Clinical Pharmacokinetic Studies of Enzalutamide.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Oral enzalutamide (160 mg once daily) is approved for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). This article describes the pharmacokinetics of enzalutamide and its active metabolite N-desmethyl enzalutamide.

Methods

Results are reported from five clinical studies.

Results

In a dose-escalation study (n = 140), enzalutamide half-life was 5.8 days, steady state was achieved by day 28, accumulation was 8.3-fold, exposure was approximately dose proportional from 30-360 mg/day, and intersubject variability was ≤30 %. In a mass balance study (n = 6), enzalutamide was primarily eliminated by hepatic metabolism. Renal excretion was an insignificant elimination pathway for enzalutamide and N-desmethyl enzalutamide. In a

SUBMITTER: Gibbons JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4580721 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature