title: Pharmacodynamic model of the haemodynamic effects of pinacidil in normotensive volunteers.
abstract: The concentration-effect relationships of pinacidil, a peripheral vasodilator, have been measured in 12 healthy adults who received placebo or pinacidil 25 mg daily for 1 week in a cross-over experiment. Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and heart rate (HR) were recorded and blood samples were taken on days 1 and 7. Plasma drug concentration-time data were fitted by a biexponential function with zero-order input. The pharmacokinetic model was incorporated into a combined pharmacokinetic-dynamic model (PK-PD) using the Hill equation, which has three parameters: n, the sigmoidicity parameter, Emax the maximum effect and EC50 the concentration which gives 50% of Emax. For delta DBP, the parameter medians were estimated as n = 5, EC50 = 44.6 ng.ml-1 and Emax = 13.5 mmHg. A hysteresis loop was found when delta HR was plotted against concentration, which could be fitted by a linear effect compartment model. Simulations showed that experimental delta DBP points on Day 7 could be predicted from a simulated curve computed by the model using parameters estimated on Day 1. Using the simulation, it was possible to suggest an optimal dosage regimen for pinacidil tablets.
authors.affiliation: INSERM, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Girard
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Saumet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Boissel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006146:Guanidines / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020110:Pinacidil; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D006146:Guanidines; D015221:Potassium Channels; D020110:Pinacidil