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Effect of concomitant artesunate administration and cytochrome P4502C8 polymorphisms on the pharmacokinetics of amodiaquine in Ghanaian children with uncomplicated malaria.
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Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy [Antimicrob Agents Chemother] 2008 Dec; Vol. 52 (12), pp. 4400-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Sep 08. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Artesunate (AS) is used in combination with amodiaquine (AQ) as first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria in many countries. We investigated the effect of concomitant AS administration on the pharmacokinetics of AQ and compared concentrations of desethylamodiaquine (DEAQ), the main metabolite of AQ, in plasma between patients with different variants of the cytochrome P4502C8 (CYP2C8) gene. A two-compartment model was fitted to 169 plasma DEAQ concentrations from 103 Ghanaian children aged 1 to 14 years with uncomplicated malaria treated either with AQ alone (n = 15) or with AS plus AQ (n = 88). The population clearance of DEAQ appeared to increase nonlinearly with body weight, and the central volume of distribution of DEAQ was higher (P < 0.001) in the AS-plus-AQ group than in the AQ-only group. The maximum plasma DEAQ concentration was higher (P < 0.001), and the population distribution half-life was shorter (P < 0.01), in the AQ-only group than in the AS-plus-AQ group. The total areas under the plasma DEAQ concentration-time curves (P = 0.68) and elimination half-lives (P = 0.39) were similar for the two groups. There was a high frequency (0.179) of the non-wild-type allele of CYP2C8, but no differences between CYP2C8 genotypes with regard to AQ efficacy or safety were evident. The sample size, however, was limited, so monitoring of AQ toxicity in the study area is still indicated. The nonlinear clearance of DEAQ and the wide variability in kinetic parameters have safety implications for weight-based dosing of higher-body-weight children with AQ. The pharmacokinetics of artemisinin combination therapies should be studied in malaria patients, because the rapid parasite clearance caused by the artemisinin may affect the kinetics of the partner drug and the combination.
- Subjects :
- Amodiaquine analogs & derivatives
Amodiaquine metabolism
Amodiaquine therapeutic use
Artesunate
Child
Child, Preschool
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Ghana
Humans
Malaria, Falciparum parasitology
Male
Treatment Outcome
Amodiaquine administration & dosage
Amodiaquine pharmacokinetics
Antimalarials administration & dosage
Antimalarials therapeutic use
Artemisinins administration & dosage
Artemisinins therapeutic use
Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases genetics
Malaria, Falciparum drug therapy
Polymorphism, Genetic
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1098-6596
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18779360
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00673-07