Effect of a high-calorie, high-fat meal on the bioavailability and pharmacokinetics of PA-824 in healthy adult subjects

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Nov;57(11):5516-20. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00798-13. Epub 2013 Aug 26.

Abstract

PA-824 is a novel nitroimidazo-oxazine being developed as an antituberculosis agent. Two randomized studies evaluated the pharmacokinetics and safety of a single oral dose of PA-824 administered to healthy adult subjects 30 min after a high-calorie, high-fat meal (fed state) versus after a minimum 10-h fast (fasted state). A total of 48 subjects were dosed in the two studies in a randomized crossover design with PA-824 at dose levels of 50, 200, or 1,000 mg in the fed state or fasted state. After the administration of PA-824, the geometric mean ratios of Cmax and AUC0-∞ revealed an increase in exposure with the addition of a high-calorie, high-fat meal compared to the fasted state by 140 and 145% at 50 mg, 176 and 188% at 200 mg, and 450 and 473% at 50, 200, and 1,000 mg, respectively. The median Tmax in the fed state was 4 h for the 50-mg dose and 5 h for the 200- and 1,000-mg doses. In the fasted state, the median Tmax was 4 h for the 50- and 200-mg doses and 6.5 h for the 1,000-mg dose. All doses were well tolerated, and no serious adverse events occurred in either study. (This study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under registration numbers NCT01828827 and NCT01830439.).

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Adult
  • Antitubercular Agents / blood
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacokinetics*
  • Area Under Curve
  • Biological Availability
  • Cross-Over Studies
  • Dietary Fats / administration & dosage*
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Fasting
  • Female
  • Food-Drug Interactions*
  • Healthy Volunteers
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nitroimidazoles / blood
  • Nitroimidazoles / pharmacokinetics*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Dietary Fats
  • Nitroimidazoles
  • pretomanid

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT01828827
  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT01830439