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Trial reportBritish journal of clinical pharmacology2014

Clarithromycin substantially increases steady-state bosentan exposure in healthy volunteers.

Christoph Markert, Yvonne Schweizer, Regina Hellwig, Theresia Wirsching, Klaus-Dieter Riedel, Juergen Burhenne, Johanna Weiss, Gerd Mikus, Walter E Haefeli

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Trial report in British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christoph MarkertDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Yvonne Schweizer
Regina Hellwig
Theresia Wirsching
Klaus-Dieter Riedel
Juergen Burhenne
Johanna Weiss
Gerd Mikus
Walter E Haefeli
Heidelberg University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsThe aim of this study was to assess the effect of the cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 and organic anion-transporting polypeptide (OATP) 1B1 inhibitor clarithromycin on the pharmacokinetics of bosentan. We also aimed to evaluate the impact of CYP2C9 and SLCO1B1 (encoding for OATP1B1) genotypes and their combination.

methodsWe assessed the effect of the OATP and CYP3A inhibitor clarithromycin on bosentan pharmacokinetics at steady state and concurrently quantified changes of CYP3A activity using midazolam as a probe drug. Sixteen healthy volunteers received therapeutic doses of bosentan (125 mg twice daily) for 14 days and clarithromycin (500 mg twice daily) concomitantly for the last 4 days, and bosentan pharmacokinetics was assessed on days 1, 10 and 14.

resultsClarithromycin significantly increased bosentan area under the plasma concentration-time curve of the dosing interval 3.7-fold and peak concentration 3.8-fold in all participants irrespective of the genotype. Clarithromycin also reduced CYP3A activity (midazolam clearance) in all participants; however, these changes were not correlated to the changes of bosentan clearance.

conclusionsClarithromycin substantially increases the exposure to bosentan, suggesting that dose reductions may be necessary.

Indexed as

AdultAnti-Anxiety AgentsBosentanClarithromycinCytochrome P-450 CYP2C9Cytochrome P-450 CYP3ACytochrome P-450 CYP3A InhibitorsDrug InteractionsEndothelin Receptor AntagonistsFemaleGenotypeHealthy VolunteersHumansLiver-Specific Organic Anion Transporter 1MaleMidazolamAnti-Anxiety AgentsBosentanClarithromycinCYP2C9 protein, humanCYP3A4 protein, humanCytochrome P-450 CYP2C9Cytochrome P-450 CYP3ACytochrome P-450 CYP3A InhibitorsEndothelin Receptor AntagonistsLiver-Specific Organic Anion Transporter 1MidazolamOrganic Anion TransportersSLCO1B1 protein, humanSulfonamidesbosentanclarithromycinCYP2C9pharmacokineticspolymorphismSLCO1B1

Identifiers

PMID23738582
PMCPMC3895355
OpenAlexW1592629354

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