Drug Disposition, Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285; email:
Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2014;54:53-69. doi: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-011613-140009.
Pregnant women and their fetuses are orphan populations with respect to the safety and efficacy of drugs. Physiological and absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) changes during pregnancy can significantly affect drug pharmacokinetics (PK) and may necessitate dose adjustment. Here, the specific aspects related to the design, execution, and analysis of clinical studies in pregnant women are discussed, underlining the unmet need for top-down pharmacometrics analyses and bottom-up modeling approaches. The modeling tools that support data analysis for the pregnancy population are reviewed, with a focus on physiologically based pharmacokinetics (PBPK) and population pharmacokinetics (POP-PK). By integrating physiological data, preclinical data, and clinical data (e.g., via POP-PK) to quantify anticipated changes in the PK of drugs during pregnancy, the PBPK approach allows extrapolation beyond the previously studied model drugs to other drugs with well-characterized ADME characteristics. Such a systems pharmacology approach can identify drugs whose PK may be altered during pregnancy, guide rational PK study design, and support dose adjustment for pregnant women.
对于药物的安全性和疗效而言,孕妇及其胎儿属于孤儿人群。怀孕期间的生理变化和吸收、分布、代谢和排泄(ADME)变化可能会显著影响药物药代动力学(PK),并可能需要调整剂量。本文讨论了在孕妇中进行临床研究的设计、执行和分析的具体方面,强调了自上而下的药物代谢动力学分析和自下而上的建模方法的迫切需求。本文还回顾了支持妊娠人群数据分析的建模工具,重点介绍了基于生理学的药代动力学(PBPK)和群体药代动力学(POP-PK)。通过整合生理数据、临床前数据和临床数据(例如,通过 POP-PK)来量化怀孕期间药物 PK 的预期变化,PBPK 方法允许将先前研究的模型药物以外的其他具有良好 ADME 特征的药物进行外推。这种系统药理学方法可以识别在怀孕期间 PK 可能发生变化的药物,指导合理的 PK 研究设计,并为孕妇提供剂量调整建议。