Tissue distribution and elimination of isavuconazole following single and repeat oral-dose administration of isavuconazonium sulfate to rats

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Quantitative whole-body autoradiography was used to assess the distribution and tissue penetration of isavuconazole in rats following single and repeated oral-dose administration of radiolabeled isavuconazonium sulfate, the prodrug of isavuconazole. Following a single-dose administration of radiolabeled isavuconazonium sulfate (labeled on the active moiety), radioactivity was detectable within 1 h postdose in 56 of 65 tissue/fluid specimens. The highest maximum concentrations (Cmax) were observed in bile and liver (66.6 and 24.7 g eq/g, respectively). The lowest Cmax values were in bone and eye lens (0.070 and 0.077 g eq/g, respectively). By 144 h postdose, radioactivity was undetectable in all tissues/fluids except liver (undetectable at 336 h) and adrenal gland tissues (undetectable at 672 h). Following daily administration for up to 21 days, 1-h-postdose Cmax values were the highest on or before day 14 in all except seven tissues/fluids, of which only rectum mucosa and small intestine mucosa had Cmax values 25% higher than all other 1-h-postdose values. For 24-h-postdose Cmax values, only large intestine, large intestine mucosa, and urine had the highest Cmax values at day 21. The penetration of single oral doses of unlabeled isavuconazole (25 mg/kg of body weight isavuconazonium sulfate) and voriconazole (50 mg/kg) into rat brain (assessed using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry) was also compared. Brain concentration/plasma concentration ratios reached approximately 1.8:1 and 2:1, respectively. These data suggest that isavuconazole penetrates most tissues rapidly, reaches a steady state in most or all tissues/fluids within 14 days, does not accumulate in tissues/fluids over time, and achieves potentially efficacious concentrations in the brain.

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Schmitt-Hoffmann, A. H., Kato, K., Townsend, R., Potchoiba, M. J., Hope, W. W., Andes, D., … Schneidkraut, M. J. (2017). Tissue distribution and elimination of isavuconazole following single and repeat oral-dose administration of isavuconazonium sulfate to rats. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 61(12). https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01292-17

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