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- Title
Levormeloxifene: safety, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics in healthy postmenopausal women following single and multiple doses of a new selective oestrogen receptor modulator.
- Authors
Skrumsager, Birte K; Kiehr, Benedicte; Pedersen, Poul Christian; Gerrits, Mireille; Watson, Norma; Bjarnason, Ketil
- Abstract
Aims The safety, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of levormeloxifene, a selective oestrogen receptor modulator (SERM), were investigated in postmenopausal women following single doses and multiple dosing once daily up to 56 days. Methods The two randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled studies of six single ascending doses and at four multiple dose levels, respectively, included a total of 104 healthy postmenopausal women. Safety assessments comprised vital signs, ECG, haematology, clinical chemistry and reporting of adverse events. The pharmacodynamic properties were investigated after multiple dosing by assessment of the short-term effects on bone and lipid metabolism and on the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. Blood samples for pharmacokinetic analysis were collected at intervals until 648 h (27 days) after single and multiple dosing. Results Levormeloxifene was tolerated well after single doses in the range of 2.5–320 mg and multiple once daily dosing in the range of 20–160 mg. Adverse events reported were generally mild or moderate. The most frequent adverse events after multiple dosing were headache, abdominal pain and leukorrhea with the highest frequency reported after the highest daily dose of 160 mg levormeloxifene. Five weeks of treatment with 20–160 mg levormeloxifene and 8 weeks of treatment with 40 or 80 mg levormeloxifene reduced the biochemical marker of bone turnover, the collagen I C-terminal telopeptide (CrossLapsTM ) by 44.4% [95% CI: 11.3, 65.1] and 35.5% [95% CI: 14.0, 51.6], respectively, without any dose-dependent decrease in the studied dose range. The total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol concentrations were significantly reduced by 19–25% and 28–35%, respectively, when compared with placebo. HDL-cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations were not affected. An oestrogen-like effect on the hypothalamic-pituitary axis was observed with approximately 50% reductions of FSH and LH after 8...
- Subjects
SELECTIVE estrogen receptor modulators; MENOPAUSE
- Publication
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2002, Vol 53, Issue 3, p284
- ISSN
0306-5251
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1046/j.0306-5251.2001.01181.x