No need for lopinavir dose adjustment during pregnancy: a population pharmacokinetic and exposure-response analysis in pregnant and nonpregnant HIV-infected subjects
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Journal Article
Abstract
Lopinavir-ritonavir is frequently prescribed to HIV-1-infected women during pregnancy. Decreased lopinavir exposure has been reported during pregnancy, but the clinical significance of this reduction is uncertain. This analysis aimed to evaluate the need for lopinavir dose adjustment during pregnancy. We conducted a population pharmacokinetic analysis of lopinavir and ritonavir concentrations collected from 84 pregnant and 595 nonpregnant treatment-naive and -experienced HIV-1-infected subjects enrolled in six clinical studies. Lopinavir-ritonavir doses in the studies ranged between 400/100 and 600/150 mg twice daily. In addition, linear mixed-effect analysis was used to compare the area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 12 h (AUC0–12) and concentration prior to dosing (Cpredose) in pregnant women and nonpregnant subjects. The relationship between lopinavir exposure and virologic suppression in pregnant women and nonpregnant subjects was evaluated. Population pharmacokinetic analysis estimated 17% higher lopinavir clearance in pregnant women than in nonpregnant subjects. Lopinavir clearance values postpartum were 26.4% and 37.1% lower than in nonpregnant subjects and pregnant women, respectively. As the tablet formulation was estimated to be 20% more bioavailable than the capsule formulation, no statistically significant differences between lopinavir exposure in pregnant women receiving the tablet formulation and nonpregnant subjects receiving the capsule formulation were identified. In the range of lopinavir AUC0–12 or Cpredose values observed in the third trimester, there was no correlation between lopinavir exposure and viral load or proportion of subjects with virologic suppression. Similar efficacy was observed between pregnant women and nonpregnant subjects receiving lopinavir-ritonavir at 400/100 mg twice daily. The pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic results support the use of a lopinavir-ritonavir 400/100-mg twice-daily dose during pregnancy.
Date Issued
2015-12-31
Date Acceptance
2015-10-24
Citation
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2015, 60 (1), pp.400-408
ISSN
1098-6596
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Start Page
400
End Page
408
Journal / Book Title
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Volume
60
Issue
1
Copyright Statement
© 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Sponsor
Abbott Laboratories Ltd (UK)
Abbott Laboratories Ltd (UK)
Grant Number
None
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Microbiology
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS
TABLET FORMULATION
PROTEIN-BINDING
3RD TRIMESTER
LOPINAVIR/RITONAVIR TABLETS
PLASMA-CONCENTRATIONS
TROUGH CONCENTRATIONS
ANTIRETROVIRAL-NAIVE
HIV-1-INFECTED WOMEN
SAFETY
0605 Microbiology
1108 Medical Microbiology
1115 Pharmacology And Pharmaceutical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2015-12-31