Safety and pharmacokinetics of oral lansoprazole in preadolescent rats exposed from weaning through sexual maturity.

Proton pump inhibitors, the reference standard in adults with acid-related disorders, are increasingly being used in children despite limited pediatric safety and pharmacokinetic data. This study evaluated these parameters in rats aged 21-60 days, which approximately correlates with children aged 2-11 years. Lansoprazole at doses of 0, 5, 15, 50, or 150 mg/kg per day was administered to Sprague-Dawley rats from weaning through sexual maturity.

Evaluation of carcinogenic responses in the Eker rat following short-term exposure to selected nephrotoxins and carcinogens.

This study examined the response of the Eker rat to nephrotoxic compounds and to genotoxic nonrenal carcinogens. Groups of male Eker rats received either no treatment; a vehicle treatment; treatment with a noncarcinogenic nephrotoxin (aluminum nitrilotriacetate, 2 mg/kg/day of aluminum, intraperitoneally, 3 days per week or cyclosporine A, 30 mg/kg/day, orally by gavage, 7 days/week); or treatment with a genotoxic nonrenal carcinogen (furan, 8 mg/kg/day, orally by gavage, 5 days/week or 2,4-diaminotoluene, 6.5 mg/kg/day, orally by gavage, 7 days/week or 2-nitropropane, 89 mg/kg/day, orally by gavage, 3 days/week).