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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2019, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (2): 158-163.doi: 10.12092/j.issn.1009-2501.2019.02.007

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Population pharmacokinetics of vancomycin in elderly infectious patients

ZHU Min 1, ZHANG Cuifeng1, GUO Yiyun2, ZHU Ziming1   

  1. 1 Department of Pharmacy,the People's Hospital of Xuancheng City, Xuancheng 242000, Anhui, China; 2 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu 241000, Anhui, China
  • Received:2018-08-08 Revised:2018-08-31 Online:2019-02-26 Published:2019-03-04

Abstract:

AIM: To develop a population pharmacokinetic model of vancomycin in elderly infectious patients and evaluate the effect of individual factors on the pharmacokinetics of vancomycin. METHODS: A total of 130 steady state blood vancomycin concentration monitoring data were collected from 71 cases of elderly infectious patients. Phoenix NLME (Version 8.0) software was used to assess the influence of demographic characteristics on pharmacokinetic characters of vancomycin and establish the vancomycin population pharmacokinetics model in elderly patients. Then, verify the final model. RESULTS:One-compartment model was fitted to the vancomycin concentration data. The population value of V and CL were 33.44 L and 2.16 L/h, respectively. CL was found to be significantly related to the covariate of Ccr (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: The population pharmacokinetic model of vancomycin was established successfully in elderly infectious patients. The final model could be used to provide accurate individual pharmacokinetic parameters. CL was significantly influenced by the covariate of Ccr, which showed that it is better to administer drug according individual Ccr in clinical practice.

Key words: vancomycin, elderly infectious patients, population pharmacokinetics

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