Fran Aweeka, PharmD

Professor
Vice Chair of Research
Department of Clinical Pharmacy
[email protected]
Phone: +1 415 476-1148
Fax: +1 415 476-0307
2540 23rd Street, Rm 2110
UCSF Box 1221
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States

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Education programs

PharmD Degree Program

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Director, Drug Research Unit (DRU)
Pharmacology Core, UCSF Center for AIDS Research

What I do

I am a clinical scientist and professor. My primary areas of interest include the pharmacology of drugs for HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis. I direct a laboratory, Drug Research Unit, that supports this research and the research of other UCSF investigators and researchers at other national and international institutions. I am also involved in the doctor of pharmacy degree program; I serve as codirector of the Inquiry component for our School’s newest curriculum and cochair the pharmaceutical sciences pathway. I also mentor students interested in pharmacology or international research.

Departmental research area

clinical research

My research expertise

pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics of drugs used for HIV, malaria or tuberculosis, effective use of life-saving medications for vulnerable populations in Africa, novel treatments for HIV and HIV-associated inflammation in domestic populations

Clinical expertise

malaria and HIV co-infection, anti-viral drugs, anti-malarial drugs

Professional background

Degrees

PharmD, University of California, San Francisco, 1985
BS, Biological Sciences, University of Southern California (USC), 1981

Licensure and certifications

Licentiate in Pharmacy, California State Board of Pharmacy, 1985

Biography

Dr. Aweeka has >25 years of experience as a clinical pharmacologist focusing on HIV, malaria and tuberculosis treatments. She is interested in deciphering pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) distinctions for vulnerable populations and investigating clinically relevant drug-drug interactions in patients residing in either resource replete or resource limited settings. The Drug Research Unit (DRU, also known as the Global Health Pharmacology Laboratory) for which Dr. Aweeka serves as Director, is recognized for state of the art analytical techniques for quantification of HIV, malaria, TB and oncology drugs in plasma, dried blood spots or within target cells or tissues and these methods are used to support numerous research investigations. Dr. Aweeka serves as PI on an NIH RO1 on PK/PD of malaria and antiretroviral drugs in HIV co-infected children and women in Uganda. The DRU serves as a Pharmacology Core for DAIDS programs; e.g. AIDS Clinical Trials Group and the Center for AIDS Research (supporting >30 NIH studies). Dr. Aweeka has completed the Mentor Development Program and is willing to mentor faculty, fellows, residents and students interested in an academic research career.

Research keywords

  • Malaria, Falciparum
  • Lopinavir
  • Benzoxazines
  • HIV Protease Inhibitors
  • Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic
  • Antimalarials
  • HIV Infections
  • Nevirapine
  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Ethanolamines
  • Quinolines
  • Ritonavir
  • Artemisinins
  • malaria
  • Fluorenes

