Optimization of hydroxychloroquine dosing scheme based on COVID-19 patients' characteristics : a review of the literature and simulations

During the recent COVID-19 outbreak hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has been proposed as a safe and effective therapeutic option. However, a wide variety of dosing schemes has been applied in the clinical practice and tested in clinical studies. An extended literature survey was performed investigating the pharmacokinetics, the efficacy and safety of HCQ in COVID-19 treatment. Population pharmacokinetic models were retrieved from the literature and after evaluation and assessment one was selected in order to perform simulations. The most commonly applied dosing schemes were explored for patients with different weights and different levels of HCQ clearance impairment. Model-based simulations of HCQ concentrations revealed that high initial doses followed by low and sparse doses may offer significant benefits to patients by decreasing the viral load without reaching levels considered to produce adverse effects. For instance, the dosing scheme proposed for a 70 kg adult with moderate COVID-19 symptoms would be 600 mg upon diagnosis, 400 mg after 12 h, 300 mg after 24 h, 200 mg after 36 h, followed by 200 mg BID for 4 d, followed by 200 mg OD for 5 d. Based on the results from simulations performed and the currently published knowledge regarding HCQ in COVID-19 treatment, this study provides evidence that a high loading dose followed by sparse doses could offer significant benefits to the patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

Xenobiotica; the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems - 51(2021), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 127-138

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Karatza, Eleni [VerfasserIn]
Ismailos, George [VerfasserIn]
Marangos, Markos [VerfasserIn]
Karalis, Vangelis [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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Antiviral Agents
COVID-19
Efficacy and safety
Hydroxychloroquine
Journal Article
Modeling and simulation
Precision dosing
Review

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Date Completed 31.12.2020

Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/00498254.2020.1824301

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315052716