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Title
Clinical pharmacology of exogenously administered alkaline phosphatase
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Purpose To evaluate the clinical pharmacology of exogenous alkaline phosphatase (AP). Methods Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled sequential protocols of (1) ascending doses and infusion duration (volunteers) and (2) fixed dose and duration (patients) were conducted at clinical pharmacology and intensive care units. A total of 103 subjects (67 male volunteers and 36 patients with severe sepsis) were administered exogenous, 10-min IV infusions (three ascending doses) or 2472 h continuous (132.5200 U kg−1 24 h−1) IV infusion with/without preceding loading dose and experimental endotoxemia for evaluations of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, safety parameters, antigenicity, inflammatory markers, and outcomes. Results Linearity and dose-proportionality were shown during 10-min infusions. The relatively short elimination half-life necessitated a loading dose to achieve stable enzyme levels. Pharmacokinetic parameters in volunteers and patients were similar. Innate immunity response was not significantly influenced by AP, while renal function significantly improved in sepsis patients. Conclusions The pharmacokinetics of exogenous AP is linear, dose-proportional, exhibit a short half-life, and are not influenced by renal impairment or dialysis.
Language
English
Source (journal)
European journal of clinical pharmacology. - Heidelberg, 1970, currens
Publication
Heidelberg : Springer , 2009
ISSN
0031-6970 [print]
1432-1041 [online]
DOI
10.1007/S00228-008-0591-6
Volume/pages
65 :4 (2009) , p. 393-402
ISI
000264176100008
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UAntwerpen
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