RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Contribution of Metabolites to P450 Inhibition-Based Drug-Drug Interactions: Scholarship from the IQ DMLG Metabolite Group JF Drug Metabolism and Disposition JO Drug Metab Dispos FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics SP dmd.114.059345 DO 10.1124/dmd.114.059345 A1 Yu, Hongbin A1 Balani, Suresh K. A1 Chen, Weichao A1 Cui, Donghui A1 He, Ling A1 Humphreys, William Griffith A1 Mao, Jialin A1 Lai, W. George A1 Lee, Anthony J. A1 Lim, Heng-Keang A1 MacLauchlin, Christopher A1 Prakash, Chandra A1 Surapaneni, Sekhar A1 Tse, Susanna A1 Upthagrove, Alana A1 Walsky, Robert L. A1 Wen, Bo A1 Zeng, Zhaopie YR 2015 UL http://dmd.aspetjournals.org/content/early/2015/02/05/dmd.114.059345.abstract AB Recent EMA (final) and FDA (draft) drug interaction guidances proposed that human circulating metabolites should be investigated in vitro for their drug-drug interaction (DDI) potential if present at ≥ 25% of parent AUC (FDA) or ≥25% parent and ≥10% of total drug-related AUC (EMA). To examine the application of these regulatory recommendations, a group of scientists, representing 18 pharmaceutical companies of the Drug Metabolism Leadership Group of the Innovation and Quality Consortium, conducted a scholarship to assess the risk of contributions by metabolites to cytochrome P450 inhibition-based DDI. The group assessed the risk of having a metabolite as the sole contributor to DDI based on literature data and analysis of 137 most frequently prescribed drugs, defined structural alerts associated with P450 inhibition/inactivation by metabolites, and analyzed current approaches to trigger in vitro DDI studies for metabolites. The group concluded that the risk of P450 inhibition caused by a metabolite alone is low. Only metabolites from 5 out of 137 drugs were likely the sole contributor to the in vivo P450 inhibition-based DDI. Two recommendations were provided when assessing the need to conduct in vitro P450 inhibition studies for metabolites: consider structural alerts that suggest P450 inhibition potential; and use multiple approaches, including approaches by Yu & Tweedie (2013, a metabolite cut-off value of 100% of parent AUC) and Callegari et al. (2013, the Rmet strategy), to predict P450 inhibition-based DDI caused by metabolites in the clinic.