8th ISAP Symposium

Can PK/PD be used in everyday clinical practice?

Francesco Scaglione Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Chemotherapy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

PK/PD results and evolution

2000

Persistend effect

Time/Conc. dependent activity

}Improvement of dose and intervals

}Outcome

resistance

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Several objectives

Phase 2-3 clinical trial

resistanceImprovement of therapy

PK/PD evolution

Custom-made therapy

2000

Effect overEffect over the time;the time;

Peculiar EffectsPeculiar Effects

Effect overEffect over the time;the time;

Peculiar EffectsPeculiar Effects

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In VitroIn Vitroand in vivoand in vivo

activityactivity

In VitroIn Vitroand in vivoand in vivo

activityactivity

Pharmacology : what for physician?

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Concentration at infection

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Pharmacodynamics = relationship between

concentration and effect

Bacterialkill

PHARMACODYNAMICS

PEAK/ MIC

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Improving the probability of positive outcomes

IMPROVING THE ODDS

HOST

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PK/PD parameters determining efficacy AbsorptionAbsorption Serum levelsSerum levels Distribution and penetration to site of Distribution and penetration to site of

infectioninfection Intracellular penetrationIntracellular penetration Relationship of PK parameters to MICRelationship of PK parameters to MIC

Peak level of tobramycin 3mg/kg in ten patients in ICU

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Trauma

FACTORS INVOLVED IN INLAMMATION

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Bacteria

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TNF- IL - 1IL - 6

PAFPGELTCTXA

Protease

oxygen Radicals

endothelialDamage

Increase of capillary

permeability

Oedema

VARIATIONS OF INTERSTITIAL FLUID DURING INFECTIONS

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FLUID

Cells

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Ideal approach to adjust the doseInitial dosing regimen(chosen by patient’s physician)

Blood sampling( two or more post-distributional sample)

Pharmacokinetic analysis (peak,AUC,CL)

Adjust dose or/and intervals (PK/PD)

Redetermine concentrations

Adjust again ?

First problemPK approach to adjust the dose is poor applicable for routinely use (at moment)

N°samples Personnel Costs

second problemPK/PD breakpoints

betalactams (ceftriaxone)

aminoglycosides

quinolones

glycopeptides

macrolides

tetracyclines

Program to customize the therapyin our hospital

Isolation of the pathogen and MIC

Design therapy traditionally(by patient’s physician)

Pharmacokinetics

Adjust dose or interval using PK/PD

Redetermine concentrations

PK/PD values adopted

•Aminoglycosides Peak/MIC 8•Quinolones peak/MIC 10 •Betalactams peak/MIC 4

and T>MIC 70%

same value for monotherapy or combination

Sampling time

•Aminoglycosides Peak : 0.5 h from end 30 min infusion•Quinolones peak : 0.5 h from end 60 min infusion•Betalactams peak :0.5 h from end 30 min infusionAnd T>MIC : 5.6 hours from start infusion

Concentrations of ceftazidime and cefotaxime in serum

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Peak levels of amikacin

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PK/PD dose adjustment

Levofloxacin 500 mg to 750 OD or BID

Ciprofloxacin 500mg to 750 BID

Cefotaxime-Ceftazidime 2g q 8 to 2g q6

Amikacin 10 mg/kg OD to 15 mg/kg OD

preliminary results

October 2000 – April 2001

Patients included 680

Evaluated for PK/PD 223 (32.8%)

Dose or interval adjusted 84 (37.7%)

Adjustment failed in 6 (5 cipro -1 amikacin)

diagnosis

Nosocomial pneumonia 105

Sepsis 44

upper UTI 57

Necrotizing Fascitis 8

Others 9

Organisms isolated

Pseudomonas aeruginosa 87

Staphylococcus aureus 42

Enterobacter species 33

Klebsiella species 15

Escherichia coli 14

Haemophilus influenzae 11

Serratia marcescens 7

Streptococcus pneumoniae 4

Stenotrophomonas spp 4

Legionella species 2

Citrobacter species 2

Acinetobacter 1

Proteus species 1

AminoglicosidesDose adjusted according to creatinine clearance

Creatinine clearance % of initial dose at mL/min 24h dosing interval:

40 92% 30 86 25 81 20 75 17 70 15 67 12 61 10 56

Ceftazidime-Cefotaxime-LevofloxacinDose adjusted according to creatinine clearance

>50 mL/min: normal dose 20-50 mL/min: 1/2-3/4 normal dose <20 mL/min: 1/4-1/2 normal dose

Ciprofloxacin Dose adjusted according to creatinine clearance

> 20 mL/min: normal dose <20 mL/min: 1/2 normal dose  

outcome

Length Length hospitalizationhospitalization

- days- days**

failurefailure mortalitymortality

PK/PD PK/PD analysedanalysed

11 (7-16)11 (7-16) 39/223 39/223 (17.5%)(17.5%)

11 11

(4.9%)(4.9%)

PK/PDPK/PD

Not Not analysedanalysed

16 (9-23 )16 (9-23 ) 147/457147/457

(31.9 %)(31.9 %)

4646

(10.1%)(10.1%)

*From the diagnosis of infection

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correlation between time to adjust the dose and hospitalisation days

Conclusions I

The PK/PD approach may:

improve the outcome

shorten the time to clinical improvement

Reduce the length of hospitalisation

Conclusions II

The initial higher costs for analysis and personnel are compensated for the reduction of the hospitalisation, with a financial gain

Conclusions III

Can PK/PD be used

in everyday clinical practice?

yes

Conclusions IVhomework

When you came back at home, please try to convince Top Managers as well as Physicians (mainly surgeons), that the PK/PD approach is clinically and economically advantageous