ICH Guidelines Flashcards
These studies are are often performed in a very early phase of development before a bioanalytical method has been developed and toxicokinetic monitoring of these studies is therefore not normally possible.
Single-dose toxicity studies
For negative results of this type of study, it may be appropriate to have demonstrated systemic exposure in the species used or to have characterized exposure in the indicator tissue.
Genotoxicity studies
During this type of study, the treatment regimen and species should be selected whenever possible with regard to pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic principles.
Repeated-dose toxicity studies
Thus, the emphasis of this guidance is on the need to estimate systemic exposure, to parent compound and/or metabolite(s) at appropriate dose levels and at various stages of this type of study, so that the findings of the study may be considered in the perspective of comparative exposure for the animal model and humans.
Oncogenicity Study
The limitation of exposure in reproductive toxicity is usually governed by what?
Maternal Toxicity
The chemical entity assayed in biological samples.
Analyte
What is the definition of Matrix?
Blood, plasma, urine, serum or other fluid or tissue selected for assay.
Toxicokinetic measurements performed in the toxicity study, either in all animals or in representative subgroups or in satellite groups.
Concomitant toxicokinetics
This is represented by pharmacokinetic parameters demonstrating the local and systemic burden on the test species with the test compound and/or its metabolites. The area under the matrix level concentration-time curve (AUC) and/or the measurement of matrix concentrations at the expected peak-concentration time Cmax, or at some other selected time C(time),are the most commonly used parameters.
Exposure
What is it called to take a small number of matrix samples (e.g. 1-3) during a dosing interval to estimate C(time) or Cmax?
Monitor
What is it called to take (e.g. 4-8) matrix samples during a dosing interval to make an estimate of Cmax and/or C(time) and area under matrix concentrationtime curve (AUC)?
Profile
What are Satellite Groups?
Groups of animals included in the design and conduct of a toxicity study, treated and housed under conditions identical to those of the main study animals, but used primarily for toxicokinetics.
What word means - to ratify or confirm the design of a toxicity study with respect to pharmacokinetic and metabolic principles?
Support
What word means - to establish the accuracy, precision, reproducibility, response function and the specificity of the analytical method with reference to the biological matrix to be examined and the analyte to be quantified?
Validate
What is Cmax?
Maximum peak concentration
What is C(time)?
Maximum concentration at a specified time after administration of a given dose.
What is tmax?
Time to reach peak or maximum concentration following administration
What is AUC(0-t)?
Area under concentration-time curve from zero to time t. It should be noted that AUC(0-infinity) is a special case of AUC(0-t).
Which of these is false?
1. Increases in exposure may arise unexpectedly as a result of nonlinear kinetics due to saturation of a clearance process.
2. Decreasing exposure may also occur during the course of a study for those compounds which have a particularly long plasma half-life.
3. Careful attention should also be paid to compounds which achieve high Cmax values over comparatively short time periods within the dosing interval.
4. Unexpectedly low exposure may occur during a study as a result of auto-induction of metabolising enzymes.
2. It should read “Increasing”
What are the purposes of the ICH Safety Guidelines
1st- Describe systemic exposure and relationship to dose level and time
2nd- Relate exposure to toxicity, support choice of species, provide information to design subsequent non-clinical studies
What term is a method to collect a very small amount of blood (typically ≤50 µL) that is generally used to measure concentrations of a drug and/or its metabolites, and subsequently calculate the appropriate TK parameters? And what species are typically used?
Microsampling
Rodents and non-rodents
What are the benefits/advantages of microsampling?
Minimizing the volume of blood collection can reduce pain and distress in animals and improve the animal welfare (refinement) of rodents and non-rodents. It can also eliminate the TK satellite group or reduce the number of animals required.