Infliximab Treatment Does Not Lead to Full TNF-α Inhibition: A Target-Mediated Drug Disposition Model.


Journal

Clinical pharmacokinetics
ISSN: 1179-1926
Titre abrégé: Clin Pharmacokinet
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 7606849

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
01 2022
Historique:
accepted: 06 07 2021
pubmed: 6 8 2021
medline: 28 1 2022
entrez: 5 8 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Infliximab, an anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α monoclonal antibody, has been approved in chronic inflammatory disease, including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and ankylosing spondylitis. This study aimed to investigate and characterise target-mediated drug disposition of infliximab and antigen mass turnover during infliximab treatment. In this retrospective cohort of 186 patients treated with infliximab for rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease or ankylosing spondylitis, trough infliximab concentrations were determined from samples collected between weeks 0 and 22 after treatment initiation. Target-mediated pharmacokinetics of infliximab was described using target-mediated drug disposition modelling. Target-mediated elimination parameters were determined for rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease, assuming ankylosing spondylitis with no target-mediated elimination. The quasi-equilibrium approximation of a target-mediated drug disposition model allowed a satisfactory description of infliximab concentration-time data. Estimated baseline TNF-α amounts were similar in Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis (R0 = 0.39 vs 0.46 nM, respectively), but infliximab-TNF complex elimination was slower in Crohn's disease than in rheumatoid arthritis (k The present study is the first to quantify the influence of target antigen dynamics on infliximab pharmacokinetics. Target-mediated elimination of infliximab may be complex, involving a multi-scale turnover of TNF-α, especially in patients with Crohn's disease. Additional clinical studies are warranted to further evaluate and fine-tune dosing approaches to ensure sustained TNF-α inhibition.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE
Infliximab, an anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α monoclonal antibody, has been approved in chronic inflammatory disease, including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and ankylosing spondylitis. This study aimed to investigate and characterise target-mediated drug disposition of infliximab and antigen mass turnover during infliximab treatment.
METHODS
In this retrospective cohort of 186 patients treated with infliximab for rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease or ankylosing spondylitis, trough infliximab concentrations were determined from samples collected between weeks 0 and 22 after treatment initiation. Target-mediated pharmacokinetics of infliximab was described using target-mediated drug disposition modelling. Target-mediated elimination parameters were determined for rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease, assuming ankylosing spondylitis with no target-mediated elimination.
RESULTS
The quasi-equilibrium approximation of a target-mediated drug disposition model allowed a satisfactory description of infliximab concentration-time data. Estimated baseline TNF-α amounts were similar in Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis (R0 = 0.39 vs 0.46 nM, respectively), but infliximab-TNF complex elimination was slower in Crohn's disease than in rheumatoid arthritis (k
CONCLUSIONS
The present study is the first to quantify the influence of target antigen dynamics on infliximab pharmacokinetics. Target-mediated elimination of infliximab may be complex, involving a multi-scale turnover of TNF-α, especially in patients with Crohn's disease. Additional clinical studies are warranted to further evaluate and fine-tune dosing approaches to ensure sustained TNF-α inhibition.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34351609
doi: 10.1007/s40262-021-01057-3
pii: 10.1007/s40262-021-01057-3
doi:

Substances chimiques

Antibodies, Monoclonal 0
Antirheumatic Agents 0
Pharmaceutical Preparations 0
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha 0
Infliximab B72HH48FLU

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

143-154

Informations de copyright

© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

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Auteurs

David Ternant (D)

Pediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. david.ternant@univ-tours.fr.
EA 4245 'Transplantation, Immunology, Inflammation', Université de Tours, Tours, France. david.ternant@univ-tours.fr.
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France. david.ternant@univ-tours.fr.
Laboratoire de Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, CHU de Tours, 2 boulevard Tonnellé, 37044, Tours Cedex, France. david.ternant@univ-tours.fr.

Marc Pfister (M)

Pediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

Olivier Le Tilly (O)

EA 4245 'Transplantation, Immunology, Inflammation', Université de Tours, Tours, France.
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.

Denis Mulleman (D)

EA 7501 'Groupe Innovation et Ciblage Cellulaire', Université de Tours, Tours, France.
Department of Rheumatology, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.

Laurence Picon (L)

Department of Gastroenterology, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.

Stéphanie Willot (S)

Department of Paediatrics, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.

Christophe Passot (C)

Département de Biopathologie, Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest, Angers, France.

Theodora Bejan-Angoulvant (T)

EA 4245 'Transplantation, Immunology, Inflammation', Université de Tours, Tours, France.
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.

Thierry Lecomte (T)

EA 7501 'Groupe Innovation et Ciblage Cellulaire', Université de Tours, Tours, France.
Department of Gastroenterology, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.

Gilles Paintaud (G)

EA 4245 'Transplantation, Immunology, Inflammation', Université de Tours, Tours, France.
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.

Gilbert Koch (G)

Pediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics, University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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