H W Lee, D W Kim, J H Park, S-D Kim, M-S Lim, P B Phapale, E-H Kim, S K Park, Y-R Yoon
Clinical Trial Centre, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea; Department of Molecular Medicine, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2009 SepNational Masan Tuberculosis Hospital, Masan, South Korea. To evaluate the pharmacokinetics of prothionamide (PTH) in South Korean patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and to investigate whether differences in body mass index (BMI) could explain observed differences in PTH disposition. Seventeen patients participated in the study; all had MDR-TB and had received combination anti-tuberculosis treatment, including PTH, cycloserine, ofloxacin, para-aminosalicylic acid and streptomycin or kanamycin, for at least 2 weeks. The patients were divided into two groups based on BMI: Group A (18.5 < or = BMI<23), and Group B (BMI<18.5). Serum samples were collected over 24 h, and the plasma PTH concentration was determined by a validated high-performance liquid chromatography assay. After steady-state administration of PTH, the mean area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time 0 to 12 h (AUC(0-12h)) was 11.0 +/- 3.7 microg h/ml. The mean T(max) and t(1/2) were respectively 3.6 h and 2.7 h. No significant difference in PTH disposition was observed between groups A and B, except for ke and t(1/2). In the pharmacokinetic parameter estimates for PTH in MDR-TB patients during routine treatment, the pharmacokinetics of PTH did not appear to correlate with extent of emaciation in MDR-TB patients.
H W Lee, D W Kim, J H Park, S-D Kim, M-S Lim, P B Phapale, E-H Kim, S K Park, Y-R Yoon. Pharmacokinetics of prothionamide in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 2009 Sep;13(9):1161-6
PMID: 19723408
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