机会性干燥血点采样验证和优化了儿科人口中metronidazole的药动力学模型
Rachel L Randell1,2, Stephen J Balevic1,2, Rachel G Greenberg1,2
1Department of Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
|March 13, 2024
概括
干燥的血液斑点 (DBS) 能够对重症婴儿的甲尼达药物动力学模型进行外部验证. 这种方法被证明是可行的,并且对优化脆弱新生儿的剂量有用.
科学领域:
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
- 新生儿医学 新生儿医学
- 临床药房 临床药房
背景情况:
- 危急病的婴儿群体药动力学 (PK) 模型往往缺乏外部验证,影响剂量准确性和安全性.
- 干血斑 (DBS) 为脆弱婴儿群体的PK采样提供了一个机会性方法.
- 之前的研究强调,需要强大的PK模型来指导新生儿的甲尼达剂量.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用DBS. 用于在严重病的早产婴儿中对metronidazole进行人群PK模型的外部验证和优化.
- 评估机会性DBS方法的可行性和实用性,用于新生儿PK模型评估.
- 改进对脆弱婴儿群体的甲尼达剂量建议.
主要方法:
- 使用线性相关性来比较配对的DBS和血中甲尼达的度.
- 从DBS与血相关性得出的预测方程被用来从更大的DBS数据集中估计血度 (ePlasma).
- 人口PK模型使用两个独立的婴儿队列 (PTN_METRO和SCAMP试验) 的ePlasma进行了评估和优化.
主要成果:
- 最初的甲尼达PK模型充分预测了早产婴儿的ePlasma,妊娠年龄 (GA) ≤31周.
- 使用来自早产和满期婴儿 (GA>31周) 的ePlasma的模型优化结合了sigmoidal Emax成熟函数用于清除和分布体积的重量指数.
- 优化的模型支持当前的甲尼达剂量指导方针,并提供了证据表明,在40周以上的月经后婴儿中,剂量间隔为6小时.
结论:
- 机会主义的外部验证和优化使用DBS在重症婴儿的metronidazole PK模型是可行的和有益的.
- 这种方法提高了在脆弱的新生儿群体中基于模型的剂量的可靠性.
- 这些发现支持并完善了现有的早产婴儿和早产婴儿的甲尼达剂量策略.
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