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The incidence of migraine is higher among women than men and peaks during the reproductive years, when contraceptive medication use is common. Atogepant, a potent, selective antagonist of the calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor-in development for migraine prevention-is thus likely to be used by women taking oral contraceptives. This phase 1, open-label, single-center, 2-period, fixed-sequence study examined the effect of multiple-dose atogepant 60 mg once daily on the single-dose pharmacokinetics of a combination oral contraceptive, ethinyl estradiol 0.03 mg and levonorgestrel 0.15 mg (EE/LNG), in healthy postmenopausal or oophorectomized women. For participants in period 1, a single dose of EE/LNG was followed by a 7-day washout. In period 2, atogepant was given once daily on days 1-17; an oral dose of EE/LNG was coadministered with atogepant on day 14. Plasma pharmacokinetic parameters for EE and LNG were assessed following administration with and without atogepant. Twenty-six participants aged 45-64 years enrolled; 22 completed the study in accordance with the protocol. The area under the concentration-time curve extrapolated to infinity (AUC0-∞ ) of LNG was increased by 19% when administered with atogepant. Coadministration of atogepant and a single dose of EE/LNG did not substantially alter the pharmacokinetics of EE; the ∼19% increase in plasma AUC0-∞ of LNG is not anticipated to be clinically significant. Overall, atogepant alone and in combination with EE/LNG was generally well tolerated, with no new safety signals identified. © 2020 Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American College of Clinical Pharmacology.

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Wendy Ankrom, Jialin Xu, Marie-Helene Vallee, Marissa F Dockendorf, Danielle Armas, Ramesh Boinpally, K Chris Min. Atogepant Has No Clinically Relevant Effects on the Pharmacokinetics of an Ethinyl Estradiol/Levonorgestrel Oral Contraceptive in Healthy Female Participants. Journal of clinical pharmacology. 2020 Sep;60(9):1157-1165

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