TABLE 4

Simulated PK parameters for bufuralol and dextromethorphan

Dose of bufuralol (60 mg) or dextromethorphan (30 mg) simulation for 24 h. Geometric means reported with fold difference between simulation and traditional SimpH7.4 given in parentheses.

SimulationBufuralolDextromethorphan
CLint,uCLCmaxAUCCLint,uCLCmaxAUC
μl/min/mg proteinl/hμg/lμg/l·hμl/min/mg proteinl/hμg/lμg/l·h
SimpH 7.420.049.02209.021223.9136.0500.475.1659.94
SimpH 7.4, FI20.0 (1.0)118.70 (2.4)116.84 (0.6)505.47 (0.4)36.0 (1.0)1085.39 (2.2)2.61 (0.5)27.64 (0.5)
SimpH 7, FI8.3 (0.4)64.72 (1.3)180.45 (0.9)927.01 (0.8)19.4 (0.5)630.14 (1.3)4.28 (0.8)47.61 (0.8)
Observed66.96164a896a845.13.49b35.5b
  • CL, clearance calculated as dose/AUC; CLint,u, in vitro intrinsic clearance corrected for fraction unbound in microsomes.

  • a Dayer et al. (1982).

  • b Chi et al. (2013).