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Antimicrobial stewardship programs in the Intensive Care Unit in patients with infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. Med Intensiva 2023; 47:99-107. [PMID: 36319534 DOI: 10.1016/j.medine.2022.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) have been shown to be effective and safe, contributing to reducing and adjusting antimicrobial use in clinical practice. Such programs not only reduce antibiotic selection pressure and therefore the selection of multidrug-resistant strains, but also reduce the potential deleterious effects for individual patients and even improve the prognosis by adjusting the choice of drug and dosage, and lessening the risk of adverse effects and interactions. Gram-negative bacilli (GNB), particularly multidrug-resistant strains (MDR-GNB), represent the main infectious problem in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and are therefore a target for ASPs. The present review provides an update on the relationship between ASPs and MDR-GNB.
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Zhang Z, Patel YT, Fiedler‐Kelly J, Feng H, Bruno CJ, Gao W. Population Pharmacokinetic Analysis for Plasma and Epithelial Lining Fluid Ceftolozane/Tazobactam Concentrations in Patients With Ventilated Nosocomial Pneumonia. J Clin Pharmacol 2020; 61:254-268. [PMID: 32949031 PMCID: PMC7821292 DOI: 10.1002/jcph.1733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ceftolozane/tazobactam (C/T) is a combination of a novel cephalosporin with tazobactam, recently approved for the treatment of hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia. The plasma pharmacokinetics (PK) of a 3-g dose of C/T (2 g ceftolozane and 1 g tazobactam) administered via a 1-hour infusion every 8 hours in adult patients with nosocomial pneumonia (NP) were evaluated in a phase 3 study (ASPECT-NP; NCT02070757). The present work describes the development of population PK models for ceftolozane and tazobactam in plasma and pulmonary epithelial lining fluid (ELF). The concentration-time profiles of both agents were well characterized by 2-compartment models with zero-order input and first-order elimination. Consistent with the elimination pathway, renal function estimated by creatinine clearance significantly affected the clearance of ceftolozane and tazobactam. The central volumes of distribution for both agents and the peripheral volume of distribution for tazobactam were approximately 2-fold higher in patients with pneumonia compared with healthy participants. A hypothetical link model was developed to describe ceftolozane and tazobactam disposition in ELF in healthy participants and patients with pneumonia. Influx (from plasma to the ELF compartment) and elimination (from the ELF compartment) rate constants were approximately 97% lower for ceftolozane and 52% lower for tazobactam in patients with pneumonia versus healthy participants. These population PK models adequately described the plasma and ELF concentrations of ceftolozane and tazobactam, thus providing a foundation for further modeling and simulation, including the probability of target attainment assessments to support dose recommendations of C/T in adult patients with NP.
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- Cognigen Corporationa Simulations Plus CompanyBuffaloNew YorkUSA
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- Merck & Co. Inc.KenilworthNew JerseyUSA
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Niederman MS, Alder J, Bassetti M, Boateng F, Cao B, Corkery K, Dhand R, Kaye KS, Lawatscheck R, McLeroth P, Nicolau DP, Wang C, Wood GC, Wunderink RG, Chastre J. Inhaled amikacin adjunctive to intravenous standard-of-care antibiotics in mechanically ventilated patients with Gram-negative pneumonia (INHALE): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3, superiority trial. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2019; 20:330-340. [PMID: 31866328 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(19)30574-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Treatment of ventilated pneumonia is often unsuccessful, even when patients are treated according to established guidelines. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the efficacy of the combination drug device Amikacin Inhale as an adjunctive therapy to intravenous standard-of-care antibiotics for pneumonia caused by Gram-negative pathogens in intubated and mechanically ventilated patients. METHODS INHALE was a prospective, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 study comprising two trials (INHALE 1 and INHALE 2) done in 153 hospital intensive-care units in 25 countries. Eligible patients were aged 18 years or older; had pneumonia that had been diagnosed by chest radiography and that was documented as being caused by or showing two risk factors for a Gram-negative, multidrug-resistant pathogen; were intubated and mechanically ventilated; had impaired oxygenation within 48 h before screening; and had a modified Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score of at least 6. Patients were stratified by region and disease severity (according to their Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation [APACHE] II score) and randomly assigned (1:1) via an interactive voice-recognition system to receive 400 mg amikacin (Amikacin Inhale) or saline placebo, both of which were aerosolised, administered every 12 h for 10 days via the same synchronised inhalation system, and given alongside standard-of-care intravenous antibiotics. All patients and all staff involved in administering devices and monitoring outcomes were masked to treatment assignment. The primary endpoint, survival at days 28-32, was analysed in all patients who received at least one dose of study drug, were infected with a Gram-negative pathogen, and had an APACHE II score of at least 10 at diagnosis. Safety analyses were done in all patients who received at least one dose of study drug. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, numbers NCT01799993 and NCT00805168. FINDINGS Between April 13, 2013, and April 7, 2017, 807 patients were assessed for eligibility and 725 were randomly assigned to Amikacin Inhale (362 patients) or aerosolised placebo (363 patients). 712 patients received at least one dose of study drug (354 in the Amikacin Inhale group and 358 in the placebo group), although one patient assigned to Amikacin Inhale received placebo in error and was included in the placebo group for safety analyses. 508 patients (255 in the Amikacin Inhale group and 253 in the placebo group) were assessed for the primary endpoint. We found no between-group difference in survival: 191 (75%) patients in the Amikacin Inhale group versus 196 (77%) patients in the placebo group survived until days 28-32 (odds ratio 0·841, 95% CI 0·554-1·277; p=0·43). Similar proportions of patients in the two treatment groups had a treatment-emergent adverse event (295 [84%] of 353 patients in the Amikacin Inhale group vs 303 [84%] of 359 patients in the placebo group) or a serious treatment-emergent adverse event (101 [29%] patients vs 97 [27%] patients). INTERPRETATION Our findings do not support use of inhaled amikacin adjunctive to standard-of-care intravenous therapy in mechanically ventilated patients with Gram-negative pneumonia. FUNDING Bayer AG.
