scholarly journals Effects of AIDS and Gender on Steady-State Plasma and Intrapulmonary Ethionamide Concentrations

2000 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 1337-1341 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Conte ◽  
Jeffrey A. Golden ◽  
Mari McQuitty ◽  
Juliana Kipps ◽  
Emil T. Lin ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Ethionamide, 250 mg every 12 h for a total of nine doses, was administered to 40 adult volunteers (10 men with AIDS, 10 healthy men, 10 women with AIDS, and 10 healthy women). Blood was obtained for drug assay prior to administration of the first dose, 2 h after the last dose, and at the completion of standardized bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage, which were performed 4 h after the last dose. Ethionamide was measured in epithelial lining fluid (ELF) and alveolar cells (AC) using a new mass spectrometric method. The presence of AIDS or gender was without significant effect on the concentrations of ethionamide in plasma, AC, or ELF. Plasma concentrations (mean ± standard deviation [SD]) were 0.97 ± 0.65 and 0.65 ± 0.35 μg/ml at 2 and 4 h after the last dose, respectively, and both values were significantly greater than the concentration of ethionamide in AC (0.38 ± 0.47 μg/ml) (P < 0.05). The concentration of ethionamide was significantly greater in ELF (5.63 ± 3.8 μg/ml) than in AC or plasma at 2 and 4 h and was approximately 10 to 20 times the reported MIC for ethionamide-susceptible strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. For all 40 subjects, the ELF/plasma concentration ratios (mean ± SD) at 2 and 4 h were 8.7 ± 11.7 and 9.7 ± 5.6, respectively. We conclude that the absorption of orally administered ethionamide, as measured in this study, was not affected by gender or the presence of AIDS. Ethionamide concentrations were significantly greater in ELF than in plasma or AC, suggesting that substantial antimycobacterial activity resides in this compartment.

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark H. Gotfried ◽  
Karolyn Horn ◽  
Lynne Garrity-Ryan ◽  
Stephen Villano ◽  
Evan Tzanis ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The steady-state concentrations of omadacycline and tigecycline in the plasma, epithelial lining fluid (ELF), and alveolar cells (AC) of 58 healthy adult subjects were obtained. Subjects were administered either omadacycline at 100 mg intravenously (i.v.) every 12 h for two doses followed by 100 mg i.v. every 24 h for three doses or tigecycline at an initial dose of 100 mg i.v. followed by 50 mg i.v. every 12 h for six doses. A bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage were performed once in each subject following the start of the fifth dose of omadacycline at 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, or 24 h and after the start of the seventh dose of tigecycline at 2, 4, 6, or 12 h. The value of the area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) from time zero to 24 h postdosing (AUC0–24) (based on mean concentrations) in ELF and the ratio of the ELF to total plasma omadacycline concentration based on AUC0–24 values were 17.23 mg · h/liter and 1.47, respectively. The AUC0–24 value in AC was 302.46 mg · h/liter, and the ratio of the AC to total plasma omadacycline concentration was 25.8. In comparison, the values of the AUC from time zero to 12 h postdosing (AUC0–12) based on the mean concentrations of tigecycline in ELF and AC were 3.16 and 38.50 mg · h/liter, respectively. The ratio of the ELF and AC to total plasma concentrations of tigecycline based on AUC0–12 values were 1.71 and 20.8, respectively. The pharmacokinetic advantages of higher and sustained concentrations of omadacycline compared to those of tigecycline in plasma, ELF, and AC suggest that omadacycline is a promising antibacterial agent for the treatment of lower respiratory tract bacterial infections caused by susceptible pathogens.


