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Serum carbamazepine concentrations in elderly patients: a case-matched pharmacokinetic evaluation based on therapeutic drug monitoring data.
Epilepsia 2003 July
PURPOSE: To assess the influence of aging on the steady-state pharmacokinetics of carbamazepine (CBZ) in a large population of patients evaluated in a therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) setting.
METHODS: The database of a large TDM service was used to identify retrospectively steady-state serum CBZ concentrations in 157 elderly patients with epilepsy (65 years and older) treated with CBZ alone or in combination with phenobarbital (PB). CBZ apparent oral clearance (CL/F) values were calculated and compared with those determined in an equal number of controls aged 20 to 50 years, and matched for gender, body weight, and comedication.
RESULTS: Compared with corresponding controls, mean CBZ CL/F values were 23% and 24% lower, respectively, in the groups of elderly patients receiving monotherapy (57.1 +/- 20.6 vs. 74.6 +/- 28.3 ml/h/kg; p < 0.0001) and PB comedication (74.7 +/- 25.5 vs. 98.7 +/- 34.9 ml/h/kg; p < 0.01). Within each age group, patients comedicated with PB showed significantly higher CBZ CL/F values than those on monotherapy. A negative correlation between CL/F and age was found both within the monotherapy and the PB comedicated groups. In addition, CL/F values showed a positive relation with the administered daily dosage, which persisted within subgroups homogeneous for age and comedication. The independent influence of age, CBZ dosage, and comedication on CBZ CL/F was confirmed by multiple regression analysis.
CONCLUSIONS: CBZ CL/F is decreased in an age-dependent manner in elderly patients compared with younger subjects, presumably because a reduction in the rate of CYP3A4-mediated drug metabolism. Elderly patients retain their sensitivity to dose-dependent autoinduction and to heteroinduction by enzyme-inducing AEDs, but their metabolic rates remain considerably below those observed in matched controls. As a result of this, patients in old age will require lower CBZ dosages to achieve serum concentrations comparable with those found in nonelderly adults.
METHODS: The database of a large TDM service was used to identify retrospectively steady-state serum CBZ concentrations in 157 elderly patients with epilepsy (65 years and older) treated with CBZ alone or in combination with phenobarbital (PB). CBZ apparent oral clearance (CL/F) values were calculated and compared with those determined in an equal number of controls aged 20 to 50 years, and matched for gender, body weight, and comedication.
RESULTS: Compared with corresponding controls, mean CBZ CL/F values were 23% and 24% lower, respectively, in the groups of elderly patients receiving monotherapy (57.1 +/- 20.6 vs. 74.6 +/- 28.3 ml/h/kg; p < 0.0001) and PB comedication (74.7 +/- 25.5 vs. 98.7 +/- 34.9 ml/h/kg; p < 0.01). Within each age group, patients comedicated with PB showed significantly higher CBZ CL/F values than those on monotherapy. A negative correlation between CL/F and age was found both within the monotherapy and the PB comedicated groups. In addition, CL/F values showed a positive relation with the administered daily dosage, which persisted within subgroups homogeneous for age and comedication. The independent influence of age, CBZ dosage, and comedication on CBZ CL/F was confirmed by multiple regression analysis.
CONCLUSIONS: CBZ CL/F is decreased in an age-dependent manner in elderly patients compared with younger subjects, presumably because a reduction in the rate of CYP3A4-mediated drug metabolism. Elderly patients retain their sensitivity to dose-dependent autoinduction and to heteroinduction by enzyme-inducing AEDs, but their metabolic rates remain considerably below those observed in matched controls. As a result of this, patients in old age will require lower CBZ dosages to achieve serum concentrations comparable with those found in nonelderly adults.
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