modelRifabutin

Diagram of Rifabutin

Extends from Pharmacolibrary.Drugs.ATC.J.J04AB04.

Information

name:Rifabutin
ATC code:J04AB04
route:oral
compartments:2
dosage:300mg
volume of distribution:8.4L
clearance:0.69L/h/kg
other parameters in model implementation

Rifabutin is a rifamycin antibiotic used primarily for the prevention and treatment of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infections, particularly in immunocompromised patients such as those with HIV/AIDS. It is approved for use and is also sometimes used as part of multi-drug regimens for tuberculosis and other atypical mycobacterial infections.

Pharmacokinetics

Pharmacokinetic parameters for healthy adult volunteers, oral administration, single dose.

References

  1. DeRossi, SS, & Hersh, EV (2002). Antibiotics and oral contraceptives. Dental clinics of North America 46(4) 653–664. DOI:10.1016/s0011-8532(02)00017-4 PUBMED:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12436822

  2. Mirochnick, M, et al., & Spector, SA (2001). Population pharmacokinetics of dapsone in children with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 70(1) 24–32. DOI:10.1067/mcp.2001.115891 PUBMED:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11452241

  3. Khalilieh, S, et al., & Iwamoto, M (2020). Clinical Pharmacokinetics of the Novel HIV-1 Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Doravirine: An Assessment of the Effect of Patient Characteristics and Drug-Drug Interactions. Clinical drug investigation 40(10) 927–946. DOI:10.1007/s40261-020-00934-2 PUBMED:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32816220

Parameters

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Modelica.Units.SI.Massweight (from PK_1C)75patient weight (kg)
Modelica.Units.SI.SpecificVolumeVdPerKg (from PK_1C)0.9Volume of distribution (L/kg)
Modelica.Units.SI.MassFractionF (from PK_1C)0.8bioavailiability (0-1)
Pharmacolibrary.Types.ClearanceCl (from PK_1C)20clearance
Modelica.Units.SI.TimeadminTime (from PK_1C)60first administration time (s)
Modelica.Units.SI.TimeadminDuration (from PK_1C)600administration duration (s)
Modelica.Units.SI.TimeadminPeriod (from PK_1C)8*60*60period of administration (default 8 hours)(s)
Pharmacolibrary.Types.MassadminMass (from PK_1C)1000administration mass (mg)
IntegeradminCount (from PK_1C)8number of dose administered (1)
Pharmacolibrary.Types.VolumeVd (from PK_1C)VdPerKg*weightVolume of distribution (m3)
Pharmacolibrary.Types.MassConcentrationCmin (from PK_1C)0.004minimal therapeutic range
Pharmacolibrary.Types.MassConcentrationCmax (from PK_1C)0.008minimal therapeutic range
Pharmacolibrary.Types.MassConcentrationCtox_peak (from PK_1C)0.012toxicity peak level
Pharmacolibrary.Types.MassConcentrationCtox_trough (from PK_1C)0.006toxicity trough level
Pharmacolibrary.Types.VolumeVdp (from PK_2C)VdpPerKg*weightVolume of distribution (m3)
Modelica.Units.SI.SpecificVolumeVdpPerKg (from PK_2C)0.9Volume of distribution peripheral(l/kg)
Pharmacolibrary.Types.Clearancek12 (from PK_2C)1intercompartmental C-P clearance
Pharmacolibrary.Types.Clearancek21 (from PK_2C)1intercompartmental P-C clearance
Pharmacolibrary.Types.TransferRateka (from PK_2C_enteral)0.016666666666666666first order absorption rate
Modelica.Units.SI.TimeTlag (from PK_2C_enteral)600delay between oral administration and absorption (default 10min)

Connectors

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Types.ConcentrationOutputC_central (from PK_1C)
Interfaces.ConcentrationPort_bcentralCPort (from PK_1C)
Interfaces.ConcentrationPort_bperipheralCPort (from PK_2C)
Pharmacolibrary.Types.ConcentrationOutputC_peripheral1 (from PK_2C)

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Pharmacokinetic.NoPerfusedTissueCompartmentcentral (from PK_1C)
Pharmacokinetic.ClearanceDrivenEliminationelim (from PK_1C)
Sources.PeriodicDoseperiodicDose (from PK_1C)
Modelica.Units.SI.Timet1_2 (from PK_1C)elimination half-life
Pharmacolibrary.Pharmacokinetic.TransferFirstOrderNonSymtransfer (from PK_2C)
Pharmacolibrary.Pharmacokinetic.NoPerfusedTissueCompartmentperipheral (from PK_2C)

Revisions

  • 06/2025 Tomas Kulhanek, generated model from data extracted from PUBMED, DrugBank and LLM(GPT4.1)