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Comparison of Pharmacokinetic, Pharmacodynamic and Tolerability Profiles of CKD-11101, Darbepoetin Alfa (NESP®) Biosimilar, to Those of NESP® After a Single Subcutaneous or Intravenous Administration to Healthy Subjects

Inseung Jeon, Jaeseong Oh, Yu-Kyung Kwon, Seo Hyun Yoon, Joo‐Youn Cho, In‐Jin Jang, Kyung‐Sang Yu, SeungHwan Lee

Drug Design Development and Therapy, 2021

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Abstract

Introduction: Darbepoetin alfa (NESP ® and ARANESP ® ) has a sustained erythropoietic activity with a longer half-life than conventional recombinant human erythropoietin. CKD-11101 is under clinical development as a biosimilar of darbepoetin alfa. The purpose of this study was to compare the pharmacokinetic (PK), pharmacodynamic (PD), and tolerability profiles of CKD-11101 with those of reference drug in healthy subjects. Methods: This study was performed in two parts for healthy subjects. In each period, CKD-11101 and reference, both at 60 μg, were administered via intravenous (IV) or subcutaneous (SC) route of administration. Results: After both IV or SC dose, the geometric mean ratio (GMR) of CKD-11101 to reference drug and its 90% confidence intervals (CIs) for C max , AUC 0–last and AUC 0–∞ were all within 0.8– 1.25. No statistically significant differences were noted in the maximum baseline adjusted reticulocyte count or the area under the baseline adjusted reticulocyte count-time between the CKD-11101 and reference drug after IV or SC dose (all p -value> 0.05). Both CKD-11101 and reference drug were generally well tolerated. Discussion: After a single IV or SC dose, the CKD-11101 was well tolerated and showed comparable PK and PD characteristics with reference drug. Keywords: pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, biosimilar, darbepoetin alfa

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