title: Population pharmacokinetics of colistin methanesulfonate and formed colistin in critically ill patients from a multicenter study provide dosing suggestions for various categories of patients.
abstract: With increasing clinical emergence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens and the paucity of new agents to combat these infections, colistin (administered as its inactive prodrug colistin methanesulfonate [CMS]) has reemerged as a treatment option, especially for critically ill patients. There has been a dearth of pharmacokinetic (PK) data available to guide dosing in critically ill patients, including those on renal replacement therapy. In an ongoing study to develop a population PK model for CMS and colistin, 105 patients have been studied to date; these included 12 patients on hemodialysis and 4 on continuous renal replacement therapy. For patients not on renal replacement, there was a wide variance in creatinine clearance, ranging from 3 to 169 ml/min/1.73 m(2). Each patient was treated with a physician-selected CMS dosage regimen, and 8 blood samples for PK analysis were collected across a dosage interval on day 3 or 4 of therapy. A linear PK model with two compartments for CMS and one compartment for formed colistin best described the data. Covariates included creatinine clearance on the total clearance of CMS and colistin, as well as body weight on the central volume of CMS. Model-fitted parameter estimates were used to derive suggested loading and maintenance dosing regimens for various categories of patients, including those on hemodialysis and continuous renal replacement. Based on our current understanding of colistin PK and pharmacodynamic relationships, colistin may best be used as part of a highly active combination, especially for patients with moderate to good renal function and/or for organisms with MICs of ≥ 1.0 mg/liter.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, New York, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Garonzik
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Thamlikitkul
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Paterson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shoham
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forrest
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Nation
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D003091:Colistin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D016638:Critical Illness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; C004691:colistinmethanesulfonic acid; D003091:Colistin