Publications

Mwebaza N, Roh ME, Geng YZ, Opio L, Opira B, Marzan F, Mwima MW, Ssemukuye T, Guo K, Gingrich D, Fotaki N, Kakuru A, Kizza J, Aguti M, Adrama H, Kamya M, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Aweeka FT, Huang L. Drug-Drug Interaction Between Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine and Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine During Malaria Chemoprevention in Pregnant Women. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2024 Oct 14.
Henrich TJ, Bosch RJ, Godfrey C, Mar H, Nair A, Keefer M, Fichtenbaum C, Moisi D, Clagett B, Buck AM, Deitchman AN, Aweeka F, Li JZ, Kuritzkes DR, Lederman MM, Hsue PY, Deeks SG, ACTG A5337 Team. Sirolimus reduces T cell cycling, immune checkpoint marker expression, and HIV-1 DNA in people with HIV. Cell Rep Med. 2024 Oct 15; 5(10):101745.
Goodwin J, Kajubi R, Wang K, Li F, Wade M, Orukan F, Huang L, Whalen M, Aweeka FT, Mwebaza N, Parikh S. Persistent and multiclonal malaria parasite dynamics despite extended artemether-lumefantrine treatment in children. Nat Commun. 2024 May 07; 15(1):3817.
Ogongo P, Tran A, Marzan F, Gingrich D, Krone M, Aweeka F, Lindestam Arlehamn CS, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Hunt PW, Ernst JD. High-parameter phenotypic characterization reveals a subset of human Th17 cells that preferentially produce IL-17 against M. tuberculosis antigen. Front Immunol. 2024; 15:1378040.
Ogongo P, Tran A, Marzan F, Gingrich D, Krone M, Aweeka F, Lindestam Arlehamn CS, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Hunt PW, Ernst JD. High-parameter phenotypic characterization reveals a subset of human Th17 cells that preferentially produce IL17 against M. tuberculosis antigen. bioRxiv. 2024 Mar 06.
Sok V, Marzan F, Roh M, Guo K, Legac J, Mwebaza N, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Aweeka FT, Huang L. Determination of sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine in microvolume human plasma using ultra high performance liquid chromatography-tandam mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2024 Feb 15; 1234:124030.
Thomas S, Roche E, Desai P, Pawlowska N, Bauer D, Gingrich D, Hsu E, Deitchman AN, Aweeka F, Munster PN. A long-term fulvestrant eluting implant is safe, non-toxic, and reduces the risk of breast cancer in in vivo models. Res Sq. 2023 Oct 23.
Roh ME, Zongo I, Haro A, Huang L, Somé AF, Yerbanga RS, Conrad MD, Wallender E, Legac J, Aweeka F, Ouédraogo JB, Rosenthal PJ. Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Drug Levels and Drug Resistance Markers in Children With or Without Malaria in Burkina Faso: A Case-Control Study. J Infect Dis. 2023 10 03; 228(7):926-935.
Hong H, Aslam-Mir U, Kajubi R, Wallender E, Mwebaza N, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Aweeka FT, Huang L. Efavirenz-Based Antiretroviral Therapy but Not Pregnancy Increased Unbound Piperaquine Exposure in Women during Malaria Chemoprevention. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2023 04 18; 67(4):e0142722.
Whalen ME, Kajubi R, Goodwin J, Orukan F, Colt M, Huang L, Richards K, Wang K, Li F, Mwebaza N, Aweeka FT, Parikh S. The Impact of Extended Treatment With Artemether-lumefantrine on Antimalarial Exposure and Reinfection Risks in Ugandan Children With Uncomplicated Malaria: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 02 08; 76(3):443-452.
Rahman F, Brates I, Aweeka F, Bosch RJ, Deitchman A, Nixon D, Aberg JA. Evaluating the effect of atorvastatin exposure and vitamin D levels on lipid outcomes in people with HIV-1 with suppressed HIV-1 RNA and LDL cholesterol <130 mg/dL. HIV Med. 2023 06; 24(6):749-753.
Kay K, Goodwin J, Ehrlich H, Ou J, Freeman T, Wang K, Li F, Wade M, French J, Huang L, Aweeka F, Mwebaza N, Kajubi R, Riggs M, Ruiz-Garcia A, Parikh S. Impact of Drug Exposure on Resistance Selection Following Artemether-Lumefantrine Treatment for Malaria in Children With and Without HIV in Uganda. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2023 03; 113(3):660-669.
Hughes E, Wallender E, Kajubi R, Jagannathan P, Ochieng T, Kakuru A, Kamya MR, Clark TD, Rosenthal PJ, Dorsey G, Aweeka F, Savic RM. Piperaquine-Induced QTc Prolongation Decreases With Repeated Monthly Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Dosing in Pregnant Ugandan Women. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 08 31; 75(3):406-415.
Huang L, Winger BA, Cheah V, Gingrich D, Marzan F, Lu Y, Cooper JC, Aweeka F, Long-Boyle J. Quantification of N, N' N"-triethylenethiophosphoramide, N, N"-triethylenephosphoramide, cyclophosphamide, and 4-hydroxy-cyclophosphamide in microvolume human plasma to support neonatal and pediatric drug studies. J Chromatogr Open. 2022 Nov; 2.
Huang L, Sok V, Aslam-Mir U, Marzan F, Whalen M, Rosenthal PJ, Aweeka F. Determination of unbound piperaquine in human plasma by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr Open. 2022 Nov; 2.
Bieber JM, Sanman LE, Sun X, Hammerlindl H, Bao F, Roth MA, Koleske ML, Huang L, Aweeka F, Wu LF, Altschuler SJ. Differential toxicity to murine small and large intestinal epithelium induced by oncology drugs. Commun Biol. 2022 01 27; 5(1):99.
Wallender E, Ali AM, Hughes E, Kakuru A, Jagannathan P, Muhindo MK, Opira B, Whalen M, Huang L, Duvalsaint M, Legac J, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Aweeka F, Rosenthal PJ, Savic RM. Identifying an optimal dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine dosing regimen for malaria prevention in young Ugandan children. Nat Commun. 2021 11 18; 12(1):6714.
Peluso MJ, Deitchman AN, Torres L, Iyer NS, Munter SE, Nixon CC, Donatelli J, Thanh C, Takahashi S, Hakim J, Turcios K, Janson O, Hoh R, Tai V, Hernandez Y, Fehrman EA, Spinelli MA, Gandhi M, Trinh L, Wrin T, Petropoulos CJ, Aweeka FT, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Kelly JD, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Greenhouse B, Rutishauser RL, Henrich TJ. Long-term SARS-CoV-2-specific immune and inflammatory responses in individuals recovering from COVID-19 with and without post-acute symptoms. Cell Rep. 2021 08 10; 36(6):109518.
Schnittman SR, Deitchman AN, Beck-Engeser G, Ahn H, York VA, Hartig H, Hecht FM, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Aweeka FT, Hunt PW. Abnormal Levels of Some Biomarkers of Immune Activation Despite Very Early Treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus. J Infect Dis. 2021 05 20; 223(9):1621-1630.
Owor M, Tierney C, Ziemba L, Browning R, Moye J, Graham B, Reding C, Costello D, Norman J, Wiesner L, Hughes E, Whalen ME, Purdue L, Mmbaga BT, Kamthunzi P, Kawalazira R, Nathoo K, Bradford S, Coletti A, Aweeka F, Musoke P. Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Zidovudine, Lamivudine, and Lopinavir/Ritonavir in HIV-infected Children With Severe Acute Malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: IMPAACT Protocol P1092. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 05 01; 40(5):446-452.
Sok V, Marzan F, Gingrich D, Aweeka F, Huang L. Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS method for determination of hydroxychloroquine, its two metabolites, and azithromycin in EDTA-treated human plasma. PLoS One. 2021; 16(3):e0247356.
Peluso MJ, Deitchman AN, Torres L, Iyer NS, Nixon CC, Munter SE, Donatelli J, Thanh C, Takahashi S, Hakim J, Turcios K, Janson O, Hoh R, Tai V, Hernandez Y, Fehrman E, Spinelli MA, Gandhi M, Trinh L, Wrin T, Petropoulos CJ, Aweeka FT, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Kelly JD, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Greenhouse B, Rutishauser RL, Henrich TJ. Long-Term SARS-CoV-2-Specific Immune and Inflammatory Responses Across a Clinically Diverse Cohort of Individuals Recovering from COVID-19. medRxiv. 2021 Mar 01.
