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Prospective, open-label investigation of the pharmacokinetics of daptomycin during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.

Author(s): Nguyen MH, Eells SJ, Tan J, Sheth CT, Omari B, Flores M, Wang J, Miller LG

Affiliation(s): College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, 309 East Second St., Pomona, CA 91766, USA. megannguyen@westernu.edu

Publication date & source: 2011-06, Antimicrob Agents Chemother., 55(6):2499-505. Epub 2011 Mar 28.

Publication type: Controlled Clinical Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

As methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) becomes more prevalent, vancomycin is becoming increasingly used as a prophylaxis against surgical-site infections for cardiothoracic surgeries. However, vancomycin administration can be challenging, and the pharmacokinetics of alternative antibiotics in this setting are poorly understood. The primary objective of this investigation was to describe the pharmacokinetics of daptomycin in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. We enrolled 15 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass. Each subject was administered a single open-label dose of daptomycin (8 mg/kg of body weight) for surgical prophylaxis. Fourteen daptomycin plasma samples were collected. Safety outcomes between subjects who received daptomycin and 15 control subjects who received the standard-of-care antibiotic were compared. The mean maximal concentration of daptomycin (C(max)) was 84.4 +/- 27.1 mug/ml; the mean daptomycin concentration during the cardiopulmonary bypass procedure was 33.2 +/- 11.4 mug/ml and was 30.9 +/- 12.7 mug/ml at sternum closure. Mean daptomycin concentrations at 12, 18, 24, and 48 h were 22.7 +/- 9.7, 16.2 +/- 8.2, 12.0 +/- 4.7, and 3.5 +/- 2.3 mug/ml, respectively. Mean daptomycin concentrations were consistently above the MIC at which 90% of the tested isolates are inhibited (MIC) for S. aureus and S. epidermidis during the cardiopulmonary bypass procedure. Daptomycin was not associated with surgical-site infections or differences in adverse events compared to findings for control subjects. We found that a single dose of daptomycin at 8 mg/kg was well tolerated and achieved adequate plasma concentrations against common pathogens associated with surgical-site infections after cardiothoracic surgery. Daptomycin may be considered an alternative surgical prophylaxis antibiotic for patients undergoing cardiothoracic bypass surgery who are unable to receive vancomycin.

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