Aminoglycoside Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: On Paper vs in Practice.
Aminoglycoside Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: On Paper vs in Practice.
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氨基糖苷类治疗药物监测:纸面上与实践。
DOI:
10.1093/cid/ciad446
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发表时间:
2023
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Lewis2nd,JamesS
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Narayanan,Navaneeth;Lewis2nd,JamesS
TO THE EDITOR—The updated 2023 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Guidance on the Treatment of Antimicrobial Resistant Gram-Negative Infections (AMR Guidance) now contains a supplement with therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) recommendations for aminoglycosides (specifically, gentamicin, tobramycin, and amikacin)[1]. TDM enhances effectiveness, safety, or both for antimicrobials with variability in pharmacokinetics (PK) across patients, a defined exposure–response relationship, and a narrow therapeutic index. The AMR Guidance aptly recommends a full course of aminoglycosides (monotherapy) as an option for complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs) and acute pyelonephritis (AP). However, to use this option, TDM is required with a suggested target 24-h area under the curve (AUC0–24)/minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ratio of 80–100. We wish to address several points for consideration regarding this recommendation. First, the evidence suggesting that TDM is required for effectiveness of aminoglycoside monotherapy for treatment of cUTI/AP is extremely limited. From a PK–pharmacodynamic (PK–PD) perspective, aminoglycosides reach concentrations in the urine and renal tissue that far exceed plasma concentrations [2]. This helps explain why this drug class remains effective for UTIs [3] when the plasma drug exposure necessary to cover a wild-type population of Enterobacterales only achieves a PK–PD target associated with net bacterial stasis (ie, suboptimal antibacterial activity for systemic infections)[4]. From a clinical perspective, in a contemporary trial, plazomicin demonstrated noninferiority to meropenem for treatment of cUTI/AP and comparable safety (only 2% in each group discontinuing treatment due to adverse events) without the use of TDM [5]. Elbaz et al [6] observed similar or superior outcomes for safety and effectiveness with an institutional program using aminoglycosides to treat hospitalized patients with pyelonephritis, also without the use of TDM for efficacy. Standard dosing was used (gentamicin 5 mg/kg daily and amikacin 15 mg/kg daily), and monitoring only included trough levels to ensure safety.Second, the utility of AUC0–24/MIC as the TDM measure for effectiveness in cUTI/AP warrants further consideration. Evidence suggests that AUC/MIC is the most robust PK–PD index associated with bacterial kill (ie, antibacterial efficacy). Preclinical models demonstrate that an AUC/MIC ratio of 80–100 is associated with a 1-log10 bacterial kill and that a ratio of 30–50 is associated with net bacterial stasis. However, data in humans supporting AUC/MIC as a measure to predict clinical outcomes and the optimal thresholds to target are limited overall and absent for treating cUTI/AP [7]. Use of any measure for TDM requires clinical evidence to support its practice implementation. Generally, as a conceptual framework, a PK–PD target associated with≥ 1-log10 bacterial kill is desired for high-burden diseases (eg, nosocomial pneumonia), while a bacterial stasis target is required for indications such as UTIs (ie, noncritically ill/lower bacterial burden)[4, 7, 8]. As reflected in current Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute breakpoints for aminoglycosides, serum drug exposures achieved with 7 mg/kg once daily (gentamicin/tobramycin) or 15 mg/kg daily (amikacin) reliably attain PK–PD targets for bacterial stasis across a wild-type Enterobacterales