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ArticleAdvances in therapy2015

Daptomycin for Gram-positive Infections in Patients with Neutropenia: Clinical Experience from a European Outcomes Registry.

Felix Keil, George L Daikos, Athanasios Skoutelis, Jose Ignacio Barranco Dominguez, Rashidkhan Pathan, Kamal Hamed

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Article in Advances in therapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Felix KeilHanusch Krankenhaus der Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse-Medizinische Abteilung, Heinrich Collin-Strasse, Vienna, Austria.
George L DaikosNational University of Athens-Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Athanasios SkoutelisEvangelismos General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Jose Ignacio Barranco DominguezHospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.
Rashidkhan PathanNovartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, India.
Kamal HamedNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, USA. kamal.hamed@novartis.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1896-9736
Evangelismos Hospital · GRHanusch Hospital · ATHospital Universitario Miguel Servet · ESNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRNovartis (India) · INNovartis (Switzerland) · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe aim of this analysis was to describe in real-world settings the clinical outcomes and safety associated with daptomycin treatment in patients with neutropenia and Gram-positive infections.

methodsPatients with an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≤1000 cells/mm(3) who received at least one dose of daptomycin between 2006 and 2012 were selected from a non-interventional, multicenter, retrospective registry (European Cubicin(®) Outcome Registry and Experience; EU-CORE(SM)).

resultsOf the 6075 patients enrolled in EU-CORE, 446 (7.3%) had an ANC ≤ 1000 cells/mm(3) at baseline or during daptomycin therapy; they were all included in efficacy and safety populations. Half of the patients had severe neutropenia (ANC ≤ 100 cells/mm(3)). Most patients had hematologic malignancy (60.5%), an immunosuppressed state (39.7%) or had undergone a transplant (27.8%). The most common primary infections were bacteremia (42.2%) and complicated skin and soft tissue infection (13.9%). Cultures were positive for 68.6% (254/370) of patients with available culture results; coagulase-negative staphylococci (43.7%; 111/254) and Staphylococcus aureus (18.9%; 48/254) were the most commonly isolated primary pathogens. Median duration of daptomycin therapy was 10.0 (range 1-98) days. Most patients (82.8%) received antibiotics concomitantly with daptomycin; the most common were carbapenems (51.2%), penicillins (42.1%), and aminoglycosides (19.9%). The overall clinical success rate (cured or improved) associated with daptomycin was 77.1%. Adverse events possibly related to daptomycin treatment were reported in seven (1.6%) patients and led to drug discontinuation in 27 (6.1%) patients.

conclusionThe study results suggest that daptomycin is an effective therapeutic option for the treatment of a broad range of Gram-positive infections in patients with neutropenia, and has a good safety profile.

fundingThis study was funded by Novartis Pharma AG.

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DaptomycinNeutropeniaAgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsFemaleGram-Positive BacteriaGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsHematologic NeoplasmsHumansImmunosuppression TherapyLeukocyte CountMaleMiddle AgedRegistriesRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeAnti-Bacterial AgentsDaptomycinDaptomycinEU-COREGram-positive infectionsNeutropeniaStaphylococci

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