Variability of Skin Pharmacokinetic Data: Insights from a Topical Bioequivalence Study Using Dermal Open Flow Microperfu
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RESEARCH PAPER
Variability of Skin Pharmacokinetic Data: Insights from a Topical Bioequivalence Study Using Dermal Open Flow Microperfusion Manfred Bodenlenz 1 & Thomas Augustin 1 & Thomas Birngruber 1 & Katrin I. Tiffner 1 & Beate Boulgaropoulos 1,2 & Simon Schwingenschuh 1 & Sam G. Raney 3 & Elena Rantou 4 & Frank Sinner 1,2
Received: 28 May 2020 / Accepted: 28 August 2020 # The Author(s) 2020
ABSTRACT Purpose Dermal open flow microperfusion (dOFM) has previously demonstrated its utility to assess the bioequivalence (BE) of topical drug products in a clinical study. We aimed to characterize the sources of variability in the dermal pharmacokinetic data from that study. Methods Exploratory statistical analyses were performed with multivariate data from a clinical dOFM-study in 20 healthy adults evaluating the BE, or lack thereof, of Austrian test (T) and U.S. reference (R) acyclovir cream, 5% products. Results The overall variability of logAUC values (CV: 39% for R and 45% for T) was dominated by inter-subject variability (R: 82%, T: 91%) which correlated best with the subject’s skin conductance. Intra-subject variability was 18% (R) and 9% (T) of the overall variability; skin treatment sites or methodological factors did not significantly contribute to that variability. Conclusions Inter-subject variability was the major component of overall variability for acyclovir, and treatment site location did not significantly influence intra-subject variability. Guest Editor: Sam Raney * Frank Sinner [email protected]
These results support a dOFM BE study design with T and R products assessed simultaneously on the same subject, where T and R treatment sites do not necessarily need to be next to each other. Localized variation in skin microstructure may be primarily responsible for intra-subject variability.
KEY WORDS Topical bioequivalence . inter- and intra-subject variability . dermal open flow microperfusion . microdialysis . acyclovir . skin pharmacokinetics
ABBREVIATIONS ANOVA AUC BE BMI Cmax CV dMD dOFM FDA
analysis of variance Area under the dermal concentration-time curve bioequivalence body mass index maximum dermal concentration % coefficient of variation dermal microdialysis dermal open flow microperfusion United States Food and Drug Administration log-transformed AUC values log-transformed Cmax values pharmacokinetics reference product test product transepidermal water loss United States
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HEALTH - Institute for Biomedicine and Health Sciences, Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.H, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 2, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Division of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036 Graz, Austria
logAUC values logCmax PK R T TEWL U.S.
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Division of Therapeutic Performance Office of Research and Standards Office of Generic Drugs, United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, MD 20993 Silver Spring, USA
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