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Preclinical safety profile of sildenafil.

Abstract：

:Sildenafil citrate, marketed as Viagra, for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, has a proven record of safety in humans as predicted by the results of extensive pharmacological and toxicological testing in animals and in vitro, and confirmed by pharmacokinetic exposure data. The aim of this paper is to review succinctly the main findings resulting from these experiments. Daily doses of sildenafil, within and far beyond the human therapeutic range, were given to dogs and rodents for up to 1 and 2 y, respectively. Plasma analyses were conducted to determine the exposure to sildenafil. We found species-specific effects in dogs (Beagle pain syndrome), mice (marked intestinal dilatation) and rats (adaptive reversible hepatocellular hypertrophy associated with secondary thyroid hypertrophy). All these effects in rodents and dogs have no relevance to humans. Morphometric thickness measurements of the retinal layers carried out in response to clinical observations of visual disturbances in humans indicated no difference between treated and control rats and dogs after up to 24 months of treatment. There was no evidence of histopathologic damage to any structures of the visual pathway. Sildenafil had no effects on fertility, no teratogenic potential, was not genotoxic and has no carcinogenic potential. In rats and dogs, safety ratios were 40:1 and 28:1, respectively, in terms of exposure over 24 h (AUC24 h) and 19:1 and 8:1, respectively, in terms of peak plasma concentration (Cmax). These safety ratios illustrate the separation between exposure to sildenafil of animals at large nontoxic doses and the much smaller human therapeutic exposure. This profile highlights the very low risk of human toxicity for sildenafil. The favourable results of the nonclinical safety evaluation of sildenafil in established animal models have been confirmed by many years of clinical experience during the development and marketing of sildenafil.

journal_name

Int J Impot Res

journal_title

International journal of impotence research

authors

Abbott D,Comby P,Charuel C,Graepel P,Hanton G,Leblanc B,Lodola A,Longeart L,Paulus G,Peters C,Stadler J

doi

10.1038/sj.ijir.3901232

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-12-01 00:00:00

pages

498-504

issue

eissn

0955-9930

issn

1476-5489

pii

3901232

journal_volume

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Preclinical safety profile of sildenafil.