scholarly journals PHARMACOKINETIC COMPARISON OF MONTELUKAST SODIUM FORMULATIONS AFTER A SINGLE ORAL DOSE IN HEALTHY GUINEA PIGS

Author(s):  
NEELAM SINGH ◽  
Giriraj T Kulkarni ◽  
Yatendra Kumar ◽  
GIRIRAJ T KULKARNI

Objective: Pharmacokinetic evaluation of montelukast sodium chronomodulated capsules (sustained-release solid dispersion of drug enclosed in pH-sensitive film-coated hard gelatin shell) and marketed tablets has been carried out in this study. Methods: A single oral dose of prepared capsules and marketed conventional tablets was administered in healthy male Dunkin-Hartley albino guinea pigs. Blood samples were collected at different time intervals and plasma concentration of drug was determined by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Different pharmacokinetic parameters were assessed from plasma drug concentration-time profile by one-compartment model, first-order kinetics. Results: Pharmacokinetic parameters such as time to reach maximum concentration, elimination rate constant, elimination half-life, and mean residence time data indicates that drug release from chronomodulated capsules is significantly prolonged with initial release lag time of 3.5–4 h in comparison with marketed conventional tablets. However, maximum drug plasma concentration, area under the concentration-time curve, and apparent volume of distribution values show non-significant difference between capsules and marketed tablets. Conclusion: The findings specified that capsules were providing time controlled delivery of drug at a desired rate for prolonged time, which may be helpful for the prevention of episodic attack of asthma in early morning hours.

1999 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 634-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory L. Kearns ◽  
Susan M. Abdel-Rahman ◽  
Laura P. James ◽  
Douglas L. Blowey ◽  
James D. Marshall ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Pleconaril is an orally active, broad-spectrum antipicornaviral agent which demonstrates excellent penetration into the central nervous system, liver, and nasal epithelium. In view of the potential pediatric use of pleconaril, we conducted a single-dose, open-label study to characterize the pharmacokinetics of this antiviral agent in pediatric patients. Following an 8- to 10-h period of fasting, 18 children ranging in age from 2 to 12 years (7.5 ± 3.1 years) received a single 5-mg/kg of body weight oral dose of pleconaril solution administered with a breakfast of age-appropriate composition. Repeated blood samples (n = 10) were obtained over 24 h postdose, and pleconaril was quantified from plasma by gas chromatography. Plasma drug concentration-time data for each subject were fitted to the curve by using a nonlinear, weighted (weight = 1/Y calc) least-squares algorithm, and model-dependent pharmacokinetic parameters were determined from the polyexponential parameter estimates. Pleconaril was well tolerated by all subjects. A one-compartment open-model with first-order absorption best described the plasma pleconaril concentration-time profile in 13 of the subjects over a 24-h postdose period. Pleconaril pharmacokinetic parameters (means ± standard deviations) for these 13 patients were as follows. The maximum concentration of the drug in serum (C max) was 1,272.5 ± 622.1 ng/ml. The time to C max was 4.1 ± 1.5 h, and the lag time was 0.75 ± 0.56 h. The apparent absorption rate constant was 0.75 ± 0.48 1/h, and the elimination rate constant was 0.16 ± 0.07 1/h. The area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 h was 8,131.15 ± 3,411.82 ng · h/ml. The apparent total plasma clearance was 0.81 ± 0.86 liters/h/kg, and the apparent steady-state volume of distribution was 4.68 ± 2.02 liters/kg. The mean elimination half-life of pleconaril was 5.7 h. The mean plasma pleconaril concentrations at both 12 h (250.4 ± 148.2 ng/ml) and 24 h (137.9 ± 92.2 ng/ml) after the single 5-mg/kg oral dose in children were higher than that from in vitro studies reported to inhibit >90% of nonpolio enterovirus serotypes (i.e., 70 ng/ml). Thus, our data support the evaluation of a 5-mg/kg twice-daily oral dose of pleconaril for therapeutic trials in pediatric patients with enteroviral infections.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Qin ◽  
Gan-Mi Wang ◽  
Jin-Ying Huang ◽  
Jia-Rong Wu ◽  
Wen-Jie Song ◽  
...  

