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. 2019 Mar 6;11(3):108. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11030108

Table 3.

Input parameters for PBPK modeling of cimetidine.

Parameter Value (CV%) Comments
Physchem and Blood Binding
Molecular weight 252.34 -
Compound type Monoprotic base -
pKa 6.9 Measured [58,59]
log P 0.48 Measured [58]
fup 0.836 Measured [56]
B/P ratio (R) 1 Assumed (see text) [57]
Distribution
VC (mL) 83.7 (6.78) Fitted
V1 (mL) 125 (63.4) Fitted
V2 (mL) 200 (80.0) Fitted
CLD1 (mL/min) 17.6 (22.7) Fitted
CLD2 (mL/min) 2.96 (138) Fitted
Kp,KI 10.3 Corrected with ER using Kp,ss measured [60]
Semi-Mechanistic Kidney
CLu,int,r (mL/min) 0.140 Retrograde calculation a
PSin (mL/min) 839 Retrograde calculation a
PSout (mL/min) 74.1 Scaled from PAMPA permeability [44,61]
ER 0.102 Determined (see text)
fu,kidney 0.918 Predicted – Rodgers and Rowland method [49]
Non-Renal Elimination
CLH (mL/min) 2.79 Calculated (see text)
Transporter Inhibition
Ki,rOCT2 (μM) 9.4 Measured [62]
Ki,rMATE1 (μM) 3.01 Assumed (see text) [63]

a See text for detailed calculations.