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- Dreesen, Erwin, et al.
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Ceftriaxone dosing based on the predicted probability of augmented renal clearance in critically ill patients with pneumonia
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. - : Oxford University Press. - 0305-7453 .- 1460-2091. ; 77:9, s. 2479-2488
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objectives: PTA of protein-unbound ceftriaxone may be compromised in critically ill patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with augmented renal clearance (ARC). We aimed to determine an optimized ceftriaxone dosage regimen based on the probability of developing ARC on the next day (P-ARC,P-d+1; www.arcpredictor.com). Patients and methods: Thirty-three patients enrolled in a prospective cohort study were admitted to the ICU with severe CAP and treated with ceftriaxone 2 g once daily. Patients contributed 259 total ceftriaxone concentrations, collected during 1 or 2 days (+/- 7 samples/day). Unbound fractions of ceftriaxone were determined in all peak and trough samples (n= 76). Population pharmacokinetic modelling and simulation were performed using NONMEM7.4. Target attainment was defined as an unbound ceftriaxone concentration >4 mg/L throughout the dosing interval. Results: A two-compartment population pharmacokinetic model described the data well. The maximal protein-bound ceftriaxone concentration decreased with lower serum albumin. Ceftriaxone clearance increased with body weight and P-ARC,P-d+1 determined on the previous day. A high P-ARC,P-d+1 was identified as a clinically relevant predictor for underexposure on the next day (area under the receiver operating characteristics curve 0.77). Body weight had a weak predictive value and was therefore considered clinically irrelevant. Serum albumin had no predictive value. An optimal P-ARC,P-d+1 threshold of 5.7% was identified (sensitivity 73%, specificity 69%). Stratified once- or twice-daily 2 g dosing when below or above the 5.7% P-ARC,P-d+1 cut-off, respectively, was predicted to result in 81% PTA compared with 47% PTA under population-level once-daily 2 g dosing. Conclusions: Critically ill patients with CAP with a high P-ARC,P-d+1 may benefit from twice-daily 2 g ceftriaxone dosing for achieving adequate exposure on the next day.
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- Elkayal, Omar, et al.
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A Population Pharmacokinetic Modeling and Simulation Study of Posaconazole Oral Suspension in Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients : A Short Communication
- 2021
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Ingår i: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. - : Wolters Kluwer. - 0163-4356 .- 1536-3694. ; 43:4, s. 512-518
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Posaconazole oral suspension emerged as a promising candidate for prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised children. Its pharmacodynamic advantages include a broad-spectrum activity and a favorable safety profile; however, they are overshadowed by its large pharmacokinetic (PK) variability, which might cause subtherapeutic exposure. The aim of this study was to develop a population (pop) PK model based on rich sampling data to better understand the PK of posaconazole oral suspension in pediatric patients. Methods: Data were obtained from a prospective interventional study involving hospitalized pediatric patients with a hematologic malignancy and prophylactically treated with posaconazole oral suspension. After constructing the popPK model, the probability of target attainment (PTA; 100% T >= 0.7 mg/L) for prophylaxis under fixed, body weight-based, and body surface area-based dosing was evaluated using Monte Carlo simulation. Results: Fourteen patients contributed 112 posaconazole plasma concentrations. The PK of posaconazole was adequately described by a 1-compartment model with lag time 2.71 hours [13%]; nonlinear bioavailability ED50 99.1 mg/m(2) (fixed); first-order absorption rate constant 0.325 hour(-1) [27%]; apparent volume of distribution 1150 L [34%]; and apparent clearance 15.4 L/h [24%] (similar to 70-kg individual). The bioavailability decreased in the presence of diarrhea and co-treatment with a proton pump inhibitor (PPI). The unexplained interindividual variability in posaconazole PK remained large. The PTA was <85%, irrespective of the simulated dosing strategy. Patients without diarrhea and not administered a PPI had the highest PTA (85% under the fixed 300-mg dosing 4 times per day). Conclusions: Therapeutic drug monitoring is recommended during prophylactic posaconazole therapy in immunocompromised pediatric patients. Large-scale comparative studies are needed to characterize the PK variability between different posaconazole formulations in this cohort.
