TABLE 4

Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters of DPC 333 after single oral administration to healthy human volunteers


Parameter

15 mg (n = 6)

25 mg (n = 6)

40 mg (n = 6)

80 mg (n = 12)

120 mg (n = 6)

225 mg (n = 6)

345 mg (n = 6)

530 mg (n = 6)
AUC (nM · h) 341.9 ± 86.3 675.9 ± 223.1 1179.0 ± 244.6 3202.2 ± 957.1 4773.6 ± 1436.5 7888.4 ± 1507.8 23,598.4 ± 5220.5 30,762.2 ± 8718.5
Cmax (nM) 133.6 ± 45.1 303.2 ± 132.0 505.0 ± 148.8 1420.3 ± 450.5 1941.5 ± 404.7 3139.5 ± 510.8 11,001.7 ± 4415.5 13,761.0 ± 4310.8
Tmax (h)a 0.75 (0.5-1.0) 0.5 (0.5-1.0) 0.5 (0.25-1.0) 0.5 (0.5-1.0) 0.5 (0.5-1.0) 0.75 (0.5-1.0) 0.75 (0.25-1.0) 0.5 (0.5-1.0)
t½ (h)b 2.18 ± 0.21 2.86 ± 0.86 3.41 ± 0.67 4.05 ± 0.51 4.89 ± 0.99 5.53 ± 0.88 6.39 ± 0.73 6.04 ± 0.58
C12 h (nM) 2.09 ± 0.79 4.41 ± 2.08 6.36 ± 1.03 20.4 ± 6.60 30.26 ± 12.74 49.03 ± 9.37 152.8 ± 32.2 167.3 ± 43.9
% inhibition of TNF-α release 39.4 ± 16.0 51.8 ± 15.8 58.1 ± 25.8 82.2 ± 10.1 81.6 ± 7.3 91.0 ± 3.7 96.9 ± 1.2 96.1 ± 0.02
Range (25.5-58.5) (30.9-67.7) (27.1-92.1) (57.1-100) (76.6-93.4) (86.4-94.8) (95.6-98.5) (93.9-98.2)
Median Tmax (h)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
  • a Median (range).

  • b Harmonic mean ± pseudo-standard deviation.