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Session 38 Oral Abstracts
Drug Delivery, Interactions and Genetic Variability
Session Day and Time: Wednesday, 10 am-12 noon
Presentation Time: 11:00 am
Room: Ballroom B/C


135LB
Maraviroc (MVC) Pharmacokinetics (PK) in Blood Plasma (BP), Genital Tract (GT) Fluid and Tissue in Healthy Female Volunteers
J Dumond1, Kristine Patterson*1, A Pecha1, R Werner1, E Andrews2, B Damle2, R Tressler2, J Worsley3, K Boggess1, and A Kashuba1
1Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US; 2Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, US; and 3Pfizer Global R&D, Sandwich, Kent, UK

Background:  This study reports the plasma and GT PK of MVC, a new CCR5 antagonist recently approved for use in treatment-experienced patients with R5-tropic HIV infection.  The pharmacology of antiretrovirals (ARVs) in the GT provides insight into the development of ARV resistance in this sanctuary site and sexual transmission of HIV.

Methods: An open-label PK study was performed in 12 HIV sero-negative women receiving MVC 300mg BID for 7 days. Eight paired BP and directly aspirated cervicovaginal fluid (CVF) samples were collected over a 12 hr interval on Day 1 and 7, and at 24, 48, and 72 hrs after the final dose on Day 7. BP and CVF trough samples were collected prior to a.m. doses on Days 2-6. Vaginal tissue biopsy (VTB) samples were collected once per subject at 2, 4, 8, or 12 hrs post-dose on Day 7 (3 subjects/time point).  MVC concentrations were measured by validated LC/MS/MS assays.  Data were analyzed by noncompartmental methods. 

Results:  The mean (SD) PK parameters for MVC are shown below

Parameters

Day 1*

Day 7*

BP

CVF

BP

CVF

VTB***

Cmax (ng/mL)

584 (259)

 

813 (559)

 

662 (242)

 

1452 (1361)

 

781

 

Tmax (hr)**

2 (1-3)

 

6 (4-12)

 

3 (1-4)

 

6 (0-12)

 

4

 

AUCτ (ng*hr/mL)

1991 (518)

 

4655 (3661)

2648 (798)

9629 (7819)

4992

* N = 10 to 12 subjects

** Median (range)

*** Units for VTB Cmax (ng/gm) and AUCτ ( ng*hr/gm)

 

MVC was detectable in CFV with concentrations reaching or exceeding plasma concentrations 4 hr after a single oral dose. Steady-state concentration of MVC in BP and CVF appeared be reached by Day 2 based on trough values. The accumulation ratio based on AUCτ, (Day 7/Day 1) was 1.3 and 2.4 for BP and CVF, respectively.  The AUCτ ratio for CVF / BP was 2.5 and 3.9 on Days 1 and 7, respectively. On Day 7, VTB concentrations were detectable in all samples, and the AUCτ in VTB was 1.9-fold higher than BP.  Once MVC was discontinued, CVF concentrations declined in parallel to BP. 

Conclusions:  This is the first study to investigate simultaneous MVC exposure in BP, CVF and VTB.  MVC exposures in CVF and VTB were higher than those observed in BP. These data indicate that MVC has the potential to be studied as an oral agent for HIV prophylaxis.