Steady-State Pharmacokinetics of Cefoperazone and Sulbactam in Patients with Acute Appendicitis

1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 703-707
Author(s):  
Larry H. Danziger ◽  
Stephen C. Piscitelli ◽  
Donna J. Occhipinti ◽  
Daniel J. Resnick ◽  
Keith A. Rodvold

OBJECTIVE: To determine the steady-state pharmacokinetics of intravenously administered cefoperazone and sulbactam when given in combination to patients with acute appendicitis. METHODS: Six patients with normal renal and hepatic function received cefoperazone 2 g with sulbactam 1 g prior to appendectomy and then every 12 hours. Serial blood samples were collected after each patient received at least three doses of cefoperazone/sulbactam. RESULTS: Cefoperazone and sulbactam could be best described by a two-compartment model. Mean ± SD values for cefoperazone steady-state volume of distribution (Vssd), elimination half-life (t1/2β), clearance (Cl), and area under the curve (AUC0-t) were 19.8 ± 8.0 L, 3.97 ± 1.06 h, 62.6 ± 16.3 mL/min, and 556.9 ± 122.0 mg·h/L, respectively. Sulbactam Vssd, t1/2β, Cl, and AUC0-t were 34.7 ± 13.9 L, 1.39 ± 0.4 h, 288.6 ± 68.2 mL/min, and 64.8 ± 24.5 mg·h/L, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Compared with data from healthy volunteers, cefoperazone exhibited a decreased Cl and increased Vssd and t1/2β in patients with acute appendicitis. An increased Vssd also was observed for sulbactam. The disposition of cefoperazone/sulbactam is altered in this group of patients; however, these changes are not likely to warrant a dosage reduction.

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-97
Author(s):  
M Amer ◽  
M Elsayed ◽  
S Kazawaki ◽  
W Fathy ◽  
Eman El-Ashry

The present study was performed to determine the pharmacokinetics of sulfamonomethoxine (20mg/kg) in 5 rabbits after its oral and intravenous administration. Blood samples were collected immediately before (time 0) and at 0.08, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 3, 5 and 8 hours post-dosing to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of sulfamonomethoxine. Plasma sulfamonomethoxine concentrations were quantified with HPLC-UV, and plasma drug concentration versus time data after IV was best fitted to the two-compartment model, characterized with the distribution phase (α) equaled to 2.05 h-1 with a distribution half-life [t0.5(α)] equaled to 0.61 h. The volume of distribution of (V1c) was 0.15 ml/kg., whereas the volume of distribution at a steady – state [Vdss] was 0.20 ml/kg, and the body clearance was 0.03 ml/ kg / h. After oral administration of SMM, plasma drug concentrations were best fitted to a two-compartment model, of which the mean half-life of absorption (t1/2ab) and elimination (t1/2β) were 0.02 and 1.99 h, respectively. The maximal absorption concentration (Cmax) was estimated as 114.06 µg/ml at 0.12 h, and the Area under the curve (AUC) was 340.42 µg/ml/h.


