TABLE 1

Key input parameters for the PBPK model of rivaroxaban

ParameterValueMethod/Reference
Molecular weight (g/mol)435.88CAS ID: 366789-02-8
Log P1.5Mueck et al., 2014
Compound typeNeutral
B/P0.71Grillo et al. 2012
fu0.065Grillo et al., 2012
Main plasma binding proteinHuman serum albumin(US Food and Drug Administration, 2011a)—
Absorption modelADAM model
fu,gut0.21Predicted
Peff,man (10−4 cm/s)3.020492Predicted
Permeability assayCaco-2Gnoth et al., 2011
Apical pH: Basolateral pH7.4: 7.4Gnoth et al., 2011
ActivityPassive and activeGnoth et al., 2011
Papp,A:B (10−6 cm/s)8Gnoth et al., 2011
Reference compoundMultipleGnoth et al., 2011
Reference compound Papp,A:B (10−6 cm/s)0Gnoth et al., 2011
Scalar1.284077Predicted
Solubility pH TypeIntrinsic
Solubility (mg/ml)0.01Takács-Novák et al., 2013
TransporterABCB1 (P-gp/MDR1)
Jmax (pmol/min)37.83Determined experimentally
Km (μM)9.416Determined experimentally
fu,inc1Predicted
Insert growth area of the Transwell (cm2)0.33Determined experimentally
SystemMDCKDetermined experimentally
RAF/REF1.5
Distribution modelFull PBPK model
VSS (l/kg)0.3824139Predicted: method 2
EnzymeCYP3A4Predicted in Simcyp using the Retrograde Calculator
PathwayPathway 1
CLint (μl/min per picomoles)0.06353705
EnzymeCYP2J2Predicted in Simcyp using the Retrograde Calculator
PathwayPathway 1
CLint (μl/min per picomoles)5.685421
CLint (HLM) (μl/min per milligram protein)7.998799Predicted in Simcyp using the Retrograde Calculator
Mechanistic kidney model
CLPD,basal (ml/min per million proximal tubular cells)1.09E−05Determined experimentally
CLPD,apical (ml/min per million proximal tubular cells)1.09E−05Determined experimentally
fu,kidney,cell0.3788975Predicted in Simcyp
fu,urine1
TransporterSLC22A8 (OAT3)
FunctionUptake
CLint,T (μl/min per million cells)43Scaled using sensitivity analysis
TransporterABCB1 (P-gp/MDR1)
FunctionEfflux
Jmax (pmol/min per million cells)80.921Determined experimentally
Km (μM)9.416Determined experimentally
RAF/REF4
  • ADAM, advanced dissolution, absorption, and metabolism; B/P, blood to plasma partition ratio; CAS, Chemical Abstracts Service; CLint, in vitro intrinsic clearance; CLint,T, in vitro transporter-mediated intrinsic clearance; fu, fraction unbound in plasma; fu,gut, fraction unbound in the enterocytes; fu,inc, fraction unbound in the in vitro incubation; fu,urine, fraction unbound in the urine; fu,kidney,cell, fraction unbound in the kidney cell; HLM, human liver microsomes; ID, identification; log P, common logarithm of the octanol:water partition coefficient; Papp,A:B, apical-basolateral in vitro apparent permeability; Peff,man, human jejunum effective permeability; RAF/REF, relative activity factor/relative expression factor; Vss, volume of distribution at steady state.