Abstract BackgroundCiprofloxacin is a broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone antibiotic which is active against a wide range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The study mainly aimed to determine the bioequivalence of two branded ciprofloxacin hydrochloride tablets (250 mg) under the fasting and fed conditions.MethodsThe study was carried out in 48 healthy Chinese subjects under fasting and fed conditions with a randomized, open-label, two-formulation, two-sequence, two-period, single-dose crossover design. In each period of the study, the subjects were assigned to receive a single oral dose of 250 mg of ciprofloxacin hydrochloride. Blood samples were collected from an hour before dosing to 36 h after administration with 16 time points in total. The bioequivalence analysis was performed after ln-transformation of the ciprofloxacin pharmacokinetic parameters including maximum concentration (Cmax), area under the plasma concentration–time curve from time 0 to time t (AUC0-t), area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time 0 to infinity (AUC0-∞). Two formulations are considered bioequivalent if the 90% confidence intervals (CIs) for the test/reference geometric mean ratios (GMRs) for the ln-transformed pharmacokinetic parameters fall within the standard acceptance range of 80% – 125%. ResultsIn total of 48 subjects were enrolled in the fasting and fed studies, and one of the subjects was excluded before the administration. In the fasting study, the 90% CIs for the test/reference GMRs of the ln-transformed data for Cmax, AUC0–t, and AUC0–∞ were 85.41% to 100.97%, 95.40% to 100.27%, and 95.48% to 100.30%, respectively. For the fed study, the 90% CIs for the test/reference GMRs of the ln-transformed data for Cmax, AUC0–t, and AUC0–∞ were 90.15% to 113.75%, 99.10% to 103.77% and 99.11% to 103.80%, respectively. A total of 8 of 47 subjects experienced AEs in the fasting and fed studies.ConclusionsIn the study, the generic (test) product of ciprofloxacin hydrochloride 250 mg was bioequivalent to the innovator (reference) product after a single oral dose administration under the fasting and fed conditions. Both two brands of ciprofloxacin tablets were safe and well tolerated.Trial registrationThe clinical trial was registered at Center for the Drug Evaluation of the National Medical Products Administration (registration number: CTR20171152; date of registration:September 25, 2017; http://www.chinadrugtrials.org.cn/clinicaltrials.searchlistdetail.dhtml).


1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 982-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
T P Kanyok ◽  
A D Killian ◽  
K A Rodvold ◽  
L H Danziger

Aminosidine is an older, broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic that has been shown to be effective in in vitro and animal models against multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis and the Mycobacterium avium complex. The objective of this randomized, parallel trial was to characterize the single-dose pharmacokinetics of aminosidine sulfate in healthy subjects (eight males, eight females). Sixteen adults (mean [+/- standard deviation] age, 27.6 +/- 5.6 years) were randomly allocated to receive a single, intramuscular aminosidine sulfate injection at a dose of 12 or 15 mg/kg of body weight. Serial plasma and urine samples were collected over a 24-h period and used to determine aminosidine concentrations by high-performance liquid chromatographic assay. A one-compartment model with first-order input, first-order output, and a lag time (Tlag) and with a weighting factor of 1/y2 best described the data. Compartmental and noncompartmental pharmacokinetic parameters were estimated with the microcomputer program WinNonlin. One subject was not included (15-mg/kg group) because of the lack of sampling time data. On average, subjects attained peak concentrations of 22.4 +/- 3.2 microg/ml at 1.34 +/- 0.45 h. All subjects had plasma aminosidine concentrations below 2 microg/ml at 12 h, and all but two subjects (one in each dosing group) had undetectable plasma aminosidine concentrations at 24 h. The dose-adjusted area under the concentration-time curve from 0 h to infinity of aminosidine was identical for the 12- and 15-mg/kg groups (9.29 +/- 1.5 versus 9.29 +/- 2.2 microg x h/ml per mg/kg; P = 0.998). Similarly, no significant differences (P > 0.05) were observed between dosing groups for peak aminosidine concentration in plasma, time to peak aminosidine concentration in plasma, Tlag, apparent clearance, renal clearance, elimination rate constant, and elimination half-life. A significant difference was observed for the volume of distribution (0.35 versus 0.41 liters/kg; P = 0.037) between the 12 and 15 mg/kg dosing groups. Now that comparable pharmacokinetic profiles between dosing groups have been demonstrated, therapeutic equivalency testing via in vitro pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modelling and randomized clinical trials in humans should be conducted.