2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harin A. Karunajeewa ◽  
Kenneth F. Ilett ◽  
Ivo Mueller ◽  
Peter Siba ◽  
Irwin Law ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The disposition of chloroquine (CQ) and the related 4-aminoquinoline, piperaquine (PQ), were compared in Papua New Guinean children with uncomplicated malaria. Twenty-two children were randomized to 3 days of PQ phosphate at 20 mg/kg/day (12 mg of PQ base/kg/day) coformulated with dihydroartemisinin (DHA-PQ), and twenty children were randomized to 3 days of CQ at 10 mg base/kg/day with a single dose of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (CQ-SP). After a 42-day intensive sampling protocol, PQ, CQ, and its active metabolite monodesethyl-chloroquine (DECQ) were assayed in plasma by using high-performance liquid chromatography. A two-compartment model with first-order absorption was fitted to the PQ and CQ data. There were no significant differences in age, gender, body weight, or admission parasitemia between the two groups. The PCR-corrected 42-day adequate clinical and parasitological responses were 100% for DHA-PQ and 94% for CQ-SP, but P. falciparum reinfections during follow-up were common (33 and 18%, respectively). For PQ, the median volume of distribution at steady state, allowing for bioavailability (V ss/F), was 431 liters/kg (interquartile range [IQR], 283 to 588 liters/kg), the median clearance (CL/F) was 0.85 liters/h/kg (IQR, 0.67 to 1.06 liters/h/kg), the median distribution half-life (t 1/2 α) was 0.12 h (IQR, 0.05 to 0.66 h), and the median elimination half-life (t 1/2 β) was 413 h (IQR, 318 to 516 h). For CQ, the median V ss/F was 154 liters/kg (IQR, 101 to 210 liters/kg), the median CL/F was 0.80 liters/h/kg (IQR, 0.52 to 0.96 liters/h/kg), the median t 1/2 α was 0.43 h (IQR, 0.05 to 1.82 h), and the median t 1/2 β was 233 h (IQR, 206 to 298 h). The noncompartmentally derived median DECQ t 1/2 β was 290 h (IQR, 236 to 368 h). Combined molar concentrations of DECQ and CQ were higher than those of PQ during the elimination phase. Although PQ has a longer t 1/2 β than CQ, its prompt distribution and lack of active metabolite may limit its posttreatment malaria-suppressive properties.


2008 ◽  
Vol 52 (12) ◽  
pp. 4400-4406 ◽  
Author(s):  
George O. Adjei ◽  
Kim Kristensen ◽  
Bamenla Q. Goka ◽  
Lotte C. G. Hoegberg ◽  
Michael Alifrangis ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Artesunate (AS) is used in combination with amodiaquine (AQ) as first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria in many countries. We investigated the effect of concomitant AS administration on the pharmacokinetics of AQ and compared concentrations of desethylamodiaquine (DEAQ), the main metabolite of AQ, in plasma between patients with different variants of the cytochrome P4502C8 (CYP2C8) gene. A two-compartment model was fitted to 169 plasma DEAQ concentrations from 103 Ghanaian children aged 1 to 14 years with uncomplicated malaria treated either with AQ alone (n = 15) or with AS plus AQ (n = 88). The population clearance of DEAQ appeared to increase nonlinearly with body weight, and the central volume of distribution of DEAQ was higher (P < 0.001) in the AS-plus-AQ group than in the AQ-only group. The maximum plasma DEAQ concentration was higher (P < 0.001), and the population distribution half-life was shorter (P < 0.01), in the AQ-only group than in the AS-plus-AQ group. The total areas under the plasma DEAQ concentration-time curves (P = 0.68) and elimination half-lives (P = 0.39) were similar for the two groups. There was a high frequency (0.179) of the non-wild-type allele of CYP2C8, but no differences between CYP2C8 genotypes with regard to AQ efficacy or safety were evident. The sample size, however, was limited, so monitoring of AQ toxicity in the study area is still indicated. The nonlinear clearance of DEAQ and the wide variability in kinetic parameters have safety implications for weight-based dosing of higher-body-weight children with AQ. The pharmacokinetics of artemisinin combination therapies should be studied in malaria patients, because the rapid parasite clearance caused by the artemisinin may affect the kinetics of the partner drug and the combination.


1996 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Dreetz ◽  
J Hamacher ◽  
J Eller ◽  
K Borner ◽  
P Koeppe ◽  
...  

