CYCLOSPORIN - PHARMACOKINETICS AND DETAILED STUDIES OF PLASMA AND ERYTHROCYTE BINDING DURING INTRAVENOUS AND ORAL-ADMINISTRATION
CYCLOSPORIN - PHARMACOKINETICS AND DETAILED STUDIES OF PLASMA AND ERYTHROCYTE BINDING DURING INTRAVENOUS AND ORAL-ADMINISTRATION
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01046701
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发表时间:
1988-01-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
SOLOMON, LR
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作者:
LEGG, B;GUPTA, SK;SOLOMON, LR
On the basis that unbound concentration better correlates with responses than total plasma or blood concentration, the inter- and intra-subject variability in the distribution of cyclosporin within blood and to plasma components was studied in renal transplant patients. Pharmacokinetic aspects were also studied. Blood samples were analysed from patients who received the drug both by a 72-h i.v. infusion and orally (7 mg .cntdot. kg-1 twice daily). Steady-state was reached within 18 h of starting the i.v. infusion; the plasma data were best fitted by a biexponential equation with half-times of 0.13-1.02 h and 4.3-13.9 h, associated with the two phases. The mean plasma clearance was 700 ml/min. Concentrations during the infusions measured by RIA and HPLC were comparable. Oral profiles showed rapid and extensive aborption. The peak plasma concentrations were 1460-1880 .mu.g .cntdot. 1-1 and occurred 2-4 h after dosing, with bioavailability estimates of 41-113%. Concentrations measured by RIA were higher than by HPLC. Blood-to-plasma concentration ratio measurements of cyclosporin at 37.degree. C decreased with increasing plasma concentration and increased with haematocrit. Fraction unbound, measured by ultracentrifugation, was the range 0.042-0.122 with an averaged of 0.068, and varied little in some patients but showed systematic changes with time in others. Cyclosporin binding was found to be related not only to the triglyceride but, more particularly, to the cholesterol-related liporproteins in plasma. Monitoring cholesterol may be helpful in identifying patients with extremes in binding or with widely varying binding.