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. 2019 Nov 12;59(5):617–627. doi: 10.1007/s40262-019-00833-6

Table 1.

Input parameters of the elagolix PBPK model using SimCYP (V15.0.86.0)

Parameter Parameter value used in the SimCYP model Source
Physiochemical and blood binding
 Molecular weight (g/mol) 631.6 Experimental data
 logP 1.34
 pKa 1 4
 pKa 2 7.9
 Blood-to-plasma ratio 0.62
 fu 0.21
Absorption model ADAM
 Peff,man type Regional
 P Caco-2 (10−6 cm/s) 10 Estimated based on clinical data
 Input form Solution Experimental data
Distribution model Full PBPK model
 Vss input type Predicted using Method 2 SimCYP predicted
Elimination
 CYP3A4 CLint (µL/min/pmol of isoform) 0.3 Estimated based on clinical data
 CYP2C8 CLint (µL/min/pmol of isoform) 0.029 Experimental data
 CYP2D6 CLint (µL/min/pmol of isoform) 0.7 Experimental data
 CLrenal (L/h) 1.6 Estimated based on clinical data
 Additional systemic CL/F (L/h) 9 Estimated based on clinical data
Transporter kinetics
 P-gp
  CLint (µL/min/pmol) 4 Estimated based on clinical data
 OATP1B1
  Jmax (pmol/min/million cells) 215 Estimated based on clinical data
  Km (µM) 0.66 Experimental data
Perpetrator properties
 CYP3A4 enzyme MBI
  MBI Kapp (µM) 74 Experimental data
  MBI Kinact (1/h) 0.019 Experimental data
 CYP3A4 enzyme induction
  Indmax 20 Experimental data
  Ind EC50 (µM) 2 Estimated based on clinical data
 P-gp inhibition Ki (µM) 0.5 Estimated based on clinical data

ADAM advanced dissolution, absorption, and metabolism, CL/F apparent clearance, CLint intrinsic clearance, CLrenal renal clearance, CYP cytochrome P450, EC50 half maximal effective concentration, fu fraction of unbound drug in plasma, Indmax maximum induction, Jmax maximal transport velocity, Kapp apparent binding constant, Ki inhibitory constant, Kinact inactivation rate constant, Km Michaelis–Menten constant, logP partition coefficient, MBI mechanism-based inactivation, OATP organic anion transporting polypeptide, PBPK physiologically based pharmacokinetic, P-gp P-glycoprotein, PK pharmacokinetic, pKa acid dissociation constant, Vss volume of distribution at steady state