Critical drug interaction between ritonavir-boosted atazanavir regimen and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the respective influence of genetic and nongenetic factors on morphine dose requirements and adverse effects after colorectal surgery. METHODS: Seventy-four patients who planned to undergo colorectal surgery were included in this pilot study. The cumulative 24-hour postoperative dose of morphine and postoperative nausea or vomiting requiring the antiemetic ondansetron were the 2 clinical end points. The association of patient characteristics, A118G mu-opioid receptor (OPRM1) single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); T802C uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyltransferase 2B7 (UGT2B7) SNP; and 2 adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette, subfamily B, member 1 (ABCB1) (multidrug resistance 1 [MDR1]) exonic SNPs (G2677T/A and C3435T) with study end points was investigated. RESULTS: Age, creatinine clearance, and the regular use of psychotropic agents were found to be significantly associated with postoperative morphine dose requirements by univariate analysis. Multivariate analysis identified that age (P = .01) and the use of psychotropic agents before surgery (P = .03) were positively associated with a higher rate of morphine consumption. A higher weight (P = .05) and the ABCB1 homozygous GG-CC diplotype (P = .03) were significantly associated with fewer morphine side effects by univariate analysis. The homozygous ABCB1 diplotype (GG-CC) conferred an odds ratio of 0.12 (95% confidence interval, 0.01-0.98) with regard to the use of ondansetron for postoperative nausea or vomiting. Multivariate analysis identified that the ABCB1 GG-CC diplotype was the only borderline-significant (P = .07) predictive factor of morphine side effects. CONCLUSION: Age and prior use of psychotropic agents are associated with postoperative morphine dose requirements. Whether ABCB1 polymorphisms might predict morphine side effects remains to be determined.
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Pharmacogenetic tests can identify the role of genetic factors in the inter-individual variability of drug responsiveness. This variability can involve three systems, namely drug-metabolizing enzymes, transmembrane drug transporters, and drug effctor sites (receptors, enzymes, ion, channels, etc.). At present, pharmacogenetic testing is rarely used in clinical practice. A rapid survey of the four laboratories conducting such tests for Paris hospitals shows that about 750 tests were done during a 12-months period in 2004-2005, and that most focused on allelic variants of drug-metabolizing enzymes. Three other European laboratories perform between 25, and 7.000 tests per year. However, the number of pharmacogenetic tests is set to grow rapidely in the near future. The role of genetic factors in adverse drug reactions (ADR) has not yet been the subject of a systematic study. Drug-drug interactions that inhibit or induce certain enzyme activities are a major cause of adverse reactions, but they have not been exhaustively studied Pharmacogenetic and pharmacogenomic tools are increasingly used in the drug development process. This should result in the discovery of new therapeutic targets and in a better understanding of factors governing drug efficacy and tolerability. DNA samples are already collected systematically in many phase II and III clinical trials, and registration agencies such as the FDA are establishing guidelines for the submission of pharmacogenetic data on new drugs. These efforts, together with DNA samples collection during post-registration pharmacoepidemiological studies, should help to understand inter-individual variability in drug efficacy and tolerability. They may also result in the identification of new drug targets and will help to tailor therapy to the individual patient.
Pharmacogenetics, a discipline still in its infancy, is the study of genetically determined variations in how individuals respond to drugs. Mutations may affect drug metabolism, transmembrane transport into cells, or target receptors. Genetic polymorphisms affecting drug metabolism were the first to be identified. Genetic factors control the activity of phase I reactions involving cytochrome (CYP) P450 isoenzymes. Three CYP families catalyze drug metabolism in humans. Their genes have been identified and polymorphisms have been described in various populations, leading to either high activity ("extensive metabolizer" phenotype) or low activity ("poor metabolizer" phenotype). The CYP2C9 polymorphism illustrates the potential clinical importance of pharmacogenetics. This enzyme catalyzes the metabolism of the coumarinic oral anticoagulants acenocoumarol and warfarin. The homozygous mutant genotype CYP 2C9 *31*3, present in 0, 7% of Caucasians, leads to low enzyme activity and thus to the accumulation of these drugs in the body; this in turn increases the anticoagulant activity and induces a higher risk of bleeding. In three clinical studies of patients and healthy volunteers, we found that this CYP2C9 *3 mutant allele was responsible for 14% of the variability in the response to these drugs. Then, by studying the genetic polymorphism of the receptor site of oral anticoagulants--the vitamin K epoxide reductase multiprotein complex--we showed that a combination of the two genetic variants (CYP2C9 and the receptor site) was responsible for 50% of the variability. These data suggest that patients who have both genetic polymorphisms could be at an increased risk of bleeding during oral anticoagulant therapy.
