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. 2021 May 13;81(9):985–1002. doi: 10.1007/s40265-021-01528-8

Table 2.

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic of selected S1P modulators [4, 39, 58, 72, 74, 82, 101, 111, 112, 133, 136142]

Fingolimod Siponimod Amiselimod Ozanimod Etrasimod Ponesimod Cenerimod
Doses (oral) 0.5 mg once daily CYP2C9 Genotypes *1/*1, *1/*2, or *2/*2 requires 5-day titration (0.25 mg once daily progressing until 1 mg daily). Maintenance dose: 2 mg once daily starting on day 6. Genotypes *1/*3 or *2/*3 initiate with a 4-day titration (0.25 mg once daily until 0.75 mg daily); Day 5 starts with 1 mg once daily It still is unapproved by FDA. A Phase 1 study in healthy used upwardly titrated in doses ranging from 0.4 to 1.6 mg to achieve 0.4 mg and 0.8 mg steady-state exposure Starts ozanimod 0.23 mg once daily on days 1 through 4; then 0.46 mg daily on days 5 through 7; maintenance dose: 0.92 mg once daily starting on day 8 It still is unapproved by FDA. Currently, 2 mg once daily dose is used in IBD Phase 3 trials. 14-day dose titration (2 mg once daily progressing until 15 mg daily); on day 15, the maintenance dosage is 20 mg daily. It still is unapproved by FDA.4 mg once daily in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, proof-of-concept study in SLE had an improve of the disease score activity and antibody production
S1P receptor selectivity 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 1, 5 1, 5, 4 and minimal 2, 3 1, 5 1, 4, 5 1 1
Pro-drug (requires phosphorylation) Yes No Yes No No No No
Metabolites actives Yes No Yes Yes No No Cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzyme‐independent metabolism and no major metabolites in plasma.
Half life 6–9 days 30 h 380–420 h 19–22 h 26.2–33.3 h 21.7–33.5h Single dose 170–199 h. Multiple doses 283–539 h
Disease evaluated MS MS CD, MS, SLE IBD, MS IBD, AD, RA MS, Psoriasis SLE
Development stage Approved for MS Approved for MS Clinical Trials Approved for MS Clinical Trials Approved for MS Clinical Trials
Time to steady state 8 weeks 6 days 10 weeks 7 weeks 7 days 5 days 4 weeks
Time to lymphocyte count reduction (h) 4–6 4–6 No data 6–12 1–3 1–6 Dose dependent
Lymphocyte decrease from baseline (%) 70 33–76 60–66 34–68 39–53 50–70 70
Tmax (h) 12–16 3–4.5 12–16 10 8 2–5 4–6
Drugs-drugs interaction Potent Inhibitor CYP3A (ketoconazole)

Drug-drug interactions with agents that induce or inhibit CYP 2C9 and 3A4 are likely to occur

Contraindicated in CYP2C9*2*3 and *3*3 genotypes

BRCP inhibitors, CYP2C8 inhibitors, MAO inhibitors No metabolic pathways have been identified that contribute to extent to the overall elimination
Excretion Fecal major route whereas urinary is minor Biliary excretion Urine (minor) and feces Urine (minor)and feces Feces Feces and urine (minor) Feces

Tmax time to maximum plasma concentration, MS multiple sclerosis, CD Crohn’s disease, SLE systemic lupus erythematous, IBD inflammatory bowel disease, AD atopic dermatitis, RA rheumatoid arthritis, BRCP breast cancer resistance protein.