Paediatrics Publications

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2021

Journal

Clin Pharmacol Drug Dev

Volume

10

Issue

5

First Page

542

Last Page

555

URL with Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1002/cpdd.871

Abstract

Treatment of Chagas disease with nifurtimox requires age- and body weight-adjusted dosing, resulting in complex dosing instructions. Appropriate formulations are needed for precise and compliant dosing, especially in pediatric patients. We characterized the biopharmaceutical features of a standard nifurtimox 120-mg tablet and a 30-mg tablet developed to improve dose accuracy. Two open-label, randomized crossover studies were conducted in adult outpatients with Chagas disease. One study investigated whether 4 × 30-mg tablets and 1 × 120-mg tablet were bioequivalent and whether tablets can be administered as an aqueous slurry without affecting bioavailability. The second study investigated the effect of a high-calorie/high-fat diet versus fasting on the absorption of nifurtimox after a single 4 × 30-mg dose. Interventions were equivalent if the 90% confidence interval (CI) of their least-squares (LS) mean ratios for both AUC

Notes

© 2020 Eisai Inc. Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American College of Clinical Pharmacology

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This article was originally published as:

Stass, H., Feleder, E., Garcia-Bournissen, F., Nagelschmitz, J., Weimann, B., Yerino, G. and Altcheh, J. (2021), Biopharmaceutical Characteristics of Nifurtimox Tablets for Age- and Body Weight-Adjusted Dosing in Patients With Chagas Disease. Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development, 10: 542-555. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpdd.871

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