2012 ◽  
Vol 56 (10) ◽  
pp. 5076-5081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith A. Rodvold ◽  
Mark H. Gotfried ◽  
J. Gordon Still ◽  
Kay Clark ◽  
Prabhavathi Fernandes

ABSTRACTThe steady-state concentrations of solithromycin in plasma were compared with concomitant concentrations in epithelial lining fluid (ELF) and alveolar macrophages (AM) obtained from intrapulmonary samples during bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in 30 healthy adult subjects. Subjects received oral solithromycin at 400 mg once daily for five consecutive days. Bronchoscopy and BAL were carried out once in each subject at either 3, 6, 9, 12, or 24 h after the last administered dose of solithromycin. Drug concentrations in plasma, ELF, and AM were assayed by a high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method. Solithromycin was concentrated extensively in ELF (range of mean [± standard deviation] concentrations, 1.02 ± 0.83 to 7.58 ± 6.69 mg/liter) and AM (25.9 ± 20.3 to 101.7 ± 52.6 mg/liter) in comparison with simultaneous plasma concentrations (0.086 ± 0.070 to 0.730 ± 0.692 mg/liter). The values for the area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 h (AUC0–24values) based on mean and median ELF concentrations were 80.3 and 63.2 mg · h/liter, respectively. The ratio of ELF to plasma concentrations based on the mean and median AUC0–24values were 10.3 and 10.0, respectively. The AUC0–24values based on mean and median concentrations in AM were 1,498 and 1,282 mg · h/L, respectively. The ratio of AM to plasma concentrations based on the mean and median AUC0–24values were 193 and 202, respectively. Once-daily oral dosing of solithromycin at 400 mg produced steady-state concentrations that were significantly (P< 0.05) higher in ELF (2.4 to 28.6 times) and AM (44 to 515 times) than simultaneous plasma concentrations throughout the 24-h period after 5 days of solithromycin administration.


1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1399-1402 ◽  
Author(s):  
K A Rodvold ◽  
M H Gotfried ◽  
L H Danziger ◽  
R J Servi

The steady-state concentrations of clarithromycin and azithromycin in plasma were compared with concomitant concentrations in epithelial lining fluid (ELF) and alveolar macrophages (AM) obtained in intrapulmonary samples during bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage from 40 healthy, nonsmoking adult volunteers. Mean plasma clarithromycin, 14-(R)-hydroxyclarithromycin, and azithromycin concentrations were similar to those previously reported. Clarithromycin was extensively concentrated in ELF (range of mean +/- standard deviation concentrations, 34.4 +/- 29.3 microg/ml at 4 h to 4.6 +/- 3.7 microg/ml at 24 h) and AM (480 +/- 533 microg/ml at 4 h to 99 +/- 50 microg/ml at 24 h). The concentrations of azithromycin in ELF were 1.01 +/- 0.45 microg/ml at 4 h to 1.22 +/- 0.59 microg/ml at 24 h, and those in AM were 42.7 +/- 28.7 microg/ml at 4 h to 41.7 +/- 12.1 microg/ml at 24 h. The concentrations of 14-(R)-hydroxyclarithromycin in the AM ranged from 89.3 +/- 52.8 microg/ml at 4 h to 31.3 +/- 17.7 microg/ml at 24 h. During the period of 24 h after drug administration, azithromycin and clarithromycin achieved mean concentrations in ELF and AM higher than the concomitant concentrations in plasma.


