Publications by authors named "Melissa O'Gorman"

Background And Objective: Abrocitinib is an oral small-molecule Janus kinase (JAK)-1 inhibitor approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis. In vitro studies indicated that abrocitinib is a weak time-dependent inhibitor of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C19/3A and a weak inducer of CYP1A2/2B6/2C19/3A. To assess the potential effect of abrocitinib on concomitant medications, drug-drug interaction (DDI) studies were conducted for abrocitinib with sensitive probe substrates of these CYP enzymes.

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  • - The study investigated how lorlatinib, a drug for lung cancer, affects certain metabolic enzymes and transporters in the body, specifically CYP2B6, CYP2C9, UGT, and P-glycoprotein (P-gp).
  • - In a clinical trial with 32 patients, lorlatinib reduced the effectiveness of several probe drugs, with the most significant impact on the P-gp substrate fexofenadine, showing decreases of 67% in overall exposure and 63% in peak concentration.
  • - The results indicate that lorlatinib moderately induces P-gp and slightly affects CYP2B6, CYP2C9, and UGT, suggesting that patients on lorlatinib should
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  • - The clinical study aimed to assess how ritlecitinib affects the way the body processes caffeine, specifically looking at its impact on the cytochrome P450 1A2 enzyme.
  • - Twelve healthy participants received caffeine alone and then again after taking ritlecitinib for eight days; results showed that caffeine levels increased significantly when combined with ritlecitinib.
  • - The study concluded that ritlecitinib acts as a moderate inhibitor of the CYP1A2 enzyme, leading to increased caffeine exposure, but it was generally well-tolerated by participants.
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  • Ritlecitinib is being developed as a treatment for inflammatory diseases and inhibits certain transport proteins such as OCT1.
  • A clinical study showed that when ritlecitinib is taken with sumatriptan (a drug that relies on OCT1), its concentration in the bloodstream increased significantly, indicating that ritlecitinib affects OCT1’s function.
  • The study confirmed that while ritlecitinib and its metabolite M2 inhibit OCT1, they do not have a meaningful impact on other transporters like OCT2 or MATE1/2K.
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Background And Objective: Abrocitinib is a Janus kinase 1-selective inhibitor for the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis. Abrocitinib is eliminated primarily by metabolism involving cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes. Abrocitinib pharmacologic activity is attributable to the unbound concentrations of the parent molecule and 2 active metabolites, which are substrates of organic anion transporter 3 (OAT3).

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Crizotinib is a small-molecule, multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor that exhibits decreased aqueous solubility at a higher pH. This open-label, randomized, phase 1 study (NCT01549574) evaluated the effect of multiple doses of the proton pump inhibitor esomeprazole on the pharmacokinetics (PK) of crizotinib and the safety of crizotinib with or without esomeprazole in healthy adults. Participants received a single 250-mg crizotinib dose after overnight fast or a single 250-mg crizotinib dose following esomeprazole 40 mg/day for 5 days.

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Purpose: Lorlatinib is a third-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor currently approved for the treatment of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. This open-label, phase 1, randomized two-sequence, two-treatment, two-period, crossover study investigated the absolute oral bioavailability of lorlatinib in healthy participants.

Methods: Eligible participants were randomized to receive two treatments in one of two sequences: lorlatinib 100 mg single oral dose followed by lorlatinib 50 mg intravenous (IV) dose, or lorlatinib IV dose followed by lorlatinib oral dose, each with at least a 10-day washout between successive lorlatinib doses.

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Lorlatinib is approved worldwide as treatment for anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive and c-ros oncogene 1-positive non-small cell lung cancer. The objectives of this phase 1, open-label crossover study (NCT02569554) in healthy adult participants were to determine (1) the effects of the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) rabeprazole on lorlatinib pharmacokinetics (PK), (2) the effects of a high-fat meal on lorlatinib PK, and (3) the relative bioavailability of an oral solution to tablet formulation of lorlatinib under fasted conditions. Participants were followed on-study for ≥50 days after the first dose of lorlatinib.

