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OBJECTIVE: Tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide is a novel oral carbapenem prodrug of tebipenem, the active moiety. We assessed tebipenem steady-state pharmacokinetics in the skin and soft tissue in healthy subjects and infected patients with diabetes using in vivo microdialysis. METHODS: Six healthy subjects and six patients with an ongoing diabetic foot infection (DFI) received tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide 600â mg orally every 8â h for three doses. A microdialysis probe was inserted in the thigh of healthy subjects or by the wound margin in patients. Plasma and dialysate samples were obtained immediately prior to the third dose and sampled over 8â h. RESULTS: Tebipenem plasma protein binding (meanâ±âSD) was 50.2%â±â2.4% in healthy subjects and 53.5%â±â5.6% in infected patients. Meanâ±âSD tebipenem pharmacokinetic parameters in plasma for healthy subjects and infected patients were: maximum free concentration (fCmax), 3.74â±â2.35 and 3.40â±â2.86â mg/L, respectively; half-life, 0.88â±â0.11 and 2.02â±â1.32â h; fAUC0-8, 5.61â±â1.64 and 10.01â±â4.81â mg·h/L. Tebipenem tissue AUC0-8 was 5.99â±â3.07 and 8.60â±â2.88â mg·h/L for healthy subjects and patients, respectively. The interstitial concentration-time profile largely mirrored the free plasma profile within both populations, resulting in a penetration ratio of 107% in healthy subjects and 90% in infected patients. CONCLUSIONS: Tebipenem demonstrated excellent distribution into skin and soft tissue of healthy subjects and patients with DFI following oral administration of 600â mg of tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide.
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Communicable Diseases , Diabetes Mellitus , Diabetic Foot , Humans , Diabetic Foot/drug therapy , Tissue Distribution , Healthy Volunteers , Microdialysis , MonobactamsABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: We assessed the plasma and soft-tissue pharmacokinetic exposure of omadacycline in infected patients with diabetic foot infection (DFI) and healthy volunteers using in vivo microdialysis. METHODS: Eight patients and six healthy volunteers were enrolled and received an omadacycline IV loading dose (200â mg) followed by two oral doses (300â mg) every 24â h. Microdialysis catheters were placed in the soft tissue near the infected diabetic foot wound (patients) or thigh (healthy volunteers). Plasma and dialysate fluid samples were collected, starting immediately prior to the third dose and continued for 24â h post-dose. Protein binding was determined by ultracentrifugation. RESULTS: The mean ± SD omadacycline pharmacokinetic parameters in plasma for infected patients and healthy volunteers were: Cmax, 0.57 ± 0.15 and 1.14 ± 0.26â mg/L; t½, 16.19 ± 5.06 and 25.34 ± 12.92â h; and total omadacycline AUC0-24, 6.27 ± 1.38 and 14.06 ± 3.40â mg·h/L, respectively. The omadacycline mean plasma free fraction was 0.21 and 0.20 for patients and healthy volunteers, corresponding to free plasma AUC0-24 of 1.13 ± 0.37 and 2.78 ± 0.55â mg·h/L, respectively. Omadacycline tissue AUC0-24 was 0.82 ± 0.38 and 1.37 ± 0.48â mg·h/L for patients and volunteers, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The present study describes the plasma and soft-tissue exposure of omadacycline in patients with DFI and healthy volunteers. Integrating these data with the microbiological, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic and clinical efficacy data is foundational to support clinical assessments of omadacycline efficacy specifically for DFI. This, coupled with the once-daily oral administration, suggests omadacycline could be an advantageous translational therapy for the hospital and outpatient setting.