Prahl M, Odorizzi P, Gingrich D, Muhindo M, McIntyre T, Budker R, Jagannathan P, Farrington L, Nalubega M, Nankya F, Sikyomu E, Musinguzi K, Naluwu K, Auma A, Kakuru A, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Aweeka F, Feeney ME. Exposure to pesticides in utero impacts the fetal immune system and response to vaccination in infancy. Nat Commun. 2021 01 08; 12(1):132.
Gingrich D, Deitchman AN, Kantor A, Huang L, Stein JH, Currier JS, Hsue PY, Ribaudo HJ, Aweeka FT, ACTG 5314 Protocol Team. Methotrexate Decreases Tenofovir Exposure in Antiretroviral-Suppressed Individuals Living With HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 12 15; 85(5):651-658.
Hughes E, Imperial M, Wallender E, Kajubi R, Huang L, Jagannathan P, Zhang N, Kakuru A, Natureeba P, Mwima MW, Muhindo M, Mwebaza N, Clark TD, Opira B, Nakalembe M, Havlir D, Kamya M, Rosenthal PJ, Dorsey G, Aweeka F, Savic RM. Piperaquine Exposure Is Altered by Pregnancy, HIV, and Nutritional Status in Ugandan Women. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 11 17; 64(12).
Ippolito MM, Pringle JC, Siame M, Katowa B, Aydemir O, Oluoch PO, Huang L, Aweeka FT, Bailey JA, Juliano JJ, Meshnick SR, Shapiro TA, Moss WJ, Thuma PE. Therapeutic Efficacy of Artemether-Lumefantrine for Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria in Northern Zambia. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 12; 103(6):2224-2232.
Henrich TJ, Schreiner C, Cameron C, Hogan LE, Richardson B, Rutishauser RL, Deitchman AN, Chu S, Rogers R, Thanh C, Gibson EA, Zarinsefat A, Bakkour S, Aweeka F, Busch MP, Liegler T, Baker C, Milush J, Deeks SG, Stock PG. Everolimus, an mTORC1/2 inhibitor, in ART-suppressed individuals who received solid organ transplantation: A prospective study. Am J Transplant. 2021 05; 21(5):1765-1779.
Mwebaza N, Cheah V, Forsman C, Kajubi R, Marzan F, Wallender E, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Aweeka F, Huang L. Determination of piperaquine concentration in human plasma and the correlation of capillary versus venous plasma concentrations. PLoS One. 2020; 15(5):e0233893.
Garcia-Cremades M, Solans BP, Hughes E, Ernest JP, Wallender E, Aweeka F, Luetkemeyer AF, Savic RM. Optimizing Hydroxychloroquine Dosing for Patients With COVID-19: An Integrative Modeling Approach for Effective Drug Repurposing. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2020 08; 108(2):253-263.
Francis J, Barnes KI, Workman L, Kredo T, Vestergaard LS, Hoglund RM, Byakika-Kibwika P, Lamorde M, Walimbwa SI, Chijioke-Nwauche I, Sutherland CJ, Merry C, Scarsi KK, Nyagonde N, Lemnge MM, Khoo SH, Bygbjerg IC, Parikh S, Aweeka FT, Tarning J, Denti P. An Individual Participant Data Population Pharmacokinetic Meta-analysis of Drug-Drug Interactions between Lumefantrine and Commonly Used Antiretroviral Treatment. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 04 21; 64(5).
Haas DW, Cramer YS, Godfrey C, Rosenkranz SL, Aweeka F, Berzins B, Coombs R, Coughlin K, Moran LE, Gingrich D, Zorrilla CD, Baker P, Cohn SE, Scarsi KK, AIDS Clinical Trials Group A5316 Study Team. Pharmacogenetic interactions between antiretroviral drugs and vaginally administered hormonal contraceptives. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2020 04; 30(3):45-53.
Hughes E, Mwebaza N, Huang L, Kajubi R, Nguyen V, Nyunt MM, Orukan F, Mwima MW, Parikh S, Aweeka F. Efavirenz-Based Antiretroviral Therapy Reduces Artemether-Lumefantrine Exposure for Malaria Treatment in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 02 01; 83(2):140-147.
Scarsi KK, Cramer YS, Rosenkranz SL, Aweeka F, Berzins B, Coombs RW, Coughlin K, Moran LE, Zorrilla CD, Akelo V, Aziz M, Friedman RK, Gingrich D, Swaminathan S, Godfrey C, Cohn SE, AIDS Clinical Trials Group A5316 Study Team. Antiretroviral therapy and vaginally administered contraceptive hormones: a three-arm, pharmacokinetic study. Lancet HIV. 2019 09; 6(9):e601-e612.
Whalen ME, Kajubi R, Chamankhah N, Huang L, Orukan F, Wallender E, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Jagannathan P, Rosenthal PJ, Mwebaza N, Aweeka FT. Reduced Exposure to Piperaquine, Compared to Adults, in Young Children Receiving Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine as Malaria Chemoprevention. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2019 12; 106(6):1310-1318.
Lehane A, Were M, Wade M, Hamadu M, Cahill M, Kiconco S, Kajubi R, Aweeka F, Mwebaza N, Li F, Parikh S. Comparison on simultaneous caillary and venous parasite density and genotyping results from children and adults with uncomplicated malaria: a prospective observational study in Uganda. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Jun 26; 19(1):559.
Kardashian A, Ma Y, Yin MT, Scherzer R, Nolan O, Aweeka F, Tien PC, Price JC. High Kynurenine:Tryptophan Ratio Is Associated With Liver Fibrosis in HIV-Monoinfected and HIV/Hepatitis C Virus-Coinfected Women. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Jul; 6(7):ofz281.
Huang L, Cheah V, Chan D, Marzan F, Dvorak CC, Aweeka FT, Long-Boyle J. Determination of melphalan in human plasma by UPLC-UV method. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2019 05; 83(5):905-910.
Wallender E, Zhang N, Conrad M, Kakuru A, Muhindo M, Tumwebaze P, Kajubi R, Mota D, Legac J, Jagannathan P, Havlir D, Kamya M, Dorsey G, Aweeka F, Rosenthal PJ, Savic RM. Modeling Prevention of Malaria and Selection of Drug Resistance with Different Dosing Schedules of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Preventive Therapy during Pregnancy in Uganda. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 02; 63(2).
Ali AM, Penny MA, Smith TA, Workman L, Sasi P, Adjei GO, Aweeka F, Kiechel JR, Jullien V, Rijken MJ, McGready R, Mwesigwa J, Kristensen K, Stepniewska K, Tarning J, Barnes KI, Denti P, WWARN Amodiaquine PK Study Group. Population Pharmacokinetics of the Antimalarial Amodiaquine: a Pooled Analysis To Optimize Dosing. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018 10; 62(10).
Savic RM, Jagannathan P, Kajubi R, Huang L, Zhang N, Were M, Kakuru A, Muhindo MK, Mwebaza N, Wallender E, Clark TD, Opira B, Kamya M, Havlir DV, Rosenthal PJ, Dorsey G, Aweeka FT. Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria in Pregnancy: Optimization of Target Concentrations of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 09 14; 67(7):1079-1088.
Huang L, Mwebaza N, Kajubi R, Marzan F, Forsman C, Parikh S, Aweeka FT. Strong correlation of lumefantrine concentrations in capillary and venous plasma from malaria patients. PLoS One. 2018; 13(8):e0202082.
Jagannathan P, Kakuru A, Okiring J, Muhindo MK, Natureeba P, Nakalembe M, Opira B, Olwoch P, Nankya F, Ssewanyana I, Tetteh K, Drakeley C, Beeson J, Reiling L, Clark TD, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Greenhouse B, Wallender E, Aweeka F, Prahl M, Charlebois ED, Feeney ME, Havlir DV, Kamya MR, Dorsey G. Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy and risk of malaria in early childhood: A randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2018 07; 15(7):e1002606.
Kloprogge F, Workman L, Borrmann S, Tékété M, Lefèvre G, Hamed K, Piola P, Ursing J, Kofoed PE, Mårtensson A, Ngasala B, Björkman A, Ashton M, Friberg Hietala S, Aweeka F, Parikh S, Mwai L, Davis TME, Karunajeewa H, Salman S, Checchi F, Fogg C, Newton PN, Mayxay M, Deloron P, Faucher JF, Nosten F, Ashley EA, McGready R, van Vugt M, Proux S, Price RN, Karbwang J, Ezzet F, Bakshi R, Stepniewska K, White NJ, Guerin PJ, Barnes KI, Tarning J. Artemether-lumefantrine dosing for malaria treatment in young children and pregnant women: A pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic meta-analysis. PLoS Med. 2018 06; 15(6):e1002579.
