Population pharmacokinetic model for cancer chemoprevention with sulindac in healthy subjects.

ABSTRACT: Sulindac is a prescription-based non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that continues to be actively investigated as a candidate cancer chemoprevention agent. To further current understanding of sulindac bioavailability, metabolism, and disposition, we developed a population pharmacokinetic model for the parent compound and its active metabolites, sulindac sulfide, and exisulind. This analysis was based on data from 24 healthy subjects who participated in a bioequivalence study comparing two formulations of sulindac. The complex disposition of sulindac and its metabolites was described by a seven-compartment model featuring enterohepatic recirculation and is the first reported population pharmacokinetic model for sulindac. The derived model was used to explore effects of clinical va

SUBMITTER: Berg AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4120995 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature