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Essentials of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics - E-Book

Essentials of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics - E-Book

Ashutosh Kar

(2010)

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Abstract

Essentials of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics

Kar’s Essentials of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics deals with how a drug exerts its action in the human body through the fundamentals of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. The book adopts a growth-oriented format and design that is developed systematically and methodically.

The book interrelates five different sections:

Section 1 Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics: What Do They Mean?

Section 2 Biopharmaceutics

Section 3 Pharmacokinetics

Section 4 Clinical Pharmacokinetics

Section 5 Bioavailability and Bioequivalence

Each section starts with a basic theory and fields of application, focuses on model-independent pharmacokinetic analyses, expatiates various biopharmaceutical aspects of dosage form and evaluation, provides an altogether new approach in understanding both dosage regimen design and individualization, and explains modification in drug molecules related to the pharmacokinetics.

Undoubtedly, the unique blend of fundamental principles and latest breakthroughs in the field will certainly provide sufficient subject matter to the students of pharmacy, pharmacology, medicinal chemistry scientists, who need a simple as well as detailed introduction in theory and application.


Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Front Cover\r Front Cover
Front Matter\r iii
Copyright\r iv
Dedication\r v
PREFACE vii
CONTENTS ix
SECTION 1 \rBiopharmaceutics andPharmacokinetics:What Do They Mean? 1
1 - Introduction to Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics 3
Introduction 3
Historical Perspective of Biopharmaceutics 3
Extravascular Administration of a Drug 6
Scope of Biopharmaceutics 7
Variants in Biopharmaceutics 7
Pharmacokinetics 8
Modus Operandi 8
Salient Features of Pharmacokinetics 8
Clinical Pharmacokinetics 10
Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Pharmacokinetics 11
Pharmacodynamics 12
Toxicokinetics and Clinical Toxicology 13
Bioavailability 13
Absolute Bioavailability 14
Relative Bioavailability 14
Quantifying Absolute Availability 14
Quantifying Relative Availability 16
Bioequivalence 17
Bioequivalence: The Canadian Regularly Perspective 17
Uncomplicated Drugs 19
Guidelines for Equivalence Studies 19
Plasma& 19
Modus Operandi 19
SECTION 2 \rBiopharmaceutics 23
2 - Biopharmaceutics 25
1. Introduction 25
1.1. Alternative Distinctness of Biopharmaceutics 26
1.1.1. Important Modalities Encountered by a Drug 26
1.2. Pharmacokinetics 27
1.3. Clinical Pharmacokinetics 27
2. Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS) 29
3. In Vitro& 30
3.1. Genesis of IVIVC 31
3.2. FDA Definition for IVIVC 31
3.3. Important Factors for Development of IVIVC 31
3.4. IVIVC Utilization in Novel Dosage Forms 32
3.5. Applications of IVIVC 32
4. Passage of Drugs across Biological Barrier 33
4.1. Simple Capillary Endothelial Barrier (CEB) 33
4.2. Cell Membrane Barrier (CMB) 34
4.3. Blood& 36
4.3.1. Permeability of Cell and Capillary Membranes 36
4.3.2. Highlights of BBB as a Lipoidal Barrier 38
4.4. Blood& 39
4.5. Placental Barrier (PB) 40
4.6. Blood& 42
5. Factors Influencing Drug Absorption 43
5.1. Rate-Limited Stages in Oral Drug Absorption 43
5.2. Drug Absorption via Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT) 45
5.2.1. Cell Membrane Structure 45
Routes Adopted by Small Drug Molecules in Crossing Cell Membranes 46
5.2.2. Pathways of Drug Absorption 47
Important Points 47
5.2.3. Gastrointestinal (GI) Physiology 47
5.3. Fluid-Mosaic Model for Transcellular Diffusion of Polar Molecules 50
5.4. Gastrointestinal Physiology 51
5.4.1. Gastrointestinal Blood Flow 51
5.4.2. Gastrointestinal pH 52
5.5. Gastric Emptying 54