2015 ◽  
Vol 59 (12) ◽  
pp. 7232-7239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Wenzler ◽  
Mark H. Gotfried ◽  
Jeffrey S. Loutit ◽  
Stephanie Durso ◽  
David C. Griffith ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe steady-state concentrations of meropenem and the β-lactamase inhibitor RPX7009 in plasma, epithelial lining fluid (ELF), and alveolar macrophage (AM) concentrations were obtained in 25 healthy, nonsmoking adult subjects. Subjects received a fixed combination of meropenem (2 g) and RPX7009 (2 g) administered every 8 h, as a 3-h intravenous infusion, for a total of three doses. A bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage were performed once in each subject at 1.5, 3.25, 4, 6, or 8 h after the start of the last infusion. Meropenem and RPX7009 achieved a similar time course and magnitude of concentrations in plasma and ELF. The mean pharmacokinetic parameters ± the standard deviations of meropenem and RPX7009 determined from serial plasma concentrations were as follows:Cmax= 58.2 ± 10.8 and 59.0 ± 8.4 μg/ml,Vss= 16.3 ± 2.6 and 17.6 ± 2.6 liters; CL = 11.1 ± 2.1 and 10.1 ± 1.9 liters/h, andt1/2= 1.03 ± 0.15 and 1.27 ± 0.21 h, respectively. The intrapulmonary penetrations of meropenem and RPX7009 were ca. 63 and 53%, respectively, based on the area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 8 h (AUC0–8) values of ELF and total plasma concentrations. When unbound plasma concentrations were considered, ELF penetrations were 65 and 79% for meropenem and RPX7009, respectively. Meropenem concentrations in AMs were below the quantitative limit of detection, whereas median concentrations of RPX7009 in AMs ranged from 2.35 to 6.94 μg/ml. The results from the present study lend support to exploring a fixed combination of meropenem (2 g) and RPX7009 (2 g) for the treatment of lower respiratory tract infections caused by meropenem-resistant Gram-negative pathogens susceptible to the combination of meropenem-RPX7009.


1982 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 693-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary H. Smith ◽  
René H. Levy

A comparison of two analytical methods of quinidine plasma determination—the modified extraction fluorometric method and the mass spectrometric method—was made. Plasma supplies collected at steady state from normal human volunteers participating in a bioavailability study were analyzed, using both methods. A total of 359 samples were analyzed. Comparison of both sets of values, by linear regression, yielded an r2 value of 0.84. The results of this comparison were consistent with the results reported by others, confirming that the commonly used extraction fluorometric method of quinidine determination is sufficiently accurate for monitoring quinidine plasma concentrations in the patient care setting, as well as for bioavailability comparisons between products.


1993 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Saumon ◽  
G. Basset

The lungs must be kept "dry" for efficient gas exchange. The mechanisms that contribute to clear alveoli from fetal lung fluid at birth are still present during adult life and allow recovery from alveolar flooding. It has recently been shown with the use of different approaches in vitro, as well as in vivo, that alveolar epithelium performs solute-coupled fluid transport. Fluid absorption from alveoli occurs chiefly as a result of active transepithelial Na+ transport. The mechanisms of Na+ transport have been partly elucidated; Na+ enters alveolar cells through apical Na+ channels and Na(+)-coupled solute transporters and is pumped out at the basolateral membrane by a Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase). Transepithelial Na+ transport and fluid absorption are stimulated by beta-adrenergic agonists, with adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate being the likely intracellular second messenger. K+ is probably secreted into alveoli because its concentration in the epithelial lining fluid is larger than expected for passive distribution. K+ channels have been described that, in conjunction with Na(+)-K(+)-ATP-ase, might provide pathways for active transport. Active proton secretion or bicarbonate absorption have been reported, which may explain the low pH of the alveolar epithelial lining fluid. It is probable that active solute transports are the main determinants of epithelial lining fluid depth and composition. A challenge for the future is to understand how this homeostasis is achieved.


2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Urania Rappo ◽  
Michael W. Dunne ◽  
Sailaja Puttagunta ◽  
James S. Baldassarre ◽  
Shengfang Su ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Dalbavancin is a lipoglycopeptide antibiotic with a prolonged half-life. A phase 1 study assessed dalbavancin levels in epithelial lining fluid (ELF) in 35 healthy adults using ELF bronchial microsampling up to 168 h after administration of 1,500 mg dalbavancin. The penetration of dalbavancin into ELF was 36%. ELF levels of dalbavancin exceeded the MIC90s of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus for ≥7 days.


