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ArticleClinical pharmacology and therapeutics2025

Population Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic and Exposure-Response Modeling Analyses of Sotatercept in Healthy Participants and Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

Sihem Ait-Oudhia, David Jaworowicz, Ziheng Hu, Mitali Gaurav, Heather Barcomb, Shuai Hu, Sébastien Bihorel, Budda Balasubrahmanyam, Bipin Mistry, Janethe de Oliveira Pena and 2 more

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12 authors.

Sihem Ait-OudhiaMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9794-8601
David JaworowiczCognigen division of Simulations Plus, Inc., Buffalo, New York, USA.
Ziheng HuMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5482-2734
Mitali GauravCognigen division of Simulations Plus, Inc., Buffalo, New York, USA.
Heather BarcombCognigen division of Simulations Plus, Inc., Buffalo, New York, USA.
Shuai HuMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9311-7942
Sébastien BihorelCognigen division of Simulations Plus, Inc., Buffalo, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2326-3335
Budda BalasubrahmanyamAcceleron Pharma, A Subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA.
Bipin MistryAcceleron Pharma, A Subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA.
Janethe de Oliveira PenaMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-8735-4698
Larissa WenningMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA.
Ferdous GheyasMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-5114-3572

Funding

Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sotatercept is a breakthrough, first-in-class biologic, recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Exposure-response (E-R) analyses and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modeling were performed for sotatercept after intravenous and subcutaneous (SC) administrations. Clinical endpoints included 6-minute walk distance (6MWD), pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), and probability of N-terminal pro-B natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentrations < 300 pg/mL for efficacy, and hemoglobin (Hgb) for safety from two Phase 1 studies, two Phase 2 studies, and one Phase 3 study. E-R models using nonlinear mixed effect modeling approach were developed for 6MWD and PVR, while Cox proportional hazards model and semi-mechanistic PK/PD model were used for NT-proBNP and Hgb. Covariate analyses were conducted to identify significant predictors of variability for each of these clinical endpoints. Modeling results showed that increasing sotatercept average concentration (C

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Antihypertensive AgentsModels, BiologicalPulmonary Arterial HypertensionRecombinant Fusion ProteinsAdministration, IntravenousAdultAgedDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleHealthy VolunteersHemoglobinsHumansInjections, SubcutaneousMaleMiddle AgedNatriuretic Peptide, BrainAntihypertensive AgentsHemoglobinsNatriuretic Peptide, BrainPeptide Fragmentspro-brain natriuretic peptide (1-76)Recombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMCPMC11835429

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