TY - JOUR
T1 - Pharmacokinetic dosing of aminoglycosides
T2 - A controlled trial
AU - Bartal, Carmi
AU - Danon, Abraham
AU - Schlaeffer, Francisc
AU - Reisenberg, Klaris
AU - Alkan, Michael
AU - Smoliakov, Rosa
AU - Sidi, Aviel
AU - Almog, Yaniv
PY - 2003/2/15
Y1 - 2003/2/15
N2 - PURPOSE: To evaluate whether individualized pharmacokinetic dosing of aminoglycosides can reduce nephrotoxicity and improve the outcome of patients with gram-negative sepsis. METHODS: We conducted a prospective controlled trial at a tertiary care university hospital. Eighty-one patients with suspected or documented gram-negative infections were enrolled. All were treated with either gentamicin or amikacin, according to clinical judgement. Patients were allocated to one of two groups based on the last digit (odd/even) of their identification number. In the study group (pharmacokinetic dosing) of 43 patients, plasma aminoglycoside levels were determined 1 hour after initiation of drug infusion and 8 to 16 hours later to estimate the elimination half-life and volume of distribution, from which the subsequent dosage schedule was calculated. Target peak plasma levels were 20 μg/mL for gentamicin and 60 μg/mL for amikacin. Target trough levels were <1 μg/mL for both drugs. The control group (fixed once-daily dosing) consisted of 38 patients who were prescribed single daily doses of gentamicin or amikacin. The primary endpoints were renal toxicity (≥25% increase in serum creatinine level or a serum creatinine level ≥1.4 mg/dL) and 28-day mortality. RESULTS: The two study groups were similar in age, sex, indications for therapy, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score, and clinical assessment at baseline. Although the pharmacokinetic group received significantly greater doses of aminoglycosides than did the once-daily group, the incidence of nephrotoxicity was significantly lower in the pharmacokinetic group (5% [2/43] vs. 21% [8/38], P = 0.03). There was no statistically significant difference in 28-day mortality (27% [12/43] vs. 22% [8/38], P = 0.3). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that individualized pharmacokinetic dosing of aminoglycosides reduces the incidence of nephrotoxicity and allows the use of greater doses of aminoglycosides.
AB - PURPOSE: To evaluate whether individualized pharmacokinetic dosing of aminoglycosides can reduce nephrotoxicity and improve the outcome of patients with gram-negative sepsis. METHODS: We conducted a prospective controlled trial at a tertiary care university hospital. Eighty-one patients with suspected or documented gram-negative infections were enrolled. All were treated with either gentamicin or amikacin, according to clinical judgement. Patients were allocated to one of two groups based on the last digit (odd/even) of their identification number. In the study group (pharmacokinetic dosing) of 43 patients, plasma aminoglycoside levels were determined 1 hour after initiation of drug infusion and 8 to 16 hours later to estimate the elimination half-life and volume of distribution, from which the subsequent dosage schedule was calculated. Target peak plasma levels were 20 μg/mL for gentamicin and 60 μg/mL for amikacin. Target trough levels were <1 μg/mL for both drugs. The control group (fixed once-daily dosing) consisted of 38 patients who were prescribed single daily doses of gentamicin or amikacin. The primary endpoints were renal toxicity (≥25% increase in serum creatinine level or a serum creatinine level ≥1.4 mg/dL) and 28-day mortality. RESULTS: The two study groups were similar in age, sex, indications for therapy, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score, and clinical assessment at baseline. Although the pharmacokinetic group received significantly greater doses of aminoglycosides than did the once-daily group, the incidence of nephrotoxicity was significantly lower in the pharmacokinetic group (5% [2/43] vs. 21% [8/38], P = 0.03). There was no statistically significant difference in 28-day mortality (27% [12/43] vs. 22% [8/38], P = 0.3). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that individualized pharmacokinetic dosing of aminoglycosides reduces the incidence of nephrotoxicity and allows the use of greater doses of aminoglycosides.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01476-6
DO - 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01476-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 12637133
AN - SCOPUS:0037440678
SN - 0002-9343
VL - 114
SP - 194
EP - 198
JO - American Journal of Medicine
JF - American Journal of Medicine
IS - 3
ER -