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Farrar JE, Mueller SW, Stevens V, Kiser TH, Taleb S, Reynolds PM. Correlation of antimicrobial fraction unbound and sieving coefficient in critically ill patients on continuous renal replacement therapy: a systematic review. J Antimicrob Chemother 2021; 77:310-319. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkab396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background
Fraction unbound has been used as a surrogate for antimicrobial sieving coefficient (SC) to predict extracorporeal clearance in critically ill patients on continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), but this is based largely on expert opinion.
Objectives
To examine relationships between package insert-derived fraction unbound (Fu-P), study-specific fraction unbound (Fu-S), and SC in critically ill patients receiving CRRT.
Methods
English-language studies containing patient-specific in vivo pharmacokinetic parameters for antimicrobials in critically ill patients requiring CRRT were included. The primary outcome included correlations between Fu-S, Fu-P, and SC. Secondary outcomes included correlations across protein binding quartiles, serum albumin, and predicted in-hospital mortality, and identification of predictors for SC through multivariable analysis.
Results
Eighty-nine studies including 32 antimicrobials were included for analysis. SC was moderately correlated to Fu-S (R2 = 0.55, P < 0.001) and Fu-P (R2 = 0.41, P < 0.001). SC was best correlated to Fu-S in first (<69%) and fourth (>92%) quartiles of fraction unbound and above median albumin concentrations of 24.5 g/L (R2 = 0.71, P = 0.07). Conversely, correlation was weaker in patients with mortality estimates greater than the median of 55% (R2 = 0.06, P = 0.84). SC and Fu-P were also best correlated in the first quartile of antimicrobial fraction unbound (R2 = 0.66, P < 0.001). Increasing Fu-P, flow rate, membrane surface area, and serum albumin, and decreasing physiologic charge significantly predicted increasing SC.
Conclusions
Fu-S and Fu-P were both reasonably correlated to SC. Caution should be taken when using Fu-S to calculate extracorporeal clearance in antimicrobials with 69%–92% fraction unbound or with >55% estimated in-hospital patient mortality. Fu-P may serve as a rudimentary surrogate for SC when Fu-S is unavailable.
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- Julie E. Farrar
- Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy, 650 Clinic Dr, Mobile, AL 36688, USA
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- University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 12850 E. Montview Blvd, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- University of Colorado Hospital, 12505 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 12850 E. Montview Blvd, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 12850 E. Montview Blvd, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 12850 E. Montview Blvd, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Jarrell AS, Crow JR, Strout SE, Kruer RM, Toman LP, Dioverti-Prono MV, Lees L, Avery RK, Marzinke MA. Valganciclovir Dosing for Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in Solid-organ Transplant Recipients on Continuous Veno-venous Hemodialysis. Clin Infect Dis 2021; 73:101-106. [PMID: 32379860 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Optimal valganciclovir dosing for cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in solid-organ transplant (SOT) patients on continuous veno-venous hemodialysis (CVVHD) is not known. Ganciclovir trough concentrations ≥0.60 μg/mL have been suggested for CMV prophylaxis. This study was conducted to determine if valganciclovir 450 mg enterally every 24 hours achieves ganciclovir trough concentrations ≥0.60 μg/mL in patients on CVVHD. METHODS This single-center, prospective, open-label, pharmacokinetic study included adult SOT patients admitted to an intensive care unit from March 2018 to June 2019 on CVVHD. All patients were receiving valganciclovir 450 mg enterally every 24 hours for CMV prophylaxis prior to enrollment. Each patient had a peak and trough sample drawn at steady state. RESULTS Ten SOT patients were included in the study (6 liver, 1 simultaneous liver-kidney, 2 bilateral lung, 1 heart). The mean ± SD age was 51.8 ± 14.0 years, and average body mass index was 27 ± 6.9 kg/m2. Ganciclovir trough concentrations ranged from 0.31 to 3.16 μg/mL, and 80% of participants have trough concentrations ≥0.60 μg/mL. No patients had documented neutropenia while on valganciclovir and CVVHD; 60% of patients had significant thrombocytopenia. CONCLUSIONS Valganciclovir 450 mg enterally every 24 hours achieved ganciclovir trough concentrations ≥0.60 μg/mL in most patients on CVVHD, similar to those reported with intravenous ganciclovir for prophylaxis in this population. Based on these data, valganciclovir may require dosing every 24 hours to achieve concentrations equivalent to ganciclovir. Neutropenia did not occur in the study period. Thrombocytopenia was common and likely multifactorial.
