Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model-based optimization of temocillin dosing strategies for the treatment of systemic infections
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol. 79, pp. 2484–2492
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Temocillin is increasingly considered as an alternative to carbapenems. However, there is no consensus on optimal dosing strategies and limited data on temocillin efficacy in systemic infections. OBJECTIVES: We compared temocillin dosing strategies using pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modelling and simulation based on plasma exposure and in vitro time-kill data. METHODS: Temocillin effects on four Escherichia coli strains were evaluated using static time-kill experiments and the hollow-fibre infection model, in which unbound plasma concentrations following intermittent and continuous infusion regimens of 4 and 6 g daily were replicated over 72 h. A PK/PD model was developed to describe the time-kill data. The PK/PD model was coupled to a population PK model of temocillin in critically ill patients to predict bacterial killing and resistance development following various dosing regimens. RESULTS: Amplification of resistant subpopulations was observed within 24 h for all strains. The PK/PD model described the observed bacterial kill kinetics and resistance development from both experimental systems well. Simulations indicated dose-dependent bacterial killing within and beyond the currently used daily dose range, and a superiority of continuous compared with intermittent infusions. However, regrowth of resistant subpopulations was frequently observed. For two strains, bacteriostasis over 72 h was predicted only with doses that are higher than those currently licensed. CONCLUSIONS: Continuous infusions and 6 g daily doses of temocillin kill E. coli more effectively than 4 g daily doses and intermittent infusions, and may increase efficacy in the treatment of systemic infections. However, higher daily doses may be required to suppress resistance development.
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Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna , Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna ,
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna , Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna ,
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Anh Duc Pham Aachen Division of Systems Pharmacology and Pharmacy Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
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Division of Systems Pharmacology & Pharmacy, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden ,
Division of Systems Pharmacology & Pharmacy, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Pharmacologie cellulaire et moléculaire, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain , Avenue E. Mounier 73/B1.73.05, 1200 Brussels ,
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Affiliation as printed
Pharmacologie cellulaire et moléculaire, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain , Avenue E. Mounier 73/B1.73.05, 1200 Brussels ,
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Affiliation as printed
Pharmacologie cellulaire et moléculaire, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain , Avenue E. Mounier 73/B1.73.05, 1200 Brussels ,
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J. G. Coen van Hasselt Aachen Division of Systems Pharmacology and Pharmacy Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research
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Division of Systems Pharmacology & Pharmacy, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden ,
Division of Systems Pharmacology & Pharmacy, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Markus Alexander Zeitlinger corresponding
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Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna , Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna ,
Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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