A pharmacokinetic comparison of cyclosporin oral solution and cyclosporin capsules in heart and lung transplant recipients

Transplant International - Tập 8 - Trang 35-40 - 1995
Hilary Eadon1, Marlene Rose2, Richard O'Neill3, Neil Leaver2, Magdi Yacoub4
1Department of Pharmacy, Harefield Hospital, Harefield, UK
2Department of Immunology, Harefield Hospital, Harefield, UK
3Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK
4Department of Cardiac Surgery, Harefield Hospital, Harefield, UK

Tóm tắt

Pharmacokinetic profiles were obtained for 16 heart or lung recipients following the administration of identical doses of cyclosporin as oral solution and capsules on consecutive days. A comparison of pharmacokinetic parameters (AUC, Cmax, Cmin and tmax) showed that there were no significant differences between the two formulations except for the tmax, which was significantly longer for the capsules. The mean variation in day-to-day trough levels produced by the two different forms was 25.6%. A retrospective study was carried out of consecutive cyclosporin levels in patients at steady state on oral solution. The mean variation in day-to-day trough levels was 32.3%. This was not significantly different from the variation in consecutive trough levels seen in the oral solution/capsule comparison. This study shows that cyclosporin capsules can be substituted for oral solution without causing acute changes in cyclosporin blood levels, and that the pharmacokinetics of the two formulations are similar.

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