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- Elkayal, Omar, et al.
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Population pharmacokinetics of cefazolin in maternal and umbilical cord plasma, and simulated exposure in term neonates
- 2021
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Ingår i: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. - : Oxford University Press. - 0305-7453 .- 1460-2091. ; 76:12, s. 3229-3236
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BackgroundIntra-partum cefazolin is used to prevent group B Streptococcus (GBS) vertical transmission in mothers allergic to penicillin without a history of anaphylaxis.ObjectivesTo investigate the maternal cefazolin dose–exposure relationship and subsequent maternal and neonatal target attainment at delivery.MethodsData were obtained from 24 healthy, GBS-colonized pregnant women (20–41 years), undergoing vaginal delivery (gestational age ≥37 weeks). During labour, all women received a 2 g cefazolin IV infusion. Eight hours later, eight women received another 1 g in the event of delayed (>8 h) delivery. Next to maternal plasma concentrations (up to 10 per dosing interval, until delivery), venous and arterial umbilical cord concentrations were determined at delivery. Target attainment in maternal/neonatal plasma was set at 1 mg/L for 60% of the dosing interval (unbound cefazolin, worst-case clinical breakpoint). A population pharmacokinetic (popPK) model was built (NONMEM 7.4). ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01295606.ResultsAt delivery, maternal blood and arterial umbilical cord unbound cefazolin concentrations were >1 mg/L in 23/24 (95.8%) and 11/12 (91.7%), respectively. The popPK of cefazolin in pregnant women was described by a two-compartment model with first-order elimination. Two additional compartments described the venous and arterial umbilical cord concentration data. Cefazolin target attainment was adequate in the studied cohort, where delivery occurred no later than 6.5 h after either the first or the second dose. PopPK simulations showed adequate maternal and umbilical cord exposure for 12 h following the first dose.ConclusionsPopPK simulations showed that standard pre-delivery maternal cefazolin dosing provided adequate target attainment up to the time of delivery.
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- Van Daele, Ruth, et al.
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Concomitant use of isavuconazole and CYP3A4/5 inducers : Where pharmacogenetics meets pharmacokinetics
- 2021
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Ingår i: Mycoses. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0933-7407 .- 1439-0507. ; 64:9, s. 1111-1116
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background Isavuconazole is a triazole antifungal drug, approved for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis and mucormycosis. Isavuconazole is metabolised by CYP3A4 and CYP3A5, and it has been shown that the CYP3A inducer rifampin reduces isavuconazole exposure. By extrapolation, the concomitant use of isavuconazole with moderate and strong CYP450 inducers is contraindicated, although it is known that some CYP450 inducers are less potent in comparison with rifampin. Objectives We aim to document exposure to isavuconazole in patients concomitantly treated with a CYP450 inducer that is less potent compared to rifampin. Moreover, although it is well known that CYP3A enzymes are important for the metabolism of isavuconazole, this induction effect has never been studied in combination with the patient's CYP3A genotype. Patients We report three patients treated with both isavuconazole and a CYP3A inducer that is less potent compared to rifampin (rifabutin or phenobarbital), in whom we determined isavuconazole concentrations. Results These cases suggest that the CYP3A4/5 genotype is an important determinant for isavuconazole exposure and that it might also influence the CYP450 induction interaction. Conclusions CYP3A inducers that are less potent compared to rifampin, may be combined with isavuconazole in patients with loss of CYP3A5 activity (CYP3A5*3/*3). Therapeutic drug monitoring is recommended during this combination. However, low-isavuconazole exposure was observed in the extensive metaboliser with CYP3A4*1/*1 and CYP3A5*1/*3 alleles.
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