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Pharmacokinetics of oral valganciclovir solution and intravenous ganciclovir in pediatric renal and liver transplant recipients

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: M.D. Pescovitz, R.B. Ettenger, C.F. Strife, J.R. Sherbotie, S.E. Thomas, S. McDiarmid, S. Bartosh, J. Ives, M.R. Bouw, J. Bucuvalas. Pharmacokinetics of oral valganciclovir solution and intravenous ganciclovir in pediatric renal and liver transplant recipients. Transpl Infect Dis 2010: 12: 195–203. All rights reserved Abstract: In an open-label, prospective, pharmacokinetic assessment, we evaluated total drug exposure (area under the curve [AUC]) of intravenous (IV) ganciclovir (GCV) and oral (p.o.) valganciclovir when normalized for body surface area (BSA) in pediatric liver (n=20) and renal (n=26) transplant patients Reference doses for IV GCV (200 mg/m2) and p.o. valganciclovir (520 mg/m2) were based on adult doses, and adjusted for BSA initially, and BSA and renal function (estimated via creatinine clearance [CrCL]) thereafter. Renal transplant patients received GCV on days 1–2, valganciclovir 260 mg/m2 on day 3, and valganciclovir 520 mg/m2 on day 4. Liver transplant patients received twice daily GCV from enrollment to day 12, and then valganciclovir twice daily on days 13–14. GCV pharmacokinetics were described using a population pharmacokinetic approach. Type of solid organ transplant (kidney or liver) had no effect on GCV pharmacokinetics. Median GCV exposure following valganciclovir 520 mg/m2 was similar to that with IV GCV, and to that reported in adults. Patients <5 years of age had AUC values approximately 50% of those compared with older age ranges; dosing based on both BSA and CrCL increased drug exposure in younger patients. A dosing algorithm based on BSA and CrCL should be tested in future studies.

Source: Transplant Infectious Disease

DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00478.x