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The aim of the study is to explore the contribution of genetic factors related either to drug metabolism (cytochrome P450 2C9) or to drug target (vitamin K epoxide reductase) to variability in the response to acenocoumarol among 222 healthy volunteers after a single oral dose. Associations between a pharmacodynamic index (reduction in factor VII activity and international normalized ratio [INR] change) and several genetic polymorphisms (VKORC1: -4931T>C, -4451C>A, -2659G>C, -1877A>G, -1639G>A, 497C>G, 1173C>T, and CYP2C9*3) were investigated using haplotype and univariate analyses. VKORC1 haplotypes were associated with the pharmacologic response, and this association can be explained only by the effect of the -1639G>A polymorphism (or alternatively by 1173C>T, which is in complete association with it). Indeed, it explains about one third of the variability of the pharmacologic response (37% of factor VII decrease and 30% of INR change). Moreover, the previously observed effect of the CYP2C9*3 allele is independent of the VKORC1 gene effect. These 2 polymorphisms account for up to 50% of the interindividual variability. The simple genotyping of 2 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), VKORC1 -1639G>A or 1173C>T and the CYP2C9*3 polymorphisms, could thus predict a high risk of overdose before initiation of anticoagulation with acenocoumarol, and provide a safer and more individualized anticoagulant therapy.
Several studies suggest that therapeutic drug monitoring of protease inhibitors and nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors may contribute to the clinical outcome of HIV-infected patients. Because of the growing number of antiretroviral drugs and of drug combinations than can be administered to these patients, an accurate high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method allowing the simultaneous determination of these drugs may be useful. To date, the authors present the first simultaneous HPLC determination of the new protease inhibitor atazanavir with all the others currently in use (M8 nelfinavir metabolite included) and the 2 widely used nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors efavirenz and nevirapine. This simple HPLC method allows the analysis all these drugs at a single ultraviolet wavelength following a 1-step liquid-liquid extraction procedure. A 500-muL plasma sample was spiked with internal standard and subjected to liquid-liquid extraction using by diethyl ether at pH 10. HPLC was performed using a Symmetry Shield RP18 and gradient elution. All the drugs of interest and internal standard were detected with ultraviolet detection at 210 nm. Calibration curves were linear in the range 50-10,000 ng/mL. The observed concentrations of the quality controls at plasma concentrations ranging from 50 to 5000 ng/mL for these drugs showed that the overall accuracy varied from 92% to 104% and 92% to 106% for intraday and day-to-day analysis, respectively. No metabolites of the assayed compounds or other drugs commonly coadministered to HIV-positive patients were found to coelute with the drugs of interest or with the internal standard. This assay was developed for the purpose of therapeutic monitoring (TDM) in HIV-infected patients.
