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. 2021 Jun 17;65(7):e00046-21. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00046-21

TABLE 1.

Parameters of pyrazinamide, pyrazinoic acid, and 5-hydroxypryazinamide in adult TB/HIV-coinfected patients estimated by the final population pharmacokinetic modela

Parameter Mean (% RSE) 95% confidence interval
PZA CL/F (liters/h) 4.7 (8.12) 4.08 to 5.5
PZA V/F (liter) 62.0 (7.47) 53.7 to 72.2
Ka (h−1) 3.5 (233) 2.01 to 9.6
F 1 FIX
POA CL/F (liters/h) 9.5 (9.52) 7.72 to 11.2
F POA 0.45 (4.75) 0.41 to 0.488
OHPZA CL/F (liters/h) 15.8 (8.25) 13.7 to 19.2
Effect of female sex on F 0.47 (27.8) 0.244 to 0.755
Effect of serum creatinine on POA CL/F −0.0064 (28.7) −0.00264 to −0.0104
Effect of study arm on PZA, POA and OHPZA V/F −0.24 (27.1) −0.091 to −0.385
PZA proportional error 0.32 (6.01) 0.281 to 0.36
POA proportional error 0.3 (7.38) 0.261 to 0.347
OHPZA proportional error 0.278 (8.96) 0.23 to 0.327
PZA additive error 0.001 FIX
POA additive error 0.001 FIX
POA additive error 0.001 FIX
IIV CL/F (%) 40.5 (18.3) 28.8 to 41.2
IIV Ka (%) 351.1 (51.5) 116.2 to 216.1
IIV F (%) 38.0 (17.4) 31.4 to 44.0
IIV POA CL/F (%) 33.9 (52.1) 10.1 to 41.6
IIV FPOA (%) 27.4 (20.3) 21.6 to 31.1
IIV OHPZA CL/F (%) 16.1 (59.3) 5.3 to 30.9
a

RSE, relative standard error; PZA, pyrazinamide; POA, pyrazinoic acid; OHPZA, 5-hydroxypyrazinamide; CL/F, oral clearance; V/F, oral volume of distribution; Ka, absorption constant; F, bioavailability; FPOA, fraction of pyrazinamide forming pyrazinoic acid; IIV, interindividual variability; FIX, parameter fixed to the indicated value.