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Background: Lorlatinib demonstrated efficacy (including intracranial activity) in patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in a phase I/II study (NCT01970865).

Background And Objective: This analysis describes the pharmacokinetics (PK) of lorlatinib following single and multiple dosing.

Methods: This ongoing, multicenter, open-label, single-arm, phase I/II trial enrolled patients with ALK-positive or c-ros oncogene 1 (ROS1)-positive advanced NSCLC.

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  • Abrocitinib is a once-daily oral medication being studied for the treatment of atopic dermatitis and its safety in patients with various levels of liver impairment.
  • In a phase 1 study involving 24 participants with normal, mild, and moderate hepatic function, researchers found that hepatic impairment did not significantly affect the pharmacokinetics (how the drug is processed in the body) or safety of abrocitinib.
  • The study concluded that abrocitinib can be used safely without dose adjustments for patients with mild or moderate liver issues.
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Purpose: This publication describes an evaluation of the impact of different degrees of renal impairment on the pharmacokinetics and safety of palbociclib after a single 125-mg oral dose.

Methods: Thirty-one subjects were assigned to different renal function groups. Serial blood sampling for pharmacokinetics was performed up to 120 h and 168 h post-palbociclib dose for subjects with normal and impaired renal function, respectively.

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Tafamidis, a non-nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory benzoxazole derivative, acts as a transthyretin (TTR) stabilizer to slow progression of TTR amyloidosis (ATTR). Tafamidis meglumine, available as 20-mg capsules, is approved in more than 40 countries worldwide for the treatment of adults with early-stage symptomatic ATTR polyneuropathy. This agent, administered as an 80-mg, once-daily dose (4 × 20-mg capsules), is approved in the United States, Japan, Canada, and Brazil for the treatment of hereditary and wild-type ATTR cardiomyopathy in adults.

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Background The third-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor lorlatinib is approved for the treatment of ALK-positive metastatic NSCLC. CYP3A plays a major role in lorlatinib metabolism; therefore, a drug-drug interaction study was warranted to evaluate the impact of the strong CYP3A inhibitor, itraconazole, on lorlatinib plasma exposure. Methods This phase 1, open-label, 2-period, crossover study estimated the effects of itraconazole on the plasma pharmacokinetics and safety of lorlatinib in healthy participants (NCT02838264).

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Purpose: This phase 1 study evaluated the effect of hepatic impairment on pharmacokinetics and safety of crizotinib in patients with advanced cancer.

Methods: Patients were dosed according to hepatic function classified by modified National Cancer Institute Organ Dysfunction Working Group criteria and group assignment [normal (A1 and A2), mild (B), moderate (C1 and C2), or severe (D)]. Primary pharmacokinetic endpoints included area under the concentration-time curve as daily exposure (AUC) and maximum plasma concentration (C) at steady state.

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  • Palbociclib free base is a weak base drug whose solubility is highly affected by pH levels, which was tested in various studies for its interactions with acid-reducing agents.
  • In a fasted state, the proton-pump inhibitor rabeprazole significantly reduced palbociclib levels in the body by 62% and 80%, indicating a major drug interaction.
  • However, when palbociclib was taken with food, the negative effects of rabeprazole were lessened, suggesting that taking the medication with food is beneficial and that use of acid-reducing agents is not a concern.
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Purpose: This phase I study estimated the effect of food on bioavailability of palbociclib (IBRANCE), and a selective inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 approved for oncology indications has pH-dependent solubility and high permeability.

Methods: In this randomized, four-sequence, four-period crossover study, 28 healthy volunteers received a single 125-mg dose of palbociclib (free-base capsule) following an overnight fast or (1) after a high-fat/-calorie meal, (2) after a low-fat/-calorie meal, and (3) between two moderate-fat/standard-calorie meals. Pharmacokinetic samples were collected predose and serially ≤144 h postdose; palbociclib concentrations were measured using validated high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.

