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Trial reportBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2018

Optimization of a drug transporter probe cocktail: potential screening tool for transporter-mediated drug-drug interactions.

Peter Stopfer, Thomas Giessmann, Kathrin Hohl, Sabine Hutzel, Sven Schmidt, Dietmar Gansser, Naoki Ishiguro, Mitchell E Taub, Ashish Sharma, Thomas Ebner and 1 more

Open access · hybridAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 5 countries.

Peter StopferBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0144-0895
Thomas GiessmannBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Kathrin HohlBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Sabine HutzelBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Sven SchmidtBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Dietmar GansserBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Naoki IshiguroKobe Pharma Research Institute, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co. Ltd., Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Japan.
Mitchell E TaubBoehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., 900 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, CT, 06877, USA.
Ashish SharmaBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Thomas EbnerBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Fabian MüllerBoehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Birkendorfer Str. 65, 88397, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany) · DEBoehringer Ingelheim (Japan) · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsPrevious pharmacokinetic characterization of a transporter probe cocktail containing digoxin (P-gp), furosemide (OAT1, OAT3), metformin (OCT2, MATE1, MATE2-K) and rosuvastatin (OATP1B1, OATP1B3, BCRP) in healthy subjects showed increases in rosuvastatin systemic exposure compared to rosuvastatin alone. In this trial, the doses of metformin and furosemide as putative perpetrators were reduced to eliminate their drug-drug interaction (DDI) with rosuvastatin.

methodsIn a randomized, open-label, single-centre, five-treatment, five-period crossover trial, 30 healthy male subjects received as reference treatments separately 0.25 mg digoxin, 1 mg furosemide, 10 mg metformin and 10 mg rosuvastatin, and as test treatment all four drugs administered together as a cocktail. Primary pharmacokinetic endpoints were AUC

resultsGeometric mean ratios and 90% confidence intervals of test (cocktail) to reference (single drug) for AUC

conclusionsDigoxin (0.25 mg), furosemide (1 mg), metformin (10 mg) and rosuvastatin (10 mg) exhibit no mutual pharmacokinetic interactions and are well tolerated administered as a cocktail. The cocktail is thus optimized and has the potential to be used as a screening tool for clinical investigation of transporter-mediated DDI.

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Drug InteractionsAdultArea Under CurveCross-Over StudiesDigoxinDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug DevelopmentFurosemideHealthy VolunteersHumansMaleMembrane Transport ProteinsMetforminMiddle AgedRenal EliminationRosuvastatin CalciumDigoxinFurosemideMembrane Transport ProteinsMetforminRosuvastatin Calciumdrug interactionsdrug transporterspharmacokineticsPhase I

Identifiers

PMID29665130
PMCPMC6089804
OpenAlexW2801822953

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