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SUBMITTER: Brill MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4728292 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brill M J E MJ Välitalo P A J PA Darwich A S AS van Ramshorst B B van Dongen H P A HP Rostami-Hodjegan A A Danhof M M Knibbe C A J CA
CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology 20151218 1
This study aimed to describe the pharmacokinetics of midazolam and its cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A) mediated metabolite 1-OH-midazolam in morbidly obese patients receiving oral and i.v. midazolam before (n = 20) and one year after weight loss surgery (n = 18), thereby providing insight into the influence of weight loss surgery on CYP3A activity in the gut wall and liver. In a semiphysiologically based pharmacokinetic (semi-PBPK) model in which different blood flow scenarios were evaluated, intrins ...[more]