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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2019 Sep 24;215:107–117.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.07.064

Table 6; online.

Atorvastatin and O-hydroxyatorvastatin pharmacokinetic parameters by dose level

Atorvastatin
Dose
(mg/kg)
Cmax
(ng/mL)
C24 (ng/mL) Trough 2 weeks
(ng/mL)
Trough 6
weeks (ng/mL)
Tmax
(hours)
Half Life
(hours)
AUC0-∞
(ng*hr/mL)
CL/F
(L/hr/kg)
Vd/F
(L/kg)
0.125 (n=6) 5.80 (2.32-8.53) BQL (BQL-0.38) BQL (BQL-0.91) BQL (BQL-0.26) 1.5 (1-2) 5.5 (4.4-7.9) 41.9 (31.5-42.9) 29.8 (16.6-39.8) 222 (190-287)
0.25 (n=5) 9.49 (4.02-22.5) BQL (BQL-1.54) BQL (BQL-1.11) BQL (BQL-2.19) 1 (1-6) 6.0 (5.6-6.2) 122.8 (38.4-171.7) 20.2 (14.6-60.00) 163 (130-519)
0.5 (n=3) 21.70, 82.6 BQL, 1.33 4.30 (BQL-12.8) BQL, 6.0 1, 2 5.3 (4.2-6.3) 330.9 (188.1-473.6) 18.7 (10.6-26.80) 153 (65-242)
0.75 (n=6) 41.4 (29.3-469) BQL (BQL-2.89) BQL (BQL-10.7) BQL (BQL-5.56) 1 (1-2) 4.3 (3.1-5.1) 356.5 (210.6-2890.9) 21.7 (14.7-34.20) 158 (65-212)
O-hydroxyatorvastatin metabolite
Dose
(mg/kg)
Cmax
(ng/mL)
C24 (ng/mL) Trough 2 weeks (ng/mL) Trough 6 weeks (ng/mL) Tmax
(hours)
Half Life (hours) AUC0-∞
(ng*hr/mL)
CL/F
(L/hr/kg)
Vd/F
(L/kg)
0.125 (n=6) 1.87 (0.92-3.42) BQL (BQL-0.67) BQL (BQL-1.97) BQL (BQL-0.87) 6 (2-6) 6.2 (4.1-9.1) 40.2 (18.1-42.7) N/A N/A
0.25 (n=5) 4.91 (3.86-5.35) BQL (BQL-1.07) BQL (BQL-1.55) BQL (BQL-2.59) 2 (1-6) 5.6 (2.7-8.5) 64.6 (45.6-81.0) N/A N/A
0.5 (n=3) 11.10, 18.10 BQL, 2.13 7.01 (BQL-17.7) BQL, 12.4 1 , 2 6.8 (6.3-7.3) 178.6 (145.5-211.8) N/A N/A
0.75 (n=6) 24.6 (9.27-49.9) BQL (BQL-5.64) BQL (BQL-9.57) BQL (BQL-13.1) 2 (1-6) 5.3 (4.3-6.9) 238.4 (154.9-1062.1) N/A N/A

BQL: Below quantitative level (<0.25 or <2.5 ng/mL)

Values are reported as medians with a range. If only two values are available, both are reported.