Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Oct;70:102019. doi: 10.1016/j.pupt.2021.102019. Epub 2021 Mar 23.
QMF149 is an inhaled fixed-dose combination of indacaterol acetate and mometasone furoate (MF) delivered via Breezhaler®, under development for once-daily treatment of asthma. MF delivered via Twisthaler® is approved as Asmanex® Twisthaler® for the treatment of asthma. Bridging of MF delivered via Twisthaler® to MF delivered via Breezhaler® was undertaken as part of QMF149 development to enable dose comparisons between the devices. Pharmacokinetics (PK) of MF were characterized in two studies; a single dose PK study in healthy volunteers and a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) study in asthma patients.
The PK study in healthy volunteers evaluated the PK of single doses of MF via Breezhaler® (50-400 μg) and compared systemic exposure of MF following administration via Breezhaler® and Twisthaler® 400 μg (2 inhalations of 200 μg). The study in patients with asthma characterized the MF PK profile following once-daily inhalation of MF via Breezhaler® and Twisthaler® devices for 4 weeks.
In the open-label, single-dose, crossover study, healthy subjects sequentially received MF via Twisthaler® (400 μg, medium-dose inhaled corticosteroid [ICS]) and escalating doses via Breezhaler® (50, 100, 200, 400 μg). PK data were obtained up to 72 h post-dose. In the double-blind, double-dummy, parallel-group study, asthma patients were randomised to receive either MF 80 μg (low-dose ICS) or 320 μg (high-dose ICS) via Breezhaler®, or 200 μg (low-dose ICS) or 800 μg (2 inhalations of 400 μg; high-dose ICS) via Twisthaler® once daily for 4 weeks. PK sampling was performed on Days 1 and 28 at pre-dose and up to 24 h post-dose.
In the healthy volunteer PK study, 20 healthy subjects completed all treatments. Dose-normalised AUC of MF was 1.8-1.9-fold higher when delivered via Breezhaler® versus Twisthaler®. AUC and C of MF increased in a dose-proportional manner over the range of 50-400 μg via Breezhaler®. Results from this study guided dose selection of MF via Breezhaler® for the asthma study. In the asthma study, in a subset of 96 patients, mean systemic exposure (AUC and C) for MF 80 and 320 μg via Breezhaler® was comparable with MF 200 and 800 μg via Twisthaler®, respectively, on Day 28.
PK characterization in a healthy volunteer PK study and subsequently an asthma study enabled selection of 80 μg (low), 160 μg (medium), and 320 μg (high) delivered via Breezhaler® as MF doses comparable to the 200 μg, 400 μg and 800 μg doses delivered by Twisthaler®, respectively, as part of QMF149 formulation development.
QMF149 是一种通过 Breezhaler® 吸入的固定剂量组合药物,包含乙酰半胱氨酸和糠酸莫米松(MF),用于治疗哮喘,每日一次给药。通过 Twisthaler® 吸入的 MF 已被批准为 Asmanex® Twisthaler®,用于治疗哮喘。在 QMF149 的开发过程中,开展了 MF 从 Twisthaler® 到 Breezhaler® 的桥接研究,以实现设备之间的剂量比较。MF 的药代动力学(PK)特征在两项研究中进行了描述;一项是在健康志愿者中的单次剂量 PK 研究,另一项是在哮喘患者中的 PK/药效学(PK/PD)研究。
在健康志愿者中的 PK 研究评估了通过 Breezhaler®(50-400μg)给予单剂量 MF 的 PK,并比较了通过 Breezhaler®和 Twisthaler® 400μg(2 次吸入 200μg)给药后 MF 的全身暴露情况。在哮喘患者中的研究描述了通过 Breezhaler®和 Twisthaler®设备每日一次吸入 MF 4 周后的 MF PK 特征。
在开放标签、单次剂量、交叉研究中,健康受试者依次接受了通过 Twisthaler®(400μg,中剂量吸入性皮质类固醇[ICS])和递增剂量通过 Breezhaler®(50、100、200、400μg)给予的 MF。在给药后 72 小时内获得 PK 数据。在双盲、双模拟、平行组研究中,哮喘患者随机接受 MF 80μg(低剂量 ICS)或 320μg(高剂量 ICS)通过 Breezhaler®,或 200μg(低剂量 ICS)或 800μg(2 次吸入 400μg;高剂量 ICS)通过 Twisthaler®,每日一次,共 4 周。在第 1 天和第 28 天进行 PK 采样,在给药前和给药后 24 小时进行。
在健康志愿者 PK 研究中,20 名健康受试者完成了所有治疗。与通过 Twisthaler®相比,通过 Breezhaler®给予的 MF 的 AUC 和 C 的剂量归一化比值为 1.8-1.9 倍。通过 Breezhaler®,MF 的 AUC 和 C 在 50-400μg 范围内呈剂量比例增加。该研究的结果指导了用于哮喘研究的 MF 通过 Breezhaler®的剂量选择。在哮喘研究中,在 96 名患者的亚组中,在第 28 天,通过 Breezhaler®给予的 MF 80 和 320μg 的系统暴露(AUC 和 C)与通过 Twisthaler®给予的 MF 200 和 800μg 相当。
在健康志愿者 PK 研究中的 PK 特征描述以及随后在哮喘研究中的特征描述,使通过 Breezhaler®给予的 80μg(低)、160μg(中)和 320μg(高)剂量被选择为与通过 Twisthaler®给予的 200μg、400μg 和 800μg 剂量相当的剂量,分别作为 QMF149 制剂开发的一部分。