Drug-Drug Interaction Studies of Elagolix with Oral and Transdermal Low-Dose Hormonal Add-Back Therapy.
Clin Pharmacokinet
; 60(1): 133-143, 2021 01.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:
Elagolix is an oral, non-peptide, gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor antagonist. It is approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe pain associated with endometriosis and is being investigated for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding associated with uterine fibroids. Use of low-dose hormonal add-back therapy can reduce hypoestrogenic effects associated with elagolix, thus there is a need to determine if there is a pharmacokinetic interaction between elagolix and low-dose hormonal add-back therapy.METHODS:
Two multiple-dose, open-label, single-sequence, non-randomized studies for elagolix 300 mg twice daily with oral (n = 24) and transdermal (n = 36) low-dose add-back therapy (estradiol [E2]/norethindrone acetate [NETA]; 1 mg/0.5 mg oral and 0.51 mg/4.8 mg transdermal) in healthy postmenopausal women were conducted, with pharmacokinetic sampling for E2, estrone (E1), and NETA up to 72 or 96 h after dosing. Pharmacokinetic parameters for hormones were estimated using noncompartmental methods.RESULTS:
No change in norethindrone maximum plasma concentration or area under the concentration-time curve was observed when oral E2/NETA was administered with elagolix. For E2, there was a 2-fold increase in maximum plasma concentration and a 1.5-fold increase in the area under the concentration-time curve, and for E1 there was a 1.7-fold increase in maximum plasma concentration when oral E2/NETA was administered with elagolix. Exposures for norethindrone, E2, and E1 were unchanged when transdermal E2/NETA was applied with elagolix administration.CONCLUSIONS:
Although changes in E2/E1 exposures were observed when oral E2/NETA was co-administered with elagolix, these changes are not considered clinically relevant; and no dose adjustments are recommended when elagolix is co-administered with oral or transdermal low-dose add-back therapy.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pirimidinas
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Estradiol
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Acetato de Noretindrona
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Hidrocarbonetos Fluorados
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Pharmacokinet
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos