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Application of Exposure Response Relationship for Dose Adjustment . Jenny J Zheng, Ph.D. Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation III Office of Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmaceutics CDER/FDA. Background.
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Application of Exposure Response Relationship for Dose Adjustment Jenny J Zheng, Ph.D. Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation III Office of Clinical Pharmacology and Biopharmaceutics CDER/FDA
Background • Pharmacokinetics of a drug maybe influenced by intrinsic factors such as age, gender, impaired renal or hepatic function and extrinsic factors such as drug-drug interactions. • What is the clinical significance of the changes in concentrations? • Clinical Assessment: clinical experience but not quantitative or could be subjective • Exposure response relationship can bridge safety and exposure data to quantitate the influence of the increase in exposure.
Drug Z • Drug Z is a non-cardiac drug. • Both pre-clinical and phase 1 studies showed that the drug causes QT prolongation. • The QT prolongation is concentration dependent.
The Extrinsic and Intrinsic Factors • Elderly: The mean steady state Cmax was 100% higher as compared with Cmax in young subjects. • Renal Impaired Subjects: The steady state Cmax in severe renal impaired subjects was 50% higher as compared with healthy subjects. • Drug Drug Interaction: Ketoconazole increased the steady state Cmax by 60%.
Questions? • Should dose be adjusted in elderly, renal impaired subjects or when co-administered with ketoconazole? • What is the effect of increase in drug Z concentration on QT prolongation?
Exposure Response Studies • Several Phase 1 studies are pooled. • Cross over, placebo controlled • Doses included in the studies were clinical dose (X), 2X and 3X • The blood samples were collected for drug measurements. • QTs were measured.
Simulation • Assuming a logarithmic distribution, Cmax (n=2000) was simulated based on phase 1 studies. • Age effect (young vs elderly (age>65 years)) • Renal impaired study (severe renal impaired (CLcr<30 mL/min)) • ketoconazole drug drug interaction study • The QTc were predicted using simulated concentrations and the linear mixed fitted model using NONMEM.
Age vs Renal Effect on Pharmacokinetics of Drug Z • The age effect might be partially attributed by reduced renal function. • In the study, CLcr was 50% lower in elderly subjects as compared with young subjects). • The age effect would be reduced if renal function effect was corrected by dose reduction.
What would be the effect of ketoconazole in subject with severe renal impairment?
Method • Steady state Cmax in severe renal impaired subjects was simulated (n=2000). • The Cmax ratio of drug Z at presence and absence of ketoconazole was obtained from cross over study. The ratio ranged from 1 to 4 (n=10). • The combined effect for both factors was simulated by randomly multiplying the Cmax from step 1 and the ratio from step 2.
Conclusion • The increase of concentrations by age, severe renal function and co-administration with ketoconazole resulted in increased number of subjects with QTc longer than 40 ms. • The effect is more significant when two factors are combined.
Recommendation • Considering the nature of adverse event (QT prolongation). • A dose reduction was recommended in severe renal impaired subjects. • A dose reduction was recommended when Drug Z is co-administered with ketoconazole.