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SynthesisClinical drug investigation2017

Quantifying the Exposure of Tapentadol Extended Release in Japanese Patients with Cancer Pain and Bridging Tapentadol Pharmacokinetics Across Populations Using a Modeling Approach.

Liping Zhang, Xiaoyu Yan, Sayori Nobe, Peter Zannikos, Mila Etropolski, Partha Nandy

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Liping ZhangGlobal Clinical Pharmacology, Janssen Research and Development, LLC, 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Rd, Titusville, NJ, 08560, USA. lzhang11@its.jnj.com.
Xiaoyu YanGlobal Clinical Pharmacology, Janssen Research and Development, LLC, 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Rd, Titusville, NJ, 08560, USA.
Sayori NobeClinical Pharmacology, Janssen Pharm KK, Tokyo, Japan.
Peter ZannikosGlobal Clinical Pharmacology, Janssen Research and Development, LLC, 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Rd, Titusville, NJ, 08560, USA.
Mila EtropolskiTV Pain, Janssen Research and Development, LLC, 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Rd, Titusville, NJ, USA.
Partha NandyGlobal Clinical Pharmacology, Janssen Research and Development, LLC, 1125 Trenton-Harbourton Rd, Titusville, NJ, 08560, USA.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesTapentadol extended release (ER) is approved for the management of chronic and acute pain in adults. There has been no report of tapentadol ER pharmacokinetics in subjects with cancer pain. This analysis investigated tapentadol ER pharmacokinetics in Japanese patients with cancer pain and bridged it with the pharmacokinetics in Japanese healthy subjects and Caucasian patients with cancer pain.

methodsNonlinear mixed-effect pharmacokinetic modeling was conducted based on pooled tapentadol ER concentration data collected in five Phase 1 studies from 138 Japanese and Korean healthy subjects and in two Phase 3 studies from 215 Japanese and Korean subjects with cancer pain. Expected tapentadol exposure in subjects with different characteristics was assessed via simulation. Tapentadol ER exposures in Caucasian populations were compared with those in corresponding Japanese populations.

resultsTapentadol ER pharmacokinetics in Japanese cancer-pain patients were adequately described by a time-invariant, one-compartment disposition model with two input functions and first-order elimination. Weight, age, and albumin were identified as statistically significant covariates, but do not warrant dose adjustment. Comparable pharmacokinetics were shown between Japanese healthy and Caucasian healthy subjects, and between Japanese cancer-pain patients and Caucasian cancer-pain patients.

conclusionThe apparent differences in the estimated individual pharmacokinetic parameters in Japanese healthy subjects and Japanese cancer-pain patients taking tapentadol ER were explained by covariates incorporated in a unified pharmacokinetic model. Population modeling was essential in this cross-population bridging analysis.

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Models, BiologicalAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCancer PainDelayed-Action PreparationsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPhenolsTapentadolWhite PeopleYoung AdultDelayed-Action PreparationsPhenolsTapentadol

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