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Metabolic Disposition and Pharmacokinetics of [14C]‐Amprenavir, a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV‐1) Protease Inhibitor, Administered As a Single Oral Dose to Healthy Male Subjects

Authors :
Sadler, Brian M.
Chittick, Gregory E.
Polk, Ronald E.
Slain, Douglas
Kerkering, Thomas M.
Studenberg, Scott D.
Lou, Yu
Moore, Katy H. P.
Woolley, Joseph L.
Stein, Daniel S.
Source :
Journal of Clinical Pharmacology; April 2001, Vol. 41 Issue: 4 p386-396, 11p
Publication Year :
2001

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the metabolic profile, routes of elimination, and total recovery of amprenavir and its metabolites after a single oral dose of [14C]‐amprenavir. Six healthy male subjects each received a single oral 630 mg dose of amprenavir containing 95.76 μCi of [14C]‐amprenavir in this Phase I mass balance study. The metabolic disposition of amprenavir was determined through analyses of radiocarbon in whole blood, plasma, urine, and stool samples, collected for a period of 10 to 17 days postdosing. Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) sampling was conducted on day 1. The ratio of unchanged amprenavir AUC0→∞ to plasma radiocarbon was 27%, suggesting that most of the radiocarbon was metabolites. The median total recovery of the administered dose of radiocarbon was 89% (range: 66%‐93%), with 75% (range: 56%‐80%) recovered in the feces and 14% (range: 10%‐17%) in the urine. Most of the recovered radiocarbon in the feces and urine was excreted within 240 and 48 hours postdose, respectively. Of the 75% of the radiocarbon dose recovered in the feces, 62% wasidentified as a metabolite resulting from dioxidation of the tetrahydrofuran ring (GW549445X) and 32% as a metabolite resulting from subsequent oxidation of the p‐aniline sulfonate group (GW549444X). Unchanged amprenavir was below the limit of quantitation in feces and urine. Therefore, approximately 94% of the dose excreted in the feces was accounted for by these two metabolites. Concentrations of radiocarbon in the CSF were below the limit of quantitation in 5 of 6 subjects sampled. In summary, oral amprenavir is extensively metabolized in humans, with concentrations of unchanged drug below the limits of quantitation in urine and feces. The majority (75%) of administered radiocarbon was excreted in feces.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00912700 and 15524604
Volume :
41
Issue :
4
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs30216634
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/00912700122010249