Lack of an effect of human immunodeficiency virus coinfection on the pharmacokinetics of entecavir in hepatitis B virus-infected patients

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Aug;52(8):2836-41. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01366-07. Epub 2008 Apr 7.

Abstract

Entecavir is a guanosine nucleoside analogue approved for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection on the pharmacokinetics (PK) of entecavir was examined by nonlinear mixed-effects modeling. Plasma concentration data from HIV- and HBV-coinfected patients were analyzed in conjunction with data from HBV-monoinfected patients, and HIV coinfection was tested as a covariate on oral clearance (CL/F). The estimated population averages of intercompartmental clearance and the volumes of distribution in the central and peripheral compartments obtained with a 1-mg dose were 34.2 liters/h (interindividual variability, 30.2%), 115 liters (interindividual variability, 39.2%), and 1,830 liters (interindividual variability, 74%), respectively. CL/F was found to be a function of creatinine clearance, but HIV confection did not show any effect on CL/F. The geometric mean (GM) of individual Bayesian estimates of the steady-state area under the concentration-time curve following 1-mg daily doses were 39.3 and 38.8 ng x h/ml in HIV- and HBV-coinfected and HBV-monoinfected patients, respectively. The adjusted GM ratio (1.01; 90% confidence interval, 0.91 to 1.12) was within the bioequivalence criteria boundary (0.80 to 1.25). In conclusion, the proposed model adequately described the entecavir PK in HBV- and HIV-coinfected patients and HBV-monoinfected patients, and the entecavir exposures were comparable in the two patient populations.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Area Under Curve
  • Guanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Guanine / blood
  • Guanine / pharmacokinetics
  • Guanine / therapeutic use
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • Hepatitis B / complications
  • Hepatitis B / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Metabolic Clearance Rate
  • Models, Biological
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • entecavir
  • Guanine