{"title":"Effect of proton pump inhibitors versus histamine-2 receptor antagonists on acute kidney injury in septic patients at high risk for developing stress ulcers.","authors":"Hua-Ping Fan, Yu Zhou, Mei-Li Chen, Kun-Hua Qiu, Xue Feng, Chao Zhou, Min-Li Zhu, Rong-Zhong Huang, Tian-Yang Hu","doi":"10.1002/phar.2947","DOIUrl":"10.1002/phar.2947","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>To compare the effects of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) and histamine-2 receptor antagonist (H2RA) use on the occurrence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in septic patients at high risk for developing stress ulcers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV version 2.2 database, septic patients with high-risk factors for stress ulcers (i.e., shock, coagulopathy, invasive mechanical ventilation, or chronic liver diseases) were included. Exposures included PPIs and H2RAs within 24 h of intensive care unit (ICU) admission or prior to ICU admission. The primary end point was severe sepsis-associated AKI as defined by the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes criteria stage 3 (KDIGO-3). Propensity score matching (PSM) was performed to balance baseline characteristics. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression was used to estimate the effect size.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>4731 PPI users and 4903 H2RA users were included. After PSM, there were 1785 pairs exposed to PPIs and H2RAs. In the PSM cohort, the cumulative incident KDIGO-3 rate was higher in the PPI group than in the H2RA group (log-rank test, p = 0.009). Regression analyses showed that PPI exposure [adjusted hazard ratio 1.32, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.11-1.58, p = 0.002] was associated with incident KDIGO-3 compared with H2RA use. This association remained consistent in sensitivity analyses. Additionally, the PPI group had a higher need for kidney replacement therapy compared with the H2RA group (3.6% vs. 2.1%, P = 0.012).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Among septic patients at high risk for developing stress ulcers, PPI exposure was associated with incident KDIGO-3 AKI compared with H2RA use.</p>","PeriodicalId":20013,"journal":{"name":"Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141427377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth M Sherman, Allison L Agwu, Juan Ambrosioni, Georg M N Behrens, Carolyn Chu, Lauren F Collins, Humberto R Jimenez, David E Koren, Leslie McGorman, Nancy N Nguyen, Melanie R Nicol, Neha Sheth Pandit, Natacha Pierre, Kimberly K Scarsi, Gary F Spinner, Alice Tseng, Jeremy D Young, Melissa E Badowski
{"title":"Consensus recommendations for use of long-acting antiretroviral medications in the treatment and prevention of HIV-1: Endorsed by the American Academy of HIV Medicine, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Canadian HIV and Viral Hepatitis Pharmacists Network, European AIDS Clinical Society, and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists: An executive summary.","authors":"Elizabeth M Sherman, Allison L Agwu, Juan Ambrosioni, Georg M N Behrens, Carolyn Chu, Lauren F Collins, Humberto R Jimenez, David E Koren, Leslie McGorman, Nancy N Nguyen, Melanie R Nicol, Neha Sheth Pandit, Natacha Pierre, Kimberly K Scarsi, Gary F Spinner, Alice Tseng, Jeremy D Young, Melissa E Badowski","doi":"10.1002/phar.2921","DOIUrl":"10.1002/phar.2921","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Five long-acting (LA) antiretrovirals (ARVs) are currently available in a limited number of countries worldwide for HIV-1 prevention or treatment - cabotegravir, rilpivirine, lenacapavir, ibalizumab, and dapivirine. Implementing use of LA ARVs in routine clinical practice requires significant changes to the current framework of HIV-1 prevention, treatment, and service provision. Given the novelty, complexity, and interdisciplinary requirements of safe and optimal use of LA ARVs, consensus recommendations on the use of LA ARVs will assist clinicians in optimizing use of these agents. The purpose of these recommendations is to provide guidance for the clinical use of LA ARVs for HIV-1 treatment and prevention. In addition, future areas of research are identified and discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":20013,"journal":{"name":"Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141617025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PharmacotherapyPub Date : 2024-07-01Epub Date: 2024-06-24DOI: 10.1002/phar.2948
Flory T Muanda, Matthew A Weir, Fatemeh Ahmadi, Eric McArthur, Jessica M Sontrop, Sheikh S Abdullah, Brad L Urquhart, Hasti Sadeghi, Richard B Kim, Amit X Garg
