Trial reportClinical pharmacology and therapeutics2009
Significantly altered systemic exposure to atorvastatin acid following gastric bypass surgery in morbidly obese patients.
Trial report in Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 34 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The Need of Dosing Adjustment for Simvastatin in Obese Patients Post Bariatric Surgery- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG)
The Effect of Gastric Bypass on the Pharmacokinetics of Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
Study of the Concentrations of Long Acting Morphine After Oral Absorption in Subjects Who Underwent Gastric Bypass (OBEMO 2)
Who cites it
34 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Bariatric Surgery on the Pharmacokinetics of Cardiovascular Drugs: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity surgery · 2026Pooled it
- The influence of bariatric surgery on oral drug bioavailability in patients with obesity: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Pooled it
- Systematic review of drug bioavailability following gastrointestinal surgery.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2018Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Effect of Gastric Bypass Surgery on Plasma Lipid Levels.Obesity surgery · 2016Pooled it
- Longitudinal Impacts of Gastric Bypass Surgery on Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of Statins.Obesity surgery · 2019Trial
- Impact of Bariatric Surgery on the Pharmacokinetics Parameters of Amoxicillin.Obesity surgery · 2019Trial
- The Effect of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery in Morbidly Obese Patients on Pharmacokinetics of (Acetyl)Salicylic Acid and Omeprazole: the ERY-PAO Study.Obesity surgery · 2016Trial
- Drug disposition and modelling before and after gastric bypass: immediate and controlled-release metoprolol formulations.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2015Trial
- Effect of a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on the pharmacokinetics of oral morphine using a population approach.Clinical pharmacokinetics · 2014Trial
- The effect of gastric bypass on the pharmacokinetics of serotonin reuptake inhibitors.The American journal of psychiatry · 2012Trial
- Atorvastatin metabolite measurements as a diagnostic tool for statin-induced myopathy.Molecular diagnosis & therapy · 2011Trial
- Is Oral Semaglutide a Good Fit for Patients After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery? A Biopharmaceutical Mechanistic Perspective.Pharmaceutics · 2026Article
- Alcohol and Substance Use After Bariatric Surgery: Nutritional Risks and Clinical Implications in Long-Term Postoperative Care.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Molecular Mechanisms Affecting Statin Pharmacokinetics after Bariatric Surgery.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Bioavailability of Orally Administered Drugs After Bariatric Surgery.Current obesity reports · 2024Review
- The Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Pharmacokinetics of Drugs: a Review of Current Evidence.Current nutrition reports · 2023Review
- PBPK Modeling of Azithromycin Systemic Exposure in a Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Patient Population.Pharmaceutics · 2023Article
- Drug absorption in bariatric surgery patients: A narrative review.Health science reports · 2022Review
- Short- and long-term effects of body weight loss following calorie restriction and gastric bypass on CYP3A-activity - a non-randomized three-armed controlled trial.Clinical and translational science · 2022Article
- Psychotropic Medications in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Research Updates and Clinical Considerations.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The impact of gastric bypass on atorvastatin pharmacokinetics was investigated in 12 morbidly obese patients being treated with 20-80 mg atorvastatin each morning. Eight-hour pharmacokinetic investigations were performed the day before the surgery and at a median of 5 weeks (range 3-6 weeks) after the surgery. Gastric bypass surgery produced a variable effect on individual systemic exposure to atorvastatin acid (area under the plasma concentration vs. time curve from 0 to 8 h postdose (AUC(0-8))), ranging from a threefold decrease to a twofold increase (median ratio = 1.1, P = 0.99). Patients with the highest systemic exposure to atorvastatin before surgery showed reduced exposure after surgery (n = 3, median ratio = 0.4, range = 0.3-0.5, P < 0.01), whereas those with lower systemic exposure before surgery showed a median 1.2-fold increase in atorvastatin AUC(0-8) (n = 9, range = 0.8-2.3, P = 0.03) after surgery. This study indicates that the presurgical first-pass metabolic capacity influences the effect of gastric bypass on atorvastatin bioavailability. Because individual first-pass metabolic capacity is not readily assessable clinically, retitration up to the lowest effective dose should be performed after the surgery.
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