Glennon EKK, Megawati D, Torrevillas BK, Ssewanyana I, Huang L, Aweeka F, Greenhouse B, Adams LG, Luckhart S. Elevated plasma abscisic acid is associated with asymptomatic falciparum malaria and with IgG-/caspase-1-dependent immunity in Plasmodium yoelii-infected mice. Sci Rep. 2018 06 11; 8(1):8896.
Huang L, Haagensen JAJ, Verotta D, Cheah V, Spormann AM, Aweeka F, Yang K. Determination of Tobramycin in M9 Medium by LC-MS/MS: Signal Enhancement by Trichloroacetic Acid. J Anal Methods Chem. 2018; 2018:7965124.
Ippolito MM, Huang L, Siame M, Thuma P, Shapiro TA, Aweeka FT. Semi-quantitative measurement of the antimalarial lumefantrine from untreated dried blood spots using LC-MS/MS. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2018 Jun 05; 155:241-246.
Wallender E, Vucicevic K, Jagannathan P, Huang L, Natureeba P, Kakuru A, Muhindo M, Nakalembe M, Havlir D, Kamya M, Aweeka F, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Savic RM. Predicting Optimal Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Regimens to Prevent Malaria During Pregnancy for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Women Receiving Efavirenz. J Infect Dis. 2018 03 05; 217(6):964-972.
Jagannathan P, Kajubi R, Aweeka FT. Response to "Antiretroviral Therapy With Efavirenz in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women: Understanding the Possible Mechanisms for Drug-Drug Interaction". Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2018 04; 103(4):571.
Conrad MD, Mota D, Foster M, Tukwasibwe S, Legac J, Tumwebaze P, Whalen M, Kakuru A, Nayebare P, Wallender E, Havlir DV, Jagannathan P, Huang L, Aweeka F, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ. Impact of Intermittent Preventive Treatment During Pregnancy on Plasmodium falciparum Drug Resistance-Mediating Polymorphisms in Uganda. J Infect Dis. 2017 11 15; 216(8):1008-1017.
Huang L, Carey V, Lindsey JC, Marzan F, Gingrich D, Graham B, Barlow-Mosha L, Ssemambo PK, Kamthunzi P, Nachman S, Parikh S, Aweeka FT, IMPAACT P1079 protocol team. Concomitant nevirapine impacts pharmacokinetic exposure to the antimalarial artemether-lumefantrine in African children. PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0186589.
Ivaturi V, Dvorak CC, Chan D, Liu T, Cowan MJ, Wahlstrom J, Stricherz M, Jennissen C, Orchard PJ, Tolar J, Pai SY, Huang L, Aweeka F, Long-Boyle J. Pharmacokinetics and Model-Based Dosing to Optimize Fludarabine Therapy in Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2017 Oct; 23(10):1701-1713.
Kajubi R, Huang L, Jagannathan P, Chamankhah N, Were M, Ruel T, Koss CA, Kakuru A, Mwebaza N, Kamya M, Havlir D, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Aweeka FT. Antiretroviral Therapy With Efavirenz Accentuates Pregnancy-Associated Reduction of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Exposure During Malaria Chemoprevention. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2017 Sep; 102(3):520-528.
O'Brien MP, Hunt PW, Kitch DW, Klingman K, Stein JH, Funderburg NT, Berger JS, Tebas P, Clagett B, Moisi D, Utay NS, Aweeka F, Aberg JA. A Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial of Aspirin Effects on Immune Activation in Chronically Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adults on Virologically Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017; 4(1):ofw278.
Kajubi R, Huang L, Were M, Kiconco S, Li F, Marzan F, Gingrich D, Nyunt MM, Ssebuliba J, Mwebaza N, Aweeka FT, Parikh S. Parasite Clearance and Artemether Pharmacokinetics Parameters Over the Course of Artemether-Lumefantrine Treatment for Malaria in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Ugandan Children. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2016 Oct; 3(4):ofw217.
Tchaparian E, Sambol NC, Arinaitwe E, McCormack SA, Bigira V, Wanzira H, Muhindo M, Creek DJ, Sukumar N, Blessborn D, Tappero JW, Kakuru A, Bergqvist Y, Aweeka FT, Parikh S. Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Lumefantrine in Young Ugandan Children Treated With Artemether-Lumefantrine for Uncomplicated Malaria. J Infect Dis. 2016 Oct 15; 214(8):1243-51.
Parikh S, Kajubi R, Huang L, Ssebuliba J, Kiconco S, Gao Q, Li F, Were M, Kakuru A, Achan J, Mwebaza N, Aweeka FT. Antiretroviral Choice for HIV Impacts Antimalarial Exposure and Treatment Outcomes in Ugandan Children. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 08 01; 63(3):414-22.
Jagannathan P, Bowen K, Nankya F, McIntyre TI, Auma A, Wamala S, Sikyomu E, Naluwu K, Nalubega M, Boyle MJ, Farrington LA, Bigira V, Kapisi J, Aweeka F, Greenhouse B, Kamya M, Dorsey G, Feeney ME. Effective Antimalarial Chemoprevention in Childhood Enhances the Quality of CD4+ T Cells and Limits Their Production of Immunoregulatory Interleukin 10. J Infect Dis. 2016 07 15; 214(2):329-38.
Weinberg A, Park JG, Bosch R, Cho A, Livingston E, Aweeka F, Cramer Y, Watts DH, Luque AE, Cohn SE. Effect of Depot Medoxyprogesterone Acetate on Immune Functions and Inflammatory Markers of HIV-Infected Women. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Feb 01; 71(2):137-45.
Dumond JB, Rigdon J, Mollan K, Tierney C, Kashuba AD, Aweeka F, Collier AC. Brief Report: Significant Decreases in Both Total and Unbound Lopinavir and Amprenavir Exposures During Coadministration: ACTG Protocol A5143/A5147s Results. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Dec 15; 70(5):510-4.
Nyunt MM, Nguyen VK, Kajubi R, Huang L, Ssebuliba J, Kiconco S, Mwima MW, Achan J, Aweeka F, Parikh S, Mwebaza N. Artemether-Lumefantrine Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Response Are Minimally Altered in Pregnant Ugandan Women Treated for Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Dec 14; 60(3):1274-82.
Sundell K, Jagannathan P, Huang L, Bigira V, Kapisi J, Kakuru MM, Savic R, Kamya MR, Dorsey G, Aweeka F. Variable piperaquine exposure significantly impacts protective efficacy of monthly dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the prevention of malaria in Ugandan children. Malar J. 2015 Sep 24; 14:368.
Parikh S, Fehintola F, Huang L, Olson A, Adedeji WA, Darin KM, Morse GD, Murphy RL, Taiwo BO, Akinyinka OO, Adewole IF, Aweeka FT, Scarsi KK. Artemether-Lumefantrine Exposure in HIV-Infected Nigerian Subjects on Nevirapine-Containing Antiretroviral Therapy. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Dec; 59(12):7852-6.
Sha BE, Tierney C, Sun X, Stek A, Cohn SE, Coombs RW, Bastow B, Aweeka FT, AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) 5153s Team. PHARMACOKINETIC EXPOSURE AND VIROLOGIC RESPONSE IN HIV-1 INFECTED PREGNANT WOMEN TREATED WITH LOPINAVIR/RITONAVIR: AIDS CLINICAL TRIALS GROUP PROTOCOL A5153S: A SUBSTUDY TO A5150. Jacobs J AIDS HIV. 2015; 1(1).
Sambol NC, Yan L, Creek DJ, McCormack SA, Arinaitwe E, Bigira V, Wanzira H, Kakuru A, Tappero JW, Lindegardh N, Tarning J, Nosten F, Aweeka FT, Parikh S. Population Pharmacokinetics of Piperaquine in Young Ugandan Children Treated With Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine for Uncomplicated Malaria. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2015 Jul; 98(1):87-95.
Ofotokun I, Na LH, Landovitz RJ, Ribaudo HJ, McComsey GA, Godfrey C, Aweeka F, Cohn SE, Sagar M, Kuritzkes DR, Brown TT, Patterson KB, Para MF, Leavitt RY, Villasis-Keever A, Baugh BP, Lennox JL, Currier JS, AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) A5257 Team. Comparison of the metabolic effects of ritonavir-boosted darunavir or atazanavir versus raltegravir, and the impact of ritonavir plasma exposure: ACTG 5257. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 06 15; 60(12):1842-51.
Bartelink IH, Savic RM, Dorsey G, Ruel T, Gingrich D, Scherpbier HJ, Capparelli E, Jullien V, Young SL, Achan J, Plenty A, Charlebois E, Kamya M, Havlir D, Aweeka F. The effect of malnutrition on the pharmacokinetics and virologic outcomes of lopinavir, efavirenz and nevirapine in food insecure HIV-infected children in Tororo, Uganda. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Mar; 34(3):e63-70.
