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Delavirdine (bisheteroarylpiperazine, U-90152), a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), was evaluated in a two-drug combination with recombinant human interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) or the peptidomimetic protease inhibitor U-75875 against HIV-1 replication in vitro. Viral growth was assayed in a CD4+ T cell line (H9) infected with HIVIIIB and in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells infected with the clinical isolate HIVJRCSF. Drug synergy, estimated by the combination index method and the method of Pritchard and Shipman, was observed when delavirdine was combined with U-75875 or IFN-alpha over a range of drug concentrations (delavirdine: 0.001, 0.003, 0.01, 0.03 microM; U-75875: 0.01, 0.03, 0.1, 0.3, 1.0 microM; IFN-alpha: 2, 6, 17, and 50 or 10, 30, 100, and 300 IU/mL). The combinations showed no detectable drug antagonism or cytotoxicity. These in vitro synergy data support the potential use of delavirdine with either a protease inhibitor or IFN-alpha in patients with AIDS.
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PMID:In vitro inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 by a combination of delavirdine (U-90152) with protease inhibitor U-75875 or interferon-alpha. 752 53

Monotherapy with (-)2',3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine (3TC) leads to the appearance of a drug-resistant variant of human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) with the methionine-184 --> valine (M184V) substitution in the reverse transcriptase (RT). Despite resulting drug resistance, treatment for more than 48 weeks is associated with a lower plasma viral burden than that at baseline. Studies to investigate this apparent contradiction revealed the following. (i) Titers of HIV-neutralizing antibodies remained stable in 3TC-treated individuals in contrast to rapid declines in those treated with azidothymidine (AZT). (ii) Unlike wild-type HIV, growth of M184V HIV in cell culture in the presence of d4T, AZT, Nevirapine, Delavirdine, or Saquinavir did not select for variants displaying drug resistance. (iii) There was an increase in fidelity of nucleotide insertion by the M184V mutant compared with wild-type enzyme.
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PMID:Enhanced fidelity of 3TC-selected mutant HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. 899 51

Delavirdine is a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor with in vitro activity against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) that is currently being evaluated in combination regimens with various nucleoside analogs, including didanosine. Due to the pH-dependent solubility of delavirdine, the buffering agents in didanosine formulations may reduce delavirdine absorption. To evaluate the potential interaction between these agents, 12 HIV-infected patients (mean [+/- standard deviation] CD4+ cell count, 304 +/- 213/mm3) were enrolled in a three-way crossover single-dose study. Didanosine (125 to 200 mg given as buffered tablets) and delavirdine mesylate (400 mg) pharmacokinetics were evaluated when each drug was given alone (treatments A and B, respectively), when the two drugs were given concurrently (treatment C), and when didanosine was given 1 h after delavirdine (treatment D). Delavirdine exposure was reduced by concurrent administration of didanosine. The maximum drug concentration in serum (Cmax) was reduced from 7.22 +/- 4.0 to 3.51 +/- 1.9 microM, and the area under the concentration-time curve from 0 h to infinity (AUC0-->infinity) was reduced from 22.5 +/- 14 to 14 +/- 5.7 microM.h. The extent of N-dealkylation, as indicated by the ratio of the N-dealkylated delavirdine AUC0-->infinity to the delavirdine AUC0-->infinity, was unchanged across study treatments (P = 0.708). Reductions in didanosine exposure were observed during concurrent administration with delavirdine with a Cmax reduction from 4.65 +/- 2.0 to 3.22 +/- 0.59 microM and an AUC0-->infinity reduction from 7.93 +/- 3.9 to 6.54 +/- 2.3 microM.h. Thus, concurrent administration of delavirdine and didanosine may reduce the AUC0-->infinity of both drugs, although the clinical significance of this reduction is unknown. Administration of delavirdine 1 h before didanosine avoided the interaction. Due to the single-dose nature of this study, these findings require further evaluation at steady state.
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PMID:Single-dose pharmacokinetics of delavirdine mesylate and didanosine in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. 898 Jul 74

