Arimoclomol
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Dosing in kidney impairment
Recommended Dosage in Patients with Renal Impairment The recommended dosage of MIPLYFFA, in combination with miglustat, in patients with an eGFR ≥ 50 mL/minute is the same as the recommended dosage in patients with normal renal function [see Dosage and Administration]. For patients with an eGFR ≥ 15 to < 50 mL/minute, the recommended oral dosage of MIPLYFFA, in combination with miglustat, for patients with an actual body weight of [see Use in Specific Populations and Clinical Pharmacology] : 8 kg to 15 kg, is 47 mg two times a day > 15 kg to 30 kg, is 62 mg two times a day > 30 kg to 55 kg, is 93 mg two times a day > 55 kg, is 124 mg two times a day Administer MIPLYFFA with or without food.
Preparation and administration
Preparation and Administration Instructions Swallow MIPLYFFA whole. However, for patients who have difficulty swallowing capsules, administer MIPLYFFA in one of two ways: Oral Administration Carefully open the capsule and sprinkle the entire contents into 15 mL of water or apple juice or 15 mL of soft food (e.g., applesauce, pudding, or yogurt).
Stir the mixture for 15 seconds. Consume the entire mixture immediately. Feeding Tube Administration (nasogastric or gastric tube) Carefully open the capsule and sprinkle the entire contents into 20 mL of water. Do not add the capsule contents to other liquids besides water. Stir the mixture for 15 seconds. Administer the entire mixture immediately via feeding tube.
Flush the feeding tube with 5 mL of water after administration. Do not save the mixture for later use.
Drug interactions
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Substrates of the Organic Cationic Transporter 2 (OCT2 substrates) : Monitor for adverse reactions and reduce the dosage of the OCT2 substrate. ( 7.1 )
7.1 Effect of MIPLYFFA on Other Drugs Arimoclomol is an inhibitor of the organic cationic transporter 2 (OCT2) transporter and may increase the exposure of drugs that are OCT2 substrates [see Clinical Pharmacology ( 12.3 )] . When MIPLYFFA is used concomitantly with OCT2 substrates, monitor for adverse reactions and reduce the dosage of the OCT2 substrate.
Contraindications
None. None. ( 4 )
Safety data
Reported adverse events (FAERS)
Liver injury (LiverTox)
LiverTox has no chapter for arimoclomol. Check the label's hepatic warnings.
Pregnancy and lactation
Pregnancy
8.1 Pregnancy Risk Summary Based on findings from animal reproduction studies, MIPLYFFA may cause embryofetal harm when administered during pregnancy. There are no available data on MIPLYFFA use in pregnant females to evaluate a drug-associated risk of major birth defects, miscarriage, or other adverse maternal or fetal outcomes. Advise pregnant females of the potential risk to the fetus. In animal reproduction studies, oral administration of arimoclomol to pregnant rats and rabbits during organogenesis resulted in post-implantation loss and structural abnormalities in offspring.
These occurred at exposures equal to or greater than 10- and 5-fold, in rats and rabbits respectively, the human exposure at the maximum recommended human daily dose of 372 mg ( see Data ). The background risk of major birth defects and miscarriage for the indicated population is unknown. All pregnancies have a background risk of birth defect, loss, or other adverse outcomes. In the U.S. general population, the estimated background risk of major birth defects and miscarriage in clinically recognized pregnancies is 2% to 4% and 15% to 20%, respectively.
Data Animal Data: In an embryofetal development study in pregnant rats, once daily oral doses of arimoclomol were administered throughout organogenesis from gestation day 6 to 17. Increased post-implantation loss was observed at 10-fold the human exposure, based on AUC at the MRHDD, together with increased ossification in the vertebrae and dilated brain ventricles in litters of dams dosed at equal to or greater than 8-fold the human exposure at the MRHDD.
In another embryofetal development study in pregnant rats in which arimoclomol was administered three times-daily throughout organogenesis from gestation day 6 to 17, there was an increase in postimplantation loss and reduced maternal, placental, and fetal weights at 14-fold the human exposure, based on AUC at the MRHD.
In addition, fetuses of dams treated at this exposure level exhibited domed craniums, partially split sternum, hydrocephaly, dilated brain ventricles, dilated interventricular foramen, misaligned and misshapen hemicentres and misaligned ossification sites in the sternebrae, misaligned costal cartilage, increased ossification, cerebral and cerebellar hemorrhages, bipartite supraoccipital, large interparietal bone, marked enlargement of the anterior and posterior fontanelles, hyoid bone, meningocele and fusion of the jugal and maxilla. In an embryofetal development study in pregnant rabbits, arimoclomol was administered once daily by oral gavage throughout…
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