Luque AE, Cohn SE, Park JG, Cramer Y, Weinberg A, Livingston E, Klingman KL, Aweeka F, Watts DH. Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate in combination with a twice-daily lopinavir-ritonavir-based regimen in HIV-infected women showed effective contraception and a lack of clinically significant interactions, with good safety and tolerability: results of the ACTG 5283 study. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Apr; 59(4):2094-101.
Watts DH, Stek A, Best BM, Wang J, Capparelli EV, Cressey TR, Aweeka F, Lizak P, Kreitchmann R, Burchett SK, Shapiro DE, Hawkins E, Smith E, Mirochnick M, IMPAACT 1026s study team. Raltegravir pharmacokinetics during pregnancy. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2014 Dec 01; 67(4):375-81.
Kamya MR, Kapisi J, Bigira V, Clark TD, Kinara S, Mwangwa F, Muhindo MK, Kakuru A, Aweeka FT, Huang L, Jagannathan P, Achan J, Havlir DV, Rosenthal PJ, Dorsey G. Efficacy and safety of three regimens for the prevention of malaria in young HIV-exposed Ugandan children: a randomized controlled trial. AIDS. 2014 Nov 28; 28(18):2701-9.
Aweeka FT, Hu C, Huang L, Best BM, Stek A, Lizak P, Burchett SK, Read JS, Watts H, Mirochnick M, Capparelli EV, International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group (IMPAACT) P1026s Protocol Tea. Alteration in cytochrome P450 3A4 activity as measured by a urine cortisol assay in HIV-1-infected pregnant women and relationship to antiretroviral pharmacokinetics. HIV Med. 2015 Mar; 16(3):176-83.
Lennox JL, Landovitz RJ, Ribaudo HJ, Ofotokun I, Na LH, Godfrey C, Kuritzkes DR, Sagar M, Brown TT, Cohn SE, McComsey GA, Aweeka F, Fichtenbaum CJ, Presti RM, Koletar SL, Haas DW, Patterson KB, Benson CA, Baugh BP, Leavitt RY, Rooney JF, Seekins D, Currier JS, ACTG A5257 Team. Efficacy and tolerability of 3 nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-sparing antiretroviral regimens for treatment-naive volunteers infected with HIV-1: a randomized, controlled equivalence trial. Ann Intern Med. 2014 Oct 07; 161(7):461-71.
Lennox JL, Landovitz RJ, Ribaudo HJ, Ofotokun I, Na LH, Godfrey C, Kuritzkes DR, Sagar M, Brown TT, Cohn SE, McComsey GA, Aweeka F, Fichtenbaum CJ, Presti RM, Koletar SL, Haas DW, Patterson KB, Benson CA, Baugh BP, Leavitt RY, Rooney JF, Seekins D, Currier JS, ACTG A5257 Team. Summaries for patients. Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-sparing antiretroviral regimens for treatment-naive volunteers infected with HIV-1. Ann Intern Med. 2014 Oct 07; 161(7):I-22.
Bigira V, Kapisi J, Clark TD, Kinara S, Mwangwa F, Muhindo MK, Osterbauer B, Aweeka FT, Huang L, Achan J, Havlir DV, Rosenthal PJ, Kamya MR, Dorsey G. Protective efficacy and safety of three antimalarial regimens for the prevention of malaria in young Ugandan children: a randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2014 Aug; 11(8):e1001689.
Dooley KE, Luetkemeyer AF, Park JG, Allen R, Cramer Y, Murray S, Sutherland D, Aweeka F, Koletar SL, Marzan F, Bao J, Savic R, Haas DW, AIDS Clinical Trials Group A5306 Study Team. Phase I safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacogenetics study of the antituberculosis drug PA-824 with concomitant lopinavir-ritonavir, efavirenz, or rifampin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014 Sep; 58(9):5245-52.
Huang L, Haagensen J, Verotta D, Lizak P, Aweeka F, Yang K. Determination of meropenem in bacterial media by LC-MS/MS. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2014 Jun 15; 961:71-6.
Huang L, Lizak P, Dvorak CC, Aweeka F, Long-Boyle J. Simultaneous determination of fludarabine and clofarabine in human plasma by LC-MS/MS. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2014 Jun 01; 960:194-9.
Scarsi KK, Fehintola FA, Ma Q, Aweeka FT, Darin KM, Morse GD, Akinola IT, Adedeji WA, Lindegardh N, Tarning J, Ojengbede O, Adewole IF, Taiwo B, Murphy RL, Akinyinka OO, Parikh S. Disposition of amodiaquine and desethylamodiaquine in HIV-infected Nigerian subjects on nevirapine-containing antiretroviral therapy. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 May; 69(5):1370-6.
Kjellin LL, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Aweeka F, Huang L. Determination of the antimalarial drug piperaquine in small volume pediatric plasma samples by LC-MS/MS. Bioanalysis. 2014; 6(23):3081-9.
Bartelink IH, Savic RM, Mwesigwa J, Achan J, Clark T, Plenty A, Charlebois E, Kamya M, Young SL, Gandhi M, Havlir D, Cohan D, Aweeka F. Pharmacokinetics of lopinavir/ritonavir and efavirenz in food insecure HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women in Tororo, Uganda. J Clin Pharmacol. 2014 Feb; 54(2):121-32.
Huang L, Lizak P, Aweeka F, Long-Boyle J. Determination of intracellular fludarabine triphosphate in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells by LC-MS/MS. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2013 Dec; 86:198-203.
Gandhi M, Mwesigwa J, Aweeka F, Plenty A, Charlebois E, Ruel TD, Huang Y, Clark T, Ades V, Natureeba P, Luwedde FA, Achan J, Kamya MR, Havlir DV, Cohan D, Prevention of Malaria and HIV disease in Tororo (PROMOTE) study. Hair and plasma data show that lopinavir, ritonavir, and efavirenz all transfer from mother to infant in utero, but only efavirenz transfers via breastfeeding. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Aug 15; 63(5):578-84.
Gruber VA, Rainey PM, Lum PJ, Beatty GW, Aweeka FT, McCance-Katz EF. Interactions between alcohol and the HIV entry inhibitor Maraviroc. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2013 Nov-Dec; 12(6):375-7.
Huang L, Olson A, Gingrich D, Aweeka FT. Determination of artemether and dihydroartemisinin in human plasma with a new hydrogen peroxide stabilization method. Bioanalysis. 2013 Jun; 5(12):1501-6.
Liu L, Wang L, Huang L, Siu V, Teque F, Aweeka FT, Levy JA. Nevirapine inhibits the anti-HIV activity of CD8+ cells. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Jun 01; 63(2):184-8.
Luetkemeyer AF, Rosenkranz SL, Lu D, Marzan F, Ive P, Hogg E, Swindells S, Benson CA, Grinsztejn B, Sanne IM, Havlir DV, Aweeka F, Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group A5221 Study Team. Relationship between weight, efavirenz exposure, and virologic suppression in HIV-infected patients on rifampin-based tuberculosis treatment in the AIDS Clinical Trials Group A5221 STRIDE Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Aug; 57(4):586-93.
Gwaza L, Aweeka F, Greenblatt R, Lizak P, Huang L, Guglielmo BJ. Co-administration of a commonly used Zimbabwean herbal treatment (African potato) does not alter the pharmacokinetics of lopinavir/ritonavir. Int J Infect Dis. 2013 Oct; 17(10):e857-61.
Svensson EM, Aweeka F, Park JG, Marzan F, Dooley KE, Karlsson MO. Model-based estimates of the effects of efavirenz on bedaquiline pharmacokinetics and suggested dose adjustments for patients coinfected with HIV and tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Jun; 57(6):2780-7.
Creek DJ, Bigira V, McCormack S, Arinaitwe E, Wanzira H, Kakuru A, Tappero JW, Sandison TG, Lindegardh N, Nosten F, Aweeka FT, Parikh S. Pharmacokinetic predictors for recurrent malaria after dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Ugandan infants. J Infect Dis. 2013 Jun 01; 207(11):1646-54.
Jain V, Liegler T, Kabami J, Chamie G, Clark TD, Black D, Geng EH, Kwarisiima D, Wong JK, Abdel-Mohsen M, Sonawane N, Aweeka FT, Thirumurthy H, Petersen ML, Charlebois ED, Kamya MR, Havlir DV, SEARCH Collaboration. Assessment of population-based HIV RNA levels in a rural east African setting using a fingerprick-based blood collection method. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Feb; 56(4):598-605.
