2018
Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Model of CW002, an Investigational Intermediate Neuromuscular Blocking Agent, in Healthy Volunteers
Kaullen JD, Owen JS, Brouwer KLR, Heerdt PM, Lien CA, Savarese JJ, Schmith VD. Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Model of CW002, an Investigational Intermediate Neuromuscular Blocking Agent, in Healthy Volunteers. Anesthesiology 2018, 128: 1107-1116. PMID: 29494403, PMCID: PMC5953789, DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000002157.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeuromuscular blocking agentsBlocking agentRapid onsetPharmacodynamic modelDifferent dose cohortsMuscle twitch heightOffset of effectSingle ascending dosePharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic ModelArterial plasma concentrationsIntermediate durationPlasma drug concentration dataSigmoid Emax modelDose-response studyDrug concentration dataConcentration-time dataLow interindividual variabilityDose cohortsED95 dosesAscending dosePredictable pharmacokineticsSevoflurane anesthesiaPopulation pharmacokineticsSingle dosesTwitch height
2015
Novel neuromuscular blocking drugs and antagonists
Heerdt PM, Sunaga H, Savarese JJ. Novel neuromuscular blocking drugs and antagonists. Current Opinion In Anaesthesiology 2015, 28: 403-410. PMID: 26087274, DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000000209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMuscle relaxantsClinical trialsNeuromuscular blocking drugsNondepolarizing muscle relaxantsNew muscle relaxantsL-cysteine injectionNondepolarizing drugSugammadex reversalBlocking drugsHistamine releasePreclinical studiesComplete paralysisCysteine injectionClinical developmentCW002RelaxantsRapid reversalIntermediate durationDrugsGantacuriumTrialsInjectionDurationRocuroniumSugammadex
2010
Rapid Chemical Antagonism of Neuromuscular Blockade by l-Cysteine Adduction to and Inactivation of the Olefinic (Double-bonded) Isoquinolinium Diester Compounds Gantacurium (AV430A), CW 002, and CW 011
Savarese JJ, McGilvra JD, Sunaga H, Belmont MR, Van Ornum SG, Savard PM, Heerdt PM. Rapid Chemical Antagonism of Neuromuscular Blockade by l-Cysteine Adduction to and Inactivation of the Olefinic (Double-bonded) Isoquinolinium Diester Compounds Gantacurium (AV430A), CW 002, and CW 011. Anesthesiology 2010, 113: 58-73. PMID: 20526187, DOI: 10.1097/aln.0b013e3181dc1b5b.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlkenesAnimalsAtracuriumChemical PhenomenaCholinesterase InhibitorsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidCysteineDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug InteractionsEdrophoniumHaplorhiniIsoquinolinesMacaca mulattaMaleMaleatesNeostigmineNeuromuscular BlockadeNeuromuscular Blocking AgentsStructure-Activity RelationshipConceptsDuration of blockED95 dosesNeuromuscular blockadeNeuromuscular blockersNovel agentsTwitch inhibitionCysteine adductionGantacuriumExogenous L-cysteineIntermediate durationAdductionL-cysteineED95Preliminary dataBlockadeAntagonismChemical antagonismHigh-performance liquid chromatographyDurationMinRapid adductionAdduction productsCisatracuriumLiquid chromatographyBlockers