title: Pharmacokinetics and tissue penetration of the new fluoroquinolone grepafloxacin.
abstract: A single 400-mg oral dose of grepafloxacin (OPC-17116) was given to each of six healthy male volunteers, and the concentrations of the drug in plasma, cantharides-induced inflammatory fluid, and urine were measured over the subsequent 12 h. The mean peak concentration in plasma of 1.5 micrograms/ml was attained at a mean time of 2.0 h postdose. The mean peak concentration in inflammatory fluid of 1.1 micrograms/ml was attained at a mean time of 4.8 h postdose. The mean elimination half-life in plasma was 5.2 h, and that in inflammatory fluid was 12.7 h. The overall penetration into inflammatory fluid was 180.6% (or 133% if one aberrant result from one volunteer is excluded). Recovery of the drug in urine during the first 24 h postdose was 8.3% of the administered dose. Our results indicate that a once- or twice-daily dosage of grepafloxacin should be adequate to treat systemic infections caused by most bacterial pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Child
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wise
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D001768:Blister / Q000378:metabolism; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010879:Piperazines / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D015363:Quinolones / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D010879:Piperazines; D015363:Quinolones; C075375:grepafloxacin