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ArticleBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2013

Effect of peginterferon alfa-2a (40KD) on cytochrome P450 isoenzyme activity.

Barbara J Brennan, Zhi-Xin Xu, Joseph F Grippo

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Article in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Barbara J BrennanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ 07110, USA. barbara.brennan@roche.com
Zhi-Xin Xu
Joseph F Grippo
Roche (Switzerland) · CHLa Roche College · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimPegylated interferon-based therapy is recommended for treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Because interferons are known to down-regulate hepatic cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, which are involved in drug metabolism and clearance, there is a need to investigate the effect of peginterferon (PEG-IFN) alfa-2a (40KD) on the activity of these enzymes in vivo.

methodsFourteen healthy, male volunteers aged 18 to 45 years were recruited into an open label, two period, single centre study in which CYP enzyme activity was measured by administration of the selectively metabolized probe drugs theophylline (CYP1A2), tolbutamide (CYP2C9), mephenytoin (CYP2C19), debrisoquine (CYP2D6) and dapsone (CYP3A4) on day 1 of the study. PEG-IFN alfa-2a (40KD) 180 μg was given subcutaneously each week from day 15 to 36, and probe drugs were re-administered on day 37. Probe drugs and metabolites were quantified in plasma or urine samples and used to derive pharmacokinetic parameters.

resultsPEG-IFN alfa-2a (40KD) significantly increased the area under the serum drug concentration vs. time curve (AUC(0,∞)) for theophylline by 24%, with a reduction in the mean oral clearance of theophylline of 20%. There were no effects on the pharmacokinetics of any of the other probe drugs. The incidence of adverse events was as expected in subjects receiving pegylated interferon.

conclusionThese results suggest there may be an inhibitory effect of PEG-IFN alfa-2a (40KD) on CYP1A2. PEG-IFN alfa-2a (40KD) had no effect on CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6 or CYP3A4 in healthy subjects.

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AdolescentAdultAntiviral AgentsArea Under CurveCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug InteractionsHumansInterferon-alphaMaleMiddle AgedPolyethylene GlycolsRecombinant ProteinsYoung AdultAntiviral AgentsCytochrome P-450 Enzyme SystemInterferon-alphapeginterferon alfa-2aPolyethylene GlycolsRecombinant Proteins

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PMID22765278
PMCPMC3579264
OpenAlexW1750258501

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