{"title":"Thirty-day risk of digoxin toxicity among older adults co-prescribed trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole versus amoxicillin: A population-based cohort study.","authors":"Flory T Muanda, Matthew A Weir, Fatemeh Ahmadi, Eric McArthur, Jessica M Sontrop, Sheikh S Abdullah, Brad L Urquhart, Hasti Sadeghi, Richard B Kim, Amit X Garg","doi":"10.1002/phar.2948","DOIUrl":"10.1002/phar.2948","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Importance: </strong>Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) may increase digoxin concentration, a medication with a narrow therapeutic index. Small changes in digoxin concentration could predispose individuals to the risk of toxicity.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To characterize the risk of digoxin toxicity in older adults taking digoxin following co-prescription of TMP-SMX compared with co-prescription of amoxicillin.</p><p><strong>Design, settings, and participants: </strong>Retrospective population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada (2002-2020) using linked health care data. Participants comprised 47,961 older adults taking digoxin (58% women; median age 80 years [interquartile range 74-86]) who were newly treated with TMP-SMX (n = 10,273) compared with those newly treated with amoxicillin (n = 37,688).</p><p><strong>Exposure: </strong>Co-prescription of TMP-SMX versus amoxicillin in older adults concurrently taking digoxin.</p><p><strong>Main outcome and measure: </strong>The primary outcome was a hospital encounter (i.e., hospital admission or emergency department visit) with digoxin toxicity within 30 days of the antibiotic prescription. Inverse probability of treatment weighting on the propensity score was used to balance comparison groups on indicators of baseline health. Weighted risk ratios (RR) were obtained using modified Poisson regression and weighted risk differences (RD) using binomial regression. The number needed to harm (NNH) was calculated as 1/RD.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A hospital encounter with digoxin toxicity occurred in 49/10,273 (0.48%) patients treated with TMP-SMX versus 32/37,688 (0.08%) in those treated with amoxicillin (weighted RR, 5.71 [95% confidence interval (CI), 3.19 to 10.24]; weighted RD, 0.39% [95% CI, 0.25% to 0.53%]; NNH 256 [95% CI, 233 to 400]).</p><p><strong>Conclusion and relevance: </strong>In older adults taking digoxin, the 30-day risk of a hospital encounter with digoxin toxicity was nearly 6 times higher in those co-prescribed TMP-SMX versus amoxicillin, although the absolute risk difference was low (0.4%). Physicians should prescribe an alternative antibiotic when clinically appropriate. If TMP-SMX must be co-prescribed with digoxin (if the benefit is believed to outweigh the risk), digoxin should be dose-reduced on an individual basis.</p>","PeriodicalId":20013,"journal":{"name":"Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141458608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PharmacotherapyPub Date : 2024-07-01Epub Date: 2024-06-14DOI: 10.1002/phar.2944
Bradley J Haan, Samantha N Blackmon, Alex M Cobb, Heather E Cohen, Margaret T DeVier, Mary M Perez, Samuel F Winslow
{"title":"Corticosteroids in critically ill patients: A narrative review.","authors":"Bradley J Haan, Samantha N Blackmon, Alex M Cobb, Heather E Cohen, Margaret T DeVier, Mary M Perez, Samuel F Winslow","doi":"10.1002/phar.2944","DOIUrl":"10.1002/phar.2944","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Corticosteroids have been utilized in modern medicine for decades. Many indications have been investigated across various treatment settings with both benefit and harm observed. Given the instability of critically ill patients, the increased risk of corticosteroid-related complications, and the pervasive comorbidities, patients who receive corticosteroids must be carefully managed. Common critical care disease states in which corticosteroids have been studied and are routinely utilized include acute respiratory distress syndrome, adrenal insufficiency, angioedema, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, community-acquired pneumonia, coronavirus disease 2019, septic shock, and spinal cord injury. Benefits of corticosteroids include an improvement in disease state-specific outcomes, decreased hospital length of stay, decreased mechanical ventilatory support, and decreased mortality. The harm of corticosteroids is well documented through adverse effects that include, but are not limited to, hyperglycemia, tachycardia, hypertension, agitation, delirium, anxiety, immunosuppression, gastrointestinal bleeding, fluid retention, and muscle weakness. Furthermore, corticosteroids are associated with increased health care costs through adverse effects as well as drug acquisition and administration costs. Given the assortment of agents, dosing, benefits, risks, and utilization in the critical care setting, there may be difficulty with identifying the appropriate places for use of corticosteroids in therapy. There currently exists no comprehensive report detailing the use of corticosteroids in the aforementioned disease states within the critical care setting. This narrative review sets out to describe these in detail.</p>","PeriodicalId":20013,"journal":{"name":"Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141317875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth M Sherman, Allison L Agwu, Juan Ambrosioni, Georg M N Behrens, Carolyn Chu, Lauren F Collins, Humberto R Jimenez, David E Koren, Leslie McGorman, Nancy N Nguyen, Melanie R Nicol, Neha Sheth Pandit, Natacha Pierre, Kimberly K Scarsi, Gary F Spinner, Alice Tseng, Jeremy D Young, Melissa E Badowski