5.5.1. Mechanism of Gastric Emptying 54
Gastric Emptying& 54
Gastric Emptying of Liquids vs. Solid Drug Products or Foods 55
Gastric Emptying Designates a Simple Mono-Exponential Process 55
5.6. Gastrointestinal Motility 57
6. Mechanisms of Drug Absorption 58
6.1. Passive Diffusion 59
6.1.1. Fick& 60
6.1.2. Characteristic Features of Passive Diffusion 60
6.1.3. Fate of Lipophilic and Hydrophilic Substituted Drugs 61
6.1.4. Implication of Henderson and Hasselbalch Equation 62
6.2. Pore Transport (Convective Transport) 62
6.2.1. Highlights of Pore Transport 63
6.3. Carrier-Mediated Transport 63
6.3.1. Important Characteristic Features of Carrier-Mediated Transport 64
6.4. Active Transport 66
6.5. Facilitated Diffusion 67
6.6. Carrier-Mediated Intestinal Transport 68
6.7. Ionic Diffusion (or Electrochemical Diffusion) 69
6.7.1. Permeation Profile of Cationic Drug Molecules 69
6.8. Ion-Pair Transport 69
6.9. Endocytosis 70
6.10. Summary of Important Transport Processes vis-& 71
7. Drug Absorption vs. Bioavailability 72
7.1. Preamble 72
7.2. Pharmaceutical Factors (or Biopharmaceutic Considerations) Affecting Drug Bioavailability 73
7.2.1. Rate-Determining Step (RDS) 73
Disintegration 74
Dissolution 75
Various Absorption Steps Immediately after Oral Ingestion of Coated Tablets or Capsules 75
Rate-Limiting Steps vis-& 76
7.2.2. Noyes& 78
Preamble 78
7.3. Factor Influencing GI Absorption of a Drug from Its Respective Dosage Forms 79
7.3.1. Pharmaceutical Factors 79
Physicochemical Characteristic Features of Drug Substances 79
Dosage Form Characteristics Features and Pharmaceutic Ingredient 80
7.3.2. Patient-Related Factors 80
7.4. Physicochemical Nature of the Drug vis-& 80
7.4.1. Drug Solubility and Dissolution Rate 81
7.4.2. Theories of Drug Dissolution 83
Diffusion Layer Model (or Film Theory) 83
Danckwert& 83
Interfacial Barrier Model (or Double Barrier or Limited Solvation Theory) 84
Important Points 85
7.4.3. Particle Size and Drug Absorption 86
7.4.4. Polymorphic Crystals, Solvates and Drug Absorption 88
7.4.5. Drug pKa, Lipophilicity and GI pH (or pH-Partition Hypothesis) 89
Drug pKa and Gastrointestinal pH (or GI-pH) 91
Important Points 92
Lipophilicity and Absorption of Drug 96
7.4.6. Limitations of pH-Partition Hypothesis 97
Specific Presence of Virtual Membrane pH 98
Critical Absorption of Ionized (Polar) Drugs 98
Influence of GI Surface Area vis-& 99
Crucial Presence of Aqueous Unstirred Diffusion Layer 99
7.4.7. Deviations from the pH-Partition Hypothesis 101
Microclimate pH 101
A Unifying Hypothesis 101
7.5. Product Form (Dosage Form) Characteristics vis-& 102
7.5.1. Product Form Characteristics 103
Formulati on Factors 103
Disintegration Time 106
Exempted Disintegration Tests for Certain Drug Products 106
Processing Variants 108
Granulation Variables 108
Wet Granulation Method 108
Precompression Method 109
Applied Compression Force 109
Packing of Capsule Contents 111
7.5.2. Pharmaceutic Ingredients 111
Diluents (or Fillers) 112
Binders and Granulating Agents 112
Vehicles 113
Lubricants (or Anti-frictional Agents) 114
Disintegrants (or Disintegrating Agents) 114
Important Points 114
Coatings 115
Surfactants 115
Buffers 116
Colorants 116
Complexing Agents 117
Crystal Growth Inhibitors 117
7.6. Drug Absorption vis-& 117
SECTION 3 \rPharmacokinetics 121
3 - Pharmacokinetics\r 123
1. Introduction 123
2. Clinical Significance of Plasma Protein Drug Concentration Measurement 124
2.1. Significance of Drug–Protein Binding Complex 124
2.1.1. Serum Albumin 126
2.1.2. a1-Acid Glycoprotein (or a1-AGP or AAG) 128
2.1.3. Lipoproteins 129
2.1.4. Globulins (α-, β-, γ-Globulins) 131
2.1.5. Erythrocytes [or Red Blood Cells (RBCs)] 131
3. Pharmacokinetic Models 133
3.1. Pharmacokinetic Models vis-à-vis Mathematical Models 135
Preferred Model for Analysis of Data 135
3.2. Classification of Pharmacokinetic Models 136
3.2.1. Compartment Models 136
Mammillary Model 137
3.2.2. Flow Models (or Physiologic–Pharmacokinetic Models) 147
Salient Features 148
Merits of Physiologic–Pharmacokinetic Models 151