2002 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1369-1378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom B. Vree ◽  
Eric Dammers ◽  
Eri van Duuren

The aims of this investigation were to calculate the pharmacokinetic parameters and to identify parameters, based on individual plasma concentration-time curves of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid in cats, that may govern the observed differences in absorption of both drugs. The evaluation was based on the data from plasma concentration-time curves obtained following a single-dose, open, randomised, two-way crossover phase-I study, each involving 24 female cats treated with two Amoxi-Clav formulations (formulation A was Clavubactin® and formulation was B Synulox® ; 80/20 mg, 24 animals, 48 drug administrations). Plasma amoxicillin and clavulanic acid concentrations were determined using validated bioassay methods. The half-life of elimination of amoxicillin is 1.2 h (t1/2= 1.24 ± 0.28 h, Cmax= 12.8 ± 2.12 μg/ml), and that of clavulanic acid 0.6 h (t1/2= 0.63 ± 0.16 h, Cmax= 4.60 ± 1.68 μg/ml). There is a ninefold variation in the AUCtof clavulanic acid for both formulations, while the AUCtof amoxicillin varies by a factor of two. The highest clavulanic acid AUCtvalues indicate the best absorption; all other data indicate less absorption. Taking into account that the amoxicillin–to–clavulanic acid dose ratio in the two products tested was 4:1, the blood concentration ratios may actually vary much more, apparently without compromising the products’ high efficacy against susceptible microorganisms.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 1666
Author(s):  
Ying Li ◽  
Yin Wu ◽  
Ya-Jing Li ◽  
Lu Meng ◽  
Cong-Yang Ding ◽  
...  

Herein, the effect of silymarin pretreatment on the pharmacokinetics of simvastatin in rats was evaluated. To ensure the accuracy of the results, a rapid and sensitive UPLC–MS/MS method was established for simultaneous quantification of simvastatin (SV) and its active metabolite simvastatin acid (SVA). This method was applied for studying the pharmacokinetic interactions in rats after oral co-administration of silymarin (45 mg/kg) and different concentrations of SV. The major pharmacokinetic parameters, including Cmax, tmax, t1/2, mean residence time (MRT), elimination rate constant (λz) and area under the concentration-time curve (AUC0–12h), were calculated using the non-compartmental model. The results showed that the co-administration of silymarin and SV significantly increased the Cmax and AUC0–12h of SVA compared with SV alone, while there was no significant difference with regards to Tmax and t1/2. However, SV pharmacokinetic parameters were not significantly affected by silymarin pretreatment. Therefore, these changes indicated that drug-drug interactions may occur after co-administration of silymarin and SV.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wirin Limopasmanee ◽  
Sunee Chansakaow ◽  
Noppamas Rojanasthien ◽  
Maleeya Manorot ◽  
Chaichan Sangdee ◽  
...  

A combination of soy isoflavones andLiu Wei Di Huang Wan(LWDHW) is potentially effective for postmenopausal women with intolerable vasomotor episodes who are not suitable candidates for hormonal therapy. The objective of this open-label, three-phase, crossover study was to determine the influence of both single and multiple oral doses of LWDHW on isoflavone pharmacokinetics in healthy postmenopausal women. Eleven subjects were assigned to receive the following regimens in a fixed sequence with washout periods of at least one week: Phase A, a single oral dose of soy milk; Phase B, a single oral dose of soy milk coadministered with LWDHW; and Phase C, multiple oral doses of LWDHW for 14 days followed by a single oral dose of soy milk. Blood samples were collected and mixed withβ-glucuronidase/sulfatase to hydrolyze isoflavone conjugates to their respective aglycones (i.e., daidzein and genistein) and were determined using high performance liquid chromatography. The pharmacokinetic parameters analyzed were maximal plasma concentrationCmax, time to reach peak concentrationTmax, area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC), and half-life (t1/2). The results found no statistically significant differences in pharmacokinetic parameters of daidzein and genistein among the three regimens.


2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 820-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianzhong Liu ◽  
Ki-Fai Fung ◽  
Zhangliu Chen ◽  
Zhenling Zeng ◽  
Jie Zhang

