Population pharmacokinetics and exposure-safety of lipophilic conjugates prodrug DP-VPA in healthy Chinese subjects for dose regime exploring.

Phospholipid-valproic acid (DP-VPA)is a prodrug for treating epilepsy. The present study explored the pharmacokinetics (PK) and exposure safety of DP-VPA to provide a basis for future studies exploring the safe dosage and therapeutic strategies for epilepsy. The study included a randomized placebo-controlled dose-escalation tolerance evaluation trial and a randomized triple crossover food-effect trial in healthy Chinese volunteers.

Determination of DP-VPA and its active metabolite, VPA, in human plasma, urine, and feces by UPLC-MS/MS: A clinical pharmacokinetics and excretion study.

DP-VPA is a phospholipid prodrug of valproic acid (VPA) that is developed as a potential treatment for epilepsy. To characterize the pharmacokinetics and excretion of DP-VPA, four reliable ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) methods were validated for quantitation of DP-VPA and its metabolite, VPA, in human plasma, urine, and feces. Protein precipitation and solid-phase extraction (SPE) were used for extraction of C16, C18 homologs of DP-VPA and VPA, respectively, from plasma.