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Effect of treatment and additional disease on pharmacokinetic of valproic acid in children with epilepsy.
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Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion [Rev Invest Clin] 2010 Nov-Dec; Vol. 62 (6), pp. 516-23. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Background: Most of bayesian pharmacokinetic studies and the influence of clinical variables have been carried out in adults.<br />Purpose: The aim was to estimate population-based pharmacokinetic of valproic acid (VPA) and to determine the effect of treatment and additional disease on its performance in children with epilepsy.<br />Material and Methods: For the study steady-state serum concentrations of VPA were determined from 108 epileptic patients (44 females and 64 males) who were receiving the anticonvulsant as main drug of treatment with age range since 1 to 16 years (median 4y, 6m) and weight since 5.2 to 50 kg (median 17.5 kg). All patients had their renal, hepatic and nutritional functions normal. One compartment model using interactive two-stage Bayesian approach was employed in the analysis. RESULTS; Population estimates of CL/F and V/F for VPA were 0.022 +/- 0.013 L/h and 0.217 +/- 0.134 L/kg, respectively. These estimates were significantly affected by weight, age, carbamazepine (CBZ) and gastroesophageal reflux (GER). The final regression models were: CL/F (L/h) = 0.0696 + 0.0031 (Age) + 0.0075 (Weight); and V/F (L) = 0.674 + 0.0308 (Age) + 0.0756 (Weight). Prediction of VPA serum concentration in other validation group revealed an important improvement in the predictive performance of VPA concentrations in comparison with the basic model that did not include any co-variables.<br />Conclusions: Based on a population model of children with epilepsy, the pharmacokinetic of VPA could be altered by weight, age and the administration of CBZ and additional GER to epilepsy.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Age Factors
Anticonvulsants administration & dosage
Anticonvulsants blood
Anticonvulsants therapeutic use
Bayes Theorem
Body Weight
Brain Injuries complications
Brain Injuries metabolism
Carbamazepine administration & dosage
Carbamazepine pharmacokinetics
Carbamazepine therapeutic use
Child
Child, Preschool
Drug Interactions
Drug Therapy, Combination
Epilepsy complications
Epilepsy metabolism
Female
Gastroesophageal Reflux complications
Gastroesophageal Reflux metabolism
Humans
Infant
Male
Meningitis complications
Meningitis metabolism
Models, Biological
Respiratory Tract Infections complications
Respiratory Tract Infections metabolism
Valproic Acid administration & dosage
Valproic Acid blood
Valproic Acid therapeutic use
Anticonvulsants pharmacokinetics
Epilepsy drug therapy
Valproic Acid pharmacokinetics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0034-8376
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21416779