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- Andrew S Jarrell
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Division of Critical Care and Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Division of Critical Care and Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Division of Critical Care and Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Indiana University Health-Adult Academic Health Center, Department of Pharmacy, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Division of Critical Care and Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Division of Critical Care and Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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BACKGROUND The pharmacokinetic (PK) data of ganciclovir (GCV), a first-line antiviral treatment for cytomegalovirus infections, in critically ill patients are limited. This study aimed at characterizing GCV population PK and interindividual variability (IIV) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Secondary objectives were to identify patient characteristics responsible for IIV and simulate GCV exposure for different dosing regimens. METHOD In this retrospective observational study, clinical data and serum GCV levels were collected from ICU patients on intravenous GCV. PK modeling, covariate analyses, and explorative Monte Carlo dosing simulations (MCS) were performed using nonlinear mixed-effects modeling. Bootstrap and visual predictive checks were used to determine model adequacy. RESULTS In total, 128 GCV measurements were obtained from 34 patients. GCV PK conformed to a 1-compartment model with first-order elimination. After multivariate analyses, only the estimated glomerular filtration rate calculated using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) formula (P < 0.001) was included as a covariate. In the final model, the estimated clearance (CL) and volume of distribution (V1) were 2.3 L/h and 42 L, respectively, for a patient with the median CKD-EPI of the population (65 mL/min per 1.73 m). The association between CKD-EPI and CL decreased the residual variability from 0.56 to 0.43 and V1-IIV from 114% to 80%, whereas CL-IIV changed from 43% to 47%. MCS revealed that a substantial number of patients may not achieve the GCV PK/pharmacodynamic target trough level (>1.5 mg/L) when administering the label-recommended dose reductions for patients with CKD-EPI <50 mL/min. CONCLUSIONS A large IIV was observed in GCV PK among ICU patients. CKD-EPI could partially explain the IIV, although a large part of the variability remains unclear. MCS suggested that recommended dose reductions for CKD-EPI <50 mL/min may lead to subtherapeutic plasma GCV levels in these patients.
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Ho SA, Slavin M, Roberts JA, Yong M. Optimization of Ganciclovir use in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant recipients - the role of therapeutic drug monitoring. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2020; 19:707-718. [PMID: 33201745 DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2021.1851193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Introduction: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is an opportunistic infectious complication that can occur after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). The mainstay of treatment and prevention of this infection is ganciclovir and its ester prodrug valganciclovir. There is conflicting evidence on the clinical utility of routine ganciclovir therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) as a means to optimize treatment.Areas covered: This review aims to describe the current knowledge of the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of ganciclovir and valganciclovir, and to explore the evidence and challenges surrounding ganciclovir TDM within the allogeneic HCT cohort.Expert opinion: Ganciclovir TDM is important to optimize efficacy in selected patient groups where there are variable pharmacokinetic factors or inadequate response to treatment. However, defined pharmacokinetic exposures which correlate with treatment efficacy and toxicity remain elusive. Prospective clinical studies in specific patient groups are required to clarify this issue. Alternative TDM targets such as the intracellular ganciclovir triphosphate should be explored as they may prove to have better correlation with clinical outcomes and adverse effects. With recent advances in CMV immune monitoring, novel approaches integrating TDM with specific CMV immune phenotyping in a predictive model will be advantageous in optimizing ganciclovir dosing by combining TDM with a risk stratification approach.
