study will be required to determine if ATQ affects AZ pharmacokinetics and efficacy in a clinically significant manner.


2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 1029-1034 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney V. Fletcher ◽  
Richard C. Brundage ◽  
Rory P. Remmel ◽  
Linda M. Page ◽  
Dennis Weller ◽  
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ABSTRACT The use of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitors in children has lagged behind that in adults because of the lack of suitable pediatric formulations and information on safe and effective dosing regimens. This study was designed to obtain pharmacokinetic information on indinavir, administered to HIV-infected children also receiving therapy with two nucleoside agents, and to explore relationships between pharmacokinetic parameters and anti-HIV effect. Indinavir was initiated at a dose of 500 mg/m2 every 8 h. Plasma indinavir concentrations were measured every 4 weeks; the dose or dosing interval was adjusted to maintain trough concentrations of ≥0.1 mg/liter. All children were evaluated clinically at baseline and every 4 weeks. Plasma HIV RNA was quantitated at baseline and at weeks 4, 12, and 24. Eighteen children participated in this study. The average daily dose of indinavir was 2,043 mg/m2; nine children received indinavir at 6-h intervals. Pharmacokinetic characteristics of indinavir (mean ± standard deviation) were the following: oral clearance, 1.4 ± 0.5 liters/h/kg; half-life, 1.1 ± 0.43 h; and trough concentration, 0.29 ± 0.32 mg/liter. In nine children that completed 24 weeks of therapy, the baseline-to-week-24 change in HIV RNA level was related to indinavir trough concentration and didanosine area under the curve. This study illustrates the ability to obtain pharmacokinetic information from children during routine clinic visits and to use this information to provide a safeguard against underdosing. The incorporation of pharmacologic knowledge with virologic, immunologic, and behavioral considerations should result in improved clinical outcomes for children infected with HIV.


2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (11) ◽  
pp. 4328-4331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert DiCenzo ◽  
Derick Peterson ◽  
Kim Cruttenden ◽  
Gene Morse ◽  
Garret Riggs ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Valproic acid (VPA) has the potential to benefit patients suffering from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated cognitive impairment. The purpose of this study was to determine if VPA affects the plasma concentration of efavirenz (EFV) or lopinavir. HIV type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients receiving EFV or lopinavir-ritonavir (LPV/r) had 9 or 10 blood samples drawn over 8 to 24 h of a dosing interval at steady state before and after receiving 250 mg of VPA twice daily for 7 days. VPA blood samples drawn before (C 0) and 8 h after the morning dose (8 h) were compared to blood samples from a group of HIV-1-infected subjects who were taking either combined nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors alone or had discontinued antiretroviral therapy. Pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by noncompartmental analysis, and tests of bioequivalence were based on 90% confidence intervals (CIs) for ratios or differences. The geometric mean ratio (GMR) (90% CI) of the areas under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 h (AUC0-24s) of EFV (n = 11) with and without VPA was 1.00 (0.85, 1.17). The GMR (90% CI) of the AUC0-8s of LPV (n = 8) with and without VPA was 1.38 (0.98, 1.94). The differences (90% CI) in mean C 0 and 8-h VPA concentrations versus the control (n = 11) were −1.0 (−9.4, 7.4) μg/ml and −2.1 (−11.1, 6.9) μg/ml for EFV (n = 10) and −5.0 (−13.2, 3.3) μg/ml and −6.7 (−17.6, 4.2) μg/ml for LPV/r (n = 11), respectively. EFV administration alone is bioequivalent to EFV and VPA coadministration. LPV concentrations tended to be higher when the drug was combined with VPA. Results of VPA comparisons fail to raise concern that coadministration with EFV or LPV/r will significantly influence trough concentrations of VPA.


2001 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 3585-3590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chokechai Rongkavilit ◽  
Pimolrat Thaithumyanon ◽  
Theshinee Chuenyam ◽  
Bharat D. Damle ◽  
Sompop Limpongsanurak ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT We evaluated the pharmacokinetics of stavudine (d4T) and didanosine (ddI) in neonates. Eight neonates born to human immunodeficiency virus-infected mothers were enrolled to receive 1 mg of d4T per kg of body weight twice daily and 100 mg of ddI per m2 once daily in combination with nelfinavir for 4 weeks after birth. Pharmacokinetic evaluations were performed at 14 and 28 days of age. For d4T, on days 14 and 28, the median areas under the concentration-time curves from 0 to 12 h (AUC0–12s) were 1,866 and 1,603, ng · h/ml, respectively, and the median peak concentrations (C maxs) were 463 and 507 ng/ml, respectively. For ddI, on days 14 and 28, the median AUC0–10s were 1,573 and 1,562 h · ng/ml, respectively, and the median C maxs were 627 and 687 ng/ml, respectively. Systemic levels of exposure to d4T were comparable to those seen in children, suggesting that the pediatric dose of 1 mg/kg twice daily is appropriate for neonates at 2 to 4 weeks of age. Levels of exposure to ddI were modestly higher than those seen in children. Whether this observation warrants a reduction of the ddI dose in neonates is unclear.


