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. 2018 Sep 18;74(1):139–148. doi: 10.1093/jac/dky378

Table 3.

Estimates of oral clearance and AUC at steady state for isoniazid and acetyl-isoniazid for slow and fast acetylators when given with or without efavirenz-based ARTa

Scenario Intrinsic CL of isoniazid (L/h) Hepatic extraction of isoniazid (EH) (%) Oral CL of isoniazid (L/h) Change in isoniazid oral CL (%) Isoniazid AUC (mg·h/L)b Acetyl-isoniazid AUC (mg·h/L)c
Slow acetylator 18.0 26 17.1 reference 17.5 5.44
Fast acetylator not on efavirenz-based ART 47.3 47 44.9 +162 6.68 20.8
Fast acetylator on efavirenz-based ART 66.7 56 63.4 +270 4.73 26.8
a

The estimates reported here refer to an individual with an FFM of 43.3 kg (the median in our cohort). These are calculated using population parameter estimates from the fixed effects component of the final model.

b

AUC for a dose of 300 mg.

c

AUC=EH·DOSEisoniazid·FRACTIONacetylation·Molecular weightacetyl-isoniazidMolecular weightisoniazid/CLEARANCEacetyl-isoniazid