Population Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Bisoprolol in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome

J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2019 Mar;73(3):136-142. doi: 10.1097/FJC.0000000000000644.

Abstract

To date, many questions about the extent and cause of pharmacokinetic (PK) variability of even the most widely studied and prescribed β1-adrenergic receptor blockers, such as metoprolol and bisoprolol, remain unanswered. Given that there are still no published population pharmacokinetic (PopPK) analyses of bisoprolol in routinely treated patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), the aim of this study was to determine its PK variability in 71 Serbian patients with ACS. PopPK analysis was conducted using a nonlinear mixed-effects model (NONMEM), version 7.3.0 (Icon Development Solutions). In each patient, the same formulation of bisoprolol was administered once or twice daily at a total daily dose of 0.625-7.5 mg. We separately assessed the effects of 31 covariates on the PKs of bisoprolol, and our results indicated that only 2 covariates could have possible influence on the variability of the clearance of bisoprolol: the mean daily dose of the drug and smoking habits of patients. These findings suggest that possible autoinduction of drug metabolism by higher total daily doses and induction of cytochrome P450 isoform 3A4 (CYP3A4) by cigarette smoke in liver could be the potential causes of increased total clearance of bisoprolol in patients with ACS.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / blood
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists / administration & dosage
  • Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists / blood
  • Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists / pharmacokinetics*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bisoprolol / administration & dosage
  • Bisoprolol / blood
  • Bisoprolol / pharmacokinetics*
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A / biosynthesis
  • Enzyme Induction
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver / enzymology
  • Male
  • Metabolic Clearance Rate
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Biological*
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Serbia
  • Smokers
  • Smoking / adverse effects
  • Smoking / blood

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A
  • CYP3A4 protein, human
  • Bisoprolol