2009 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 1532-1538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme Moyle ◽  
Marta Boffito ◽  
Carl Fletcher ◽  
Chris Higgs ◽  
Phillip E. Hay ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Abacavir (ABC) is administered either at 600 mg once daily (ABC 600 mg QD) or 300 mg twice daily (ABC 300 mg BID) in anti-human immunodeficiency virus (anti-HIV) combination therapy. Although ABC plasma pharmacokinetics following each regimen has been well defined, no study has directly compared the regimens with respect to pharmacokinetics of ABC's active intracellular anabolite, carbovir-triphosphate (CBV-TP). In an open-label, two-period, crossover study, 34 HIV-infected male and female subjects stabilized on antiretroviral regimens containing either ABC 600 mg QD or ABC 300 mg BID received their usual doses on days −1 and 1 and then switched regimens for days 2 to 11. Serial blood samples collected on days 1 and 11 were assayed for plasma ABC and intracellular CBV-TP concentrations using validated high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry methods. Pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated using noncompartmental methods. Analysis of variance with a mixed-effect model was performed for treatment and gender comparisons. In 27 evaluable subjects, the regimens provided bioequivalent ABC daily areas under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 h (AUC0-24) and comparable CBV-TP concentrations at the end of the dosing interval (C τ). As expected, ABC QD resulted in 109% higher ABC maximum concentrations of drug in plasma (C max) than did ABC BID. ABC QD also resulted in 32% higher CBV-TP AUC0-24 and 99% higher CBV-TP C max than did ABC BID. Females had a 38% higher weight-adjusted ABC AUC0-24 and 81% higher weight-adjusted CBV-TP AUC0-24 than did males. Virologic suppression was maintained during regimen switch, and no tolerability differences between regimens were observed. In conclusion, this study showed that ABC 600 mg QD and ABC 300 mg BID regimens led to similar intracellular CBV-TP C τ values, thus providing pharmacokinetic support for the interchangeability of these two regimens. Women had higher intracellular CBV-TP exposure than did men.


2001 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 2733-2739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Barditch-Crovo ◽  
Steven G. Deeks ◽  
Ann Collier ◽  
Sharon Safrin ◽  
Dion F. Coakley ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Tenofovir DF is an antiviral nucleotide with activity against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). The pharmacokinetics, safety, and activity of oral tenofovir DF in HIV-1-infected adults were evaluated in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, escalating-dose study of four doses (75, 150, 300, and 600 mg given once daily). Subjects received a single dose of tenofovir DF or a placebo, followed by a 7-day washout period. Thereafter, subjects received their assigned study drug once daily for 28 days. Pharmacokinetic parameters were dose proportional and demonstrated no change with repeated dosing. Reductions in plasma HIV-1 RNA were dose related at tenofovir DF doses of 75 to 300 mg, but there was no increase in virus suppression between the 300- and 600-mg dose cohorts, despite dose-proportional increases in drug exposure. Grade III or IV adverse events were limited to laboratory abnormalities, including elevated creatine phosphokinase and liver function tests, which resolved with or without drug discontinuation and without sequelae. No patients developed detectable sequence changes in the reverse transcriptase gene.


1999 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 2323-2327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen C. Piscitelli ◽  
Katherine Spooner ◽  
Barbara Baird ◽  
Andrew T. Chow ◽  
Cynthia L. Fowler ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The pharmacokinetics of levofloxacin, administered in high doses and with extended dosing intervals, was studied in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. Thirty patients received either 750 mg of the drug or a placebo once daily for 14 days, followed by 750 mg or 1,000 mg of the drug or a placebo three times weekly for an additional 14 days. Levofloxacin disposition was characterized by rapid oral absorption, with peak concentrations occurring approximately 1.5 h after dosing and elimination half-lives from 7.2 to 9.4 h. The overall incidence of any adverse effect was 70% (1,000 mg) to 95% (750 mg) for levofloxacin-treated patients and 71% for those taking the placebo. Levofloxacin pharmacokinetic parameters for HIV-infected patients were consistent with those observed in studies of healthy volunteers.


