Table 2 Simvastatin PK parameters following oral administration of 40 mg simvastatin alone and combined with oral administration of 400 mg imatinib

From: Effects of imatinib mesylate (STI571, Glivec) on the pharmacokinetics of simvastatin, a cytochrome P450 3A4 substrate, in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia

 

Simvastatin plus imatinib

Simvastatin alone

tmax (h)a

1.0 (0.5–3.0)

1.0 (0.5–4.0)

Cmax (ng ml−1)

42.3±25.8

23.3±23.8

t 1/2

2.7±1.3

1.4±0.8

AUC(0–all) (ng h ml−1)

136.4±113.6

45.5±61.1

AUC(0–) (ng h ml−1)

137.7±110.2

47.2±60.4

Vz/F(l)

1543.0±810.9

3115.9±2749.9

CL/F (l h−1)

504.1±431.8

2000.3±1975.3

a Median (range). All unflagged values are mean±s.d. Mean and s.d. values are shown.