Cerebrospinal Fluid Abacavir Concentrations in HIV-positive Patients Following Once-daily Administration

Andrea CALCAGNO, C Pinnetti, A De Nicolò, E Scarvaglieri, M Gisslen, M Tempestilli, D'Avolio Antonio, V Fedele, G Di Perri, A Antinori, S Bonora

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Abstract

Abacavir is a widely used nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor whose cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) exposure has been previously assessed in twice-daily recipients. We studied abacavir CSF concentrations in 61 and 9 HIV-positive once-daily and twice-daily abacavir intakers. Patients on once-daily abacavir had higher plasma and CSF concentrations (96 vs. 22 ng/mL, p=0.038 and 123 vs. 49 ng/mL, p=0.038) but similar CSF-to-plasma ratios (0.8 vs. 0.5, p=0.500). CSF abacavir concentrations were adequate in once-daily receiving patients.
Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)1-4
Numero di pagine4
RivistaBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Volume1
Numero di pubblicazione1
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2018

Keywords

  • abacavir
  • age
  • central nervous system
  • cerebrospinal fluid
  • pharmacokinetics
  • protease inhibitors

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