Population Pharmacokinetic Model of Oxfendazole and Metabolites in Healthy Adults following Single Ascending Doses. 2021

Thanh Bach, and Daryl J Murry, and Larissa V Stebounova, and Gregory Deye, and Patricia Winokur, and Guohua An
Division of Pharmaceutics and Translational Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.

Oxfendazole is a potent veterinary benzimidazole anthelmintic under transition to humans for the treatment of multiple parasitic infectious diseases. The first-in-human study evaluating the disposition of oxfendazole and its metabolites in healthy adults following single ascending oral doses from 0.5 to 60 mg/kg of body weight shows that oxfendazole pharmacokinetics is substantially nonlinear, which complicates correlating oxfendazole dose to exposure. To quantitatively capture the relation between oxfendazole dose and exposure, a population pharmacokinetic model for oxfendazole and its metabolites, oxfendazole sulfone and fenbendazole, in humans was developed using a nonlinear mixed-effect modeling approach. Our final model incorporated mechanistic characterization of dose-limited bioavailability as well as different oxfendazole metabolic processes and provided insight into the significance of presystemic metabolism in oxfendazole and metabolite disposition. Oxfendazole clinical pharmacokinetics was best described by a one-compartment model with nonlinear absorption and linear elimination. Oxfendazole apparent clearance and apparent volume of distribution were estimated to be 2.57 liters/h and 35.2 liters, respectively, at the lowest dose (0.5 mg/kg), indicating that oxfendazole is a low extraction drug with moderate distribution. The disposition of both metabolites was adequately characterized by a one-compartment model with formation rate-limited elimination. Fenbendazole formation from oxfendazole was primarily through systemic metabolism, while both presystemic and systemic metabolism were critical to the formation of oxfendazole sulfone. Our model adequately captured the concentration-time profiles of both oxfendazole and its two metabolites in healthy adults over a wide dose range. The model can be used to predict oxfendazole disposition under new dosing regimens to support dose optimization in humans.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008657 Metabolic Clearance Rate Volume of biological fluid completely cleared of drug metabolites as measured in unit time. Elimination occurs as a result of metabolic processes in the kidney, liver, saliva, sweat, intestine, heart, brain, or other site. Total Body Clearance Rate,Clearance Rate, Metabolic,Clearance Rates, Metabolic,Metabolic Clearance Rates,Rate, Metabolic Clearance,Rates, Metabolic Clearance
D005273 Fenbendazole Antinematodal benzimidazole used in veterinary medicine. Panacur,Phenbendasol
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000284 Administration, Oral The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth. Drug Administration, Oral,Administration, Oral Drug,Oral Administration,Oral Drug Administration,Administrations, Oral,Administrations, Oral Drug,Drug Administrations, Oral,Oral Administrations,Oral Drug Administrations
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000871 Anthelmintics Agents that kill parasitic worms. They are used therapeutically in the treatment of HELMINTHIASIS in man and animal. Anthelmintic,Antihelmintic,Vermifuge,Vermifuges,Antihelmintics
D001562 Benzimidazoles Compounds with a BENZENE fused to IMIDAZOLES.

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