3.2.3. Non-Compartmental Pharmacokinetics 151
Important Applications 153
Merits of Non-Compartmental Pharmacokinetics 153
3.2.4. Non-Linear Pharmacokinetics 154
Time-Dependent Pharmacokinetics 154
4. Pharmacokinetics of Drug Absorption 154
4.1. Zero-Order Absorption Rate Constant 155
4.1.1. Plasma Drug Level–Time Curve for a Drug Administered in Single Oral Dose 156
4.2. First-Order Absorption Rate Constant 158
4.3. The Loo–Riegelman and Wagner–Nelson Equations 160
4.3.1. Loo–Riegelman Equation 160
4.3.2. Wagner–Nelson Equation 164
4.3.3. Estimation of Cmax and tmax 168
4.3.4. Influence of Ka and KE upon Cmax, tmax and AUC 169
5. Volume of Distribution and Distribution Coefficient 170
5.1. Volume of Distribution (Vd) 170
5.2. Presence of a Fraction of Drug Both Inside and Outside Plasma 171
5.3. Determination of Plasma Volume 171
5.4. Volume of Total Body Water (or Fluid) 172
5.5. Volume of Distribution (Vd) vs. Protein/Tissue Binding of Drugs 172
6. Organ-Specific Clearance 173
6.1. Concept of Organ-Specific Clearance 174
6.2. Renal Clearance 175
6.2.1. Two Substances Used to Determine GFR 176
6.2.2. Active Tubular Secretion (ATS) 176
6.2.3. Kinetics of Urinary Excretion 177
6.3. Hepatic Clearance 187
6.3.1. Venous Equilibrium Model of Hepatic Clearance 187
6.4. Extra Hepatic/Non-Renal Elimination 189
6.4.1. Biliary Excretion 189
6.4.2. Exhalation47 193
6.4.3. Foecal Excretion 193
6.4.4. Intestinal Excretion 194
6.4.5. Excretion via Saliva/Skin 194
6.4.6. Excretion via Milk 195
7. Non-Linear Pharmacokinetics 195
7.1. Preamble 195
7.2. Michaelis–Menten Equation 196
7.2.1. Accounting for Deviation of Michaelis–Menten Equation 196
7.2.2. Graphical Representation of Michaelis–Menten Equation 199
7.3. Drug Elimination by Capacity-Limited Process 201
7.4. Important Recognized Plot Variants in Non-Linear Pharmacokinetics 202
7.4.1. Lineweaver–Burk Plot (or Doubled-Reciprocal Plot) 202
7.4.2. Hanes–Woolf Plot 204
7.4.3. Woolf–Augustinsson–Hofstee Plot 205
7.4.4. Direct Linear Plot 205
8. Pharmacokinetic Profiles of Some Specific Examplesfrom Various Classes of Drugs 206
8.1. Antihypertensives 207
8.2. Antiarrythmics 208
8.3. Antianginal Drugs 209
8.4. Pharmacokinetics of Nitroglycerin after Intravenous Infusion in Normal Subjects 210
8.4.1. Experimental Procedure 210
8.5. Antineoplastic Agents 211
8.6. Pharmacokinetics of Oral and Intravenous Fluorouracil in Humans 211
8.6.1. Experimental Procedure 211
8.7. Antibiotics 212
8.8. Pharmacokinetics of Piperacillin and Gentamicin FollowingIntravenous Administration to Dogs 213
8.8.1. Experimental Procedure 213
Suggested Readings 214
SECTION 4 \rClinical Pharmacokinetics 215
4 - Clinical Pharmacokinetics\r 217
Introduction 217
Scope of Pharmacokinetics 219
Therapeutic Objective 220
Dosage Regimens: Design, Modalities and Implementation 221
Design of Dosage Regimens 221
Optimal Single Dosage Regimen 221
Optimal Multiple Dosage Regimen 221
Accumulation of Drug in Multiple Dosing 225
Reachable Time for Achieving Steady State in Multiple Dosing 227
Average Drug Concentration vs. Body Content from Multiple Dosing to Steady State 229
Preamble 229
Loading and Maintenance Doses 230
Maintenance of Drug Level Within the Therapeutic Range 231
Perfect Design of Dosage Regimen Based Upon the Plasma–Drug Concentrations 233
Individualization 235
Objectives of Individualization 235
Important Steps for Individualization 235
Individualization: Clinical Experience and Optimization Based uponPlasma–Drug Concentration (C) 243
Drug Monitoring and Drug Therapy 245
Preamble 245
Therapeutic Endpoint 245
Toxic Endpoint 246
Importance of Monitoring Drug Therapy 246
Variants in Drug Monitoring and Drug Therapy 246
Single Dose Bioequivalence Study: Design and Relevant Statistics 248
Preamble 248
Bioequivalence Study Parameters 251
Bioequivalence Study Protocol 258
Bioequivalence Study Design 259
Parallel Design 259
Cross-Over Design 259
Statistical Methods in Bioequivalence Study 261
Statistical Method Variants 261
Bioequivalence Data: Statistical Interpretation 263
