Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Medical School, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012 Aug;67(8):2034-42. doi: 10.1093/jac/dks153. Epub 2012 May 2.
Prolonged treatment with linezolid may cause toxicity. The purpose of this study was to define pharmacodynamic thresholds for improving safety outcomes of linezolid.
We performed a retrospective study of patients who had trough (C(min)) and peak (C(max)) plasma levels measured during prolonged linezolid treatment. Dosage adjustments were performed when C(min) ≥10 mg/L and/or AUC₂₄ ≥400 mg/L · h. Patients were divided into two subgroups according to the absence or presence of co-treatment with rifampicin (the linezolid group and the linezolid + rifampicin group, respectively). Data on demographic characteristics, disease, microbiology and haematochemical parameters were collected and outcomes in relation to drug exposure were compared between groups.
A total of 45 patients were included. Dosage adjustments were needed in 40% versus 0% of patients in the linezolid group (n = 35) versus the linezolid + rifampicin group (n = 10), respectively. Patients in the linezolid group had either significantly higher C(min) [3.71 mg/L (1.43-6.38) versus 1.37 mg/L (0.67-2.55), P < 0.001] or AUC₂₄ [212.77 mg/L · h (166.67-278.42) versus 123.33 mg/L · h (97.36-187.94), P < 0.001]. Thrombocytopenia appeared in 51.4% versus 0% of cases in the linezolid group versus the linezolid + rifampicin group, respectively. In 33.3% of those patients who were experiencing thrombocytopenia, therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)-guided dosage reductions allowed recovery from toxicity and prosecution of therapy with good outcome. A logistic regression model for thrombocytopenia estimated a probability of 50% in the presence of C(min) of 6.53 mg/L and/or of AUC₂₄ of 280.74 mg/L · h.
Maintenance over time of C(min) between 2 and 7 mg/L and/or of AUC₂₄ between 160 and 300 mg/L · h may be helpful in improving safety outcomes while retaining appropriate efficacy in adult patients receiving prolonged linezolid treatment.
利奈唑胺的长期治疗可能会导致毒性。本研究的目的是确定改善利奈唑胺安全性结果的药效学阈值。
我们对接受利奈唑胺长期治疗期间进行了谷浓度(C(min))和峰浓度(C(max))血浆水平测量的患者进行了回顾性研究。当 C(min)≥10 mg/L 和/或 AUC₂₄≥400 mg/L·h 时,进行剂量调整。根据是否同时使用利福平(利奈唑胺组和利奈唑胺+利福平组),将患者分为两组。收集人口统计学特征、疾病、微生物学和血液化学参数的数据,并比较两组之间与药物暴露相关的结果。
共纳入 45 例患者。在利奈唑胺组(n=35)和利奈唑胺+利福平组(n=10)中,分别有 40%和 0%的患者需要调整剂量。利奈唑胺组患者的 C(min)[3.71 mg/L(1.43-6.38)比 1.37 mg/L(0.67-2.55),P<0.001]或 AUC₂₄[212.77 mg/L·h(166.67-278.42)比 123.33 mg/L·h(97.36-187.94),P<0.001]明显更高。血小板减少症在利奈唑胺组中出现的比例为 51.4%,而在利奈唑胺+利福平组中为 0%。在经历血小板减少症的 33.3%患者中,治疗药物监测(TDM)指导的剂量减少允许毒性恢复,并继续进行治疗,取得良好结果。血小板减少症的逻辑回归模型估计 C(min)为 6.53 mg/L 和/或 AUC₂₄为 280.74 mg/L·h 时,血小板减少症的概率为 50%。
在成年患者接受利奈唑胺长期治疗时,维持 C(min)在 2 至 7 mg/L 之间和/或 AUC₂₄在 160 至 300 mg/L·h 之间可能有助于提高安全性结果,同时保持适当的疗效。