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    Establishing Dosing Recommendations for Efavirenz in HIV/TB-Coinfected Children Younger Than 3 Years.
    (2019-Aug-01) Bwakura Dangarembizi M; Samson P; Capparelli EV; Moore CB; Jean-Philippe P; Spector SA; Chakhtoura N; Benns A; Zimmer B; Purdue L; Jackson C; Wallis C; Libous JL; Chadwick EG; Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe.; Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA.; IMPAACT Operations Center, FHI360, Durham, NC.; BARC-SA and Lancet Laboratories, Johannesburg, South Africa.; National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD.; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA.; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Boston, MA.; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.; Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.; Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.; Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Amherst, NY.; Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.; University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.; CIDRZ; Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)
    BACKGROUND: CYP2B6 516 genotype-directed dosing improves efavirenz (EFV) exposures in HIV-infected children younger than 36 months, but such data are lacking in those with tuberculosis (TB) coinfection. METHODS: Phase I, 24-week safety and pharmacokinetic (PK) study of EFV in HIV-infected children aged 3 to <36 months, with or without TB. CYP2B6 516 genotype classified children into extensive metabolizers (516 TT/GT) and poor metabolizers [(PMs), 516 TT]. EFV doses were 25%-33% higher in children with HIV/TB coinfection targeting EFV area under the curve (AUC) 35-180 μg × h/mL, with individual dose adjustment as necessary. Safety and virologic evaluations were performed every 4-8 weeks. RESULTS: Fourteen children from 2 African countries and India with HIV/TB enrolled, with 11 aged 3 to <24 months and 3 aged 24-36 months, 12 extensive metabolizers and 2 PMs. Median (Q1, Q3) EFV AUC was 92.87 (40.95, 160.81) μg × h/mL in 8/9 evaluable children aged 3 to <24 months and 319.05 (172.56, 360.48) μg × h/mL in children aged 24-36 months. AUC targets were met in 6/8 and 2/5 of the younger and older age groups, respectively. EFV clearance was reduced in PM's and older children. Pharmacokinetic modeling predicted adequate EFV concentrations if children younger than 24 months received TB-uninfected dosing. All 9 completing 24 weeks achieved viral suppression. Five/14 discontinued treatment early: 1 neutropenia, 3 nonadherence, and 1 with excessive EFV AUC. CONCLUSIONS: Genotype-directed dosing safely achieved therapeutic EFV concentrations and virologic suppression in HIV/TB-coinfected children younger than 24 months, but further study is needed to confirm appropriate dosing in those aged 24-36 months. This approach is most important for young children and currently a critical unmet need in TB-endemic countries.