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Diabetes Mellitus , Diabetic Foot , Wound Infection , Anti-Bacterial Agents , Area Under Curve , Diabetic Foot/drug therapy , Diabetic Foot/microbiology , Healthy Volunteers , Humans , Microdialysis , Tetracyclines , Wound Infection/drug therapyABSTRACT
Herein, we present pharmacokinetic and tissue penetration data for oral tedizolid in hospitalized patients with diabetic foot infections (DFI) compared with healthy volunteers. Participants received oral tedizolid phosphate 200 mg every 24 h for 3 doses to achieve steady state. A microdialysis catheter was inserted into the subcutaneous tissue near the margin of the wound for patients or into thigh tissue of volunteers. Following the third dose, 12 blood and 14 dialysate fluid samples were collected over 24 h to characterize tedizolid concentrations in plasma and interstitial extracellular fluid of soft tissue. Mean ± standard deviation (SD) tedizolid pharmacokinetic parameters in plasma for patients compared with volunteers, respectively, were as follows: maximum concentration (Cmax), 1.5 ± 0.5 versus 2.7 ± 1.1 mg/liter (P = 0.005); time to Cmax (Tmax) (median [range]), 5.9 (1.2 to 8.0) versus 2.5 (2.0 to 3.0 h) (P = 0.003); half-life (t1/2), 9.1 ± 3.6 versus 8.9 ± 2.2 h (P = 0.932); and plasma area under the concentration-time curve for the dosing interval (AUC p ), 18.5 ± 9.7 versus 28.7 ± 9.6 mg · h/liter (P = 0.004). The tissue area under the concentration-time curve (AUC t ) for the dosing interval was 3.4 ± 1.5 versus 5.2 ± 1.6 mg · h/liter (P = 0.075). Tissue penetration median (range) was 1.1 (0.3 to 1.6) versus 0.8 (0.7 to 1.0) (P = 0.351). Despite lower plasma Cmax and delayed Tmax values for patients with DFI relative to healthy volunteers, the penetration into and exposure to tissue were similar. Based on available pharmacodynamic thresholds for tedizolid, the plasma and tissue exposures using the oral 200 mg once-daily regimen are suitable for further study in treatment of DFI.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Diabetes Mellitus/drug therapy , Diabetes Mellitus/metabolism , Oxazolidinones/therapeutic use , Tetrazoles/therapeutic use , Wound Infection/drug therapy , Wound Infection/metabolism , Administration, Oral , Adult , Area Under Curve , Biological Availability , Case-Control Studies , Diabetes Complications/drug therapy , Diabetes Complications/metabolism , Diabetes Complications/microbiology , Extracellular Fluid/microbiology , Female , Healthy Volunteers , Humans , Male , Microdialysis/methods , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Ceftolozane-tazobactam displays potent activity against Gram-negative bacteria that can cause diabetic foot infections (DFI), making it an attractive treatment option when few alternatives exist. The pharmacokinetics and tissue penetration of ceftolozane-tazobactam at 1.5 g every 8 h (q8h) in patients (n = 10) with DFI were compared with those in healthy volunteers (n = 6) using in vivo microdialysis. In the patient participants, the median values of the pharmacokinetic parameters for ceftolozane in total plasma were as follows: maximum concentration (Cmax), 55.2 µg/ml (range, 40.9 to 169.3 µg/ml); half-life (t1/2), 3.5 h (range, 2.3 to 4.7 h); and area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) from time zero to 8 h (AUC0-8), 191.6 µg · h/ml (range, 147.1 to 286.6 µg · h/ml). The median AUC for tissue (AUCtissue; where AUCtissue was the AUC0-8 for tissue for ceftolozane)/AUC for plasma for each antibiotic corrected by the fraction of free drug (fAUCplasma) was 0.75 (range, 0.35 to 1.00), resulting in a mean free time above 4 µg/ml (the Pseudomonas aeruginosa susceptibility breakpoint) in tissue of 99.8% (range, 87.5 to 100%). In the patient participants, the median values of the pharmacokinetic parameters for tazobactam in total plasma were as follows: Cmax, 14.2 µg/ml (range, 7.6 to 64.2 µg/ml); t1/2, 2.0 h (range, 0.7 to 2.4 h); and AUC0-8, 27.1 µg · h/ml (range, 15.0 to 70.0 µg · h/ml). The AUCtissue (where AUCtissue was the AUC from time zero to the time of the last measureable concentration in tissue for tazobactam)/fAUCplasma for tazobactam was 1.18 (range, 0.54 to 1.44). In the healthy volunteers, the median values of the pharmacokinetic parameters for ceftolozane in total plasma were as follows: Cmax, 91.5 µg/ml (range, 65.7 to 110.7 µg/ml); t1/2, 1.9 h (range, 1.6 to 2.1 h); and AUC0-8, 191.3 µg · h/ml (range, 118.1 to 274.3 µg · h/ml). The median AUCtissue/fAUCplasma was 0.87 (range, 0.54 to 2.20), resulting in a mean free time above 4 µg/ml in tissue of 93.8% (range, 87.5 to 100%). In the healthy volunteers, the median values of the pharmacokinetic parameters for tazobactam in total plasma were as follows: Cmax, 17.5 µg/ml (range, 15.4 to 27.3 µg/ml); t1/2, 0.7 h (range, 0.6 to 0.8 h); and AUC0-8, 22.2 µg · h/ml (range, 19.2 to 36.4 µg · h/ml). The AUCtissue/fAUCplasma for tazobactam was 0.85 (range, 0.63 to 2.10). Both ceftolozane and tazobactam penetrated into subcutaneous tissue with exposures similar to those of free drug in plasma in both patients with DFI and healthy volunteers. These data suggest that ceftolozane-tazobactam at 1.5 g q8h can achieve the optimal exposure with activity against susceptible Gram-negative pathogens in the tissue of patients with DFI. (This study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under identifier NCT02620774.).