BackgroundPharmacokinetics of vinorelbine is mainly known from studies conducted in European patients. Interethnic differences in drug disposition may, however, induce interethnic variation in drug exposure. This paper aimed to evaluate the effect of ethnicity on the bioavailability and clearance of oral and intravenous vinorelbine.MethodsOral and intravenous vinorelbine pharmacokinetics data in Asian patients were pooled from two-phase II studies of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer or advanced breast cancer in China. Blood vinorelbine and its active metabolite, 4-O-deacetylvinorelbine, were quantified using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Bayesian pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated and vinorelbine monotherapy results (intravenous 25mg/m(2); oral 60mg/m(2)) of the Asian data set were compared to a reference European data set (intravenous 30mg/m(2); oral 80mg/m(2)). Subsequently, a population pharmacokinetics analysis was conducted in a combined cohort (Asian data set+historical vinorelbine pharmacokinetics database) to investigate for a potential effect of ethnicity.ResultsPharmacokinetics data from the Asian data set (oral: n=47; intravenous: n=34) was compared to the European reference data set (oral: n=48; intravenous: n=48). Mean apparent clearance of oral vinorelbine and mean absolute clearance of intravenous vinorelbine was comparable between the Asian and reference European data set. A population pharmacokinetic analysis (oral: n=222; intravenous: n=111) demonstrated no influence of ethnicity on oral and intravenous vinorelbine bioavailability and clearance.Conclusion Vinorelbine pharmacokinetics were found to be comparable between Asian and European patients. No relevant influence of ethnicity on vinorelbine bioavailability and clearance for oral and intravenous routes of administration was observed.
[1]Inst Rech Pierre Fabre, 3 Ave Hubert Curien, F-31035 Toulouse, France;
[2]Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Mat Med, Shanghai, Peoples R China;
[3]Sun Yat Sen Univ, Ctr Canc, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China;
[4]Fudan Univ, Canc Hosp, Shanghai, Peoples R China;
[5]307 Hosp PLA, Beijing, Peoples R China
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