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ArticleEuropean journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics2019

Vancomycin Pharmacokinetics in Patients with Advanced Cancer Near End of Life.

Hirokazu Nakayama, Masahiro Suzuki, Toshiaki Kato, Hirotoshi Echizen

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Article in European journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Hirokazu NakayamaDepartment of Pharmacy, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, 5-9-22 Higashi-gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan. vitanza-vn@umin.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9758-8004
Masahiro SuzukiDepartment of Palliative Care, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, 5-9-22 Higashi-gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan.
Toshiaki KatoDepartment of Pharmacy, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, 5-9-22 Higashi-gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan.
Hirotoshi EchizenDepartment of Pharmacotherapy, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2-522-1 Noshio, Kiyose, Tokyo, 204-8588, Japan.
NTT Medical Center · JPMeiji Pharmaceutical University · JP

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objectiveThe effect of cancer cachexia on the pharmacokinetics of vancomycin remains unclear. We investigated whether the pharmacokinetics of vancomycin and the risk of kidney injury are altered with the development of cancer cachexia.

methodsA retrospective analysis was conducted using therapeutic drug monitoring data obtained from 86 cancer patients who received vancomycin intravenously for infection. The patients were classified into four groups according to the stage of cachexia defined by international consensus-non-cachexia (n = 26), pre-cachexia (n = 10), cachexia (n = 21) and refractory cachexia (n = 29). Vancomycin pharmacokinetics were analyzed by a traditional one-compartment model and Bayesian method using plasma concentrations measured in these patients. Renal function and pharmacokinetic parameters were compared between the non-cachexia patients (n = 26) and total cancer cachexia patients (n = 60).

resultNo significant difference in estimated glomerular filtration rate was observed between the non-cachexia and the total cancer cachexia patients. In contrast, systemic clearance of vancomycin was significantly lower in the total cancer cachexia patients compared with the non-cachexia patients when analyzed by the traditional one-compartment model [median (range)-49.7 (9.8‒98.7) vs 70.2 (12.5‒211.8) mL/min, p < 0.01] and by the Bayesian method [45.6 (12.5-84.7) vs 63.3 (12.2-102.5) mL/min, p < 0.05]. None of the non-cachexia patients developed kidney injury, whereas 15% (9 of 60 patients) of the total cancer cachexia patients developed kidney injuries (p = 0.052).

conclusionsThe present study revealed that cancer patients with cachexia may have reduced vancomycin clearance compared with those without cachexia. Cancer cachexia may be a risk factor of vancomycin-associated kidney injury, independent of renal function.

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NeoplasmsTerminal CareAdultAgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsBayes TheoremDrug MonitoringFemaleGlomerular Filtration RateHumansKidneyMaleMetabolic Clearance RateMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesVancomycinAnti-Bacterial AgentsVancomycin

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