{"title":"Consensus recommendations for use of long-acting antiretroviral medications in the treatment and prevention of HIV-1: Endorsed by the American Academy of HIV Medicine, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Canadian HIV and Viral Hepatitis Pharmacists Network, European AIDS Clinical Society, and Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists.","authors":"Elizabeth M Sherman, Allison L Agwu, Juan Ambrosioni, Georg M N Behrens, Carolyn Chu, Lauren F Collins, Humberto R Jimenez, David E Koren, Leslie McGorman, Nancy N Nguyen, Melanie R Nicol, Neha Sheth Pandit, Natacha Pierre, Kimberly K Scarsi, Gary F Spinner, Alice Tseng, Jeremy D Young, Melissa E Badowski","doi":"10.1002/phar.2922","DOIUrl":"10.1002/phar.2922","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Five long-acting (LA) antiretrovirals (ARVs) are currently available in a limited number of countries worldwide for HIV-1 prevention or treatment-cabotegravir, rilpivirine, lenacapavir, ibalizumab, and dapivirine. Implementing use of LA ARVs into routine clinical practice requires significant changes to the current framework of HIV-1 prevention, treatment, and service provision. Given the novelty, complexity, and interdisciplinary requirements needed to safely and optimally utilize LA ARVs, consensus recommendations on the use of LA ARVs will assist clinicians in optimizing use of these agents. The purpose of these recommendations is to provide guidance for the clinical use of LA ARVs for HIV-1 treatment and prevention. In addition, future areas of research are also identified and discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":20013,"journal":{"name":"Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141617024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Incidence of serious infections in the working-age Japanese adult population with rheumatoid arthritis treated with tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors and interleukin-6 inhibitors: A nationwide retrospective cohort study.","authors":"Ryosuke Ota, Atsushi Hirata, Takeo Hata, Masami Nishihara, Masashi Neo, Takahiro Katsumata","doi":"10.1002/phar.2946","DOIUrl":"10.1002/phar.2946","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This retrospective cohort study aimed to compare the risk of serious infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors (TNFαi) and interleukin-6 inhibitors (IL-6i), with no prior use of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We employed the nationwide insurance claims database encompassing the years 2005 to 2018 in Japan. The inclusion criteria specified patients who were prescribed any type of bDMARDs, including TNFαi and IL-6i. The following exclusion criteria were applied: missing prescription dates, RA not diagnosed, below 16 years of age, bDMARDs prescribed within 6 months of registration, RA diagnosed post-bDMARDs prescription, and incidence of serious infections within 2 weeks before bDMARDs therapy. We applied stabilized inverse probability weights and utilized a Cox regression model to estimate the risk of serious infections associated with TNFαi and IL-6i.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The cohort of 2493 patients with RA was categorized into a TNFαi group and an IL-6i group of 2018 and 475 participants, respectively. The median follow-up duration (interquartile range) was 347 (147-820) days in the TNFαi group and 369 (149-838) days in the IL-6i group. In the inverse probability-weighted cohort, the incidence rates (95% confidence interval) of serious infections were 2.13 (1.65-2.71) and 3.25 (2.15-4.69) per 100 person-years for the TNFαi and IL-6i groups, respectively. The hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) comparing the TNFαi group to the IL-6i group was 0.66 (0.36-1.20, p = 0.168).</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The results underscore the lack of evidence to preferentially favor either TNFαi or IL-6i as later-line therapy in the management of bDMARDs-naive RA to mitigate the risk of serious infections.</p>","PeriodicalId":20013,"journal":{"name":"Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141306538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing thromboprophylaxis after colorectal cancer surgery in China: Bridging the gap between evidence and implementation through pathway optimization.","authors":"Zhi-Chun Gu, Meng-Fei Dai, Qi Wei, Yi-Dan Yan, Jian-Yong Zheng, Gui-Ying Wang, Zheng-Qiang Wei, Chang-Qing Jing, Yong-Xiang Li, Dong-Bing Zhou, Mou-Bin Lin, Xian-Li He, Fan Li, Qian Liu, Shi-Liang Tu, Zhen-Jun Wang, Ang Li, Hou-Wen Lin, Hong-Wei Yao, Zhong-Tao Zhang","doi":"10.1002/phar.2945","DOIUrl":"10.1002/phar.2945","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The CRC-VTE trial conducted in China revealed a significant occurrence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients following colorectal cancer (CRC) surgery, raising concerns about implementing thromboprophylaxis measures. The present study aimed to identify and analyze inappropriate aspects of current thromboprophylaxis practices.