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the respective contribution of the different cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C9 genetic polymorphisms to the interindividual variability of acenocoumarol pharmacodynamic response. METHODS: A total of 263 healthy volunteers were genotyped for CYP2C9*2, CYP2C9*3, CYP2C9*4, and CYP2C9*5 alleles, as well as for the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, reduced, quinone oxidoreductase 1 genetic polymorphism (NQO1*2). Moreover, the 5'-flanking region of the CYP2C9 gene was investigated for new polymorphisms, and haplotype analysis was then performed. Finally, CYP2C9 phenotype was evaluated after a single oral dose of 4 mg of acenocoumarol. Factor VII coagulant activity was measured before and 24 hours after acenocoumarol intake. RESULTS: The CYP2C9*3 allele was the only nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) influencing acenocoumarol pharmacodynamics; the percentages of remaining factor VII were 60% +/- 19%, 39% +/- 17%, and 17% for CYP2C9*1/CYP2C9*1, CYP2C9*1/CYP2C9*3, and CYP2C9*3/CYP2C9*3 subjects, respectively (P =.001). Among the white subjects, the CYP2C9 promoter showed the existence of 6 SNPs at positions G-1538A, T-1189C, G-1097A, G-982A, T-640 del, and G-620T with allelic frequencies of 0.085, 0.0398, 0.136, 0.086, 0.005, and 0.0138, respectively. Four major haplotypes could be inferred among white subjects. The haplotype that contains the CYP2C9*3 allele was the only one influencing acenocoumarol pharmacodynamics, explaining 14.3% of its interindividual variability. Body weight explained 5% of acenocoumarol pharmacodynamic variability, whereas the NQO1*2 allele had no significant effect. CONCLUSION: Overall, CYP2C9-related genetic variability accounts for 14% of the interindividual variability in acenocoumarol pharmacodynamic response. The information found by haplotype analysis is mainly related to the CYP2C9*3 SNP.
Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) measurement is a noninvasive method used for quantification of early stage of atherosclerosis. Data suggest that the combination of statin and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) might be useful in reducing the early progression of atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women. The main aim of the study is to compare the effects of 12-month therapy with atorvastatin (80 mg/day), HRT (oral 17beta-estradiol 1 or 2 mg/day, plus cyclic dydrogesterone 10 mg) alone and their combination vs. placebo on the progression of carotid IMT by using a high-definition echotracking device. The secondary objectives are to assess the effects of the treatments vs. placebo on arterial stiffness, lipid profile and C-reactive protein. The CASHMERE trial is an European randomized study with a 2 x 2-factorial design, double blinded for atorvastatin and prospective randomized, open blinded endpoint evaluation (PROBE) method applied to HRT. The investigators can adjust the dose of estradiol at any time during follow-up if necessary. A total of 800 postmenopausal women with mild hypercholesterolemia and with no previous history of cardiovascular disease will be included and followed up by their physicians [general practitioners (GPs) or gynecologists] for 1 year. The CASHMERE trial is the first randomized clinical trial to examine the effects of a statin alone or combined with HRT on the structure and the function of carotid artery as early markers of atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women with mild hypercholesterolemia. The results are expected for 2007.
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BACKGROUND: The effect of MDR1 C3435T single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in exon 26 on digoxin pharmacokinetics has recently been challenged. OBJECTIVE. To clarify the relationships between MDR1 genetic polymorphisms in exon 26 (C3435T) and 21 (G2677T/A) and digoxin pharmacokinetics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: MDR1 genotypes for C3435T and G2677T/A SNPs were determined in 32 healthy subjects whose single oral dose digoxin pharmacokinetics had been measured over 48 h. RESULTS: A significant relationship was observed between C3435T SNP and digoxin AUCs ( p<0,05). Homozygous TT subjects had 20% higher digoxin plasma concentrations than CT and CC subjects and a trend for higher 48 h digoxin urinary recoveries (TT>CT>CC). Similar results, although not statistically significant, were observed from the MDR1 G2677T/A SNP. CONCLUSIONS: Our results confirm that the MDR1 C3435T single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) significantly affects digoxin disposition kinetics, with homozygous TT subjects presenting the highest plasma concentrations.
