Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of liposomal amphotericin b in immunocompromised pediatric patients

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The safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of the liposomal formulation of amphotericin B (L-AMB) were evaluated in 40 immunocompromised children and adolescents. The protocol was an open-label, sequential-dose-escalation, multidose pharmacokinetic study with 10 to 13 patients in each of the four dosage cohorts. Each cohort received daily dosages of 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, or 10 mg of amphotericin B in the form of L-AMB per kg of body weight. Neutropenic patients between the ages of 1 and 17 years were enrolled to receive empirical antifungal therapy or treatment of documented invasive fungal infections. The pharmacokinetic parameters of L-AMB were measured as those of amphotericin B by high-performance liquid chromatography and calculated by noncompartmental methods. There were nine adverse-event-related discontinuations, four of which were related to infusions. Infusion-related side effects occurred for 63 (11%) of 565 infusions, with 5 patients experiencing acute infusion-related reactions (7.5- and 10-mg/kg dosage levels). Serum creatinine levels increased from 0.45 ± 0.04 mg/dl to 0.63 ± 0.06 mg/dl in the overall population (P = 0.003), with significant increases in dosage cohorts receiving 5.0 and 10 mg/kg/day. At the higher dosage level of 10 mg/ kg, there was a trend toward greater hypokalemia and vomiting. The area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 h (AUC0-24) values for L-AMB on day 1 increased from 54.7 ± 32.9 to 430 ± 566 μg · h/ml in patients receiving 2.5 and 10.0 mg/kg/day, respectively. These findings demonstrate that L-AMB can be administered to pediatric patients at dosages similar to those for adults and that azotemia may develop, especially in those receiving <5.0 mg/kg/day.

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Seibel, N. L., Shad, A. T., Bekersky, I., Groll, A. H., Gonzalez, C., Wood, L. V., … Walsh, T. J. (2017). Safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of liposomal amphotericin b in immunocompromised pediatric patients. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 61(2). https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01477-16

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