Meropenem population pharmacokinetics and model-based dosing optimisation in patients with serious bacterial infection

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OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to develop a population pharmacokinetic model of meropenem in a heterogeneous population of patients with a serious bacterial infection in order to propose dosing optimisation leading to improved achievement of the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) target.

METHODS: A total of 174 meropenem serum levels obtained from 144 patients during therapeutic drug monitoring were analysed using a non-linear mixed-effects modelling approach and Monte Carlo simulation was then used to compare various dosing regimens in order to optimise PK/PD target attainment.

RESULTS: The meropenem volume of distribution of the patient population was 54.95 L, while clearance started at 3.27 L/hour and increased by 0.91 L/hour with each 1 mL/s/1.73 m2 of estimated glomerular filtration rate. Meropenem clearance was also 0.31 L/hour higher in postoperative patients with central nervous system infection. Meropenem administration by continuous infusion showed a significantly higher probability of attaining the PK/PD target than a standard 30 min infusion (95.3% vs 49.5%).

CONCLUSIONS: A daily meropenem dose of 3 g, 6 g and 10.5 g administered by continuous infusion was shown to be accurate for patients with moderate to severe renal impairment, normal renal function to mild renal impairment and augmented renal clearance, respectively.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice - 31(2024), 3 vom: 23. Apr., Seite 253-258

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Murínová, Irena [VerfasserIn]
Švidrnoch, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Gucký, Tomáš [VerfasserIn]
Řezáč, David [VerfasserIn]
Hlaváč, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Slanař, Ondřej [VerfasserIn]
Šíma, Martin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Administration, intravenous
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Critical care
Drug monitoring
FV9J3JU8B1
Journal Article
Meropenem
Pharmacy service, hospital
Practice guideline
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 24.04.2024

Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/ejhpharm-2022-003535

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348215045