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SUBMITTER: Elborn JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5351008 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Elborn J S JS Bhatt L L Grosswald R R Ahuja S S Springman E B EB
Clinical and translational science 20161028 1
Acebilustat is a new once-daily oral antiinflammatory drug in development for treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) and other diseases. It is an inhibitor of leukotriene A4 hydrolase; therefore, production of leukotriene B4 (LTB4) in biological fluids provides a direct measure of the pharmacodynamic (PD) response to acebilustat treatment. Here we compare the pharmacokinetics (PK) and PD between CF patients and healthy volunteers, and investigate the food effect and CYP3A4 induction in healthy volunt ...[more]