Delavirdine (DLV), a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (RTI) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), was evaluated in two and three-drug combinations against acute and co-culture infections of HIV-1JRCSF in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. DLV combined with didanosine (DDI) at 1:10 and 1:30 ratios were statistically synergistic (combination indices (CI) < 1) at > 75% inhibition levels. However, at 1:100 ratio, the interaction appeared to be additive. Three-drug combinations of zidovudine (ZDV), DLV, and DDI (at a ratio of 1:2:333) were synergistic at 50-99% inhibition levels. The three-drug group also showed significantly (P < 0.01) lower p24 levels in acute cultures than two-drug combination groups (DLV + ZDV, DLV + DDI, ZDV + DDI). In co-culture studies, the extent of viral inhibition was dependent on drug dose and the duration of treatment. Combination of DLV, ZDV, and DDI at IC95 concentration of the individual drugs showed complete inhibition of viral growth in co-culture after 19 days, but not after 7 or 12 days of treatment. The combinations studied did not show additive or synergistic drug toxicity. These data provide an in vitro basis for beneficial use of DLV in combinations with DDI and ZDV in HIV-1 infected patients.
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PMID:Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection in vitro by combination of delavirdine, zidovudine and didanosine. 910 85

HIV-infected individuals, who received 3TC monotherapy over one year, generally had lower plasma viral burden than at base-line. This was in spite of high-level resistance to this compound and the appearance of the M184V substitution in the HIV reverse transcriptase (RT) gene, responsible for diminished sensitivity to 3TC. This apparent contradiction is explained by an increase in the fidelity of the HIV RT, conferred by the M184V mutation, on the basis of the following observations. First, titers of viral neutralizing antibodies, as measured against sequential autologous HIV isolates, remained stable in this population in contrast to rapid declines in patients treated with other drugs. This suggests that increased fidelity of M184V RT may limit variability in the HIV env gene and result in protracted effectiveness of anti-viral immune responsiveness. Second, recombinant HIV, that contained the M184V substitution in RT, could not replicate in the presence of d4T, AZT, Nevirapine, Delavirdine or Saquinavir, using previously described protocols for the generation of drug resistance in vitro.
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PMID:Increased fidelity of drug-selected M184V mutated HIV-1 reverse transcriptase as the basis for the effectiveness of 3TC in HIV clinical trials. 920 7

Delavirdine mesylate (U-90152T) is a highly specific nonnucleoside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitor currently under development for the treatment of AIDS. The excretion, disposition, brain penetration, and metabolism of delavirdine were investigated in CD-1 mice after oral administration of [14C]delavirdine mesylate at single doses of 10 and/or 250 mg/kg and multiple doses of 200 mg/kg/day. Studies were conducted with 14C-carboxamide and 2-14C-pyridine labels, as well as 13C3-labeled drug to facilitate metabolite identification. Excretion was dose dependent with 57-70% of the radioactivity eliminated in feces and 25-36% in urine. Pharmacokinetic analyses of delavirdine and its N-desisopropyl metabolite (desalkyl delavirdine) in plasma showed that delavirdine was absorbed and metabolized rapidly, that it constituted a minor component in circulation, that its pharmacokinetics were nonlinear, and that its metabolism to desalkyl delavirdine was capacity limited or inhibitable. Delavirdine did not significantly cross the blood-brain barrier; however, its N-isopropylpyridinepiperazine metabolite arising from amide bond cleavage-was present in brain at levels 2- to 3-fold higher than in plasma. The metabolism of delavirdine in the mouse was extensive and involved amide bond cleavage, N-desalkylation, hydroxylation at the C-6' position of the pyridine ring, and pyridine ring-cleavage as determined by MS and/or 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopies. N-desalkylation and amide bond cleavage were the primary metabolic pathways at low drug doses and, as the biotransformation of delavirdine to desalkyl delavirdine reached saturation or inhibition, amide bond cleavage became the predominant pathway at higher doses and after multiple doses.
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PMID:Metabolism of the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitor delavirdine in mice. 922 77

There are 3 groups of drugs available for the treatment of patients with HIV disease. These are the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors ('nucleoside analogues') [zidovudine, didanosine, zalcitabine, lamivudine and abacavir]; the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (nevirapine, delavirdine and efavirenz); and the protease inhibitors (saquinavir, ritonavir, indinavir, nelfinavir and amprenavir). The preferred initial regimen should reduce and maintain plasma HIV RNA below the level of detection. Presently, the regimen of choice consists of 2 nucleoside analogues plus a protease inhibitor with high in vivo efficacy. An alternative combination consists of 2 nucleoside analogues plus a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor. Drug interactions are one of the major problems associated with these multidrug regimens. Changes in plasma concentrations of the nucleoside analogues are unlikely to be of clinical relevance as drug effect is mainly dependent on the rate and extent of intracellular phosphorylation. Combinations of zidovudine plus stavudine, and probably zalcitabine plus lamivudine, should be avoided as competition for phosphorylating enzymes may occur. The antiviral efficacy of some nucleoside analogues, e.g. stavudine, may be compromised by prior treatment with other nucleosides (e.g. zidovudine). However, these data need to be clarified in further studies. It is unlikely that administration of other antiretrovirals will influence the activity of nucleoside analogues. Protease inhibitors are metabolised by hepatic cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4. Combination protease inhibitor therapy can result in drug interactions mediated by enzyme inhibition. Ritonavir is the most potent inhibitor, saquinavir the least. The protease inhibitors also interact with the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Nevirapine and efavirenz induce drug metabolising enzymes and may reduce plasma concentrations of protease inhibitors. A study in healthy volunteers showed that nelfinavir concentrations are increased by combination with efavirenz. Delavirdine inhibits drug metabolising enzymes and increases the plasma concentration of coadministered protease inhibitors. The nucleoside analogues would not be expected to interact with the protease inhibitors. Apart from the ability of didanosine to reduce the area under the concentration-time curve of delavirdine, there are no reports of clinically significant interactions of other antiretrovirals with the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Triple therapy is the current standard of care for patients with HIV disease. However, studies of quadruple therapy are already under way. Drug interactions are likely to remain one of the major considerations when selecting a therapeutic regimen for patients with HIV.
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PMID:Pharmacokinetics and potential interactions amongst antiretroviral agents used to treat patients with HIV infection. 1032 Sep 51

ACTG 260 was an open-label, four-arm trial designed to study the safety and anti-human immunodeficiency virus (anti-HIV) activity of delavirdine monotherapy at three ranges of concentrations in plasma compared to those of control therapy with zidovudine or didanosine. Delavirdine doses were adjusted weekly until subjects were within their target trough concentration range (3 to 10, 11 to 30, or 31 to 50 microM). A total of 113 subjects were analyzed. At week 2, the mean HIV type 1 (HIV-1) RNA level declines among the subjects in the three delavirdine arms were similar (0.87, 1.08, and 1.02 log10 for the low, middle, and high target arms, respectively), but by week 8, the subjects in the pooled delavirdine arms showed only a 0.10 log10 reduction. In the subjects in the nucleoside arm, mean HIV-1 RNA level reductions at weeks 2 and 8 were 0.67 and 0.55 log10, respectively. Because viral suppression by delavirdine was not maintained, the trial was stopped early. Rash, which was usually self-limited, developed in 36% of subjects who received delavirdine. Delavirdine monotherapy has potent anti-HIV activity at 2 weeks, but its activity is time limited due to the rapid emergence of drug resistance.
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PMID:ACTG 260: a randomized, phase I-II, dose-ranging trial of the anti-human immunodeficiency virus activity of delavirdine monotherapy. The AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 260 Team. 1034 55