BACKGROUND: Heart rate reduction should benefit patients with chronic stable angina by improving myocardial perfusion and reducing myocardial oxygen demand. This study evaluated the antianginal and antiischemic effects of ivabradine, a new heart rate-lowering agent that acts specifically on the sinoatrial node. METHODS AND RESULTS: In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 360 patients with a > or =3-month history of chronic stable angina were randomly assigned to receive ivabradine (2.5, 5, or 10 mg BID) or placebo for 2 weeks, followed by an open-label 2- or 3-month extension on ivabradine (10 mg BID) and a 1-week randomized withdrawal to ivabradine (10 mg BID) or placebo. Primary efficacy criteria were changes in time to 1-mm ST-segment depression and time to limiting angina during bicycle exercise (exercise tolerance tests), performed at trough of drug activity. In the per-protocol population (n=257), time to 1-mm ST-segment depression increased in the 5 and 10 mg BID groups (P<0.005); time to limiting angina increased in the 10 mg BID group (P<0.05). Deterioration in all exercise tolerance test parameters occurred in patients who received placebo during randomized withdrawal (all P<0.02) but not in those still receiving ivabradine. No rebound phenomena were observed on treatment cessation. CONCLUSIONS: Ivabradine produces dose-dependent improvements in exercise tolerance and time to development of ischemia during exercise. These results suggest that ivabradine, representing a novel class of antianginal drugs, is effective and safe during 3 months of use; longer-term safety requires additional assessment.
Cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9) is a polymorphic enzyme responsible for the metabolism of different drugs with low therapeutic index such as oral anticoagulants. CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3 are two single nucleotide polymorphic allelic variants. The frequency of these alleles in different ethnic populations is extremely variable. In this study, we compared the frequencies of CYP2C9 allelic variants among 394 Chinese living in Shanghai to 151 French Caucasians living in Paris. The allelic frequencies of CYP2C9 variants of the Chinese and the French subjects were 0.963, 0.001, 0.036 and 0.77, 0.15, 0.08 for CYP2C9*1, CYP2C9*2, CYP2C9*3, respectively. Chinese CYP2C9*3 allelic frequency was twice as lower as the French subjects, but three times higher than Korean (0.036 vs. 0.011). The CYP2C9*2 allele could be detected in only one Chinese subject, whereas it represented the major allelic variant in French Caucasians. The low frequency of the CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3 allelic variants in Chinese subjects does not justify their detection in clinical practice, unlike French Caucasians.
BACKGROUND: On the basis of in vitro studies indicating that dipyridamole is an inhibitor for the MDR1 efflux membrane transporter P-glycoprotein, we postulated that dipyridamole could increase the bioavailability of digoxin, a P-glycoprotein substrate. OBJECTIVES: The main objective was to determine whether dipyridamole alters the bioavailability of digoxin. The secondary objective was to determine whether the magnitude of the pharmacokinetic interaction was influenced by MDR1 genetic polymorphism in exon 26 (C3435T). MATERIAL AND METHODS: (1) The effect of dipyridamole on in vitro P-glycoprotein-mediated, polarized transport of tritium-labeled digoxin was investigated in Caco-2 cell monolayers. (2) Twelve healthy volunteers participated in this open, randomized, 2-period crossover study, in which the effects of dipyridamole (300 mg/d for 3 days) versus placebo on the pharmacokinetics of a single oral dose of digoxin (0.5 mg) were compared. MDR1 genotyping (exon 26, C3435T) was determined before the study to include 6 homozygous CC and 6 homozygous TT subjects. RESULTS: Dipyridamole inhibited [(3)H]digoxin transport in Caco-2 cells with a 50% inhibitory concentration value of 1.5 +/- 1.5 micromol/L. We observed a 20% and 13% increase in digoxin area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) from 0 to 4 hours and AUC from 0 to 24 hours (P <.05), respectively, during dipyridamole administration, which was consecutive to an increase in digoxin absorption. Digoxin AUC from 0 to 4 hours and AUC from 0 to 24 hours were significantly higher among subjects harboring the TT compared with the CC MDR1 genotype: 7.5 +/- 1.2 ng x h x mL(-1) versus 6.1 +/- 0.8 ng x h x mL(-1) and 20.2 +/- 2.1 ng x h x mL(-1) versus 16.8 +/- 1.7 ng x h x mL(-1), respectively (P <.05). Digoxin pharmacokinetic modifications during the dipyridamole period were similar in both genotypes. CONCLUSION: Dipyridamole is an in vitro and in vivo P-glycoprotein inhibitor that increases intestinal digoxin absorption and digoxin plasma concentrations. In light of the modest changes in digoxin pharmacokinetics in the presence of dipyridamole, this drug interaction is probably clinically irrelevant.
