Population pharmacokinetics of piperaquine after two different treatment regimens with dihydroartemisinffi-piperaquine in patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Thailand
Population pharmacokinetics of piperaquine after two different treatment regimens with dihydroartemisinffi-piperaquine in patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Thailand
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DOI:
10.1128/aac.00955-07
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发表时间:
2008-03-01
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
White, N. J.
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作者:
Tarning, J.;Ashley, E. A.;White, N. J.
The population pharmacokinetics of piperaquine in adults and children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria treated with two different dosage regimens of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine were characterized. Piperaquine pharmacokinetics in 98 Burmese and Karen patients aged 3 to 55 years were described by a two-compartment disposition model with first-order absorption and interindividual random variability on all parameters and were similar with the three- and four-dose regimens. Children had a lower body weight-normalized oral clearance than adults, resulting in longer terminal elimination half-lives and higher total exposure to piperaquine (area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 63 days [AUC(day) 0-63]). However, children had lower plasma concentrations in the therapeutically relevant posttreatment prophylactic period (AUC(day) 3-20) because of smaller body weight-normalized central volumes of distribution and shorter distribution half-lives. Our data lend further support to a simplified once-daily treatment regimen to improve treatment adherence and efficacy and indicate that weight-adjusted piperaquine doses in children may need to be higher than in adults.