NDT Advance Access originally published online on November 25, 2005
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2006 21(4):1019-1023; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi284
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Original Articles: Dialysis and Transplantation
Fluconazole dosing in continuous veno-venous haemofiltration (CVVHF): need for a high daily dose of 800 mg
1 Medical Department A, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany and 2 Department of Internal Medicine VI, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Dr Raoul Bergner, Medizinische Klinik A, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen gGmbH, Bremserstraße 79, 67063 Ludwigshafen, Germany. Email: bergnerr{at}klilu.de
To cover intermediate sensitive Candida glabrata in ICU patients, fluconazole plasma peak levels at least in the range of 16–32 µg/ml appear necessary for treatment. Previous studies did not reach these fluconazole levels under continuous veno-venous haemofiltration (CVVHF) with dosages of 200–600 mg fluconzole daily. In the present study, nine patients simultaneously requiring CVVHF for treatment of acute oligoanuric renal failure and antimycotic therapy of Candida septicemia received fluconazole 800 mg/day. Fluconazole plasma levels were determined to evaluate whether this dosage is adequate to reach the advised fluconazole levels. Patients were dialysed on two consecutive days with an ultrafiltration rate (UF) of 1000 ml/h or 2000 ml/h, respectively, in a randomized order. The predilution was 800 ml/h and 1800 ml/h, respectively. The treatment was tolerated without adverse effects. All patients reached plasma fluconazole concentrations between 16 and 32 µg/ml, remaining in this range for a minimum of 1 up to 24 h with a mean of 9.6 h and a UF rate of 2000 ml/h, and 15.7 h with a UF rate of 1000 ml/h. So far, there are no in vivo data on the fluconazole plasma concentrations required for effective treatment. However, our data demonstrate, that at least the fluconazole concentrations desirable on the basis of in vitro susceptibility testing can be reached in critically ill patients on CVVHF in an ICU setting. However, in these patients, 800 mg fluconazole/day are necessary to achieve fungicidal drug concentrations.
Keywords: Candida septicemia; CVVHF; fluconazole dosing; fluconazole levels; haemofiltration; ultrafiltration rates
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