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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
Volume 42, 2012 - Issue 9
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General Xenobiochemistry

Practical use of the regression offset approach for the prediction of in vivo intrinsic clearance from hepatocytes

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Pages 841-853 | Received 21 Dec 2011, Accepted 20 Feb 2012, Published online: 18 Apr 2012
 

Abstract

  1. Systematic under-prediction of clearance is frequently associated with in vitro kinetic data when extrapolated using physiological scaling factors, appropriate binding parameters and the well-stirred model. The present study describes a method of removing this systematic bias through application of empirical correction factors derived from regression analyses applied to the in vitro and in vivo data for a defined set of reference compounds.

  2. Linear regression lines were established with in vivo intrinsic clearance (CLint), derived from in vivo clearance data and scaled in vitro intrinsic clearance from isolated hepatocyte incubations. The scaled CLint was empirically corrected to a predicted in vivo CLint using the slope and intercept from a uniform weighted linear regression applied to the in vitro to in vivo extrapolation.

  3. Cross validation of human data demonstrated that 66% of the reference compounds had a predicted in vivo CLint within two-fold of the observed value. The average absolute fold error (AAFE) for the in vivo CLint predictions was 1.90. For rat, 54% of the compounds had a predicted value within two-fold of the observed and the AAFE was 1.98.

  4. Three AstraZeneca projects are used to exemplify how a two-sided prediction interval, applied to the rat regression corrected reference data, can form the basis for assessing the likelihood that, for a given chemical series, the in vitro kinetic data is predictive of in vivo clearance and is therefore appropriate to guide optimisation of compound metabolic stability.

Acknowledgements

The authors thank Annelie Bengtsson, Jessie Dahlström, Jenny Johansson, Olle Gissberg, Åse Husman Sjöblom, Ulrika Määttä and Ingemo Sjögren for laboratory support. All animal studies were approved by the Stockholm Södra Animal Research Ethical Board.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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