title: Pharmacokinetics and protein binding of cefpiramide in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis.
abstract: The pharmacokinetics of cefpiramide, a new cephalosporin, were investigated after a single 1 gm intravenous injection in 11 patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and compared with those of 11 healthy subjects. In patients with cirrhosis the plasma elimination half-life was three times longer than that in normal subjects. The total plasma clearance was decreased significantly (p less than 0.001): 12.3 +/- 6.5 ml/min in patients and 25.6 +/- 4.6 ml/min in healthy volunteers, respectively. The urinary excretion of unchanged drug (percent of intravenous dose) for patients (69.8% +/- 29.9%) was statistically higher (p less than 0.01) than that for subjects (16.2% +/- 3.9%). The renal elimination became increasingly important with hepatic impairment. Protein binding of cefpiramide was reduced significantly in the group with cirrhosis. The average unbound fraction was 10.4% +/- 9.5% in patients with cirrhosis and 1.9% +/- 0.3% in normal subjects (p less than 0.01). Because the rate of elimination from plasma in patients is slower, the dosage regimen of cefpiramide would probably be modified in cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Demotes-Mainard
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vinçon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amouretti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dumas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Necciari
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kieffer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Begaud
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D002511:Cephalosporins; C036666:cefpiramide