1. Model-Based Drug-Drug Interaction Extrapolation Strategy From Adults to Children: Risdiplam in Pediatric Patients With Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
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Cleary Y, Gertz M, Grimsey P, Günther A, Heinig K, Ogungbenro K, Aarons L, Galetin A, and Kletzl H
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- Adolescent, Adult, Azo Compounds pharmacokinetics, Child, Child, Preschool, Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors pharmacokinetics, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Midazolam pharmacokinetics, Midazolam therapeutic use, Muscular Atrophy, Spinal metabolism, Neuromuscular Agents pharmacokinetics, Pyrimidines pharmacokinetics, Young Adult, Azo Compounds therapeutic use, Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors therapeutic use, Drug Interactions physiology, Models, Biological, Muscular Atrophy, Spinal drug therapy, Neuromuscular Agents therapeutic use, Pyrimidines therapeutic use
- Abstract
Risdiplam (Evrysdi) improves motor neuron function in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and has been approved for the treatment of patients ≥2 months old. Risdiplam exhibits time-dependent inhibition of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A in vitro. While many pediatric patients receive risdiplam, a drug-drug interaction (DDI) study in pediatric patients with SMA was not feasible. Therefore, a novel physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model-based strategy was proposed to extrapolate DDI risk from healthy adults to children with SMA in an iterative manner. A clinical DDI study was performed in healthy adults at relevant risdiplam exposures observed in children. Risdiplam caused an 1.11-fold increase in the ratio of midazolam area under the curve with and without risdiplam (AUCR)), suggesting an 18-fold lower in vivo CYP3A inactivation constant compared with the in vitro value. A pediatric PBPK model for risdiplam was validated with independent data and combined with a validated midazolam pediatric PBPK model to extrapolate DDI from adults to pediatric patients with SMA. The impact of selected intestinal and hepatic CYP3A ontogenies on the DDI susceptibility in children relative to adults was investigated. The PBPK analysis suggests that primary CYP3A inhibition by risdiplam occurs in the intestine rather than the liver. The PBPK-predicted risdiplam CYP3A inhibition risk in pediatric patients with SMA aged 2 months-18 years was negligible (midazolam AUCR of 1.09-1.18) and included in the US prescribing information of risdiplam. Comprehensive evaluation of the sensitivity of predicted CYP3A DDI on selected intestinal and hepatic CYP3A ontogeny functions, together with PBPK model-based strategy proposed here, aim to guide and facilitate DDI extrapolations in pediatric populations., (© 2021 F Hoffmann-La Roche AG. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.)
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- 2021
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