Pharmacokinetics of enoxaparin in COVID-19 critically ill patients

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BACKGROUND: In intensive-care unit (ICU) patients, pathophysiological changes may affect the pharmacokinetics of enoxaparin and result in underdosing.

OBJECTIVES: To develop a pharmacokinetic model of enoxaparin to predict the time-exposure profiles of various thromboprophylactic regimens in COVID-19 ICU-patients.

METHODS: This was a retrospective study in ICUs of two French hospitals. Anti-Xa activities from consecutive patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection treated with enoxaparin for the prevention or the treatment of venous thrombosis were used to develop a population pharmacokinetic model using non-linear mixed effects techniques. Monte Carlo simulations were then performed to predict enoxaparin exposure at steady-state after three days of administration.

RESULTS: A total of 391 anti-Xa samples were measured in 95 patients. A one-compartment model with first-order kinetics best fitted the data. The covariate analysis showed that enoxaparin clearance (typical value 1.1 L.h-1) was related to renal function estimated by the CKD-EPI formula and volume of distribution (typical value 17.9 L) to actual body weight. Simulation of anti-Xa activities with enoxaparin 40 mg qd indicated that 64% of the patients had peak levels within the range 0.2 to 0.5 IU.mL-1 and 75% had 12-hour levels above 0.1 IU.mL-1. Administration of a total daily dose of at least 60 mg per day improved the probability of target attainment.

CONCLUSION: In ICU COVID-19 patients, exposure to enoxaparin is reduced due to an increase in the volume of distribution and clearance. Consequently, enoxaparin 40 mg qd is suboptimal to attain thromboprophylactic anti-Xa levels.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:205

Enthalten in:

Thrombosis research - 205(2021) vom: 15. Sept., Seite 120-127

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zufferey, Paul Jacques [VerfasserIn]
Dupont, Annabelle [VerfasserIn]
Lanoiselée, Julien [VerfasserIn]
Bauters, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Poissy, Julien [VerfasserIn]
Goutay, Julien [VerfasserIn]
Jean, Laurent [VerfasserIn]
Caplan, Morgan [VerfasserIn]
Levy, Lionel [VerfasserIn]
Susen, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Delavenne, Xavier [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adult
Anticoagulants
COVID-19
Critical care
Embolism and thrombosis
Enoxaparin
Journal Article
Pharmacokinetics

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Date Completed 12.08.2021

Date Revised 17.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.thromres.2021.07.010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328559377