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ArticleCPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology2021

Population pharmacokinetic analysis of rivaroxaban in children and comparison to prospective physiologically-based pharmacokinetic predictions.

Stefan Willmann, Katrin Coboeken, Yang Zhang, Hannah Mayer, Ibrahim Ince, Emir Mesic, Kirstin Thelen, Dagmar Kubitza, Anthonie W A Lensing, Haitao Yang and 4 more

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Article in CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Stefan WillmannResearch and Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Wuppertal/Leverkusen, Germany.
Katrin CoboekenResearch and Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Wuppertal/Leverkusen, Germany.
Yang ZhangResearch and Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Wuppertal/Leverkusen, Germany.
Hannah MayerResearch and Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Wuppertal/Leverkusen, Germany.
Ibrahim InceResearch and Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Wuppertal/Leverkusen, Germany.
Emir MesicLeiden Experts on Advanced Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics (LAP&P, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Kirstin ThelenResearch and Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Wuppertal/Leverkusen, Germany.
Dagmar KubitzaResearch and Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Wuppertal/Leverkusen, Germany.
Anthonie W A LensingResearch and Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Wuppertal/Leverkusen, Germany.
Haitao YangJanssen Research and Development, LLC, Raritan, New Jersey, USA.
Peijuan ZhuJanssen Research and Development, LLC, Raritan, New Jersey, USA.
Wolfgang MückResearch and Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Wuppertal/Leverkusen, Germany.
Henk-Jan DrenthLeiden Experts on Advanced Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics (LAP&P, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Jörg LippertResearch and Development, Pharmaceuticals, Bayer AG, Wuppertal/Leverkusen, Germany.
Bayer (Germany) · DEJanssen (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rivaroxaban has been investigated in the EINSTEIN-Jr program for the treatment of acute venous thromboembolism (VTE) in children aged 0 to 18 years and in the UNIVERSE program for thromboprophylaxis in children aged 2 to 8 years with congenital heart disease after Fontan-procedure. Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) and population pharmacokinetic (PopPK) modeling were used throughout the pediatric development of rivaroxaban according to the learn-and-confirm paradigm. The development strategy was to match pediatric drug exposures to adult exposure proven to be safe and efficacious. In this analysis, a refined pediatric PopPK model for rivaroxaban based on integrated EINSTEIN-Jr data and interim PK data from part A of the UNIVERSE phase III study was developed and the influence of potential covariates and intrinsic factors on rivaroxaban exposure was assessed. The model adequately described the observed pediatric PK data. PK parameters and exposure metrics estimated by the PopPK model were compared to the predictions from a previously published pediatric PBPK model for rivaroxaban. Ninety-one percent of the individual post hoc clearance estimates were found within the 5th to 95th percentile of the PBPK model predictions. In patients below 2 years of age, however, clearance was underpredicted by the PBPK model. The iterative and integrative use of PBPK and PopPK modeling and simulation played a major role in the establishment of the bodyweight-adjusted rivaroxaban dosing regimen that was ultimately confirmed to be a safe and efficacious dosing regimen for children aged 0 to 18 years with acute VTE in the EINSTEIN-Jr phase III study.

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AdolescentChildChild, PreschoolComputer SimulationFactor Xa InhibitorsFemaleFontan ProcedureHeart Defects, CongenitalHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleModels, BiologicalProspective StudiesRivaroxabanVenous ThromboembolismFactor Xa InhibitorsRivaroxaban

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PMID34292671
PMCPMC8520753
OpenAlexW3186812241

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