Farmacocinética do Benznidazol administrado em coelhos na forma de comprimidos de liberação imediata e comprimidos de liberação prolongada

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Davanço, Marcelo Gomes [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Química farmacêutica; Chagas, Doença de; Farmacocinética; Medicamentos - Biodisponibilidade; Biodisponibilidade; Bioavailability
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/132571; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/22-12-2015/000856204.pdf

Benznidazole (BNZ) is the first-line drug for the treatment of Chagas disease. In Brazil, the drug is available in the form of immediate-release tablets, 100-mg (adult) and 12.5-mg (pediatric); the drug is administered twice or thrice daily for 60 days. The high frequency of daily administrations and the long period of treatment are factors that significantly contribute to the abandonment of therapy, affecting therapeutic success. In this scenario, researchers from Laboratory of Medicine Technology (Federal University of Pernambuco) developed BNZ extended-release tablets (ERK4M and ERK100M). This study aimed to evaluate the preclinical pharmacokinetics of BNZ administered as extended-release tablets (200-mg dose) compared to the tablets currently available. The studies were conducted in rabbits and BNZ quantification was performed in plasma and urine by ultra performance liquid chromatography methods previously validated. The mean residence time (MRT) was twice as high for the tablet ERK100M when compared to the immediaterelease adult. The time to maximum plasma concentration (tmax) was three times higher for the tablet ERK100M when compared to immediate-release adult. The maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) there no was no statistical difference between the different types of tablet (100-mg and 200-mg), demonstrating that even administering a double dose (extended-release tablets), plasma concentrations do not exceed the immediate-release adult tablet (100-mg). The bioavailability of BNZ was adequate in the administration of extended-release tablets and immediaterelease adult tablet; however, with the administration of the pediatric tablet, bioavailability was lower than with other tablets. The pharmacokinetic parameters demonstrated that the ERK100M tablet prolonged drug release from the polymer matrix and provided an increase in the maintenance of the drug concentration in vivo. Thus, a relative bioavailability study in humans will be ...