title: Pharmacokinetics of cloprednol in healthy volunteers.
abstract: Kinetic data for the synthetic corticoid cloprednol were determined in 8 healthy male volunteers after single oral doses (20 mg). Maximal plasma levels (Cmax) of 426 +/- 116 ng/ml occurred within 101 +/- 44 min after oral intake. Cloprednol plasma levels declined monoexponentially after oral administration. Total apparent plasma clearance was 4.07 +/- 0.72 ml/min/kg and apparent clearance of unbound cloprednol was 9.75 +/- 0.8 ml/min/kg. Plasma protein binding was 74 to 94%. Volume of distribution at steady-state was 0.81 +/- 0.14 l/kg for total cloprednol and 1.99 +/- 0.33 l/kg for unbound drug. The results presented in this study characterize the kinetics of total and unbound cloprednol for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tübingen, FRG.
authors.forename: U F
authors.initials: UF
authors.lastname: Legler
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011282:Pregnenediones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D011282:Pregnenediones; C011731:cloprednol