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study performed an analysis of the CRC-VTE trial, a prospective multicenter study that enrolled 1836 patients who underwent CRC surgery. The primary objective was to identify independent risk factors for VTE after CRC surgery using multivariate logistic regression analysis. Furthermore, among the cases in which VTE occurred, the appropriateness of thromboprophylaxis was assessed based on several factors, including pharmacologic prophylaxis, time to initiate prophylaxis, drug selection, drug dosage, and duration of pharmacologic prophylaxis. Based on the analysis of the current state of thromboprophylaxis and relevant clinical guidelines, a modified Delphi method was used to develop a clinical pathway for VTE prophylaxis after CRC surgery.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In this analysis of 1836 patients, 205 (11.2%) were diagnosed with VTE during follow-up. The multifactorial analysis identified several independent risk factors for VTE, including age (≥70 years), female sex, varicose veins in the lower extremities, intraoperative blood transfusion, and the duration of immobilization exceeding 24 h. None of the patients diagnosed with VTE in the CRC trial received adequate thromboprophylaxis. The main reasons for this inappropriate practice were the omission of thromboprophylaxis, delayed initiation, and insufficient duration of thromboprophylaxis. We developed a specialized clinical pathway for thromboprophylaxis after CRC surgery to address these issues.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study offers a comprehensive nationwide evaluation of existing thromboprophylaxis practices in patients after CRC surgery in China. A specialized clinical pathway was developed to address the identified gaps and improve the quality of care. This clinical pathway incorporates explicit, tailored, detailed recommendations for thromboprophylaxis after CRC surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":20013,"journal":{"name":"Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141331620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PharmacotherapyPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-05-09DOI: 10.1002/phar.2926
Benjamin A August, Pramodini B Kale-Pradhan
{"title":"Management of invasive candidiasis: A focus on rezafungin, ibrexafungerp, and fosmanogepix.","authors":"Benjamin A August, Pramodini B Kale-Pradhan","doi":"10.1002/phar.2926","DOIUrl":"10.1002/phar.2926","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Management of invasive fungal infections is challenging with growing antifungal resistance. Broad antifungal use has resulted in greater intrinsic and acquired resistance among Candida spp. It is important for clinicians to recognize the relationship between host susceptibility, site of infection, Candida resistance profiles, specific drug pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and the role of novel antifungal agents. This narrative review covers the role of rezafungin, ibrexafungerp, and fosmanogepix in the management of invasive candidiasis (IC). The PubMed Database, Embase, and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched between January 2006 and January 2024 using the following terms: rezafungin, CD101, ibrexafungerp, SCY-078, fosmanogepix, APX001, candidemia, and invasive candidiasis. Review articles, prospective clinical trials, and observational studies published in the English language were reviewed. Studies evaluating pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, efficacy, and safety in animals and humans were also reviewed. Promising data continues to emerge in support of novel drug therapies for IC and candidemia. Rezafungin possesses a unique pharmacodynamic profile that might be advantageous compared to other echinocandins, with a practical, once-weekly dosing interval. Ibrexafungerp, currently approved for vulvovaginal candidiasis, has been studied off-label for use in IC and candidemia, and initial data is encouraging. Lastly, fosmanogepix, a mechanistically novel, investigational antifungal agent, may be a potential future option in the management of IC and candidemia. Future research is needed to evaluate the potential use of these agents among diverse patient populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":20013,"journal":{"name":"Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140899166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PharmacotherapyPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-06-05DOI: 10.1002/phar.2943
Shawn Flanagan, Voon Ong, Thomas Marbury, Alena Jandourek, Ronak G Gandhi, Taylor Sandison
{"title":"Phase I study of the pharmacokinetics and safety of rezafungin in subjects with moderate/severe hepatic impairment and matched control subjects.","authors":"Shawn Flanagan, Voon Ong, Thomas Marbury, Alena Jandourek, Ronak G Gandhi, Taylor Sandison","doi":"10.1002/phar.2943","DOIUrl":"10.1002/phar.2943","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Rezafungin is a second-generation, once-weekly echinocandin antifungal approved for the treatment of invasive candidiasis, including candidemia. In phase II/III studies of rezafungin versus caspofungin, patients with severe hepatic impairment were excluded due to lack of caspofungin data in this population. This open-label, single-dose, phase I study evaluated the pharmacokinetics (primary objective) and safety of rezafungin in subjects with moderate or severe hepatic impairment versus matched, healthy subjects with normal hepatic function.