Dược Động Học :
▧ Absorption :
Tmax, oral dose = 5 hours;
Food increases the oral bioavailability. AUC increases proportionally up to the highest dose studied in healthy volunteers. When 400 mg of bedaquiline is administered once daily for a week, the peak plasma concentration (Cmax) is 5.5 μg/ml and an AUC of 64.75 μgh/ml.
▧ Volume of Distribution :
Vd, central compartment = 164 L
▧ Protein binding :
>99.9 bound to plasma proteins.
▧ Metabolism :
Bedaquiline is hepatically metabolized. The main enzyme involved is CYP3A4 which metabolizes bedaquiline into the N-monodesmethyl metabolite (M2). This metabolite is 4 to 6-times less active in terms of antimycobacterial potency.
▧ Route of Elimination :
Bedaquiline is primarily elimination in the feces. The urinary excretion of unchanged bedaquiline was < 0.001% of the dose in clinical studies, indicating that renal clearance of unchanged drug is insignificant.
▧ Half Life :
Terminal elimination half-life, bedaquiline and M2 = 5.5 months. This long half-life suggests slow release of bedaquiline and M2 from peripheral tissues.