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ArticlePharmaceutics2019

Translational PBPK Modeling of the Protein Therapeutic and CD95L Inhibitor Asunercept to Develop Dose Recommendations for Its First Use in Pediatric Glioblastoma Patients.

Nina Hanke, Claudia Kunz, Meinolf Thiemann, Harald Fricke, Thorsten Lehr

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nina HankeClinical Pharmacy, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany. n.hanke@mx.uni-saarland.de.
Claudia KunzApogenix AG, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. claudiakunz@gmx.de.
Meinolf ThiemannApogenix AG, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. meinolf.thiemann@apogenix.com.
Harald FrickeApogenix AG, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. harald.fricke@me.com.
Thorsten LehrClinical Pharmacy, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany. thorsten.lehr@mx.uni-saarland.de.ORCID 0000-0002-8372-1465
Apogenix (Germany) · DESaarland University · DE

Funding

Apogenix AG, Heidelberg, Germany -
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The protein therapeutic and CD95L inhibitor asunercept is currently under clinical investigation for the treatment of glioblastoma and myelodysplastic syndrome. The purpose of this study was to predict the asunercept pharmacokinetics in children and to give dose recommendations for its first use in pediatric glioblastoma patients. A physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of asunercept in healthy and diseased adults was successfully developed using the available clinical Phase I and Phase II study data. This model was then extrapolated to different pediatric populations, to predict the asunercept exposure in children and to find equivalent starting doses. Simulation of the asunercept serum concentration-time curves in children between 1⁻18 years of age shows that a dosing regimen based on body weight results in a similar asunercept steady-state exposure in all patients (pediatric or adult) above 12 years of age. For children between 1⁻12 years, higher doses per kg body weight are recommended, with the highest dose for the very young patients. Translational PBPK modeling is strongly encouraged by regulatory agencies to help with the initial dose selection for pediatric trials. To our knowledge, this is the first report of pediatric PBPK to support the dose selection of a therapeutic protein before its administration to children.

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pediatric drug developmentpediatric investigation plan (PIP)pediatric PBPKphysiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modelingtherapeutic proteinstranslational modeling

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PMID30939793
PMCPMC6523206
OpenAlexW2928520695

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