Intracellular PD Modelling (PDi) for the Prediction of Clinical Activity of Increased Rifampicin Dosing

Aljayyoussi, Ghaith, Donnellan, Samantha, Ward, Steve ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2331-3192 and Biagini, Giancarlo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6356-6595 (2019) 'Intracellular PD Modelling (PDi) for the Prediction of Clinical Activity of Increased Rifampicin Dosing'. Pharmaceutics, Vol 11, Issue 6, p. 278.

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Abstract

Increasing rifampicin (RIF) dosages could significantly reduce tuberculosis (TB) treatment durations. Understanding the pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamics (PK-PD) of increasing RIF dosages could inform clinical regimen selection. We used intracellular PD modelling (PDi) to predict clinical outcomes, primarily time to culture conversion, of increasing RIF dosages. PDi modelling utilizes in vitro-derived measurements of intracellular (macrophage) and extracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis sterilization rates to predict the clinical outcomes of RIF at increasing doses. We evaluated PDi simulations against recent clinical data from a high dose (35 mg/kg per day) RIF phase II clinical trial. PDi-based simulations closely predicted the observed time-to-patient culture conversion status at eight weeks (hazard ratio: 2.04 (predicted) vs. 2.06 (observed)) for high dose RIF-based treatments. However, PDi modelling was less predictive of culture conversion status at 26 weeks for high-dosage RIF (99% predicted vs. 81% observed). PDi-based simulations indicate that increasing RIF beyond 35 mg/kg/day is unlikely to significantly improve culture conversion rates, however, improvements to other clinical outcomes (e.g., relapse rates) cannot be ruled out. This study supports the value of translational PDi-based modelling in predicting culture conversion rates for antitubercular therapies and highlights the potential value of this platform for the improved design of future clinical trials.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QU Biochemistry > Cells and Genetics > QU 350 Cellular structures QV Pharmacology > Anti-Inflammatory Agents. Anti-Infective Agents. Antineoplastic Agents > QV 268 Antitubercular agents. Antitubercular antibiotics QV Pharmacology > QV 38 Drug action. WC Communicable Diseases > Infection. Bacterial Infections > Other Bacterial Infections. Zoonotic Bacterial Infections > WC 302 Actinomycetales infections. Mycobacterium infections WF Respiratory System > Tuberculosis > WF 200 Tuberculosis (General)
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Department of Tropical Disease Biology
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics11060278
Depositing User:	Stacy Murtagh
Date Deposited:	21 Jun 2019 09:56
Last Modified:	21 Jun 2019 14:38
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/11069

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