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. 2016 Jul 19;42(3):461–469. doi: 10.1007/s13318-016-0359-9

Table 2.

Geometric mean pharmacokinetic parameters after a single dose of 40 mg afatinib for subjects with moderate or severe renal impairment and matched healthy controls (as grouped by eGFR)

Parameter and unit Moderate renal impairment (n = 8) Matched controls to moderate renal impairment (n = 8) Severe renal impairment (n = 8) Matched controls to severe renal impairment (n = 8)
Primary endpoints
 AUClast (ng·h/mL) 948 (32.9) 776 (22.9) 952 (31.3) 634 (50.8)
 C max (ng/mL) 28.7 (44.0) 28.4 (32.2) 28.2 (24.5) 23.2 (42.1)
Secondary endpoint
 AUC (ng·h/mL) 976 (32.5) 797 (22.7) 980 (31.9) 653 (49.8)
Other endpoints
 t max (h) 6.0 (5.0 to 8.0) 5.0 (5.0 to 6.0) 5.0 (3.0 to 7.0) 5.5 (5.0 to 7.0)
 t 1/2 (h) 73.4 (21.6) 81.7 (19.4) 80.2 (15.9) 75.5 (28.5)
 CLR,0–72 (mL/min) 16.1 (26.8) 25.4 (46.7)a 8.7 (46.6)a 29.6 (25.8)b
 fe0–72 (%) 1.65 (26.7) 2.12 (44.2)a 0.91 (18.5)a 2.39 (33.5)b
 Protein binding (%) 94.7 ± 0.7 94.8 ± 0.2 94.4 ± 1.0 94.7 ± 0.6

Data are presented as geometric mean (geometric CV %) or mean ± SD for protein binding or median (range) for t max

AUC last area under the drug plasma concentration–time curve from time 0 to the time of the last quantifiable data point, AUC area under the drug plasma concentration–time curve from time 0 to infinity, C max maximum drug concentration in plasma, CL R,0-72 renal clearance over 72 h, CV % coefficient of variation (%), fe 072 fraction of oral dose observed in urine over 72 h, t 1/2 terminal elimination half-life, t max time to reach C max

a n = 7

b n = 5