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Target-Controlled Infusion of Cefepime in Critically Ill Patients.


ABSTRACT: Attainment of appropriate pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) targets for antimicrobial treatment is challenging in critically ill patients, particularly for cefepime, which exhibits a relative narrow therapeutic-toxic window compared to other beta-lactam antibiotics. Target-controlled infusion (TCI) systems, which deliver drugs to achieve specific target drug concentrations, have successfully been implemented for improved dosing of sedatives and analgesics in anesthesia. We conducted a clinical trial in an intensive care unit (ICU) to investigate the performance of TCI for adequate target attainment of cefepime. Twenty-one patients treated with cefepime according to the standard of care were included. Cefepime was administered through continuous infusion using TCI for a median duration of 4.5?days. TCI was based on a previously developed population PK model incorporating the estimated creatinine clearance based on the Cockcroft-Gault formula as the input variable to calculate cefepime clearance. A cefepime blood concentration of 16?mg/liter was targeted. To evaluate the measured versus predicted plasma concentrations, blood samples were taken (median of 10 samples per patient), and total cefepime concentrations were measured using ultraperformance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. The performance of the TCI system was evaluated using Varvel criteria. Half (50.3%) of the measured cefepime concentrations were within ±30% around the target value of 16?mg liter-1 The wobble was 11.4%, the median performance error (MdPE) was 21.1%, the median absolute performance error (MdAPE) was 32.0%, and the divergence was -3.72% h-1 Based on these results, we conclude that TCI is useful for dose optimization of cefepime in ICU patients. (This study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under identifier NCT02688582.).

SUBMITTER: Jonckheere S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7187597 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Target-Controlled Infusion of Cefepime in Critically Ill Patients.

Jonckheere Stijn S   De Neve Nikolaas N   Verbeke Jan J   De Decker Koen K   Brandt Inger I   Boel An A   Van Bocxlaer Jan J   Struys Michel M R F MMRF   Colin Pieter J PJ  

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20191220 1


Attainment of appropriate pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) targets for antimicrobial treatment is challenging in critically ill patients, particularly for cefepime, which exhibits a relative narrow therapeutic-toxic window compared to other beta-lactam antibiotics. Target-controlled infusion (TCI) systems, which deliver drugs to achieve specific target drug concentrations, have successfully been implemented for improved dosing of sedatives and analgesics in anesthesia. We conducted a clin  ...[more]

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