Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of atropine sulfate/obidoxime chloride co-formulation against VX in a guinea pig model.

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology : RTP
Jiska KentropMarloes J A Joosen

Abstract

Nerve agent exposure is generally treated by an antidote formulation composed of a muscarinic antagonist, atropine sulfate (ATR), and a reactivator of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) such as pralidoxime, obidoxime (OBI), methoxime, trimedoxime or HI-6 and an anticonvulsant. Organophosphates (OPs) irreversibly inhibit AChE, the enzyme responsible for termination of acetylcholine signal transduction. Inhibition of AChE leads to overstimulation of the central and peripheral nervous system with convulsive seizures, respiratory distress and death as result. The present study evaluated the efficacy and pharmacokinetics (PK) of ATR/OBI following exposure to two different VX dose levels. The PK of ATR and OBI administered either as a single drug, combined treatment but separately injected, or administered as the ATR/OBI co-formulation, was determined in plasma of naïve guinea pigs and found to be similar for all formulations. Following subcutaneous VX exposure, ATR/OBI-treated animals showed significant improvement in survival rate and progression of clinical signs compared to untreated animals. Moreover, AChE activity after VX exposure in both blood and brain tissue was significantly higher in ATR/OBI-treated animals compared to vehicle-t...Continue Reading

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