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Nature Research, Scientific Reports, 1(13), 2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29798-0

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Application of a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model in predicting captopril disposition in children with chronic kidney disease

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Abstract

AbstractOver the last several decades, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) have been a staple in the treatment of hypertension and renovascular disorders in children. One of the ACEIs, captopril, is projected to have all the benefits of traditional vasodilators. However, conducting clinical trials for determining the pharmacokinetics (PK) of a drug is challenging, particularly in pediatrics. As a result, modeling and simulation methods have been developed to identify the safe and effective dosages of drugs. The physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling is a well-established method that permits extrapolation from adult to juvenile populations. By using SIMCYP simulator, as a modeling platform, a previously developed PBPK drug-disease model of captopril was scaled to renally impaired pediatrics population for predicting captopril PK. The visual predictive checks, predicted/observed ratios (ratiopred/obs), and the average fold error of PK parameters were used for model evaluation. The model predictions were comparable with the reported PK data of captopril in mild and severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, as the mean ratiopred/obs Cmax and AUC0−t were 1.44 (95% CI 1.07 − 1.80) and 1.26 (95% CI 0.93 − 1.59), respectively. The successfully developed captopril-CKD pediatric model can be used in suggesting drug dosing in children diagnosed with different stages of CKD.