Population pharmacokinetics of phenytoin in adult patients

  • Carlos Tapia Artiles
    Universidad de Salamanca
  • J. Samuel Pérez-Blanco
    Universidad de Salamanca
  • Dolores Santos Buelga
    Universidad de Salamanca
  • María José García Sánchez
    Universidad de Salamanca mjgarcia[at]usal.es

Abstract

Phenytoin (DPH) is an antiepileptic drug used in the first line of focal seizures and tonic-clonic seizures treatments. Phenytoin shows a highly protein binding, non-lineal dose-dependent kinetics, large pharmacokinetic variability and narrow therapeutic index; reasons why this antiepileptic is commonly monitored to optimize the efficacy/toxicity balance. The aim of the present work was to characterize the DPH pharmacokinetics in adult population. Drug plasma levels at steady-state from 215 adult patients were used to develop a population pharmacokinetic model (PopPK) using a non-linear mixed effect modelling approach with NONMEM v.7.3. Pharmacokinetics of DPH were described following one-compartment distribution model with zero-order absorption and Michaelis-Menten non-lineal saturable elimination. Age, weight, magnitude of DPH dose and co-medication with valproic acid have been shown influence on maximum velocity of PHT elimination, significantly decreasing the variability of this pharmacokinetic parameter. This preliminary PopPK developed, has shown an adequate evaluation of the descriptive and predictive performance in adult population within a large dose range (50-800 mg/day). However, its implementation in the clinical setting is required to confirm its suitability.
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Carlos Tapia Artiles

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Universidad de Salamanca
Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas. Facultad de Farmacia. Licenciado Méndez Nieto, sn. 37003 Salamanca, España

J. Samuel Pérez-Blanco

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Universidad de Salamanca
Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas. Facultad de Farmacia. Licenciado Méndez Nieto, sn. 37003 Salamanca, España

Dolores Santos Buelga

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Universidad de Salamanca
Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas. Facultad de Farmacia. Licenciado Méndez Nieto, sn. 37003 Salamanca, España

María José García Sánchez

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Universidad de Salamanca
Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas. Facultad de Farmacia. Licenciado Méndez Nieto, sn. 37003 Salamanca, España
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