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Background And Objectives: Crizotinib (250 mg twice daily) is the first anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor approved for treatment of ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The objectives of the current study were to evaluate the effects of mild, moderate, and severe renal impairment on crizotinib pharmacokinetics and to make crizotinib dosing recommendations for ALK-positive NSCLC patients with renal impairment on the basis of the findings.

Methods: The effects of varying degrees of renal impairment on crizotinib pharmacokinetics were evaluated by: (1) analysis of mild and moderate renal impairment on multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of crizotinib in ALK-positive NSCLC patients from the PROFILE 1001 and PROFILE 1005 trials; (2) analysis of severe renal impairment on single-dose pharmacokinetics of crizotinib in volunteers (Study 1020); and (3) prediction of the effect of severe renal impairment on multiple-dose crizotinib pharmacokinetics using a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model of crizotinib.

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Purpose: To investigate the potential effects of strong CYP3A inhibitor ketoconazole and strong CYP3A inducer rifampin on the pharmacokinetics of crizotinib in human.

Methods: Two separate open-label, 2-period, 2-treatment, 1-sequence, crossover, single-dose studies were conducted in healthy subjects with and without ketoconazole or rifampin. Series of plasma samples were collected after each crizotinib dose to determine concentration of crizotinib and its metabolite PF-06260182.

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1. Crizotinib (XALKORI®), an oral inhibitor of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) and mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor kinase (c-Met), is currently approved for the treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer that is ALK-positive. 2.

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Crizotinib (Xalkori®) is an orally administered, selective, small-molecule, ATP-competitive inhibitor of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) and mesenchymal epithelial transition factor/hepatocyte growth factor receptor tyrosine kinases, and has recently been approved for the treatment of ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer. The absolute bioavailability of crizotinib, effect of a high-fat meal on crizotinib pharmacokinetics (PK), and bioequivalence of several oral formulations (powder in capsule [PIC], immediate-release tablet [IRT], and commercial formulated capsule [FC]) were evaluated in two phase I clinical studies involving healthy volunteers who received single doses of crizotinib. PK parameters for crizotinib and its metabolite, PF-06260182, were determined using non-compartmental methods.

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  • Sildenafil citrate (Revatio) is approved for pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the EU, with a new 10 mg/mL oral suspension specifically developed for this purpose.
  • A study involving 42 healthy adults tested the bioequivalence of this new suspension against the commercial 20-mg Revatio tablet and 10-mg clinical trial tablets using a 3-way crossover design.
  • Results showed that all three formulations were bioequivalent at a 20-mg dose, as confirmed by the statistical analysis of pharmacokinetic parameters and were well tolerated by participants.
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The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of a supratherapeutic dose of lersivirine (LRV) on corrected QT (QTc) interval using Fridericia's equation (QTcF) in healthy subjects. In this randomized, single-dose, placebo- and active-controlled 3-way crossover study, healthy adult males (n = 48) were randomized to receive LRV (2,400 mg), moxifloxacin (400 mg), or placebo for each treatment period. Triplicate 12-lead electrocardiogram measurements were performed, PK samples were collected, and vital signs were measured.

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This study was designed to investigate the multiple-dose pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of the selective α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine partial agonist, varenicline, in elderly (65-85 years old) nonsmokers. Fifty male and female subjects with normal renal function for their age were randomized to receive varenicline or placebo once or twice daily for 3 weeks in an investigator- and subject-blinded parallel-group design. Treatment regimens included weekly titration (n = 14; days 1-7, 0.

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This study investigated the effect of varenicline on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of a single dose of warfarin in 24 adult smokers and compared these findings with data generated using human in vitro systems. Subjects were randomized to receive varenicline 1 mg twice a day or placebo for 13 days and then switched to the alternative treatment after a 1-week washout period. A single dose of warfarin 25 mg was given on day 8 of each treatment period, and serial blood samples were collected over 144 hours postdose.

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