2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (10) ◽  
pp. 3823-3827 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Conte ◽  
Jeffrey A. Golden ◽  
Juliana Kipps ◽  
Marina McIver ◽  
Elisabeth Zurlinden

ABSTRACT We determined the steady-state intrapulmonary pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters of orally administered itraconazole (ITRA), 200 mg every 12 h (twice a day [b.i.d.]), on an empty stomach, for a total of 10 doses, in 26 healthy volunteers. Five subgroups each underwent standardized bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) at 4, 8, 12, 16, and 24 h after administration of the last dose. ITRA and its main metabolite, 14-hydroxyitraconazole (OH-IT), were measured in plasma, BAL fluid, and alveolar cells (AC) using high-pressure liquid chromatography. Half-life and area under the concentration-time curves (AUC) in plasma, epithelial lining fluid (ELF), and AC were derived using noncompartmental analysis. ITRA and OH-IT maximum concentrations of drug (C max) (mean ± standard deviation) in plasma, ELF, and AC were 2.1 ± 0.8 and 3.3 ± 1.0, 0.5 ± 0.7 and 1.0 ± 0.9, and 5.5 ± 2.9 and 6.6 ± 3.1 μg/ml, respectively. The ITRA and OH-IT AUC for plasma, ELF, and AC were 34.4 and 60.2, 7.4 and 18.9, and 101 and 134 μg · hr/ml. The ratio of the C max and the MIC at which 90% of the isolates were inhibited (MIC90), the AUC/MIC90 ratio, and the percent dosing interval above MIC90 for ITRA and OH-IT concentrations in AC were 1.1 and 3.2, 51 and 67, and 100 and 100%, respectively. Plasma, ELF, and AC concentrations of ITRA and OH-IT declined monoexponentially with half-lives of 23.1 and 37.2, 33.2 and 48.3, and 15.7 and 45.6 h, respectively. An oral dosing regimen of ITRA at 200 mg b.i.d. results in concentrations of ITRA and OH-ITRA in AC that are significantly greater than those in plasma or ELF and intrapulmonary pharmacodynamics that are favorable for the treatment of fungal respiratory infection.


2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 2358-2364 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Conte ◽  
Jeffrey A. Golden ◽  
Mari McQuitty ◽  
Juliana Kipps ◽  
Sheila Duncan ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of gender, AIDS, and acetylator status on the steady-state concentrations of orally administered isoniazid in plasma and lungs. Isoniazid was administered at 300 mg once daily for 5 days to 80 adult volunteers. Subjects were assigned to eight blocks according to gender, presence or absence of AIDS, and acetylator status. Blood was obtained prior to administration of the first dose, 1 h after administration of the last dose, and at the completion of bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), which was performed 4 h after administration of the last dose. The metabolism of caffeine was used to determine acetylator status. Standardized bronchoscopy was performed without systemic sedation. The volume of epithelial lining fluid (ELF) recovered was calculated by the urea dilution method. Isoniazid concentrations in plasma, BAL fluid, and alveolar cells (ACs) were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. AIDS status or gender had no significant effect on the concentrations of isoniazid in plasma at 1 or 4 h. Concentrations in plasma at 4 h and concentrations in ELF were greater in slow acetylators than fast acetylators. The concentration in plasma (1.85 ± 1.60 μg/ml [mean ± standard deviation; n = 80]) at 1 h following administration of the last dose was not significantly different from that in ELF (2.25 ± 3.50 μg/ml) or ACs (2.61 ± 5.01 μg/ml). For the entire study group, concentrations in plasma at 1 h were less than 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 μg/ml for 34.7, 60, and 82.7% of the subjects, respectively; concentrations in ELF were less than 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 μg/ml in 30 (37.5%), 53 (66.0%), and 58 (72.5%) of the subjects, respectively; and concentrations in ACs were less than 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 μg/ml in 43 (53.8%), 59 (73.8%), and 65 (81.3%) of the subjects, respectively. The concentrations of orally administered isoniazid in plasma were not affected by gender or the presence of AIDS. The concentrations in plasma at 4 h and the concentrations in ELF, but not the concentrations in ACs, were significantly greater in slow acetylators than fast acetylators. Concentrations in plasma and lungs were low compared to recommended therapeutic concentrations in plasma and published MICs of isoniazid for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The optimal concentrations of isoniazid in ACs and ELF are unknown, but these data suggest that the drug enters these compartments by passive diffusion and achieves concentrations similar to those found in plasma.


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