ABSTRACT A comparative in vivo pharmacokinetic study of florfenicol was conducted in 18 crossbred pigs infected with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae following intravenous (i.v.), intramuscular (i.m.), or oral (p.o.) administration of a single dose of 20 mg/kg. The disease model was confirmed by clinical signs, X rays, pathohistologic examinations, and organism isolation. Florfenicol concentrations in plasma were determined by a validated high-performance liquid chromatography method with UV detection at a wavelength of 223 nm. Pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by using the MCPKP software (Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou, China). The disposition of florfenicol after a single i.v. bolus was described by a two-compartment model with values for the half-life at α phase (t 1/2α), the half-life at β phase (t 1/2β), the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC0-∞), and the volume of distribution at steady state (V ss) of 0.37 h, 2.91 h, 64.86 μg · h/ml, and 1.2 liter/kg, respectively. The concentration-time data fitted the one-compartment (after i.m.) and two-compartment (after p.o.) models with first-order absorption. The values for the maximum concentration of drug in serum (C max), t 1/2α, t 1/2β, and bioavailability after i.m. and p.o. dosing were 4.00 and 8.11 μg/ml, 0.12 and 3.91 h, 13.88 and 16.53 h, and 122.7 and 112.9%, respectively, for the two models. The study showed that florfenicol was absorbed quickly and completely, distributed widely, and eliminated slowly in the infected pigs, and there was no statistically significant difference between the pharmacokinetic profiles for the infected and healthy pigs.


1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 1098-1103
Author(s):  
K Nishihara ◽  
T Shimizu ◽  
H Kotaki ◽  
Y Sawada ◽  
T Okuno ◽  
...  

The dispositions of vancomycin (VCM) and gentamicin (GM) in plasma and perilymph after single and multiple administrations and the effects of multiple administrations of VCM or GM alone and the combination of both drugs on auditory function were studied in male guinea pigs. The pharmacokinetic parameters of VCM and GM obtained from plasma drug concentration-time data after single and multiple (22 days) intramuscular administrations of VCM (200 mg/kg of body weight) alone and GM (50 mg/kg) alone were not significantly different from those after combined administration of VCM (200 mg/kg) and GM (50 mg/kg). There was no change in the penetration ratio of VCM and GM into perilymph between administration of VCM or GM alone and the combination of both drugs. Furthermore, the hearing threshold of guinea pigs was not affected by VCM or GM alone or the combination of both drugs within the range of therapeutic VCM and GM levels in plasma in humans.


2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 910-915 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jehangir K. Khan ◽  
Hashem Montaseri ◽  
Marzena Poglod ◽  
Hai-Zhi Bu ◽  
Zhong Zuo ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The pharmacokinetics and distribution in tissue of several novel triazole antifungal agents were studied in different animal species in order to select an appropriate lead compound. The purpose of the study was also to determine species differences in pharmacokinetics for SYN azoles to select the most appropriate species for secondary efficacy and toxicological evaluation of the selected compound. SYN-2836, SYN-2869, SYN-2903, and SYN-2921 were rapidly absorbed into the systemic circulation and reached maximum concentrations (C maxs) of 7.31 ± 2.53, 6.29 ± 0.85, 6.16 ± 0.39, and 3.41 ± 0.34 μg/ml, respectively, in BALB/c mice after administration of an oral dose of 50 mg/kg of body weight, with bioavailability being greater than 45% in all mice. The areas under the concentration-time curve from time zero to infinity (AUC0–∞s) after administration of a single intravenous dose of 20 mg/kg to mice varied between 25.0 and 63.6 μg · h/ml. The half-life was in the range of 4.5 to 6 h. In Sprague-Dawley rats there was no significant difference in AUC0–∞ after administration of a single intravenous dose of 20 mg/kg, but on oral administration, the bioavailability of SYN-2836 was extremely low, while that of SYN-2869 was only 14.7%. In New Zealand White rabbits the C max and the time to reach C max for SYN-2836 and SYN-2869 after administration of a single oral dose of 50 mg/kg were similar. There were significant differences in AUC0–∞ and half-life between SYN-2836 and SYN-2869. On the other hand, in beagle dogs theC max and AUC0–∞ of SYN-2836 after administration of a single oral dose of 30 mg/kg were 4.82 ± 1.54 μg/ml and 41.8 ± 15.7 μg · h/ml, respectively, which were threefold higher than those of SYN-2869. The concentrations of the SYN compounds in tissue indicated that the AUC0–∞s of SYN-2836, SYN-2869, SYN-2903, and SYN-2921 in mouse lungs were significantly different from each other. The ratios of the concentrations of the SYN azoles in lungs to those in plasma were also significantly different from those for itraconazole. Among the SYN azoles the highest concentration in the lungs was found for SYN-2869. The higher level of distribution of SYN-2869 into lung tissue was considered to contribute to the potent efficacy in respiratory tract infection models compared with the potency of itraconazole. Significant differences in the pharmacokinetics of these compounds were observed in different animal species, and selection of an animal model for further evaluation was based on results obtained from these studies.


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