Almonertinib is a novel third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor.It is mainly metabolized by CYP3A in vitro,and N-desmethylated almonertinib(HAS-719)is the major active metabolite in human plasma.In this study,we investigated the effects of CYP3A inhibitor itraconazole and CYP3A inducer rifampicin on the pharmacokinetics of almonertinib and HAS-719 in 64 healthy volunteers.We found that when co-administered with itraconazole,the maximal plasma concentration(Cmax)and the plasma exposure(AUC0-t)of almonertinib were increased by 56.3％and 2.38-fold,respectively,whereas the Cmax and AUC0-t of HAS-719 were reduced by 86.8％and 71.8％,respectively.Co-administration with rifampicin reduced the Cmax and AUC0-t of almonertinib by 79.3％and 92.6％,but the AUC0-t of HAS-719 was unexpectedly decreased by 72.5％.In vitro assays showed that both almonertinib and HAS-719 were substrates of CYP3A and P-gp.Co-administration of rifampicin in Beagle dogs reduced the fecal recovery of almonertinib and HAS-719,and markedly increased the levels of metabolites derived from further metabolism of HAS-719,which was consistent with human plasma data,suggesting that although rifampicin was also a potent inducer of P-gp,the pharmacokinetic alternation of HAS-719 was mainly due to its further metabolism but not excretion changes.Moreover,we revealed that almonertinib was a moderately sensitive substrate of CYP3A in vivo.Special attention should be paid to the interaction between almonertinib and drugs or food affecting CYP3A activity in the clinical application of almonertinib.

Lu Liu;Wei Li;Le Yang;Zi-tao Guo;Hao Xue;Ning-jie Xie;Xiao-yan Chen

Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 201203,China;University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China

中国药理学报（英文版）

[1]Lu Liu;Wei Li;Le Yang;Zi-tao Guo;Hao Xue;Ning-jie Xie;Xiao-yan Chen-.Itraconazole and rifampicin,as CYP3A modulators but not P-gp modulators,affect the pharmacokinetics of almonertinib and active metabolite HAS-719 in healthy volunteers)[J].中国药理学报（英文版）,2022(04):1082-1090

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