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SynthesisEuropean journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics2021

Population Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Indacaterol/Glycopyrronium/Mometasone Furoate After Administration of Combination Therapies Using the Breezhaler

Christian Bartels, Monish Jain, Jing Yu, Hanns-Christian Tillmann, Soniya Vaidya

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Synthesis in European journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Christian BartelsBiostatistics and Pharmacometrics, Novartis Pharma AG, WSJ-027.6.045.10, 4056, Basel, Switzerland. christian.bartels@novartis.com.
Monish JainPharmacokinetic Sciences, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, USA.
Jing YuBiostatistics and Pharmacometrics, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, USA.
Hanns-Christian TillmannTranslational Medicine, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
Soniya VaidyaPharmacokinetic Sciences, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, USA.
Novartis (United States) · USNovartis Institutes for BioMedical ResearchNovartis (Switzerland) · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectiveClinical evidence suggests no clinically relevant pharmacokinetic interactions between indacaterol (IND), glycopyrronium (GLY) and mometasone furoate (MF). A population pharmacokinetic (popPK) analysis was conducted to identify structural models describing systemic pharmacokinetic profiles of IND, GLY and MF, and estimate the effect of covariates on their pharmacokinetics following inhalation as IND/GLY/MF.

methodsPharmacokinetic data from 698 patients with asthma were pooled from two Phase III studies that evaluated IND/MF medium- (150/160 µg) and high-dose (150/320 µg), IND/GLY/MF medium- (150/50/80 μg) and high-dose (150/50/160 μg), and a device bridging Phase II study with MF. One popPK model was developed each for IND, GLY and MF using a nonlinear mixed-effect modelling approach. Maximal and trough plasma concentrations were compared across formulations and studies, including data for IND/GLY from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. The effect of predefined covariates on the pharmacokinetics of components was evaluated using a full covariate modelling approach.

resultsThe final pharmacokinetic models were two-compartment disposition models with first-order elimination and sequential zero-order/first-order absorption (IND), with bolus administration and first-order elimination (GLY), and with mixed zero-order/first-order absorption and first-order elimination (MF). All model parameters were estimated with good precision (% relative standard error: IND and MF ≤25%; GLY <10%). No clinically relevant covariate effect was observed on the pharmacokinetics of IND, GLY and MF. IND and GLY pharmacokinetic profiles were similar across different formulations.

conclusionTwo-compartment popPK models adequately described the pharmacokinetics of IND, GLY and MF. The effect of covariates was not clinically relevant. The pharmacokinetic profiles of MF were comparable for combination products at corresponding medium- or high-dose inhaled corticosteroids. On a population level, the pharmacokinetics of IND and GLY were comparable between patients with asthma and COPD.

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Models, BiologicalAdministration, InhalationAdolescentAdultAgedAnti-Asthmatic AgentsAsthmaChildClinical Trials, Phase III as TopicDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug CombinationsFemaleGlycopyrrolateHumansIndansMaleAnti-Asthmatic AgentsDrug CombinationsGlycopyrrolateindacaterol acetate-mometasone furoate drug combinationindacaterol-glycopyrronium combinationIndansMometasone FuroateQuinolones

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PMID34024035
PMCPMC8298373
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