The pharmacokinetics and serum bactericidal activities (SBAs) of imipenem and meropenem were investigated in a randomized crossover study. Twelve healthy male volunteers received a constant 30-min infusion of either 1 g of imipenem plus 1 g of cilastatin or 1 g of meropenem. The concentrations of the drugs in serum and urine were determined by bioassay and high-pressure liquid chromatography. Pharmacokinetic parameters were based on an open two-compartment model and a noncompartmental technique. At the end of infusion, the mean concentrations of imipenem and meropenem measured in serum were 61.2 +/- 9.8 and 51.6 +/- 6.5 mg/liter, respectively; urinary recoveries were 48.6% +/- 8.2% and 60.0% +/- 6.5% of the dose in 12 h, respectively; and the areas under the concentration-time curve from time zero to infinity were 96.1 +/- 14.4 and 70.5 +/- 10.3 mg.h/liter, respectively (P < or = 0.02). Imipenem had a mean half-life of 66.7 +/- 10.4 min; that of meropenem was 64.4 +/- 6.9 min. The volumes of distribution at steady state of imipenem and meropenem were 15.3 +/- 3.3 and 18.6 +/- 3.0 liters/70 kg, respectively, and the mean renal clearances per 1.73 m2 were 85.6 +/- 17.6 and 144.6 +/- 26.0 ml/min, respectively. Both antibiotics were well tolerated in this single-dose administration study. The SBAs were measured by the microdilution method of Reller and Stratton (L. B. Reller and C. W. Stratton, J. Infect. Dis. 136:196-204, 1977) against 40 clinically isolated strains. Mean reciprocal bactericidal titers were measured 1 and 6 h after administration. After 1 and 6 h the median SBAs for imipenem and meropenem, were 409 and 34.9 and 97.9 and 5.8, respectively, against Staphylococcus aureus, 19.9 and 4.4 and 19.4 and 4.8, respectively, against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 34.3 and 2.2 and 232 and 15.5, respectively, against Enterobacter cloacae, and 13.4 and 2.25 and 90.7 and 7.9, respectively, against Proteus mirabilis. Both drugs had rather short biological elimination half-lives and a predominantly renal route of elimination. Both carbapenems revealed high SBAs against clinically important pathogens at 1 h; meropenem had a higher SBA against E. cloacae and P. mirabilis, and the SBA of imipenem against S. aureus was greater than the SBA of meropenem.


2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (8) ◽  
pp. 4718-4726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Liu ◽  
Diane R. Mould

ABSTRACTTo assess the pharmacokinetics (PK) of voriconazole and anidulafungin in patients with invasive aspergillosis (IA) in comparison with other populations, sparse PK data were obtained for 305 adults from a prospective phase 3 study comparing voriconazole and anidulafungin in combination versus voriconazole monotherapy (voriconazole, 6 mg/kg intravenously [IV] every 12 h [q12h] for 24 h followed by 4 mg/kg IV q12h, switched to 300 mg orally q12h as appropriate; with placebo or anidulafungin IV, a 200-mg loading dose followed by 100 mg q24h). Voriconazole PK was described by a two-compartment model with first-order absorption and mixed linear and time-dependent nonlinear (Michaelis-Menten) elimination; anidulafungin PK was described by a two-compartment model with first-order elimination. For voriconazole, the normal inverse Wishart prior approach was implemented to stabilize the model. Compared to previous models, no new covariates were identified for voriconazole or anidulafungin. PK parameter estimates of voriconazole and anidulafungin are in agreement with those reported previously except for voriconazole clearance (the nonlinear clearance component became minimal). At a 4-mg/kg IV dose, voriconazole exposure tended to increase slightly as age, weight, or body mass index increased, but the difference was not considered clinically relevant. Estimated voriconazole exposures in IA patients at 4 mg/kg IV were higher than those reported for healthy adults (e.g., the average area under the curve over a 12-hour dosing interval [AUC0–12] at steady state was 46% higher); while it is not definitive, age and concomitant medications may impact this difference. Estimated anidulafungin exposures in IA patients were comparable to those reported for the general patient population. This study was approved by the appropriate institutional review boards or ethics committees and registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00531479).


