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Trial reportEuropean journal of clinical pharmacology2019

Identification of the caffeine to trimethyluric acid ratio as a dietary biomarker to characterise variability in cytochrome P450 3A activity.

Madelé van Dyk, John O Miners, Jean-Claude Marshall, Linda S Wood, Ashley Hopkins, Michael J Sorich, Andrew Rowland

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Trial report in European journal of clinical pharmacology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Madelé van DykDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, SA, 5042, Australia. madele.vandyk@flinders.edu.au.
John O MinersDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, SA, 5042, Australia.
Jean-Claude MarshallPrecision Medicine, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT, USA.
Linda S WoodPrecision Medicine, Pfizer Worldwide Research and Development, Groton, CT, USA.
Ashley HopkinsDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, SA, 5042, Australia.
Michael J SorichDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, SA, 5042, Australia.
Andrew RowlandDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, SA, 5042, Australia.
Flinders University · AUPfizer (United States) · US

Funding

National Breast Cancer Foundation (AU) PF-17-007National Health and Medical Research Council (AU) 1100179
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeCytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A plays an important role in the metabolism of many clinically used drugs and exhibits substantial between-subject variability (BSV) in activity. Current methods to assess variability in CYP3A activity have limitations and there remains a need for a minimally invasive clinically translatable strategy to define CYP3A activity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the potential for a caffeine metabolic ratio to describe variability in CYP3A activity.

methodsThe metabolic ratio 1,3,7-trimethyluric acid (TMU) to caffeine was evaluated as a biomarker to describe variability in CYP3A activity in a cohort (n = 28) of healthy 21 to 35-year-old males. Midazolam, caffeine, and TMU concentrations were assessed at baseline and following dosing of rifampicin (300 mg daily) for 7 days.

resultsAt baseline, correlation coefficients for the relationship between apparent oral midazolam clearance (CL/F) with caffeine/TMU ratio measured at 3, 4, and 6 h post dose were 0.82, 0.79, and 0.65, respectively. The strength of correlations was retained post rifampicin dosing; 0.72, 0.87, and 0.82 for the ratios at 3, 4, and 6 h, respectively. Weaker correlations were observed between the change in midazolam CL/F and change in caffeine/TMU ratio post/pre-rifampicin dosing.

conclusionBSV in CYP3A activity was well described by caffeine/TMU ratios pre- and post-induction. The caffeine/TMU ratio may be a convenient tool to assess BSV in CYP3A activity, but assessment of caffeine/TMU ratio alone is unlikely to account for all sources of variability in CYP3A activity.

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AdultBiomarkersCaffeineCytochrome P-450 CYP3ACytochrome P-450 CYP3A InducersDietGenotypeHumansMaleMidazolamPhenotypeRacial GroupsRifampinUric AcidYoung Adult1,3,7-trimethyluric acidBiomarkersCaffeineCYP3A protein, humanCytochrome P-450 CYP3ACytochrome P-450 CYP3A InducersMidazolamRifampinUric AcidBetween-subject variabilityBiomarkerCYP3AMetabolomicsPhenotypingPrecision medicine

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