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Flushing symptoms limit the use of niacin as an effective treatment for dyslipidemia; laropiprant, a prostaglandin D2 receptor subtype 1 antagonist, reduces niacin-induced flushing and is being developed in combination with niacin. The aims of this study were to both determine the effect of renal insufficiency on plasma pharmacokinetics of laropiprant and to assess safety and tolerability in patients with severe renal insufficiency. This open-label study compared the pharmacokinetics of a single laropiprant 40-mg dose in 8 nondialyzed, severe renal insufficiency patients (RIs) with healthy matched subjects (HSs) (24-hour creatinine clearance <30 mL/min/1.73 m(2) and >80 mL/min/1.73 m(2) for RIs and HSs, respectively). In RIs, laropiprant was well tolerated and the area under the concentration time curve (AUC(0-infinity)) was modestly higher (ratio of geometric least-squares means [GMR] for RIs to HSs was 1.58; 90% confidence interval [CI], 1.06-2.35); neither the maximum laropiprant plasma concentration (C(max)) nor the time to C(max) (T(max)) was significantly affected. The apparent terminal half-life (t(1/2)) was 26.0 and 14.8 hours for RIs and HSs, respectively (P = 0.007). Similarly, for the inactive laropiprant glucuronide metabolite, the GMR for AUC(0-infinity) was 2.17 (90% CI, 1.44-3.27), and the apparent t(1/2) values were 25.3 to 14.5 hours (P = 0.037) in RIs and HSs, respectively. Renal insufficiency had no clinically significant effect on laropiprant pharmacokinetics. Because niacin and its metabolites are excreted through the kidneys, the combination of niacin with laropiprant should be used with caution in patients with renal impairment.
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PMID:Pharmacokinetics of laropiprant and glucuronide metabolite in patients with severe renal insufficiency. 1943 74

Laropiprant (LRPT), a prostaglandin D2 receptor 1 antagonist shown to reduce niacin-induced flushing symptoms, is being developed in combination with niacin for the treatment of dyslipidemia. This study assessed the pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of single-dose warfarin in the presence/absence of multiple-dose LRPT. Thirteen subjects received 2 treatments in random order separated by > or =10-day washout: (1) multiple-dose LRPT 40 mg/d for 12 days (days -5 to 7) with coadministered single-dose warfarin 30 mg (day 6) and (2) single-dose warfarin 30 mg (day 1). R+- and S(-)-warfarin and international normalized ratio (INR) were assayed predose and up to 168 hours postdose. Comparability was declared if the 90% confidence intervals (CIs) for the geometric mean ratio (GMR; warfarin + LRPT/warfarin alone) of area under the plasma concentration curve from zero to infinity (AUC0-infinity) for R+- and S(-)-warfarin were contained within (0.80, 1.25). The estimated GMRs of AUC0-infinity (90% CIs) were 1.02 (0.96, 1.09) and 1.04 (0.98, 1.09) for R+- and S(-)-warfarin, respectively. The estimated GMRs of maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) (90% CIs) were 1.13 (1.02, 1.26) and 1.11 (0.99, 1.24) for R+- and S(-)-warfarin, respectively. The estimated GMRs of area under the prothrombin time INR curve from 0 to 168 hours on day 21 (INR AUC0-168 h) and average maximum observed prothrombin time INR (INRmax) were 1.02 (0.99, 1.05) and 1.04 (0.98, 1.10), respectively. There was no evidence of clinically meaningful alterations in the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (ie, INR) of R(+)- or S(-)-warfarin after coadministration of multiple-dose LRPT and single-dose warfarin.
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PMID:Influence of laropiprant, a selective prostaglandin D2 receptor 1 antagonist, on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of warfarin. 1945 60

Laropiprant (LRPT), a prostaglandin D(2) receptor-1 antagonist shown to reduce niacin-induced flushing symptoms, has been combined with niacin for treatment of dyslipidemia. This open-label, randomized, 2-period crossover study assessed the pharmacokinetics of single-dose rosiglitazone in the presence and absence of multiple-dose LRPT. Twelve healthy male and female subjects, 34-64 years of age, received two, once-daily oral treatments in random sequence separated by >/=3-day washout: (1) multiple-dose LRPT 40 mg/day for 7 days (Days 1 to 7) coadministered with single-dose rosiglitazone 4 mg on Day 6; (2) single-dose rosiglitazone 4 mg on Day 1. Comparability was declared because the 90% confidence interval (CI) for the AUC(0-infinity) geometric mean ratio (GMR; rosiglitazone + LRPT/rosiglitazone alone) [0.92 (0.86, 0.99)], was contained within prespecified bounds (0.70, 1.43). The C(max) GMR (90% CI) for rosiglitazone was 0.98 (0.95, 1.02). There was no evidence of clinically meaningful alterations in the pharmacokinetics of rosiglitazone, a probe CYP2C8 substrate, following coadministration of multiple-dose LRPT in healthy subjects. Therefore, findings suggest that LRPT does not inhibit CYP2C8-mediated metabolism.
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PMID:Effects of laropiprant, a selective prostaglandin D(2) receptor 1 antagonist, on the pharmacokinetics of rosiglitazone. 1990 85