Understanding variability with voriconazole using a population pharmacokinetic approach: implications for optimal dosing. 2014

Michael J Dolton, and Gerd Mikus, and Johanna Weiss, and John E Ray, and Andrew J McLachlan
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia Centre For Education and Research on Ageing, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Australia.

OBJECTIVE Voriconazole exhibits highly variable, non-linear pharmacokinetics and is associated with a narrow therapeutic range. This study aimed to investigate the population pharmacokinetics of voriconazole in adults, including the effect of CYP2C19 genotype and drug-drug interactions. METHODS Non-linear mixed effects modelling (NONMEM) was undertaken of six voriconazole studies in healthy volunteers and patients. Dosing simulations to examine influential covariate effects and voriconazole target attainment (2-5 mg/L) stratified by CYP2C19 phenotype were performed. RESULTS We analysed 3352 voriconazole concentration measurements from 240 participants. A two-compartment pharmacokinetic model with first-order oral absorption with lag time and Michaelis-Menten elimination best described voriconazole pharmacokinetics. Participants with one or more CYP2C19 loss-of-function (LoF) alleles had a 41.2% lower Vmax for voriconazole. Co-administration of phenytoin or rifampicin, St John's wort or glucocorticoids significantly increased voriconazole elimination. Among patients receiving 200 mg of voriconazole twice daily, predicted trough concentrations on day 7 were <2 mg/L for oral and intravenous regimens for 72% and 63% of patients without CYP2C19 LoF alleles, respectively, with 49% and 35% below this threshold with 300 mg twice daily dosing. Conversely, these regimens resulted in 29%, 39%, 57% and 77% of patients with CYP2C19 LoF alleles with voriconazole trough concentrations ≥5 mg/L. CONCLUSIONS Current dosing regimens for voriconazole result in subtherapeutic exposure in many patients without CYP2C19 LoF alleles, suggesting the need for higher doses, whereas these regimens result in supratherapeutic exposure in a high proportion of patients with reduced CYP2C19 activity. These findings support the essential role of therapeutic drug monitoring in ensuring efficacious and safe voriconazole exposure.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010597 Pharmacogenetics A branch of genetics which deals with the genetic variability in individual responses to drugs and drug metabolism (BIOTRANSFORMATION). Pharmacogenomics
D010641 Phenotype The outward appearance of the individual. It is the product of interactions between genes, and between the GENOTYPE and the environment. Phenotypes
D011159 Population Surveillance Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their practicability, uniformity, and frequently their rapidity, rather than by complete accuracy. Surveillance, Population
D004347 Drug Interactions The action of a drug that may affect the activity, metabolism, or toxicity of another drug. Drug Interaction,Interaction, Drug,Interactions, Drug
D005838 Genotype The genetic constitution of the individual, comprising the ALLELES present at each GENETIC LOCUS. Genogroup,Genogroups,Genotypes
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000935 Antifungal Agents Substances that destroy fungi by suppressing their ability to grow or reproduce. They differ from FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL because they defend against fungi present in human or animal tissues. Anti-Fungal Agents,Antifungal Agent,Fungicides, Therapeutic,Antibiotics, Antifungal,Therapeutic Fungicides,Agent, Antifungal,Anti Fungal Agents,Antifungal Antibiotics
D015203 Reproducibility of Results The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results. Reliability and Validity,Reliability of Result,Reproducibility Of Result,Reproducibility of Finding,Validity of Result,Validity of Results,Face Validity,Reliability (Epidemiology),Reliability of Results,Reproducibility of Findings,Test-Retest Reliability,Validity (Epidemiology),Finding Reproducibilities,Finding Reproducibility,Of Result, Reproducibility,Of Results, Reproducibility,Reliabilities, Test-Retest,Reliability, Test-Retest,Result Reliabilities,Result Reliability,Result Validities,Result Validity,Result, Reproducibility Of,Results, Reproducibility Of,Test Retest Reliability,Validity and Reliability,Validity, Face
D015233 Models, Statistical Statistical formulations or analyses which, when applied to data and found to fit the data, are then used to verify the assumptions and parameters used in the analysis. Examples of statistical models are the linear model, binomial model, polynomial model, two-parameter model, etc. Probabilistic Models,Statistical Models,Two-Parameter Models,Model, Statistical,Models, Binomial,Models, Polynomial,Statistical Model,Binomial Model,Binomial Models,Model, Binomial,Model, Polynomial,Model, Probabilistic,Model, Two-Parameter,Models, Probabilistic,Models, Two-Parameter,Polynomial Model,Polynomial Models,Probabilistic Model,Two Parameter Models,Two-Parameter Model
D016903 Drug Monitoring The process of observing, recording, or detecting the effects of a chemical substance administered to an individual therapeutically or diagnostically. Monitoring, Drug,Therapeutic Drug Monitoring,Drug Monitoring, Therapeutic,Monitoring, Therapeutic Drug

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