Concentration of Antimicrobials in Catheter-lock Solutions

Summary

The antibiotic lock technique (ALT) is used as local treatment for Catheter-Related Bacteremia (CRB). It consists in the administration of a concentrated antimicrobial solution with a calculated volume to fill the lumen of the catheter. The lock solution is indwelled within the catheter for a defined period of hours or days before been removed. Currently, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Guidelines for treatment and management of CRB, recommends to change the antibiotic solution every 24 hours. The investigators expect to determine the stability of the concentration of vancomycin, teicoplanin, linezolid, daptomycin and tigecycline used in lock solutions, and thus to assay the optimal timeframe that the concentration of antibiotic used in lock solution keeps its in vivo antimicrobial activity. Study Hypothesis: An antibiotic lock solution maintains in vivo concentration and antimicrobial activity for at least 10 days after its infusion inside a subcutaneous port catheter.

Timeline

Start

2012-05

Primary completion

2015-01

Completion

2015-12

Publications

• Results Del Pozo JL, Rodil R, Aguinaga A, Yuste JR, Bustos C, Montero A, Espinosa G, Garcia-Fernandez N. Daptomycin lock therapy for grampositive long-term catheter-related bloodstream infections. Int J Clin Pract. 2012 Mar;66(3):305-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.02830.x.
• Results Del Pozo JL, Garcia Cenoz M, Hernaez S, Martinez A, Serrera A, Aguinaga A, Alonso M, Leiva J. Effectiveness of teicoplanin versus vancomycin lock therapy in the treatment of port-related coagulase-negative staphylococci bacteraemia: a prospective case-series analysis. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2009 Nov;34(5):482-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.06.020. Epub 2009 Aug 26.
• Results del Pozo JL. Role of antibiotic lock therapy for the treatment of catheter-related bloodstream infections. Int J Artif Organs. 2009 Sep;32(9):678-88. doi: 10.1177/039139880903200918.
• Results Mermel LA, Allon M, Bouza E, Craven DE, Flynn P, O'Grady NP, Raad II, Rijnders BJ, Sherertz RJ, Warren DK. Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Jul 1;49(1):1-45. doi: 10.1086/599376.
• Results del Pozo JL, Patel R. The challenge of treating biofilm-associated bacterial infections. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Aug;82(2):204-9. doi: 10.1038/sj.clpt.6100247. Epub 2007 May 30.
• Results Sherertz RJ, Boger MS, Collins CA, Mason L, Raad II. Comparative in vitro efficacies of various catheter lock solutions. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 May;50(5):1865-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.50.5.1865-1868.2006.
• Results Fennell JP, O'Donohoe M, Cormican M, Lynch M. Linezolid lock prophylaxis of central venous catheter infection. J Med Microbiol. 2008 Apr;57(Pt 4):534-535. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.47665-0.
• Results LaPlante KL, Mermel LA. In vitro activity of daptomycin and vancomycin lock solutions on staphylococcal biofilms in a central venous catheter model. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2007 Aug;22(8):2239-46. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfm141. Epub 2007 Apr 1.
• Results Del Pozo JL, Alonso M, Serrera A, Hernaez S, Aguinaga A, Leiva J. Effectiveness of the antibiotic lock therapy for the treatment of port-related enterococci, Gram-negative, or Gram-positive bacilli bloodstream infections. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2009 Feb;63(2):208-12. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.10.004. Epub 2008 Nov 21.
• Results Raad I, Hanna H, Jiang Y, Dvorak T, Reitzel R, Chaiban G, Sherertz R, Hachem R. Comparative activities of daptomycin, linezolid, and tigecycline against catheter-related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus bacteremic isolates embedded in biofilm. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 May;51(5):1656-60. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00350-06. Epub 2007 Mar 12.
• Results Robinson JL, Tawfik G, Saxinger L, Stang L, Etches W, Lee B. Stability of heparin and physical compatibility of heparin/antibiotic solutions in concentrations appropriate for antibiotic lock therapy. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2005 Nov;56(5):951-3. doi: 10.1093/jac/dki311. Epub 2005 Sep 9.
• Results Labthavikul P, Petersen PJ, Bradford PA. In vitro activity of tigecycline against Staphylococcus epidermidis growing in an adherent-cell biofilm model. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2003 Dec;47(12):3967-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.47.12.3967-3969.2003.
• Bustos C, Yuste JR, Aguinaga A, Parra A, Carmona-Torre F, Azanza JR, Lacasa C, Del Pozo JL. Timing of Antimicrobial Lock Replacement for Gram-Positive Port Infections: Results of a Randomized Trial. Antibiotics (Basel). 2026 Feb 2;15(2):157. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics15020157.

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