Achan J, Kakuru A, Ikilezi G, Ruel T, Clark TD, Nsanzabana C, Charlebois E, Aweeka F, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Havlir D, Kamya MR. Antiretroviral agents and prevention of malaria in HIV-infected Ugandan children. N Engl J Med. 2012 Nov 29; 367(22):2110-8.
Huang L, Parikh S, Rosenthal PJ, Lizak P, Marzan F, Dorsey G, Havlir D, Aweeka FT. Concomitant efavirenz reduces pharmacokinetic exposure to the antimalarial drug artemether-lumefantrine in healthy volunteers. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Nov 01; 61(3):310-6.
Nikanjam M, Kabamba D, Cressey TR, Burger D, Aweeka FT, Acosta EP, Spector SA, Capparelli EV. Nevirapine exposure with WHO pediatric weight band dosing: enhanced therapeutic concentrations predicted based on extensive international pharmacokinetic experience. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Oct; 56(10):5374-80.
Lee TM, Huang L, Johnson MK, Lizak P, Kroetz D, Aweeka F, Parikh S. In vitro metabolism of piperaquine is primarily mediated by CYP3A4. Xenobiotica. 2012 Nov; 42(11):1088-95.
Dong BJ, Zheng Y, Hughes MD, Frymoyer A, Verotta D, Lizak P, Sawe F, Currier JS, Lockman S, Aweeka FT, AIDS Clinical Trials Group Study 5208 Team. Nevirapine pharmacokinetics and risk of rash and hepatitis among HIV-infected sub-Saharan African women. AIDS. 2012 Apr 24; 26(7):833-41.
Dooley KE, Park JG, Swindells S, Allen R, Haas DW, Cramer Y, Aweeka F, Wiggins I, Gupta A, Lizak P, Qasba S, van Heeswijk R, Flexner C, ACTG 5267 Study Team. Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic interactions of the antituberculous agent TMC207 (bedaquiline) with efavirenz in healthy volunteers: AIDS Clinical Trials Group Study A5267. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Apr 15; 59(5):455-62.
Fehintola FA, Scarsi KK, Ma Q, Parikh S, Morse GD, Taiwo B, Akinola IT, Adewole IF, Lindegardh N, Phakderaj A, Ojengbede O, Murphy RL, Akinyinka OO, Aweeka FT. Nevirapine-Based Antiretroviral Therapy Impacts Artesunate and Dihydroartemisinin Disposition in HIV-Infected Nigerian Adults. AIDS Res Treat. 2012; 2012:703604.
Huang L, Li X, Marzan F, Lizak PS, Aweeka FT. Determination of lumefantrine in small-volume human plasma by LC-MS/MS: using a deuterated lumefantrine to overcome matrix effect and ionization saturation. Bioanalysis. 2012 Jan; 4(2):157-66.
Sha BE, Tierney C, Cohn SE, Sun X, Coombs RW, Frenkel LM, Kalams SA, Aweeka FT, Bastow B, Bardeguez A, Kmack A, Stek A, Aids Clinical Trials Group ACTG A5150 Team. Postpartum viral load rebound in HIV-1-infected women treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy: AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol A5150. HIV Clin Trials. 2011 Jan-Feb; 12(1):9-23.
Vogler MA, Patterson K, Kamemoto L, Park JG, Watts H, Aweeka F, Klingman KL, Cohn SE. Contraceptive efficacy of oral and transdermal hormones when co-administered with protease inhibitors in HIV-1-infected women: pharmacokinetic results of ACTG trial A5188. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Dec; 55(4):473-82.
Taylor SA, Lee GA, Pao VY, Anthonypillai J, Aweeka FT, Schwarz JM, Mulligan K, Schambelan M, Grunfeld C. Boosting dose ritonavir does not alter peripheral insulin sensitivity in healthy HIV-seronegative volunteers. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Nov; 55(3):361-4.
Saitoh A, Capparelli E, Aweeka F, Sarles E, Singh KK, Kovacs A, Burchett SK, Wiznia A, Nachman S, Fenton T, Spector SA. CYP2C19 genetic variants affect nelfinavir pharmacokinetics and virologic response in HIV-1-infected children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Jul; 54(3):285-9.
Favre D, Mold J, Hunt PW, Kanwar B, Loke P, Seu L, Barbour JD, Lowe MM, Jayawardene A, Aweeka F, Huang Y, Douek DC, Brenchley JM, Martin JN, Hecht FM, Deeks SG, McCune JM. Tryptophan catabolism by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 alters the balance of TH17 to regulatory T cells in HIV disease. Sci Transl Med. 2010 May 19; 2(32):32ra36.
Huang L, Lizak PS, Jayewardene AL, Marzan F, Lee MN, Aweeka FT. A modified method for determination of lumefantrine in human plasma by HPLC-UV and combination of protein precipitation and solid-phase extraction: application to a pharmacokinetic study. Anal Chem Insights. 2010 Mar 29; 5:15-23.
Pao VY, Lee GA, Taylor S, Aweeka FT, Schwarz JM, Mulligan K, Schambelan M, Grunfeld C. The protease inhibitor combination lopinavir/ritonavir does not decrease insulin secretion in healthy, HIV-seronegative volunteers. AIDS. 2010 Jan 16; 24(2):265-70.
Aweeka FT, Stek A, Best BM, Hu C, Holland D, Hermes A, Burchett SK, Read J, Mirochnick M, Capparelli EV, International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group (IMPAACT) P1026s Protocol Tea. Lopinavir protein binding in HIV-1-infected pregnant women. HIV Med. 2010 Apr; 11(4):232-8.
Mwesigwa J, Parikh S, McGee B, German P, Drysdale T, Kalyango JN, Clark TD, Dorsey G, Lindegardh N, Annerberg A, Rosenthal PJ, Kamya MR, Aweeka F. Pharmacokinetics of artemether-lumefantrine and artesunate-amodiaquine in children in Kampala, Uganda. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Jan; 54(1):52-9.
Yilmaz A, Gisslén M, Spudich S, Lee E, Jayewardene A, Aweeka F, Price RW. Raltegravir cerebrospinal fluid concentrations in HIV-1 infection. PLoS One. 2009 Sep 01; 4(9):e6877.
German P, Parikh S, Lawrence J, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Havlir D, Charlebois E, Hanpithakpong W, Lindegardh N, Aweeka FT. Lopinavir/ritonavir affects pharmacokinetic exposure of artemether/lumefantrine in HIV-uninfected healthy volunteers. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2009 Aug 01; 51(4):424-9.
Huang L, Jayewardene AL, Li X, Marzan F, Lizak PS, Aweeka FT. Development and validation of a high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry method for the determination of artemether and its active metabolite dihydroartemisinin in human plasma. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2009 Dec 05; 50(5):959-65.
Eron JJ, Park JG, Haubrich R, Aweeka F, Bastow B, Pakes GE, Yu S, Wu H, Richman DD, ACTG5126 Study Team. Predictive value of pharmacokinetics-adjusted phenotypic susceptibility on response to ritonavir-enhanced protease inhibitors (PIs) in human immunodeficiency virus-infected subjects failing prior PI therapy. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Jun; 53(6):2335-41.
Huang L, Marzan F, Jayewardene AL, Lizak PS, Li X, Aweeka FT. Development and validation of a hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for determination of isoniazid in human plasma. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2009 Jan 15; 877(3):285-90.
Hare CB, Mellors J, Krambrink A, Su Z, Skiest D, Margolis DM, Patel SS, Barnas D, Frenkel L, Coombs RW, Aweeka F, Morse GD, Haas DW, Boltz V, Palmer S, Coffin J, Havlir DV. Detection of nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor-resistant HIV-1 after discontinuation of virologically suppressive antiretroviral therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Aug 01; 47(3):421-4.
Venhoff N, Venhoff AC, Jayewardene AL, Aweeka F, Lebrecht D, Walker UA. Pharmacokinetics of zidovudine and lamivudine during oral uridine supplementation with NucleomaxX. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008 May 01; 48(1):114-6.
Capparelli EV, Aweeka F, Hitti J, Stek A, Hu C, Burchett SK, Best B, Smith E, Read JS, Watts H, Nachman S, Thorpe EM, Spector SA, Jimenez E, Shearer WT, Foca M, Mirochnick M, PACTG 1026S Study Team, PACTG P1022 Study Team. Chronic administration of nevirapine during pregnancy: impact of pregnancy on pharmacokinetics. HIV Med. 2008 Apr; 9(4):214-20.