Delavirdine is a novel non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor for the treatment of HIV-1-infected patients. A simple and rapid high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the quantification of delavirdine in human plasma suitable for drug monitoring in patients is described. Sample pretreatment consists of protein precipitation with acetonitrile and subsequent evaporation of the extract to concentrate the analyte. The drug is separated from endogenous compounds by isocratic reversed-phase, high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detection. The optimal excitation and emission wavelengths are 300 and 425 nm, respectively. The method has been validated over the range of 50-50 000 ng/ml using only 200 microl of plasma samples. The assay is linear over this concentration range as indicated by the F-test for lack of fit. Within- and between-day precisions are less than 4.4% for all quality control samples. The lower limit of quanititation is 50 ng/ml. Recovery of delavirdine from human plasma is 93.8%. Delavirdine is stable under various conditions, for example 1 h at 60 degrees C and one week at 4 degrees C. This validated assay is suited for use in pharmacokinetic studies with delavirdine and can readily be implemented in the setting of a hospital laboratory for the monitoring of delavirdine concentrations.
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PMID:Rapid quantification of delavirdine, a novel non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, in human plasma using isocratic reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. 1036 Apr 34

Cisapride, a prokinetic agent, has been used for the treatment of a number of gastrointestinal disorders, particularly gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in adults and children. Since 1993, 341 cases of ventricular arrhythmias, including 80 deaths, have been reported to the US Food and Drug Administration. Marketing of the drug has now been discontinued in the US; however, it is still available under a limited-access protocol. Knowledge of the risk factors for cisapride-associated arrhythmias will be essential for its continued use in those patients who meet the eligibility criteria. This review summarises the published literature on the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions of cisapride with concomitantly administered drugs, providing clinicians with practical recommendations for avoiding these potentially fatal events. Pharmacokinetic interactions with cisapride involve inhibition of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4, the primary mode of elimination of cisapride, thereby increasing plasma concentrations of the drug. The macrolide antibacterials clarithromycin, erythromycin and troleandomycin are inhibitors of CYP3A4 and should not be used in conjunction with cisapride. Azithromycin is an alternative. Similarly, azole antifungal agents such as fluconazole, itraconazole and ketoconazole are CYP3A4 inhibitors and their concomitant use with cisapride should be avoided. Of the antidepressants nefazodone and fluvoxamine should be avoided with cisapride. Data with fluoxetine is controversial, we favour the avoidance of its use. Citalopram, paroxetine and sertraline are alternatives. The HIV protease inhibitors amprenavir, indinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir and saquinavir inhibit CYP3A4. Clinical experience with cisapride is lacking but avoidance with all protease inhibitors is recommended, although saquinavir is thought to have clinically insignificant effects on CYP3A4. Delavirdine is also a CYP3A4 inhibitor and should be avoided with cisapride. We also recommend avoiding coadministration of cisapride with amiodarone, cimetidine (alternatives are famotidine, nizatidine, ranitidine or one of the proton pump inhibitors), diltiazem and verapamil (the dihydropyridine calcium antagonists are alternatives), grapefruit juice, isoniazid, metronidazole, quinine, quinupristin/dalfopristin and zileuton (montelukast is an alternative). Pharmacodynamic interactions with cisapride involve drugs that have the potential to have additive effects on the QT interval. We do not recommend use of cisapride with class Ia and III antiarrhythmic drugs or with adenosine, bepridil, cyclobenzaprine, droperidol, haloperidol, nifedipine (immediate release), phenothiazine antipsychotics, tricyclic and tetracyclic antidepressants or vasopressin. Vigilance is advised if anthracyclines, cotrimoxazole (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole), enflurane, halothane, isoflurane, pentamidine or probucol are used with cisapride. In addition, uncorrected electrolyte disturbances induced by diuretics may increase the risk of torsade de pointes. Patients receiving cisapride should be promptly treated for electrolyte disturbances.
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PMID:Drug interactions with cisapride: clinical implications. 1092 50


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