Absorption, Metabolism, and Excretion of [14C]-Tebipenem Pivoxil Hydrobromide (TBP-PI-HBr) in Healthy Male Subjects. 2023

Vipul K Gupta, and Gary Maier, and Leanne Gasink, and Amanda Ek, and Mary Fudeman, and Praveen Srivastava, and Angela Talley
Spero Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide (TBP-PI-HBr) is an oral prodrug of pharmacologically active moiety tebipenem (TBP), which is a carbapenem with activity against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens. Conversion from the prodrug to the active moiety, namely, TBP, occurs in the enterocytes of the gastrointestinal tract via intestinal esterases. The absorption, metabolism, and excretion in humans were evaluated, following the administration of a single oral dose of [14C]-TBP-PI-HBr. Healthy male subjects (n = 8) received a single 600 mg oral dose of TBP-PI-HBr containing approximately 150 μCi of [14C]-TBP-PI-HBr. Blood, urine, and fecal samples were collected to determine the total radioactivity, concentrations of TBP (plasma only), and metabolite profiling and identification. The overall mean recovery of the total radioactivity in urine (38.7%) and feces (44.6%) combined was approximately 83.3% of the administered dose, with individual recoveries ranging from 80.1% to 85.0%. Plasma TBP LC-MS/MS and metabolite profiling data suggest that TBP was the main circulating component in plasma and that it accounts for approximately 54% of the total plasma radioactivity, based on the plasma AUC ratio of TBP/total radioactivity. The ring-open metabolite LJC 11562 was another major component in plasma (>10%). TBP (M12), LJC 11562, and four trace to minor metabolites were identified/characterized in the urine. TBP-PI, TBP (M12), and 11 trace to minor metabolites were identified/characterized in the feces. The renal and fecal routes are major clearance pathways in the elimination of [14C]-TBP-PI-HBr, with a mean combined recovery of 83.3%. TBP and its inactive ring-open metabolite LJC 11562 were the major circulating metabolites in the plasma.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011355 Prodrugs A compound that, on administration, must undergo chemical conversion by metabolic processes before becoming the pharmacologically active drug for which it is a prodrug. Drug Precursor,Drug Precursors,Pro-Drug,Prodrug,Pro-Drugs,Precursor, Drug,Precursors, Drug,Pro Drug,Pro Drugs
D002250 Carbon Radioisotopes Unstable isotopes of carbon that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. C atoms with atomic weights 10, 11, and 14-16 are radioactive carbon isotopes. Radioisotopes, Carbon
D002853 Chromatography, Liquid Chromatographic techniques in which the mobile phase is a liquid. Liquid Chromatography
D005243 Feces Excrement from the INTESTINES, containing unabsorbed solids, waste products, secretions, and BACTERIA of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
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
D053719 Tandem Mass Spectrometry A mass spectrometry technique using two (MS/MS) or more mass analyzers. With two in tandem, the precursor ions are mass-selected by a first mass analyzer, and focused into a collision region where they are then fragmented into product ions which are then characterized by a second mass analyzer. A variety of techniques are used to separate the compounds, ionize them, and introduce them to the first mass analyzer. For example, for in GC-MS/MS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY is involved in separating relatively small compounds by GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY prior to injecting them into an ionization chamber for the mass selection. Mass Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry,Mass Spectrometry Mass Spectrometry,Mass Spectrometry, Tandem

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