Mechanistic Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Dry Powder and Nebulized Formulations of Orally Inhaled TMEM16A Potentiator GDC‐6988

ABSTRACT The orally inhaled route of administration for respiratory indications can maximize drug exposure to the site of action (lung) to increase efficacy while minimizing systemic exposure to achieve an improved safety profile. However, due to the difficulty of taking samples from different regio...

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Main Authors: Rui Zhu, Ian Sorrell, Fang Ma, Miaoran Ning, Yoen‐Ju Son, Gaohong She, Tom De Bruyn, Joshua Galanter, Nastya Kassir, Ryan Owen, Masoud Jamei, Iain Gardner, Yuan Chen
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Published: Wiley 2025-06-01
Series:CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/psp4.70027
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author Rui Zhu
Ian Sorrell
Fang Ma
Miaoran Ning
Yoen‐Ju Son
Gaohong She
Tom De Bruyn
Joshua Galanter
Nastya Kassir
Ryan Owen
Masoud Jamei
Iain Gardner
Yuan Chen
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Ian Sorrell
Fang Ma
Miaoran Ning
Yoen‐Ju Son
Gaohong She
Tom De Bruyn
Joshua Galanter
Nastya Kassir
Ryan Owen
Masoud Jamei
Iain Gardner
Yuan Chen
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description ABSTRACT The orally inhaled route of administration for respiratory indications can maximize drug exposure to the site of action (lung) to increase efficacy while minimizing systemic exposure to achieve an improved safety profile. However, due to the difficulty of taking samples from different regions of the human lung, often only systemic pharmacokinetic (PK) samples are taken and assumed to be reflective of the lung PK of the compound, which may not always be the case. In this study, a mechanistic lung physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model was built using a middle‐out approach (i.e., combining elements of bottom‐up prediction and using clinical data to inform some model parameters) to predict plasma and lung PK of an orally inhaled TMEM16A potentiator GDC‐6988 in humans. The lung PBPK model accounted for lung deposition, lung and oral absorption, systemic clearance, and tissue distribution. The model was refined using data from a Phase 1b study with dry powder (DP) formulation and was also verified using data from a Phase 1 study with a nebulized (Neb) formulation. The refined model adequately captures the observed GDC‐6988 plasma PK profiles in both the DP and Neb studies and allows prediction of the regional lung fluid and tissue concentrations. The sensitivity analyses showed that the systemic Cmax depended on the ratio of airway to alveolar deposition, but this did not impact the AUC. This novel mechanistic lung PBPK modeling framework could be applied to predict plasma and regional lung exposure and inform the early clinical development of inhaled molecules (e.g., dose selection).
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spelling doaj-art-5392b65fbca140a2b983288cb9056d852025-08-20T02:06:49ZengWileyCPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology2163-83062025-06-011461087109710.1002/psp4.70027Mechanistic Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Dry Powder and Nebulized Formulations of Orally Inhaled TMEM16A Potentiator GDC‐6988Rui Zhu0Ian Sorrell1Fang Ma2Miaoran Ning3Yoen‐Ju Son4Gaohong She5Tom De Bruyn6Joshua Galanter7Nastya Kassir8Ryan Owen9Masoud Jamei10Iain Gardner11Yuan Chen12Genentech, Inc. South San Francisco California USACertara UK Limited Sheffield UKGenentech, Inc. South San Francisco California USAGenentech, Inc. South San Francisco California USAGenentech, Inc. South San Francisco California USAGenentech, Inc. South San Francisco California USAGenentech, Inc. South San Francisco California USAGenentech, Inc. South San Francisco California USAGenentech, Inc. South San Francisco California USAGenentech, Inc. South San Francisco California USACertara UK Limited Sheffield UKCertara UK Limited Sheffield UKGenentech, Inc. South San Francisco California USAABSTRACT The orally inhaled route of administration for respiratory indications can maximize drug exposure to the site of action (lung) to increase efficacy while minimizing systemic exposure to achieve an improved safety profile. However, due to the difficulty of taking samples from different regions of the human lung, often only systemic pharmacokinetic (PK) samples are taken and assumed to be reflective of the lung PK of the compound, which may not always be the case. In this study, a mechanistic lung physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model was built using a middle‐out approach (i.e., combining elements of bottom‐up prediction and using clinical data to inform some model parameters) to predict plasma and lung PK of an orally inhaled TMEM16A potentiator GDC‐6988 in humans. The lung PBPK model accounted for lung deposition, lung and oral absorption, systemic clearance, and tissue distribution. The model was refined using data from a Phase 1b study with dry powder (DP) formulation and was also verified using data from a Phase 1 study with a nebulized (Neb) formulation. The refined model adequately captures the observed GDC‐6988 plasma PK profiles in both the DP and Neb studies and allows prediction of the regional lung fluid and tissue concentrations. The sensitivity analyses showed that the systemic Cmax depended on the ratio of airway to alveolar deposition, but this did not impact the AUC. This novel mechanistic lung PBPK modeling framework could be applied to predict plasma and regional lung exposure and inform the early clinical development of inhaled molecules (e.g., dose selection).https://doi.org/10.1002/psp4.70027
spellingShingle Rui Zhu
Ian Sorrell
Fang Ma
Miaoran Ning
Yoen‐Ju Son
Gaohong She
Tom De Bruyn
Joshua Galanter
Nastya Kassir
Ryan Owen
Masoud Jamei
Iain Gardner
Yuan Chen
Mechanistic Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Dry Powder and Nebulized Formulations of Orally Inhaled TMEM16A Potentiator GDC‐6988
CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology
title Mechanistic Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Dry Powder and Nebulized Formulations of Orally Inhaled TMEM16A Potentiator GDC‐6988
title_full Mechanistic Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Dry Powder and Nebulized Formulations of Orally Inhaled TMEM16A Potentiator GDC‐6988
title_fullStr Mechanistic Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Dry Powder and Nebulized Formulations of Orally Inhaled TMEM16A Potentiator GDC‐6988
title_full_unstemmed Mechanistic Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Dry Powder and Nebulized Formulations of Orally Inhaled TMEM16A Potentiator GDC‐6988
title_short Mechanistic Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Dry Powder and Nebulized Formulations of Orally Inhaled TMEM16A Potentiator GDC‐6988
title_sort mechanistic physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling of dry powder and nebulized formulations of orally inhaled tmem16a potentiator gdc 6988
url https://doi.org/10.1002/psp4.70027
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