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- Su Ann Ho
- Departments of Infectious Diseases, The National Centre for Infections in Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Melbourne, Australia
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases, The National Centre for Infections in Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Melbourne, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Victorian Infectious Diseases Services Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville VIC, Australia
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- University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine & Centre for Translational Anti-infective Pharmacodynamics, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.,Departments of Pharmacy and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,Division of Anaesthesiology Critical Care Emergency and Pain Medicine, Nîmes University Hospital, University of Montpellier, Nîmes, France
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- Departments of Infectious Diseases, The National Centre for Infections in Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Melbourne, Australia.,Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Victorian Infectious Diseases Services Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville VIC, Australia
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Li L, Li X, Xia Y, Chu Y, Zhong H, Li J, Liang P, Bu Y, Zhao R, Liao Y, Yang P, Lu X, Jiang S. Recommendation of Antimicrobial Dosing Optimization During Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy. Front Pharmacol 2020; 11:786. [PMID: 32547394 PMCID: PMC7273837 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) is more and more widely used in patients for various indications recent years. It is still intricate for clinicians to decide a suitable empiric antimicrobial dosing for patients receiving CRRT. Inappropriate doses of antimicrobial agents may lead to treatment failure or drug resistance of pathogens. CRRT factors, patient individual conditions and drug pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics are the main elements effecting the antimicrobial dosing adjustment. With the development of CRRT techniques, some antimicrobial dosing recommendations in earlier studies were no longer appropriate for clinical use now. Here, we reviewed the literatures involving in new progresses of antimicrobial dosages, and complied the updated empirical dosing strategies based on CRRT modalities and effluent flow rates. The following antimicrobial agents were included for review: flucloxacillin, piperacillin/tazobactam, ceftriaxone, ceftazidime/avibactam, cefepime, ceftolozane/tazobactam, sulbactam, meropenem, imipenem, panipenem, biapenem, ertapenem, doripenem, amikacin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, clindamycin, azithromycin, tigecycline, polymyxin B, colistin, vancomycin, teicoplanin, linezolid, daptomycin, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim, fluconazole, voriconazole, posaconzole, caspofungin, micafungin, amphotericin B, acyclovir, ganciclovir, oseltamivir, and peramivir.
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- Lu Li
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- School of Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Stockmann C, Roberts JK, Knackstedt ED, Spigarelli MG, Sherwin CM. Clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of ganciclovir and valganciclovir in children with cytomegalovirus infection. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2014; 11:205-19. [PMID: 25428442 DOI: 10.1517/17425255.2015.988139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Among infants and immunocompromised children cytomegalovirus (CMV) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. AREAS COVERED This review describes the clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of ganciclovir and valganciclovir for the treatment and prevention of CMV infection in children. EXPERT OPINION A 24-h ganciclovir area under the concentration versus time curve (AUC₀₋₂₄) of 40 - 60 μg h/ml decreased the risk of CMV infection for adults undergoing CMV prophylaxis. For adults undergoing treatment for active CMV disease, a target AUC₀₋₁₂ of 40 - 60 μg h/ml has been suggested. The applicability of these targets to children remains uncertain; however, with the most sophisticated dosing regimens developed to date only 21% of patients are predicted to reach these targets. Moving forward, identification of optimal pediatric ganciclovir and valganciclovir dosing regimens may involve the use of an externally validated pediatric population pharmacokinetic model for empirical dosing, an optimal sampling strategy for collecting a minimal number of blood samples for each patient and Bayesian updating of the dosing regimen based on an individual patient's pharmacokinetic profile.
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- Chris Stockmann
- University of Utah School of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics , 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108 , USA +1 801 587 7404 ; +1 801 585 9410 ;
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Pharmacokinetics of ganciclovir during continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration in critically ill patients. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013; 58:94-101. [PMID: 24145543 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00892-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Ganciclovir is an antiviral agent that is frequently used in critically ill patients with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections. Continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) is a common extracorporeal renal replacement therapy in intensive care unit patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the pharmacokinetics of ganciclovir in anuric patients undergoing CVVHDF. Population pharmacokinetic analysis was performed for nine critically ill patients with proven or suspected CMV infection who were undergoing CVVHDF. All patients received a single dose of ganciclovir at 5 mg/kg of body weight intravenously. Serum and ultradiafiltrate concentrations were assessed by high-performance liquid chromatography, and these data were used for pharmacokinetic analysis. Mean peak and trough prefilter ganciclovir concentrations were 11.8 ± 3.5 mg/liter and 2.4 ± 0.7 mg/liter, respectively. The pharmacokinetic parameters elimination half-life (24.2 ± 7.6 h), volume of distribution (81.2 ± 38.3 liters), sieving coefficient (0.76 ± 0.1), total clearance (2.7 ± 1.2 liters/h), and clearance of CVVHDF (1.5 ± 0.2 liters/h) were determined. Based on population pharmacokinetic simulations with respect to a target area under the curve (AUC) of 50 mg · h/liter and a trough level of 2 mg/liter, a ganciclovir dose of 2.5 mg/kg once daily seems to be adequate for anuric critically ill patients during CVVHDF.
