Critically ill patients with sepsis undergo several physiological alterations that can alter the distribution, metabolism, and elimination of drugs. Some patients with sepsis may realize enhanced cardiac output leading to increases in glomerular filtration that result in increasing drug clearance. This clinical state is referred as Augmented Renal Clearance (ARC). Importantly, many beta-lactam antibiotics can be adversely affected by ARC, and some of these agents required increasing dosage to compensate for enhanced clearance. Imipenem-relebactam is a new broad spectrum antibiotic. This study is designed to assess the pharmacokinetics of both components, imipenem and relebactam, in critically ill patients with ARC.
This is a single center, open-label study to determine imipenem-relebactam pharmacokinetics in critically ill patients with Augmented Renal Clearance (ARC). Twelve patients with suspected ARC will be enrolled to ensure complete pharmacokinetic data in at least eight patients with confirmed ARC. Confirmation of ARC will be established by eight hour urine creatine determination. Each participant will receive a single dose of imipenem-relebactam (500mg/250mg) followed by six blood samples over a 6 hour interval to determine concentrations. Non-compartmental and population pharmacokinetic analyses will be determined to assess the effects of ARC on imipenem and relebactam pharmacokinetic parameters.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
9
After receipt of imipenem-relebactam, participants will have six blood samples collected over 6 hours for determination of imipenem and relebactam concentrations.
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Imipenem Clearance
The clearance in liters/hour of imipenem from the plasma of critically ill patients with augmented renal clearance
Time frame: 6 hours [Timepoints taken at 0 hour (within 30 minutes prior to the start of infusion), 0.5 hours (end of infusion), 0.75, 1, 2, 4, and 6 hours after the start of the infusion]
Relebactam Clearance
The clearance in liters/hour of relebactam from the plasma of critically ill patients with augmented renal clearance
Time frame: 6 hours [Timepoints taken at 0 hour (within 30 minutes prior to the start of infusion), 0.5 hours (end of infusion), 0.75, 1, 2, 4, and 6 hours after the start of the infusion]
Imipenem Area Under the Curve (AUC)
The AUC in milligram\*hour/liter of imipenem calculated from concentrations collected between zero-6 hours and then extrapolated to infinity
Time frame: 6 hours [Timepoints taken at 0 hour (within 30 minutes prior to the start of infusion), 0.5 hours (end of infusion), 0.75, 1, 2, 4, and 6 hours after the start of the infusion]
Relebactam Area Under the Curve (AUC)
The AUC in milligram\*hour/liter of relebactam calculated from concentrations collected between zero-6 hours and then extrapolated to infinity
Time frame: 6 hours [Timepoints taken at 0 hour (within 30 minutes prior to the start of infusion), 0.5 hours (end of infusion), 0.75, 1, 2, 4, and 6 hours after the start of the infusion]
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