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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2006

Pharmacokinetics of telbivudine in subjects with various degrees of hepatic impairment.

Xiao-Jian Zhou, Thomas C Marbury, Harry W Alcorn, William B Smith, Gloria Dubuc Patrick, George C Chao, Nathaniel A Brown

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IComparative Study
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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Xiao-Jian ZhouIdenix Pharmaceuticals Inc., 60 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. zhou.xiao-jian@idenix.com
Thomas C Marbury
Harry W Alcorn
William B Smith
Gloria Dubuc Patrick
George C Chao
Nathaniel A Brown

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study evaluated the effect of hepatic impairment on the pharmacokinetics of telbivudine, an investigational nucleoside antiviral for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Twenty-four subjects were assigned to four hepatic function groups (normal function and mild, moderate, and severe impairment, with six subjects in each group) on the basis of Child-Pugh scores. The subjects were administered a single oral dose of 600 mg telbivudine, and blood samples were collected over a 48-h interval for pharmacokinetic analyses. Telbivudine was well tolerated by all subjects. Telbivudine plasma concentration-time profiles were similar across the four hepatic function groups. The principal pharmacokinetic parameters of drug exposure, i.e., the maximum plasma concentration and area under the drug concentration-time curve, were comparable between subjects with various degrees of hepatic impairment and those with normal hepatic function. Results from this single-dose pharmacokinetic assessment therefore provide a pharmacologic rationale for further evaluation of the safety and efficacy of telbivudine in hepatitis B virus-infected patients with decompensated liver diseases.

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Administration, OralAntiviral AgentsArea Under CurveCase-Control StudiesChromatography, High Pressure LiquidFemaleHumansLiver DiseasesMaleMass SpectrometryMiddle AgedNucleosidesPyrimidinonesSeverity of Illness IndexTelbivudineThymidineAntiviral AgentsNucleosidesPyrimidinonesTelbivudineThymidine

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PMID16641441
PMCPMC1472205

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