1992 ◽  
Vol 263 (2) ◽  
pp. E400-E415 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mari

A simple tracer-based method for calculating the rate of appearance of endogenous substances in the non-steady state, free from the inconsistencies of Steele's equation, is still lacking. This paper presents a method based on a two-compartment model by which the rate of appearance can be calculated with only a modest increase in complexity over Steele's approach. An equation is developed where the rate of appearance is expressed as a sum of three terms: a steady-state term, a term for the first compartment, and a term for the second compartment. The formula employs three parameters and makes the relationship between rate of appearance and specific activity changes explicit. An equation is also provided for estimating the error of the method in each individual run. The algorithm can be implemented with a spreadsheet on a personal computer. Simulated and experimental data obtained by the hyperinsulinemic euglycemic glucose clamp technique were used as a test. The accuracy with which the time course of glucose production could be reconstructed was clearly better than that using Steele's equation. Marked negative values for endogenous glucose output were calculated with Steele's equation but not with the new method. The characteristics of generality, simplicity, and accuracy and the availability of an error estimate make this new method suitable for routine application to non-steady-state tracer analysis.


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 602-603
Author(s):  
Charles H. Feldman ◽  
Vincent E. Hutchinson ◽  
Charles E. Pippenger ◽  
Thomas A. Blumenfeld ◽  
Bernard R. Feldman ◽  
...  

We appreciate the comments of Weinberger et al and Spino et al. The equation utilized in our original report to calculate the apparent volume of distribution (V) was in error, as it was based on determinations for drugs that exhibit monoexponential elimination following a single intravenous dose. The correct formula for oral dosing at steady state with a drug obeying one-compartment model kinetics is: V = F.X0/AUCτ. K, where F is the total fraction of dose reaching systemic circulation, X0, is the dose, AUCτ is the area under the curve during a dosing interval; K is the elimination rate constant.1


1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1226-1230 ◽  
Author(s):  
D T Dieterich ◽  
M A Poles ◽  
E A Lew ◽  
S Martin-Munley ◽  
J Johnson ◽  
...  

Ten patients with AIDS and cytomegalovirus (CMV) gastrointestinal infection were included in an open-label study to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of 90 mg of intravenous foscarnet/kg of body weight twice daily accompanied by (pre)hydration of 500 to 750 ml. Efficacy was documented endoscopically, while safety was evaluated clinically by patient reports and physical and laboratory observation. The pharmacokinetics of foscarnet was evaluated after the first dose and following approximately 20 days of therapy. Nine patients (90%) responded histopathologically, nine (90%) responded endoscopically, and nine (90%) responded symptomatically to foscarnet therapy. Adverse events resulted in discontinuance of medication in the case of one patient. The mean maximal concentration was 621 microM following the first dose and 687 microM at steady state (P = 0.11). The apparent elimination rate constant and elimination half-life were not different between dose 1 and steady state. There were no significant changes in foscarnet excretion or renal clearance between dose 1 and steady state. The steady-state volume of distribution was 23.4 liters following the first dose and 19.0 liters at steady state (P < 0.002). Twice-daily foscarnet appeared to be safe and efficacious in the treatment of CMV gastrointestinal disease in this study, resulting in endoscopic or histologic improvement in 9 of the 10 (90%) patients. Minor changes in clearance and volume of distribution noted at steady state compared to single-dose administration are readily explained by study design, known information about foscarnet pharmacokinetics, and changes in body weight and creatinine clearance in the patients.


1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Stanski

Pharmacokinetic concepts describe the relationship between drug dose and resulting plasma concentration. A drug's pharmacokinetic profile can be described by distribution and elimination half-lives, initial volume of distribution, steady-state distribution volume, and metabolic and distributional clearance. After initiating a fixed rate of drug infusion, four to five terminal elimination half-lives are required to reach a steady state of constant plasma concentration. If a loading dose is given, a steady state can be achieved more rapidly. The most rapid method of achieving a constant plasma concentration involves using a variable rate of drug infusion that adjusts for the metabolic clearance and distribution of the drug. Computer-driven infusion pumps can be used to rapidly achieve, then maintain, constant plasma concentrations of a drug.


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