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. 2015 Sep 19;80(5):1097–1108. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12723

Table 3.

Parameters of imatinib metabolism and desmethyl imatinib metabolite formation in primary cultures of human hepatocytes treated with vehicle (DMSO), efavirenz or rifampicin and incubated with imatinib (2.5 μm)

Imatinib Metabolite Imatinib Imatinib Imatinib Imatinib
Treatment liver ID AUC(0,24 h) (µg ml–1 h) AUC(0,24 h) (µg ml–1 h) AUC(0,24 h) M : P ratio % metabolized at 24 h t½ (h) CLint, app (ml min–1 kg–1) CLoral,pred (ml min–1 kg–1)
DMSO
HH 2018 17.6 5.3 0.30 64 17 1.22 1.19
HH 2019 23.5 2.7 0.11 43 16 1.24 1.21
Hu 1488 16.9 2.7 0.16 79 11 1.84 1.80
Mean (95% CI) 19.3 (13.6, 25.1) 3.6 (1.2, 6.0) 0.19 (0.0, 0.35) 62 (33, 91) 15 (10, 20) 1.43 (0.87, 1.99) 1.40 (0.85, 1.95)
Efavirenz
HH 2018 10.7 9.3 0.87 82 11 1.86 1.82
HH 2019 6.05 10.4 1.7 97 5.3 3.77 3.69
Hu 1488 11.9 10.2 0.86 88 8.6 2.34 2.29
Mean (95% CI) 9.55 (4.6, 14.5) 10.0 (9.1, 10.9) 1.1 (0.38, 1.9) 89 (77, 101) 8.2 (3.8, 12.6) 2.66 (1.08, 4.24) 2.60 (1.05, 4.14)
Ratio to DMSO 0.52 (0.15, 0.90) 3.1 (1.2, 5.0)* 7.9 (0, 18) 1.6 (0.57, 2.5) 0.59 (0.21, 0.97) 1.95 (0.42, 3.47) 1.95 (0.42, 3.48)
Rifampicin
HH 2018 5.2 6.8 1.30 98 5.0 4.04 3.95
HH 2019 8.9 6.7 0.75 94 6.0 3.32 3.25
Hu 1488 5.5 6.6 1.19 99 4.2 4.79 4.69
Mean (95% CI) 6.5 (3.3, 9.8) 6.7 (6.5, 6.9) 1.1 (0.62, 1.5) 97 (93, 101) 5.1 (3.6, 6.5) 4.05 (2.88, 5.22) 3.96 (2.82, 5.11)
Ratio to DMSO 0.33 (0.27, 0.40) 2.1 (1.0, 3.2) 6.2 (3.6, 8.8) 1.7 (0.89, 2.4) 0.35 (0.28, 0.42) 2.86 (2.24, 3.48) 2.87 (2.25, 3.49)

M : P ratio, the ratio of desmethyl imatinib to imatinib.

*P < 0.05 vs. DMSO, non-parametric Friedman anova followed by Dunn's multiple comparison test.