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- Michael S Niederman
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
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- Anti-Infective Consulting, Margaretville, NY, USA
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- Infectious Diseases Clinic, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa and Policlinico San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy; Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Center for Anti-Infective Research and Development, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Intensive Care Unit, Sorbonne University Hospitals, Paris, France
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Nosocomial pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens is increasing in the ICU, and these infections are negatively associated with patient outcomes. Optimization of antibiotic dosing has been suggested as a key intervention to improve clinical outcomes in patients with nosocomial pneumonia. This review describes the recent pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic data relevant to antibiotic dosing for nosocomial pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens. RECENT FINDINGS Optimal antibiotic treatment is challenging in critically ill patients with nosocomial pneumonia; most dosing guidelines do not consider the altered physiology and illness severity associated with severe lung infections. Antibiotic dosing can be guided by plasma drug concentrations, which do not reflect the concentrations at the site of infection. The application of aggressive dosing regimens, in accordance to the antibiotic's pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic characteristics, may be required to ensure rapid and effective drug exposure in infected lung tissues. SUMMARY Conventional antibiotic dosing increases the likelihood of therapeutic failure in critically ill patients with nosocomial pneumonia. Alternative dosing strategies, which exploit the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic properties of an antibiotic, should be strongly considered to ensure optimal antibiotic exposure and better therapeutic outcomes in these patients.
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Xiao AJ, Miller BW, Huntington JA, Nicolau DP. Ceftolozane/tazobactam pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic-derived dose justification for phase 3 studies in patients with nosocomial pneumonia. J Clin Pharmacol 2015; 56:56-66. [PMID: 26096377 PMCID: PMC5049594 DOI: 10.1002/jcph.566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Ceftolozane/tazobactam is an antipseudomonal antibacterial approved for the treatment of complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs) and complicated intra‐abdominal infections (cIAIs) and in phase 3 clinical development for treatment of nosocomial pneumonia. A population pharmacokinetic (PK) model with the plasma‐to‐epithelial lining fluid (ELF) kinetics of ceftolozane/tazobactam was used to justify dosing regimens for patients with nosocomial pneumonia in phase 3 studies. Monte Carlo simulations were performed to determine ceftolozane/tazobactam dosing regimens with a >90% probability of target attainment (PTA) for a range of pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic targets at relevant minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for key pathogens in nosocomial pneumonia. With a plasma‐to‐ELF penetration ratio of approximately 50%, as observed from an ELF PK study, a doubling of the current dose regimens for different renal functions that are approved for cUTIs and cIAIs is needed to achieve >90% PTA for nosocomial pneumonia. For example, a 3‐g dose of ceftolozane/tazobactam for nosocomial pneumonia patients with normal renal function is needed to achieve a >90% PTA (actual 98%) for the 1‐log kill target against pathogens with an MIC of ≤8 mg/L in ELF, compared with the 1.5‐g dose approved for cIAIs and cUTIs.
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Chandorkar G, Xiao A, Mouksassi MS, Hershberger E, Krishna G. Population pharmacokinetics of ceftolozane/tazobactam in healthy volunteers, subjects with varying degrees of renal function and patients with bacterial infections. J Clin Pharmacol 2015; 55:230-9. [PMID: 25196976 PMCID: PMC4303958 DOI: 10.1002/jcph.395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Ceftolozane/tazobactam is a novel antipseudomonal cephalosporin and β-lactamase inhibitor in clinical development for treatment of complicated urinary tract (cUTI) and intra-abdominal (cIAI) infections and nosocomial pneumonia. The population pharmacokinetics of ceftolozane/tazobactam were characterized in healthy volunteers, subjects with varying degrees of renal function, and patients with cIAI or cUTI. Serum concentration data from 376 adults who received ceftolozane/tazobactam in doses ranging from 500 to 3000 mg were analyzed to identify factors contributing to the pharmacokinetic variability. Ceftolozane/tazobactam pharmacokinetics were well described by a linear two-compartment model with first-order elimination and moderate between-subject variability in both clearance and volume of distribution (Vc). For both ceftolozane and tazobactam, clearance was highly correlated with renal function with creatinine clearance influencing exposure, and infection influencing Vc. Body weight was an additional covariate affecting the Vc of ceftolozane. Other covariates tested, such as age, body weight, sex, ethnicity, and presence of infection, had no clinically relevant effects on exposure. The final pharmacokinetic models adequately described the plasma concentrations of ceftolozane and tazobactam and form the basis for further modeling and simulation including evaluation of probability of target attainment in a diverse population with varying demographics, degrees of renal function, and infection status.
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- Cubist Pharmaceuticals, LexingtonMA, USA
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