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Published Papers on Amdoxovir (DAPD)


Amdoxovir (DAPD), RFS Pharma's lead drug candidate, is currently undergoing late Phase II clinical trials.

Please visit www.pubmed.gov for abstracts and/or full text versions of the articles below.


Preclinical

Hernandez-Santiago BI, Okikhod A, Fromentin E, Hurwitz SJ, Schinazi RF. Cellular pharmacology of 9-(b-D-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)guanine (DXG) and its lack of drug interactions with zidovudine in primary human lymphocytes. Antivir. Chem. Chemother. 18(6): 343-346, 2007.
Abstract available on PubMed


Menne S, Asif G, Narayanasamy J, Butler SD, George AL, Hurwitz SJ, Schinazi RF, Chu CK, Cote PJ, Gerin JL, Tennant BC. Antiviral effect of orally administered (-)-beta-D-2-aminopurine dioxolane in woodchucks with chronic woodchuck hepatitis virus infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 51(9): 3177-84, 2007 Sep.
Full Text available in PubMed Central


Hurwitz SJ, Asif G, Kivel NM, Schinazi RF. Development of an optimized dose for coformulation of zidovudine with drugs that select for the K65R mutation using a population pharmacokinetic and enzyme kinetic simulation model. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 52(12): 4241-4250, 2008 Dec.
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Fromentin, E, Asif, G, Obikhod, A, Hurwitz, SJ, and Schinazi, RF. Simultaneous quantification of 9(-beta-D-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)guanine, amdoxovir and zidovudine in human plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric assay. J Chromatography B 877(3482-3488), 2009.
Abstract available on PubMed

Fromentin E, et al. Simultaneous quantification of intracellular natural and antiretroviral nucleosides and nucleotides by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Anal Chem. 2010;82(5):1982-9. PubMed PMID: 20143781.
Abstract available on PubMed


Clinical


Thompson MA, Kessler HA, Eron JJ Jr, Jacobson JM, Adda N, Shen G, Zong J, Harris J, Moxham C, Rousseau FS, DAPD-101 Study Group. Short-term safety and pharmacodynamics of amdoxovir in HIV-infected patients. AIDS. 19(15): 1607-15, 2005 Oct 14.
Abstract available on PubMed


Gripshover BM, Ribaudo H, Santana J, Gerber JG, Campbell TB, Hogg E, Jarocki B, Hammer SM, Kuritzkes DR, A5118 Team. Amdoxovir versus placebo with enfuvirtide plus optimized background therapy for HIV-1-infected subjects failing current therapy (AACTG A5118). Antivir Ther. 11(5): 619-23, 2006.
Abstract available on PubMed


Margolis DM, Mukherjee AL, Fletcher CV, Hogg E, Ogata-Arakaki D, Petersen T, Rusin D, Martinez A, Mellors JW. The use of beta-D-2,6-diaminopurine dioxolane with or without mycophenolate mofetil in drug-resistant HIV infection. AIDS. 21(15): 2025-32, 2007 Oct 1.
Abstract available on PubMed


Murphy, R.L., Kivel, N.M., Zala, C., Ochoa, C., Tharnish, P., Mathew, J., Pascual, M.L., Schinazi, R.F.: Antiviral activity and tolerability of amdoxovir with zidovudine in a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study in HIV-1-infected individuals. Antivir Ther. 15:185-192, 2010.
Abstract available on PubMed


Hurwitz, S.J., Asif, G., Fromentin, E., Tharnish, P.M. and Schinazi, R.F.: Lack of pharmacokinetic interaction between amdoxovir and reduced- and standard-dose zidovudine in HIV-1 infected individuals. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother., 54(1248-1255), 2010.
Abstract avaialble on PubMed


Won SY, and Kessler HA. Amdoxovir. The Use of Antibiotics: A Clinical Review of Antibacterial, Antifungal and Antiviral Drugs. Sixth edition. Grayson L et al. October 2010, pages 2627-35. Hodder Arnold publication.
Book chapter available from Hodder education