Title
Pharmacokinetic evidence from the HIRIF Trial to support increased doses of rifampin for tuberculosis
Date Issued
01 August 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Peloquin C.A.
Velásquez G.E.
Coit J.
Milstein M.
Osso E.
Sanchez Garavito E.
Mitnick C.D.
Davies G.
Publisher(s)
American Society for Microbiology
Abstract
Rifamycins exhibit concentration-dependent killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; higher exposures potentially induce better outcomes. We randomized 180 tuberculosis patients in Peru to receive rifampin at 10, 15, or 20 mg/kg/day. A total of 168 had noncompartmental pharmacokinetic analyses; 67% were sampled twice, and 33% were sampled six times. The doses administered were well tolerated. The median area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 6 h (interquartile range) was 24.9 (17.6 to 32.1), 43.1 (30.3 to 57.5), or 55.5 (35.7 to 73.2) h · μg/ml. The median maximum drug concentration in serum in the experimental arms reached the target of 8 μg/ml. Continued investigation of higher rifampin doses is warranted. (This study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under registration no. NCT01408914.)
Volume
61
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Sistema respiratorio
Farmacología, Farmacia
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85026351161
PubMed ID
Source
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
ISSN of the container
00664804
Sponsor(s)
This project was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services, under NIH/NIAID grants U01 AI091429 and L30 AI120170. We are grateful to the study participants and the health center staff in Lima who referred and cared for them.
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