Trial reportEuropean journal of clinical pharmacology2003
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of rosuvastatin in subjects with hepatic impairment.
Trial report in European journal of clinical pharmacology, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Toward improved predictions of pharmacokinetics of transported drugs in hepatic impairment: Insights from the extended clearance model.CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology · 2024Article
- Addition of statins to the standard treatment in patients with cirrhosis: Safety and efficacy.World journal of gastroenterology · 2021Review
- Extrahepatic Drug Transporters in Liver Failure: Focus on Kidney and Gastrointestinal Tract.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
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- Statin-Related Myotoxicity: A Comprehensive Review of Pharmacokinetic, Pharmacogenomic and Muscle Components.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Review
- Severe rosuvastatin accumulation with rhabdomyolysis due to drug interactions and low cardiac output syndrome.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2019Article
- A Mechanistic Pharmacokinetic Model for Liver Transporter Substrates Under Liver Cirrhosis Conditions.CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology · 2015Article
- Hepatic basolateral efflux contributes significantly to rosuvastatin disposition II: characterization of hepatic elimination by basolateral, biliary, and metabolic clearance pathways in rat isolated perfused liver.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2013Article
- Hepatic basolateral efflux contributes significantly to rosuvastatin disposition I: characterization of basolateral versus biliary clearance using a novel protocol in sandwich-cultured hepatocytes.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2013Article
- Statins in the treatment of dyslipidemia in the presence of elevated liver aminotransferase levels: a therapeutic dilemma.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2010Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the effect of chronic hepatic impairment on rosuvastatin disposition, pharmacodynamic activity and tolerability.
methodsThis was an open-label, non-randomised, parallel-group trial. Six subjects were enrolled in each of three hepatic-function strata: Child-Pugh class A (CP-A, mild impairment), Child-Pugh class B (CP-B, moderate impairment) and normal hepatic function; the latter two strata were age, weight, race, sex and smoking history matched. All subjects were given rosuvastatin 10 mg for 14 days.
resultsIn subjects with CP-A, and in four of six subjects with CP-B, rosuvastatin steady-state AUC(0-24) and C(max) were similar to subjects with normal hepatic function (geometric mean values 60.7 ng h/ml and 6.02 ng/ml, respectively). Two of six subjects with CP-B who had the highest CP scores (i.e. the highest degrees of hepatic impairment) had the highest AUC(0-24) (128 ng h/ml and 242 ng h/ml) and C(max) (23.4 ng/ml and 96.7 ng/ml) values. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) was decreased in all strata, but the response was more variable in the CP-B group. Rosuvastatin was well tolerated, and the safety profile was similar in subjects with hepatic impairment and normal hepatic function.
conclusionIn most subjects with mild-to-moderate hepatic impairment, the steady-state pharmacokinetics of rosuvastatin were similar to subjects with normal hepatic function (more extensive hepatic impairment may increase systemic exposure to rosuvastatin), and most had LDL-C reductions similar to subjects with normal hepatic function.
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