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Dear All
I did an experiment for the pharmacokinetic study of our compound recently.
In my study, I found that if I calculate the PK parameters with the C-T curve from a same rat, the blood elimination half-life of the compound is about 4.5 hours. However, if I use the data obtained from a serial rats (from distribution study, 6 rats at each time point), the blood elimination half-life is about 1.5 hours.
I'm very grateful if someone can give me some advices on how to explain the difference between these two calculation methods.
Thank you very much!
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Best Regards,
Alec YU
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Alec:
I am not surprised at all at your result. Have a look at our paper of some 20 years ago, Noninvasive Estimation of Bound and Mobile Platinum Compounds in the Kidney Using a Radiopharmacokinetic Model. R. R. Brechner, D. Z. D'Argenio, R. Dahalan and W. Wolf, J. Pharm. Sci., 75, 873-877, 1986, where we documented that key parameters will depend significantly on the unique physiological (or pathophysiological) characteristics of each individual. What you have to look at are the mechanisms involved: is your compound metabolized/bound in plasma?; is the elimination primarily renal of the compound itself or of one of its metabolites?; is your compound metabolized in the liver or in other tissues?.
There is a cartoon in Remington that illustrates how statistical considerations can be misleading for single individuals: a duck is sitting exactly between two bullet holes, and the legend says: on the average, the duck is dead.
-- Professor Walter Wolf, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Director, Pharmacokinetic Imaging Program
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy
Chair, Biomedical Imaging Science Initiative
University of Southern California
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