German PI, Aweeka FT. Clinical pharmacology of artemisinin-based combination therapies. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2008; 47(2):91-102.
Saitoh A, Sarles E, Capparelli E, Aweeka F, Kovacs A, Burchett SK, Wiznia A, Nachman S, Fenton T, Spector SA. CYP2B6 genetic variants are associated with nevirapine pharmacokinetics and clinical response in HIV-1-infected children. AIDS. 2007 Oct 18; 21(16):2191-9.
Lee GA, Rao M, Mulligan K, Lo JC, Aweeka F, Schwarz JM, Schambelan M, Grunfeld C. Effects of ritonavir and amprenavir on insulin sensitivity in healthy volunteers. AIDS. 2007 Oct 18; 21(16):2183-90.
Aweeka FT, Kang M, Yu JY, Lizak P, Alston B, Chung RT, AIDS Clinical Trials Group 5092s Study Team. Pharmacokinetic evaluation of the effects of ribavirin on zidovudine triphosphate formation: ACTG 5092s Study Team. HIV Med. 2007 Jul; 8(5):288-94.
German P, Greenhouse B, Coates C, Dorsey G, Rosenthal PJ, Charlebois E, Lindegardh N, Havlir D, Aweeka FT. Hepatotoxicity due to a drug interaction between amodiaquine plus artesunate and efavirenz. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Mar 15; 44(6):889-91.
Aweeka FT, Rosenkranz SL, Segal Y, Coombs RW, Bardeguez A, Thevanayagam L, Lizak P, Aberg J, Watts DH, NIAID AIDS Clinical Trials Group. The impact of sex and contraceptive therapy on the plasma and intracellular pharmacokinetics of zidovudine. AIDS. 2006 Sep 11; 20(14):1833-41.
Lee GA, Lo JC, Aweeka F, Schwarz JM, Mulligan K, Schambelan M, Grunfeld C. Single-dose lopinavir-ritonavir acutely inhibits insulin-mediated glucose disposal in healthy volunteers. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Sep 01; 43(5):658-60.
McGee B, Smith N, Aweeka F. HIV pharmacology: barriers to the eradication of HIV from the CNS. HIV Clin Trials. 2006 May-Jun; 7(3):142-53.
Motoya T, Thevanayagam LN, Blaschke TF, Au S, Stone JA, Jayewardene AL, Chi J, Aweeka FT. Characterization of nelfinavir binding to plasma proteins and the lack of drug displacement interactions. HIV Med. 2006 Mar; 7(2):122-8.
Deeks SG, Hoh R, Neilands TB, Liegler T, Aweeka F, Petropoulos CJ, Grant RM, Martin JN. Interruption of treatment with individual therapeutic drug classes in adults with multidrug-resistant HIV-1 infection. J Infect Dis. 2005 Nov 01; 192(9):1537-44.
Jacobson MA, Nicolau DP, Sutherland C, Smith A, Aweeka F. Pharmacokinetics of clarithromycin extended-release (ER) tablets in patients with AIDS. HIV Clin Trials. 2005 Sep-Oct; 6(5):246-53.
Borucki MJ, Spritzler J, Asmuth DM, Gnann J, Hirsch MS, Nokta M, Aweeka F, Nadler PI, Sattler F, Alston B, Nevin TT, Owens S, Waterman K, Hubbard L, Caliendo A, Pollard RB, AACTG 266 Team. A phase II, double-masked, randomized, placebo-controlled evaluation of a human monoclonal anti-Cytomegalovirus antibody (MSL-109) in combination with standard therapy versus standard therapy alone in the treatment of AIDS patients with Cytomegalovirus retinitis. Antiviral Res. 2004 Nov; 64(2):103-11.
Lee GA, Seneviratne T, Noor MA, Lo JC, Schwarz JM, Aweeka FT, Mulligan K, Schambelan M, Grunfeld C. The metabolic effects of lopinavir/ritonavir in HIV-negative men. AIDS. 2004 Mar 05; 18(4):641-9.
Gandhi M, Aweeka F, Greenblatt RM, Blaschke TF. Sex differences in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2004; 44:499-523.
Soy D, Aweeka FT, Church JA, Cunningham CK, Palumbo P, Kosel BW, Sheiner LB, Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Group (PACTG) Study P1005 Investigators. Population pharmacokinetics of enfuvirtide in pediatric patients with human immunodeficiency virus: searching for exposure-response relationships. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2003 Dec; 74(6):569-80.
Floren LC, Wiznia A, Hayashi S, Jayewardene A, Stanley K, Johnson G, Nachman S, Krogstad P, Aweeka FT, Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group 377 Protocol Team. Nelfinavir pharmacokinetics in stable human immunodeficiency virus-positive children: Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 377. Pediatrics. 2003 Sep; 112(3 Pt 1):e220-7.
Abrams DI, Hilton JF, Leiser RJ, Shade SB, Elbeik TA, Aweeka FT, Benowitz NL, Bredt BM, Kosel B, Aberg JA, Deeks SG, Mitchell TF, Mulligan K, Bacchetti P, McCune JM, Schambelan M. Short-term effects of cannabinoids in patients with HIV-1 infection: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Ann Intern Med. 2003 Aug 19; 139(4):258-66.
Kosel BW, Beckerman KP, Hayashi S, Homma M, Aweeka FT. Pharmacokinetics of nelfinavir and indinavir in HIV-1-infected pregnant women. AIDS. 2003 May 23; 17(8):1195-9.
Chi J, Jayewardene AL, Stone JA, Aweeka FT. An LC-MS-MS method for the determination of nevirapine, a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, in human plasma. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2003 Apr 01; 31(5):953-9.
Chi J, Jayewardene AL, Stone JA, Motoya T, Aweeka FT. Simultaneous determination of five HIV protease inhibitors nelfinavir, indinavir, ritonavir, saquinavir and amprenavir in human plasma by LC/MS/MS. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2002 Oct 15; 30(3):675-84.
Wohl DA, Aweeka FT, Schmitz J, Pomerantz R, Cherng DW, Spritzler J, Fox L, Simpson D, Bell D, Holohan MK, Thomas S, Robinson W, Kaplan G, Teppler H, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases AIDS Clinical Trials Group 267. Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic effects of thalidomide in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: AIDS Clinical Trials Group 267. J Infect Dis. 2002 May 01; 185(9):1359-63.
Noor MA, Seneviratne T, Aweeka FT, Lo JC, Schwarz JM, Mulligan K, Schambelan M, Grunfeld C. Indinavir acutely inhibits insulin-stimulated glucose disposal in humans: a randomized, placebo-controlled study. AIDS. 2002 Mar 29; 16(5):F1-8.
Fichtenbaum CJ, Gerber JG, Rosenkranz SL, Segal Y, Aberg JA, Blaschke T, Alston B, Fang F, Kosel B, Aweeka F, NIAID AIDS Clinical Trials Group. Pharmacokinetic interactions between protease inhibitors and statins in HIV seronegative volunteers: ACTG Study A5047. AIDS. 2002 Mar 08; 16(4):569-77.
Kosel BW, Aweeka FT, Benowitz NL, Shade SB, Hilton JF, Lizak PS, Abrams DI. The effects of cannabinoids on the pharmacokinetics of indinavir and nelfinavir. AIDS. 2002 Mar 08; 16(4):543-50.
Herforth C, Stone JA, Jayewardene AL, Blaschke TF, Fang F, Motoya T, Aweeka FT. Determination of nelfinavir free drug concentrations in plasma by equilibrium dialysis and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry: important factors for method optimization. Eur J Pharm Sci. 2002 Mar; 15(2):185-95.
Chi J, Jayewardene A, Stone J, Gambertoglio JG, Aweeka FT. A direct determination of thymidine triphosphate concentrations without dephosphorylation in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by LC/MS/MS. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2001 Dec; 26(5-6):829-36.
Aweeka F, Trapnell C, Chernoff M, Jayewardene A, Spritzler J, Bellibas SE, Lizak P, Jacobson J. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of thalidomide in HIV patients treated for oral aphthous ulcers: ACTG protocol 251. AIDS Clinical Trials Group. J Clin Pharmacol. 2001 Oct; 41(10):1091-7.
Gerber JG, Rosenkranz S, Segal Y, Aberg J, D'Amico R, Mildvan D, Gulick R, Hughes V, Flexner C, Aweeka F, Hsu A, Gal J, ACTG 401 Study Team. Effect of ritonavir/saquinavir on stereoselective pharmacokinetics of methadone: results of AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) 401. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2001 Jun 01; 27(2):153-60.
Jayewardene AL, Kearney B, Stone JA, Gambertoglio JG, Aweeka FT. An LC-MS-MS method for the determination of indinavir, an HIV-1 protease inhibitor, in human plasma. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2001 May; 25(2):309-17.
