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. 2017 Mar 15;101(5):597–602. doi: 10.1002/cpt.622

Table 3.

PBPK models in product labels or FDA review documents: Drug absorption

ID NME Year of approval Detail of predicted scenarios Simulation results Impact / outcome Referencesa
21 Alectinib 2015 Timing of food on alectinib exposureb Less than 20% change predicted PBPK model not reviewed because no obvious exposure‐response relationship identified 27450228
22 Ceritinib 2014 Food effect Cmax change matched observation but AUC did not No direct labeling impact, FDA exploratory simulations
Effect of gastric pH change Cmax and AUC decrease by 10%
P‐gp contribution to intestinal absorption Appeared to be minimal
23 Ibrutinib 2013 Food effect to explain different exposure between healthy and oncology subject Pharmacokinetic differences ascribed to type and timing of food on hepatic/intestinal blood flow rate No direct labeling impact
Intestinal exposure prediction Dose staggering could lower the risk of P‐gp‐mediated DDI
24 Naloxegol 2014 P‐gp contribution to intestinal absorption Appeared to be minimal No direct labeling impact 27299937
25 Panobinostat 2015 Effect of gastric pH changec Minimal effect predicted (no change in the fraction of a drugs absorbed up to the gastric pH of 8.0) Label states no ARA effect observed in simulation
26 Sonidegib 2015 Food effect Significant underestimation compared to clinical data No direct labeling impact, FDA exploratory simulations

ARA, acid reducing agents; AUC, area under the curve; Cmax, peak plasma concentration; FDA, US Food and Drug Administration; ID, identification; NME, new molecular entity; PBPK, physiologically based pharmacokinetic; P‐gp, P‐glycoprotein.

a

The numbers in the Reference column represent PubMed ID (if PBPK models were published in scientific journals). New drug application review documents can be found at Drugs@FDA (http://www.fda.gov/drugsatfda).

b

GastroPlus was used for PBPK simulation.

c

GastroPlus and Simcyp was used for PBPK simulation. If not specified, Simcyp was used for PBPK simulations.