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McGloughlin S, Roberts JA, O'Donoghue S, Martin J, Briscoe S, Lipman J. Ganciclovir pharmacokinetics and suggested dosing in continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2010; 37:90-2. [PMID: 21075610 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2010] [Accepted: 10/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Bleyzac N, Barou P, Massenavette B, Contamin B, Maire P, Berthier JC, Aulagner G. Assessment of acyclovir intraindividual pharmacokinetic variability during continuous hemofiltration, continuous hemodiafiltration, and continuous hemodialysis. Ther Drug Monit 1999; 21:520-5. [PMID: 10519448 DOI: 10.1097/00007691-199910000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The use of intravenous acyclovir can be particularly complicated in pediatric patients with evolving renal impairment, because of intraindividual pharmacokinetic variability linked to the patient's clinical condition. The objective of this study was to use therapeutic drug monitoring data to assess acyclovir intraindividual pharmacokinetic variability during several types of renal replacement therapy. Bayesian adaptive control of acyclovir dosage regimen was performed in a pediatric patient with bone marrow transplant who developed severe renal impairment. Acyclovir pharmacokinetic parameter values corresponding to the different techniques and periods of renal replacement therapy were estimated using USCPACK PC Clinical Programs and therapeutic drug monitoring data. Results showed a wide intraindividual pharmacokinetic variability during CAVH, CAVHDF, and CVVHD, reflecting not only the performance of each dialysis technique but also the difficulty in making use of each one. The acyclovir elimination rate constant was higher during CVVHD compared to CAVH or CAVHDF. Bayesian method appears to be valuable in assessing intraindividual pharmacokinetic variability, as it allows the clinician to deal with sparse routine patient data.
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- N Bleyzac
- Department of Pharmacy, Debrousse Hospital, Lyon, France
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Prescription médicamenteuse lors d'épuration extrarénale continue: bases pharmacocinétiques, revue de la littérature et validation d'une approche prédictive simple. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1164-6756(98)80056-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Gando S, Kameue T, Nanzaki S, Hayakawa T, Nakanishi Y. Pharmacokinetics and clearance of ganciclovir during continuous hemodiafiltration. Crit Care Med 1998; 26:184-7. [PMID: 9428565 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199801000-00038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the ganciclovir pharmacokinetics and clearance during continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration. DESIGN Case report. SETTING General intensive care unit of a tertiary care emergency department. PATIENTS A 63-yr-old female who has a history of active behçet's disease that has been controlled with oral prednisolone, and who has chronic renal failure. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS A 5-mg/kg dosage of ganciclovir was administered intravenously over a 60-min period under continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration. Samples from the arterial and venous blood catheters and from the ultradiafiltrate were collected over the next 12 hrs to calculate pharmacokinetic parameters and clearance of hemodiafiltration. The pharmacokinetic parameters were as follows: half-life of elimination phase 12.6 hrs; total clearance 0.55 mL/min/kg; and volume distribution of steady state 27.07 L. The clearance of hemodiafiltration was 0.63 mL/min/kg. CONCLUSION Continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration is effective in removing ganciclovir from the blood.
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- S Gando
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Patients in the Intensive Care Unit commonly develop acute renal failure (ARF). The kidneys are rarely the only organs failing in these patients. Frequently ARF is part of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. The choice of dialytic therapy should consider, not only the efficacy of the therapy, but also the undesirable effects such therapy may have on the other failing organs. Intermittent Haemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis were the conventional forms of dialysis available. Both are associated with complications which may make them unsuitable for use in the haemodynamically unstable, hypercatabolic patients, seen in the Intensive Care setting. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) has been introduced in many Intensive Care Units to provide a more stable, flexible form of dialysis. The purpose of this article is to give an overview of the various forms of CRRT and to discuss the advantages of this form of therapy.
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- C G Flynn
- Department of Anesthesiology, U.T.M.B., Galveston, Texas 77555
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