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Record W4411554374 · doi:10.1007/s40268-025-00514-9

Demonstrating Bioequivalence for a Lumacaftor Monosubstance Formulation Versus Orkambi® (Lumacaftor/Ivacaftor) in Healthy Subjects

2025· article· en· W4411554374 on OpenAlexaff
Alexandra Papaelias, Darcy Lidington, Steffen‐Sebastian Bolz

Bibliographic record

VenueDrugs in R&D · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicCystic Fibrosis Research Advances
Canadian institutionsTed Rogers Centre for Heart ResearchHeart and Stroke FoundationMicropharma (Canada)University of Toronto
Fundersnot available
KeywordsIvacaftorBioequivalenceMedicinePharmacologyPharmacokineticsInternal medicine

Abstract

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: , which is used for treating cystic fibrosis. Experimental evidence suggests that lumacaftor can be used as a monotherapy to improve brain perfusion and memory in heart failure. To clinically assess this therapeutic intervention, a formulation with demonstrated bioequivalence to the currently approved combination product is required. METHODS: (lumacaftor 400 mg/ivacaftor 250 mg; Reference Product) in the fed state and (ii) oral administration of lumacaftor (400 mg; Test Product) in the fasted to fed state. Plasma lumacaftor concentrations were measured with a standard liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry approach. RESULTS: The "Test-to-Reference ratio" of the geometric least-square means for maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve met the Food and Drug Administration-defined criteria for bioequivalence; median times to maximum plasma concentration values were not statistically different. The "Fed to Fasted ratio" of the geometric least-square means for maximum plasma concentration and area under the curve indicated a clear food effect on bioavailability. Lumacaftor exposure was approximately two times higher when administered with fatty foods than when taken in a fasting state. The monosubstance formulation was well tolerated. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that the lumacaftor monosubstance formulation delivers lumacaftor exposure that is not meaningfully different than the currently approved combination product. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT05968612.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.004
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.003
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Non-randomized trial · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.004
Threshold uncertainty score0.023

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0040.003
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.031
GPT teacher head0.383
Teacher spread0.352 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNon-randomized trial
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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