Ritonavir (RTV) strongly increases the concentrations of protease inhibitors (PIs) in plasma in patients given a combination of RTV and another PI. This pharmacological interaction is complex and poorly characterized and shows marked inter- and intraindividual variations. In addition, RTV interacts differently with saquinavir (SQV), indinavir (IDV), amprenavir (APV), and lopinavir (LPV). In this retrospective study on 542 human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients, we compared inter- and intraindividual variability of plasma PI concentrations and correlations between the C(min) (minimum concentration of drug in plasma) values for RTV and the coadministered PI C(min) values. Mean RTV C(min)s are significantly lower in patients receiving combinations containing APV or LPV than in combinations with SQV or IDV. With the most common PI dose regimens (600 mg of IDV twice a day [BID], 800 mg of SQV BID, and 400 mg of LPV BID), the interindividual C(min) variability of patients treated with a PI and RTV seemed to be lower with APV and LPV than with IDV and SQV. As regards intraindividual variability, APV also differed from the other PIs, exhibiting lower C(min) variability than with the other combinations. Significant positive correlations between RTV C(min) and boosted PI C(min) were observed with IDV, SQV, and LPV, but not with APV. Individual dose adjustments must take into account the specificity the pharmacological interaction of each RTV/PI combination and the large inter- and intraindividual variability of plasma PI levels to avoid suboptimal plasma drug concentrations which may lead to treatment failure and too high concentrations which may induce toxicity and therefore reduce patient compliance.
BACKGROUND: Interferon alpha (IFN-alpha) is thought to be responsible for cytochrome P450 (CYP)-dependent drug interactions mediated by a decrease in CYP activities. OBJECTIVES: The objectives are to determine whether IFN-alpha and ribavirin can alter pretreatment CYP1A2, CYP2D6, CYP3A4 and N-acetyltransferase-2 activities after 1 month of treatment. METHODS: Enzymatic activities were determined among 14 patients with chronic active hepatitis C before IFN-alpha (3. 10(6) U, 3 times a week) and ribavirin introduction and after 1 month of treatment. During both study periods, subjects received 80 mg dextromethorphan and 140 mg caffeine (1,3,7-trimethylxanthine [137X]). CYP3A4, CYP2D6, and NAT2 activities were assessed by use of urinary metabolic ratios of 3-methoxymorphinan/dextromethorphan, dextrorphan/dextromethorphan, and 5-acetylamino-6-formylamino-3-methyluracil (AFMU)/1-methylxanthine(1X). The plasma paraxanthine/caffeine ratio was used to measure CYP1A2 activity. RESULTS: CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 activities tended to increase after 1 month of antiviral therapy, but the change did not reach statistical significance. CYP1A2 and NAT2 activities were not significantly modified after 1 month of antiviral treatment. Pretreatment activities were significantly lower than those previously observed in healthy volunteers for CYP2D6 (mean +/- SD, 148 +/- 139 versus 759 +/- 692; P =.0008) and CYP3A4 (0.18 +/- 0.06 versus 0.52 +/- 0.72; P =.0006). This difference was no longer statistically significant after 1 month of treatment, because CYP2D6 and CYP3A4 activities improved in 7 patients. CONCLUSION: In patients with chronic hepatitis C, pretreatment CYP3A4 and CYP2D6 activities were significantly lower than those observed in healthy volunteers. These differences disappeared after 1 month of antiviral treatment because of the restoration of these CYP activities in about half of the patients.