US-FDA/EMEA Regulatory Requirements for Bioequivalence Studies 264
Good Clinical Practices (GCPs) in Bioequivalence 265
Commonly Observed Non-Compliances in Bioequivalence Study 267
Exemptions in Bioequivalence Study 267
Bioequivalence Studies: Not Necessary 268
Absolute Bioavailable Dosage 268
Practice Problems 274
Pharmacokinetic Drug Interaction: Significance in Combination Therapy 275
Pharmacokinetic Interactions 275
Drug Absorption 275
Case Study 1 276
Interactions Changing Drug Distribution 278
Interactions Affecting Metabolism 278
Interactions Affecting Renal Excretion 281
Pharmacodynamic Interactions 281
Pharmacological Synergism 282
Pharmacological Antagonism 282
Suggested Readings 282
SECTION\r 5 Bioavailability andBioequivalence 283
Section 5: - Bioavailability and Bioequivalence 285
1. Introduction 285
1.1. Preamble 285
1.2. Definitions 286
2. Bioavailability 291
2.1. Preamble 291
Important Points 291
2.2 Absolute Bioavailability 292
2.3 Relative Bioavailability 292
2.4 Bioequivalance Assessment and Data Evaluation (or Importance of Bioequivalence) 293
2.4.1 Bioequivalence Assessment 293
2.4.2. Urinary Drug Amount& 294
2.4.3. Peak-Height Concentration 295
Example of a cardiac glycoside (e.g., Digoxin and Digitoxin): 296
2.5. Bioavailability Studies in Human: Pharmacokinetic Profiles 296
2.5.1 Comparison with a Reference Drug/Formulation 297
2.5.2 Bioavailability Studies as per the Helsinki Declaration66Azarnoff DL: Clin. Pharmacol. Ther., 13: 796& 297
2.5.3 Drug Dissolution Rate and Bioavailability 298
Testing Models: For In Vitro Dissolution Technique 299
Important Factors Governing the In Vitro Dissolution Technique 299
The Drug Dissolution Estimation Apparatus 300
2.6. Statistical Methods for Bioavailability Studies 306
2.6.1 Methods of Data Analysis 307
2.6.2 Statistical Analysis 307
2.6.3. Statistical Interpretation of Bioequivalence Data 308
2.7. Factors that Decrease Bioavailability 308
2.7.1 Presystemic Metabolism 308
2.7.2 Instability 311
Hydrolysis of Weak Acidic Drugs (Penicillins) in Gastric Fluids 312
Delaying Absorption until Reaching Intestines 313
Important Points 314
Complexation 314
2.8. Factors that Increase Bioavailability 315
2.8.1. Overcoming Acute Bioavailability Issues 315
2.8.2. Physicochemical Characteristics of a Drug 317
Micronization 317
Surfactants (or Surface-Active Agents) 318
Salts of Drugs 319
Metastable Polymorphs 319
Change in pH of Drugs Microenvironment 319
Pseudopolymorphism (or Solute& 319
Preferential Adsorption on Insoluble Carriers 320
Solvent Deposition 320
Solid Solutions 320
Eutectic Mixtures 322
Important Points 323
Solid Dispersions 324
Molecular Encapsulation (with Cyclodextrins) 326
3. Bioequivalence 327
3.1. Preamble 327
3.2. Design and Conduct of Bioequivalence Studies 327
Important Points 327
3.2.1. Criteria for the Design of Bioequivalence Study 328
Multiple-Dose Study vs. Single-Dose Study 328
Demerits of Multiple-Dose Bioequivalence Studies 329
3.2.2. Design 329
3.2.3. Subjects (or Volunteers) 330
3.2.4. Reference and Test Product 331
Important Points 331
3.2.5. Analytical Methods 331
Bioanalytical Methods 332
Assay of Biotransformation Product 332
Use of Radioactive Labelled Molecules 333
3.2.6. Investigation of Characteristic Features 333
3.2.7. Generalized Approach: Single-Dose Pharmacokinetic Bioequivalence Studies 334
Study Conduct 334
Collection of Sample and Sampling Times 335
4. Bioanalytical Method Development and Validation for Bioavailability and Bioequivalence Studies 336
4.1. Preamble 336
Important Points 336
4.1.1. Bioanalytical Instruments 337
4.2. Factors Governing Retention Time& 338
4.2.1. Instrument to Be Used 338
4.3. Selection of GC/HPLC Column 339
4.3.1. pH of Mobile-Phase Buffer 341
Important Points 341
4.3.2. Specific Composition of & 342
4.3.3. Column-Oven Temperature 342
4.3.4. Sample Injection Volume 343
4.3.5. Extra Column Volume 343
4.4. Method Validation 344
Index 347
A 347
B 347
C 348
D 349
E 350
F 350
G 351
H 351
I 352
K 352
L 352
M 353
N 353
O 353
P 354
Q 355
R 355
S 355
T 356
U 357
V 357
W 357
X 357
Y 357
Z 357