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- Title
Assessing Pharmacodynamic Interactions in Mice Using the Multistate Tuberculosis Pharmacometric and General Pharmacodynamic Interaction Models.
- Authors
Chen, Chunli; Wicha, Sebastian G.; de Knegt, Gerjo J.; Ortega, Fatima; Alameda, Laura; Sousa, Veronica; de Steenwinkel, Jurriaan E. M.; Simonsson, Ulrika S. H.
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate pharmacodynamic (PD) interactions in mice infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis using population pharmacokinetics (PKs), the Multistate Tuberculosis Pharmacometric (MTP) model, and the General Pharmacodynamic Interaction (GPDI) model. Rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol, or pyrazinamide were administered in monotherapy for 4 weeks. Rifampicin and isoniazid showed effects in monotherapy, whereas the animals became moribund after 7 days with ethambutol or pyrazinamide alone. No PD interactions were observed against fast-multiplying bacteria. Interactions between rifampicin and isoniazid on killing slow and non-multiplying bacteria were identified, which led to an increase of 0.86 log10 colony-forming unit (CFU)/lungs at 28 days after treatment compared to expected additivity (i.e., antagonism). An interaction between rifampicin and ethambutol on killing non-multiplying bacteria was quantified, which led to a decrease of 2.84 log10 CFU/lungs at 28 days after treatment (i.e., synergism). These results show the value of pharmacometrics to quantitatively assess PD interactions in preclinical tuberculosis drug development.
- Subjects
MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis; PHARMACODYNAMICS; DRUG development; DRUG interactions; RIFAMPIN
- Publication
CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology, 2017, Vol 6, Issue 11, p787
- ISSN
2163-8306
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/psp4.12226