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eight subjects each with moderate (Child-Pugh B) or severe (Child-Pugh C) hepatic impairment were matched 1:1 with healthy subjects for age, sex, and body mass index. Each subject received a single 400-mg, intravenous, 1-h infusion of rezafungin. Plasma pharmacokinetic sampling was performed at various time points through 336 h postdose. Pharmacokinetic parameters were derived by non-compartmental analysis. Safety was assessed throughout.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All 32 subjects received study treatment and were included in all analyses. Despite overlapping distributions of total plasma concentrations, based on geometric least-squares (LS) mean ratios, the area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero (prior to the start of infusion) to infinity (AUC<sub>0-∞</sub>) was 32% lower in subjects with moderate (LS mean ratio, 67.55; 90% confidence interval [CI]: 53.91, 84.65) and severe (LS mean ratio, 67.84; 90% CI: 57.49, 80.05) hepatic impairment versus matched healthy subjects. The maximum plasma concentration (C<sub>max</sub>) was 12% lower in moderate hepatic impairment and 28% lower in severe hepatic impairment groups. Linear regression showed no significant trend in the degree of hepatic impairment (based on Child-Pugh score) on AUC<sub>0-∞</sub> or C<sub>max</sub> (p > 0.05). Treatment-emergent adverse events were reported in seven subjects (21.9%; three subjects in each of the hepatic impairment groups, and one healthy subject), none of which were severe, serious, or resulted in withdrawal.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Rezafungin is well tolerated and can be administered to patients with moderate or severe hepatic impairment without the need for dose adjustment. The modest reduction in exposures in subjects with hepatic impairment is not clinically meaningful and is unlikely to impact efficacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":20013,"journal":{"name":"Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141261227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
PharmacotherapyPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-05-28DOI: 10.1002/phar.2941
Alexandre Duong, Ahmed El Gamal, Véronique Bilodeau, Justine Huot, Carole Delorme, Johanne Poudrette, Benoît Crevier, Amélie Marsot
{"title":"Vancomycin: An analysis and evaluation of eight population pharmacokinetic models for clinical application in general adult population.","authors":"Alexandre Duong, Ahmed El Gamal, Véronique Bilodeau, Justine Huot, Carole Delorme, Johanne Poudrette, Benoît Crevier, Amélie Marsot","doi":"10.1002/phar.2941","DOIUrl":"10.1002/phar.2941","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Based on the recent guidelines for vancomycin therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM), the area under the curve to minimum inhibitory concentration ratio was to be employed combined with the usage of population pharmacokinetic (popPK) model for dosing adaptation. Yet, deploying these models in a clinical setting requires an external evaluation of their performance.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate existing vancomycin popPK models from the literature for the use in TDM within the general patient population in a clinical setting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The models under external evaluation were chosen based on a review of literature covering vancomycin popPK models developed in general adult populations. Patients' data were collected from Charles-Le Moyne Hospital (CLMH). The external evaluation was performed with NONMEM® (v7.5). Additional analyses such as evaluating the impact of number of samples on external evaluation, Bayesian forecasting, and a priori dosing regimen simulations were performed on the best performing model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eight popPK models were evaluated with an independent dataset that included 40 patients and 252 samples. The model developed by Goti and colleagues demonstrated superior performance in diagnostic plots and population predictive performance, with bias and inaccuracy values of 0.251% and 22.7%, respectively, and for individual predictive performance, bias and inaccuracy were -4.90% and 12.1%, respectively. When limiting the independent dataset to one or two samples per patient, the Goti model exhibited inadequate predictive performance for inaccuracy, with values exceeding 30%. Moreover, the Goti model is suitable for Bayesian forecasting with at least two samples as prior for the prediction of the next trough concentration. Furthermore, the vancomycin dosing regimen that would maximize therapeutic targets of area under the curve to minimum inhibitory concentration ratio (AUC<sub>24</sub>/MIC) and trough concentrations (C<sub>trough</sub>) for the Goti model was 20 mg/kg/dose twice daily.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Considering the superior predictive performance and potential for Bayesian forecasting in the Goti model, future research aims to test its applicability in clinical settings at CLMH, both in a priori and a posteriori scenario.</p>","PeriodicalId":20013,"journal":{"name":"Pharmacotherapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141158598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}