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Pharmacokinetics and tolerability of different doses of fentanyl following sublingual administration of a rapidly dissolving tablet to cancer patients: a new approach to treatment of incident pain.

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AIMS:It is estimated that two-thirds of cancer patients will at some point during their illness experience breakthrough pain. In this study, the pharmacokinetics of a novel sublingual dosage form of fentanyl developed for breakthrough pain was evaluated. METHODS:Eleven Caucasian patients (seven male and 4 female, aged 34-75 years, median 60 years) with metastatic malignant disease were recruited initially, but three patients withdrew. Prior to the study all patients were on continuous nonfentanyl opiate medication. The study was a double-blind, cross-over trial, consisting of three 1-day treatment periods. A new rapidly dissolving preparation of fentanyl, was administered sublingually in single doses of 100, 200 and 400 microg, respectively, on three separate occasions. Plasma fentanyl concentrations were determined using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Pharmacokinetic parameters were calculated by noncompartment analysis. Tolerability and the occurrence of adverse events were monitored throughout the study by patient questionnaire. RESULTS:The data from nine subjects who completed at least two periods were used in the analysis of variance. There were no significant differences between doses (100, 200 and 400 microg) for dose adjusted AUC (F = 0.42, P = 0.6660), dose adjusted C(max) (F = 0.08, P = 0.9206) and Tmax (F = 0.94, P = 0.4107). Thus, these parameters showed dose proportionality. The differences (400-100microg) in dose adjusted AUC from the three-period crossover analysis was -0.016 min.ng/ml (t = 0.71, P = 0.8718). Interindividual variability in systemic exposure to fentanyl was fairly small (25-40%), which may be related to a good in vivo biopharmaceutical performance of the sublingual tablet, and a relatively small fraction of the dose being swallowed. The first detectable plasma concentration of fentanyl was observed between 8 and 11 min after administration. t(max) increased from 39.7 +/- 17.4 to 48.7 +/- 26.3 and 56.7 +/- 24.6 min for the 100, 200 and 400 microg doses, respectively. Adverse events were few and did not increase with increasing dose. CONCLUSION:With this rapidly dissolving fentanyl formulation, the first detectable plasma concentration of fentanyl was observed at 8-11 min after administration. The pharmacokinetics of the drug showed dose proportionately. This formulation of fentanyl seemed to be well tolerated by the patients.

journal_name

Br J Clin Pharmacol

journal_title

British journal of clinical pharmacology

authors

Lennernäs B,Hedner T,Holmberg M,Bredenberg S,Nyström C,Lennernäs H

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2125.2004.02264.x

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pub_date

2005-02-01 00:00:00

pages

249-53

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eissn

0306-5251

issn

1365-2125

pii

BCP2264

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Pharmacokinetics and tolerability of different doses of fentanyl following sublingual administration of a rapidly dissolving tablet to cancer patients: a new approach to treatment of incident pain.