Zhang L, Price R, Aweeka F, Bellibas SE, Sheiner LB. Making the most of sparse clinical data by using a predictive-model-based analysis, illustrated with a stavudine pharmacokinetic study. Eur J Pharm Sci. 2001 Feb; 12(4):377-85.
Tsunoda SM, Aweeka FT. Drug concentration monitoring of immunosuppressive agents: focus on tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil and sirolimus. BioDrugs. 2000 Dec; 14(6):355-69.
Homma M, Beckerman K, Hayashi S, Jayewardene AL, Oka K, Gambertoglio JG, Aweeka FT. Liquid chromatographic determination of urinary 6beta-hydroxycortisol to assess cytochrome p-450 3A activity in HIV positive pregnant women. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2000 Sep; 23(4):629-35.
Hayashi S, Beckerman K, Homma M, Kosel BW, Aweeka FT. Pharmacokinetics of indinavir in HIV-positive pregnant women. AIDS. 2000 May 26; 14(8):1061-2.
Kosel BW, Aweeka F. Drug interactions of antiretroviral agents. AIDS Clin Rev. 2000-2001; 193-227.
Aweeka F, Jayesekara D, Horton M, Swan S, Lambrecht L, Wilner KD, Sherwood J, Anziano RJ, Smolarek TA, Turncliff RZ. The pharmacokinetics of ziprasidone in subjects with normal and impaired renal function. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2000; 49 Suppl 1:27S-33S.
Homma M, Jayewardene AL, Gambertoglio J, Aweeka F. High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of ribavirin in whole blood to assess disposition in erythrocytes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1999 Nov; 43(11):2716-9.
Kearney BP, Aweeka FT. The penetration of anti-infectives into the central nervous system. Neurol Clin. 1999 Nov; 17(4):883-900.
Hayashi S, Jayesekera D, Jayewardene A, Shah A, Thevanayagam L, Aweeka F. Altered pharmacokinetics of indinavir by a novel nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (HBY-097): a pharmacokinetic evaluation in HIV-positive patients. J Clin Pharmacol. 1999 Oct; 39(10):1085-93.
Jayasekara D, Aweeka FT, Rodriguez R, Kalayjian RC, Humphreys MH, Gambertoglio JG. Antiviral therapy for HIV patients with renal insufficiency. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1999 Aug 15; 21(5):384-95.
Staprans S, Marlowe N, Glidden D, Novakovic-Agopian T, Grant RM, Heyes M, Aweeka F, Deeks S, Price RW. Time course of cerebrospinal fluid responses to antiretroviral therapy: evidence for variable compartmentalization of infection. AIDS. 1999 Jun 18; 13(9):1051-61.
Aweeka FT, Gottwald MD, Gambertoglio JG, Wright TL, Boyer TD, Pollock AS, Eldon MA, Kugler AR, Alldredge BK. Pharmacokinetics of fosphenytoin in patients with hepatic or renal disease. Epilepsia. 1999 Jun; 40(6):777-82.
Aweeka FT, Jacobson MA, Martin-Munley S, Hedman A, Schoenfeld P, Omachi R, Tsunoda S, Gambertoglio JG. Effect of renal disease and hemodialysis on foscarnet pharmacokinetics and dosing recommendations. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1999 Apr 01; 20(4):350-7.
Aweeka F, Jayewardene A, Staprans S, Bellibas SE, Kearney B, Lizak P, Novakovic-Agopian T, Price RW. Failure to detect nelfinavir in the cerebrospinal fluid of HIV-1--infected patients with and without AIDS dementia complex. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1999 Jan 01; 20(1):39-43.
Brody SR, Humphreys MH, Gambertoglio JG, Schoenfeld P, Cundy KC, Aweeka FT. Pharmacokinetics of cidofovir in renal insufficiency and in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis or high-flux hemodialysis. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 1999 Jan; 65(1):21-8.
Jayewardene AL, Zhu F, Aweeka FT, Gambertoglio JG. Simple high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of the protease inhibitor indinavir in human plasma. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl. 1998 Apr 10; 707(1-2):203-11.
Aweeka FT, Brody SR, Jacobson M, Botwin K, Martin-Munley S. Is there a pharmacokinetic interaction between foscarnet and zalcitabine during concomitant administration? Clin Ther. 1998 Mar-Apr; 20(2):232-43.
Brody SR, Aweeka FT. Pharmacokinetics of intracellular zidovudine and its phosphorylated anabolites in the absence and presence of stavudine using an in vitro human peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) model. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 1997 Sep; 9(2):131-5.
Wolfe EJ, Mathur V, Tomlanovich S, Jung D, Wong R, Griffy K, Aweeka FT. Pharmacokinetics of mycophenolate mofetil and intravenous ganciclovir alone and in combination in renal transplant recipients. Pharmacotherapy. 1997 May-Jun; 17(3):591-8.
Aweeka FT, Kwong M, Mak M, al-Uzri A, Affrime M, Cutler D, Kahn J, Gambertoglio JG. Pharmacokinetics of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor: the effects of zidovudine. J Clin Pharmacol. 1996 Dec; 36(12):1107-13.
Alexander AC, Akers A, Matzke GR, Aweeka FT, Fraley DS. Disposition of foscarnet during peritoneal dialysis. Ann Pharmacother. 1996 Oct; 30(10):1106-9.
Drusano GL, Aweeka F, Gambertoglio J, Jacobson M, Polis M, Lane HC, Eaton C, Martin-Munley S. Relationship between foscarnet exposure, baseline cytomegalovirus (CMV) blood culture and the time to progression of CMV retinitis in HIV-positive patients. AIDS. 1996 Sep; 10(10):1113-9.
Tsunoda SM, Aweeka FT. The use of therapeutic drug monitoring to optimise immunosuppressive therapy. Clin Pharmacokinet. 1996 Feb; 30(2):107-40.
d'Uscio CH, Aweeka FT, Prueksaritanont T, Tomlanovich SJ, Gupta SK, Lantz MV, Gambertoglio JG, Garovoy MR, Benet LZ. Immunopharmacodynamic studies of cyclosporine in patients awaiting renal transplantation. J Clin Pharmacol. 1995 Oct; 35(10):967-73.
Aweeka FT, Mak M, al-Uzri A, Peter K, Dett C, Franco J, Affrime M, Guerciolini R, Cutler DL, Kahn J. Oral and intravenous zidovudine pharmacokinetics: the effect of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor. J Clin Pharmacol. 1995 Sep; 35(9):856-64.
Aweeka FT, Gambertoglio JG, Kramer F, van der Horst C, Polsky B, Jayewardene A, Lizak P, Emrick L, Tong W, Jacobson MA. Foscarnet and ganciclovir pharmacokinetics during concomitant or alternating maintenance therapy for AIDS-related cytomegalovirus retinitis. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 1995 Apr; 57(4):403-12.
Aweeka FT, Tomlanovich SJ, Prueksaritanont T, Gupta SK, Benet LZ. Pharmacokinetics of orally and intravenously administered cyclosporine in pre-kidney transplant patients. J Clin Pharmacol. 1994 Jan; 34(1):60-7.
Aweeka FT, Gambertoglio JG, van der Horst C, Raasch R, Jacobson MA. Pharmacokinetics of concomitantly administered foscarnet and zidovudine for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infection (AIDS Clinical Trials Group protocol 053). Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1992 Aug; 36(8):1773-8.
Jacobson MA, Gambertoglio JG, Aweeka FT, Causey DM, Portale AA. Foscarnet-induced hypocalcemia and effects of foscarnet on calcium metabolism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1991 May; 72(5):1130-5.
Hassanzadeh MK, Aweeka FT, Wu S, Jacobson MA, Gambertoglio JG. Determination of phosphonoformic acid in human plasma and urine by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. J Chromatogr. 1990 Jan 26; 525(1):133-40.
Aweeka F, Gambertoglio J, Mills J, Jacobson MA. Pharmacokinetics of intermittently administered intravenous foscarnet in the treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with serious cytomegalovirus retinitis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1989 May; 33(5):742-5.
Aweeka F, Lizak P, Garovoy M, Amend W, Birnbaum J, Gumbert M, Gambertoglio J. Interleukin-2 and immunoglobulin increases with H2-antagonists in humans. Transplant Proc. 1989 Feb; 21(1 Pt 2):1718-21.
Jacobson MA, Crowe S, Levy J, Aweeka F, Gambertoglio J, McManus N, Mills J. Effect of Foscarnet therapy on infection with human immunodeficiency virus in patients with AIDS. J Infect Dis. 1988 Oct; 158(4):862-5.