Department of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Intensive Care, OLVG Hospital, Oosterpark 9, 1091 AC Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2021 Oct 11;76(11):2941-2949. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkab278.
The advocated pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) target for vancomycin, AUC/MIC ≥ 400 mg·h/L, may not be reached with a conventional fixed starting dose of 1000 mg in critically ill patients, but increasing the dose may cause nephrotoxicity.
To evaluate the effect of a weight-based loading dose of 25 mg/kg vancomycin on PK/PD target attainment in the first 24 h (AUC0-24) in critically ill patients and to evaluate whether this increases the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI).
A prospective observational before/after study was performed in ICU patients, comparing the percentage of vancomycin courses with AUC0-24 ≥ 400 mg·h/L and the incidence of AKI, defined as worsening of the risk, injury, failure, loss of kidney function and end-stage kidney disease (RIFLE) score. The conventional dose group received 1000 mg of vancomycin as initial dose; the loading dose group received a weight-based loading dose of 25 mg/kg. A population PK model developed using non-linear mixed-effects modelling was used to estimate AUC0-24 in all patients.
One hundred and four courses from 82 patients were included. With a loading dose, the percentage of courses achieving AUC0-24 ≥ 400 mg·h/L increased significantly from 53.8% to 88.0% (P = 0.0006). The percentage of patients with new-onset AKI was not significantly higher when receiving a 25 mg/kg loading dose (28.6% versus 37.8%; P = 0.48). However, the risk of AKI was significantly higher in patients achieving AUC0-24 > 400 mg·h/L compared with patients achieving AUC < 400 mg·h/L (39.0% versus 14.8%; P = 0.031).
A weight-based loading dose of 25 mg/kg vancomycin led to significantly more patients achieving AUC0-24 ≥ 400 mg·h/L without increased risk of AKI. However, some harm cannot be ruled out since higher exposure was associated with increased risk of AKI.
万古霉素的推荐药代动力学/药效学(PK/PD)目标为 AUC/MIC≥400mg·h/L,但对于危重症患者,常规起始剂量 1000mg 可能无法达到该目标,而增加剂量可能会导致肾毒性。
评估 25mg/kg 万古霉素负荷剂量对危重症患者第 24 小时(AUC0-24)PK/PD 目标的影响,并评估其是否会增加急性肾损伤(AKI)的风险。
对 ICU 患者进行了一项前瞻性观察性前后对照研究,比较了 AUC0-24≥400mg·h/L 的万古霉素疗程百分比和 AKI 发生率(定义为风险、损伤、衰竭、肾功能丧失和终末期肾病(RIFLE)评分的恶化)。常规剂量组给予万古霉素 1000mg 作为初始剂量;负荷剂量组给予体重 25mg/kg 的负荷剂量。使用非线性混合效应模型进行群体 PK 模型建立,以估算所有患者的 AUC0-24。
纳入 82 例患者的 104 个疗程。使用负荷剂量后,AUC0-24≥400mg·h/L 的疗程百分比从 53.8%显著增加至 88.0%(P=0.0006)。接受 25mg/kg 负荷剂量的患者新发生 AKI 的百分比没有显著升高(28.6%比 37.8%;P=0.48)。然而,与 AUC0-24<400mg·h/L 的患者相比,AUC0-24>400mg·h/L 的患者 AKI 的风险明显更高(39.0%比 14.8%;P=0.031)。
万古霉素的体重基础负荷剂量为 25mg/kg,可显著增加 AUC0-24≥400mg·h/L 的患者比例,且不会增加 AKI 的风险。然而,由于更高的暴露与 AKI 的风险增加相关,因此不能排除存在一定的危害。