Author(s):  
Pauline Bollen ◽  
Jolien Freriksen ◽  
Deborah Konopnicki ◽  
Katharina Weizsäcker ◽  
Carmen Hidalgo Tenorio ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Pharmacokinetic and efficacy data on dolutegravir in pregnant women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are still limited but needed to support its use as one of the preferred antiretroviral agents. Methods Within the multicenter Pharmacokinetics of ANtiretroviral agents in HIV-infected pregNAnt women (PANNA) study, pregnant women living with HIV and using dolutegravir once daily (50 mg, with food) underwent 24-hour pharmacokinetic profiling in their third trimester and postpartum. Dolutegravir exposure in the third trimester was considered adequate if geometric mean unbound, pharmacologically active, minimal plasma concentrations (Cmin, unbound) and ≥90% of individual Cmin, unbound levels were >0.85 µg/L, the proposed 90% inhibitory concentration for unbound dolutegravir. Geometric mean ratios (GMRs) with 90% confidence intervals (CIs) for comparison of total and unbound pharmacokinetic parameters in the third trimester and postpartum were calculated, including the metabolic ratio for dolutegravir-glucuronide. Safety and virological data were collected. Results Seventeen women (76% black) were enrolled (25 evaluable pharmacokinetic profiles; 15 in the third trimester, 10 in postpartum). In the third trimester, geometric mean (coefficient of variation, %) Cmin, unbound was 2.87 (87) µg/L and 93% of individual Cmin, unbound levels were >0.85 µg/L. The GMR (90% CI) in the third trimester vs postpartum was 0.86 (.68–1.10) for area under the curve (AUC0-24h), and for Cmax, 0.93 (.77–1.13). GMR (90% CI) for the trough concentrations was 0.71 (.49–1.02), based on total dolutegravir concentrations. Four serious adverse events were reported, unlikely related to dolutegravir. The HIV polymerase chain reaction test was negative in 14/17 infants (result unknown for 3 infants). Conclusions Pharmacokinetic changes for dolutegravir in late pregnancy are not clinically relevant and support the use of dolutegravir 50 mg once daily with food in pregnancy. Clinical Trials Registration NCT00825929.


2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 1686-1690 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. McDowell ◽  
Gregory E. Chittick ◽  
Cristina Pilati Stevens ◽  
Kathleen D. Edwards ◽  
Daniel S. Stein

ABSTRACT While in vitro results at clinically relevant concentrations do not predict abacavir (1592U89) interactions with drugs highly metabolized by cytochrome P450, the potential does exist for a pharmacokinetic interaction between abacavir and ethanol, as both are metabolized by alcohol dehydrogenase. Twenty-five subjects were enrolled in an open-label, randomized, three-way-crossover, phase I study of human immunodeficiency virus-infected male subjects. The three treatments were administration of (i) 600 mg of abacavir, (ii) 0.7 g of ethanol per kg of body weight, and (iii) 600 mg of abacavir and 0.7 g of ethanol per kg. Twenty-four subjects completed the study with no unexpected adverse events reported. Ethanol pharmacokinetic parameters were unchanged with abacavir coadministration. The geometric least squares mean area under the concentration curve extrapolated to infinite time for abacavir increased 41% (from 11.07 to 15.62 μg · h/ml), and the half-life increased 26% (from 1.42 to 1.79 h) in the presence of ethanol (mean ethanol maximum concentration in plasma of 498 μg/ml). The percentages of abacavir dose recovered in urine as abacavir and its two major metabolites were each altered in the presence of ethanol, but there was no change in the total percentage (≈50%) of administered dose recovered in the 12-h collection interval. In conclusion, while a single 600-mg dose of abacavir does not alter blood ethanol concentration, ethanol does increase plasma abacavir concentrations.


2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 2756-2761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda H. Corbett ◽  
Kristine B. Patterson ◽  
Hsiao-Chuan Tien ◽  
Leslie A. Kalvass ◽  
Joseph J. Eron ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Previous investigations have shown a significant negative two-way drug interaction between fosamprenavir (FPV) and lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/RTV) in both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients and seronegative volunteers. This randomized, nonblinded, three-way crossover study of HIV-seronegative adult volunteers investigated dose separation and increased doses of RTV as a means to overcome the interaction between FPV and LPV/RTV. Eleven HIV-seronegative volunteers were given FPV plus LPV/RTV at 700 mg plus 400/100 mg every 12 hours (q12h) simultaneously for 10 days and then randomized to receive each of three 7-day treatments in one of six possible sequences, as follows: FPV plus LPV/RTV at 700 mg plus 400 mg/100 mg q12h simultaneously, FPV/RTV at 700 mg/100 mg q12h plus LPV/RTV at 400 mg/100 mg q12h, with doses separated by 4 h, and FPV/RTV at 1,400 mg/200 mg in the morning plus LPV/RTV at 800 mg/200 mg in the evening. Pharmacokinetic sampling was performed on day 8 of each treatment, and samples were analyzed for FPV, amprenavir (APV), LPV, and RTV concentrations by high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Geometric mean ratios (GMR [with 95% confidence intervals]) for the 4- and 12-h dose separation strategies compared to simultaneous administration were calculated for the areas under the concentration-time curves from 0 to 24 h. Compared to simultaneous administration, RTV exposures increased with both 4-h and 12-h dose separation strategies (GMR, 5.30 [3.66 to 7.67] and 4.45 [3.09 to 6.41], respectively). LPV exposures also significantly increased with both 4-h and 12-h dose separation strategies (GMR, 1.76 [1.34 to 2.32] and 1.43 [1.02 to 2.01], respectively). However, both the 4- and 12-h strategies resulted in greater reductions in APV exposure (0.67 [0.54 to 0.83] and 0.77 [0.59 to 0.99], respectively) compared to simultaneous administration. Additional investigations are warranted to determine the optimal dosing of FPV with LPV/RTV.


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