TY - JOUR
T1 - Population pharmacokinetics of unbound mycophenolic acid in adult allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation
T2 - Effect of pharmacogenetic factors
AU - Frymoyer, Adam
AU - Verotta, Davide
AU - Jacobson, Pamala
AU - Long-Boyle, Janel
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Aim: To evaluate pharmacogenetic factors as contributors to the variability of unbound mycophenolic acid (MPA) exposure in adult allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) recipients. Methods: A population-based pharmacokinetic (PK) model of unbound MPA was developed using non-linear mixed-effects modelling (nonmem). Previously collected intensive unbound MPA PK data from 132 adult alloHCT recipients after oral and intravenous dosing of the prodrug mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) were used. In addition to clinical covariates, genetic polymorphisms in UGT1A8, UGT1A9, UGT2B7 and MRP2 were evaluated for their impact on unbound MPA PK. Results: Unbound MPA concentration-time data were well described by a two compartment model with first order absorption and linear elimination. For the typical patient (52years of age, creatinine clearance 86mlmin-1), the median estimated values [coefficient of variation, %, (CV)] of systemic clearance, intercompartmental clearance, central and peripheral volumes of MPA were 1610lh-1 (37.4%), 541lh-1 (75.6%), 1230l (37.5%), and 6140l (120%), respectively. After oral dosing, bioavailability was low (0.56) and highly variable (CV 46%). No genetic polymorphisms tested significantly explained the variability among individuals. Creatinine clearance was a small but significant predictor of unbound MPA CL. No other clinical covariates impacted unbound MPA PK. Conclusions: In adult alloHCT recipients, variability in unbound MPA AUC was large and remained largely unexplained even with the inclusion of pharmacogenetic information. Targeting unbound MPA AUC in a patient will require therapeutic drug monitoring.
AB - Aim: To evaluate pharmacogenetic factors as contributors to the variability of unbound mycophenolic acid (MPA) exposure in adult allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) recipients. Methods: A population-based pharmacokinetic (PK) model of unbound MPA was developed using non-linear mixed-effects modelling (nonmem). Previously collected intensive unbound MPA PK data from 132 adult alloHCT recipients after oral and intravenous dosing of the prodrug mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) were used. In addition to clinical covariates, genetic polymorphisms in UGT1A8, UGT1A9, UGT2B7 and MRP2 were evaluated for their impact on unbound MPA PK. Results: Unbound MPA concentration-time data were well described by a two compartment model with first order absorption and linear elimination. For the typical patient (52years of age, creatinine clearance 86mlmin-1), the median estimated values [coefficient of variation, %, (CV)] of systemic clearance, intercompartmental clearance, central and peripheral volumes of MPA were 1610lh-1 (37.4%), 541lh-1 (75.6%), 1230l (37.5%), and 6140l (120%), respectively. After oral dosing, bioavailability was low (0.56) and highly variable (CV 46%). No genetic polymorphisms tested significantly explained the variability among individuals. Creatinine clearance was a small but significant predictor of unbound MPA CL. No other clinical covariates impacted unbound MPA PK. Conclusions: In adult alloHCT recipients, variability in unbound MPA AUC was large and remained largely unexplained even with the inclusion of pharmacogenetic information. Targeting unbound MPA AUC in a patient will require therapeutic drug monitoring.
KW - Acute graft vs. host disease
KW - Haematopoietic cell transplantation
KW - Mycophenolate
KW - Mycophenolic acid
KW - Pharmacogenomics
KW - Pharmacokinetics
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04372.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2012.04372.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 22765258
AN - SCOPUS:84872249602
SN - 0306-5251
VL - 75
SP - 463
EP - 475
JO - British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
JF - British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
IS - 2
ER -