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- Title
A clinical pharmacokinetic drug-drug interaction study between dextromethorphan and emvododstat, a potent anti-SARS-CoV-2 dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitor.
- Authors
Morton, Terri L.; Laskin, Oscar L.; Kaushik, Diksha; Lee, Lucy; Ma, Jiyuan; Bar, Cristian M.; Kristensen, Allan; O'Keefe, Kylie; Golden, Lee; Klein, Matthew; Kong, Ronald
- Abstract
Purpose: A therapeutic agent that targets both viral replication and the hyper-reactive immune response would offer a highly desirable treatment for severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19) management. Emvododstat (PTC299; 4-chlorophenyl 6-chloro-1-[4-methoxyphenyl]-1,3, 4,9-tetrahydro-2H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole-2-carboxylate) was found to be a potent inhibitor of immunomodulatory and inflammation-related processes by inhibition of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase to reduce the severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections This drug interaction study was performed to determine if emvododstat was an inhibitor of CYP2D6. Methods: Potential drug-drug interactions between emvododstat and a CYP2D6 probe substrate (dextromethorphan) were investigated by measuring plasma dextromethorphan and metabolite (dextrorphan) concentrations before and after emvododstat administration. On day 1, 18 healthy subjects received an oral dose of 30 mg dextromethorphan followed by a 4-day washout period. On day 5, subjects received an oral dose of 250 mg emvododstat with food. Two hours later, 30 mg dextromethorphan was administered. Results: When given with emvododstat, plasma dextromethorphan concentrations increased substantially, while metabolite levels (dextrorphan) remained essentially the same. Maximum plasma dextromethorphan concentration (Cmax) increased from 2006 to 5847 pg/mL. Dextromethorphan exposure (AUC) increased from 18,829 to 157,400 h·pg/mL for AUC0-last and from 21,585 to 362,107 h·pg/mL for AUC0-inf following administration of emvododstat. When dextromethorphan parameters were compared before and after emvododstat, least squares mean ratios (90% confidence interval) were found to be 2.9 (2.2, 3.8), 8.4 (6.1, 11.5), and 14.9 (10.0, 22.1) for Cmax, AUC0-last, and AUC0-inf, respectively. Conclusion: Emvododstat appears to be a strong CYP2D6 inhibitor. No drug-related treatment emergent adverse effects (TEAEs) were considered to be severe or serious. Trial registration: EudraCT 2021-004626-29, 11 May 2021.
- Subjects
VASCULAR endothelial growth factor antagonists; THERAPEUTIC use of antineoplastic agents; COVID-19; CONFIDENCE intervals; HETEROCYCLIC compounds; INFLAMMATION; IMMUNE system; IMMUNOMODULATORS; SEVERITY of illness index; DRUG interactions; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DEXTRORPHAN; REPLICATION (Experimental design); GENOTYPES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OXIDOREDUCTASES; MEDICAL prescriptions; BODY mass index; DATA analysis software; METABOLITES; ENZYME inhibitors; CHEMICAL inhibitors
- Publication
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2023, Vol 79, Issue 8, p1073
- ISSN
0031-6970
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00228-023-03513-4