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Influence of esomeprazole on the bioavailability of afatinib: A pharmacokinetic cross-over study in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie - 1 Nov 2022
Veerman G D Marijn, Hurkmans Daan P, Paats Marthe S, Oomen-de Hoop Esther, van der Leest Cor H, van Thiel Eric R E, Aerts Joachim G J V, van Leeuwen Roelof W, Dingemans Anne-Marie C, Mathijssen Ron H J
Abstract excerpt
Afatinib is an oral small-molecule kinase inhibitor (SMKI) approved for treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) driver mutation. Although oral administration is convenient, most SMKIs experience pH-dependent solubility. A drug-drug interaction between afatinib and proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) has, however, never been studied in humans. Hence, we...
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