Rifabutin pharmacokinetics and safety among TB/HIV-coinfected children receiving lopinavir/ritonavir-containing second-line ART

© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy..

BACKGROUND: Treatment options are limited for TB/HIV-coinfected children who require PI-based ART. Rifabutin is the preferred rifamycin for adults on PIs, but the one study evaluating rifabutin with PIs among children was stopped early due to severe neutropenia.

METHODS: We evaluated rifabutin safety and plasma pharmacokinetics among coinfected children 3-15 years of age receiving rifabutin 2.5 mg/kg daily with standard doses of lopinavir/ritonavir. The AUC0-24 at 2, 4 and 8 weeks after rifabutin initiation was described using intensive sampling and non-compartmental analysis. Clinical and laboratory toxicities were intensively monitored at 12 visits throughout the study.

RESULTS: Among 15 children with median (IQR) age 13.1 (10.9-14.0) years and weight 25.5 (22.3-30.5) kg, the median (IQR) rifabutin AUC0-24 was 5.21 (4.38-6.60) μg·h/mL. Four participants had AUC0-24 below 3.8 μg·h/mL (a target for the population average exposure) at week 2 and all had AUC0-24 higher than 3.8 μg·h/mL at the 4 and 8 week visits. Of 506 laboratory evaluations during rifabutin, grade 3 and grade 4 abnormalities occurred in 16 (3%) and 2 (0.4%) instances, respectively, involving 9 (60%) children. Specifically, grade 3 (n = 4) and grade 4 (n = 1) neutropenia resolved without treatment interruption or clinical sequelae in all patients. One child died at week 4 of HIV-related complications.

CONCLUSIONS: In children, rifabutin 2.5 mg/kg daily achieved AUC0-24 comparable to adults and favourable HIV and TB treatment outcomes were observed. Severe neutropenia was relatively uncommon and improved with ongoing rifabutin therapy. These data support the use of rifabutin for TB/HIV-coinfected children who require lopinavir/ritonavir.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:76

Enthalten in:

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 76(2021), 3 vom: 11. Feb., Seite 710-717

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rawizza, Holly E [VerfasserIn]
Oladokun, Regina [VerfasserIn]
Ejeliogu, Emeka [VerfasserIn]
Oguche, Stephen [VerfasserIn]
Ogunbosi, Babatunde O [VerfasserIn]
Agbaji, Oche [VerfasserIn]
Odaibo, Georgina [VerfasserIn]
Imade, Godwin [VerfasserIn]
Olaleye, David [VerfasserIn]
Wiesner, Lubbe [VerfasserIn]
Darin, Kristin M [VerfasserIn]
Okonkwo, Prosper [VerfasserIn]
Kanki, Phyllis J [VerfasserIn]
Scarsi, Kimberly K [VerfasserIn]
McIlleron, Helen M [VerfasserIn]

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1W306TDA6S
2494G1JF75
Journal Article
Lopinavir
O3J8G9O825
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Rifabutin
Ritonavir

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Date Completed 05.07.2021

Date Revised 06.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jac/dkaa512

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318604213