Bile acid is important for gastrointestinal absorption of nilotinib.
Bile acid is important for gastrointestinal absorption of nilotinib.
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胆汁酸对于尼洛替尼的胃肠道吸收很重要。
DOI:
10.1007/s00228-012-1282-x
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发表时间:
2012
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通讯作者:
Sawada K.
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作者:
Fujimi A;Takahashi N;Miura M;Kanisawa Y;Ono K;Sawada K.
Sirs: Recently, it was reported in this journal by Larson et al. that blood level testing is unlikely to play an important role in the general management of patients with newly diagnosed Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in the chronic phase treated with nilotinib [1]. One reason is that they detected no significant relationship between nilotinib exposure and the molecular response at 12 months. On the other hand, pharmacokinetic analyses have shown that the bioavailability is very low for nilotinib, as compared to the more than 98% for imatinib [2, 3], which could result in broad interindividual and intraindividual variability with nilotinib. Here, we report our experience with therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of nilotinib. In March 2007, a 75-year-old man was diagnosed with CML; he was in the chronic phase with an intermediate Sokal risk score and was initially administrated imatinib 400 mg QD. Eight years earlier, the patient had developed gastric cancer and he underwent total gastrectomy. Although complete hematological remission was achieved after 3 months of imatinib therapy, chromosomal analysis revealed a minimal cytogenetic response (Ph+ 95%) at 24 months. Given the apparent resistance to imatinib, the patient was switched to dasatinib 100 mg QD, as recommended by the European LeukemiaNet. The plasma concentration 2 h after ingestion (C2) was measured twice 1 month after starting dasatinib (dasatinib C2; 9.94 and 7.17 ng/mL)[4]. The results suggested dasatinib bioavailability was low, most likely due to gastric hypoacidity related to the gastrectomy. And although no ABL point mutations were detected, chromosomal analysis still revealed a minimal cytogenetic response (Ph+ 90%) 6 months after switching to dasatinib. We therefore switched again, this time to nilotinib 400 mg BID, and a partial cytogenetic response was achieved within 6 months. However, the patient developed acute cholangitis caused by a bile duct stone, and percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) was undertaken for 1 month. Because of the potential for low nilotinib bioavailability during PTGBD, plasma nilotinib levels were monitored during and after the procedure [5]. During the period of PTGBD, the area under the plasma concentration-time curve from 0 to 4 h (AUC0–4) after nilotinib ingestion and the nilotinib C0 were 1194.1 ng· h/mL and 298.7 ng/mL, respectively. By comparison, the AUC0–4 and C0 after the PTGBD were 3456.6 ng· h/mL and 695.7 ng/mL, respectively (Fig. 1). Ultimately, a complete cytogenetic response was achieved 15 months after switching to nilotinib (Ph+ 0%). Our findings suggest hypoacidity or anacidity after total gastrectomy may reduce absorption of dasatinib from the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in a significant decrease in its plasma concentration and poor efficacy. We previously reported that the usual therapeutic dose of acid suppressants had a clinically significant effect on the dose-adjusted AUC0–4 for dasatinib [4], and the present case is consistent with that earlier finding. This case also shows that bile acid is important