Early postpartum pharmacokinetics of lopinavir initiated intrapartum in Thai women

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 May;53(5):2189-91. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01091-08. Epub 2009 Feb 23.

Abstract

Lopinavir (LPV) exposure is reduced during the third trimester of pregnancy. We report the pharmacokinetics of standard LPV-ritonavir dosing (400/100 mg twice daily) in the immediate and early postpartum period when initiated during labor. In 16 human immunodeficiency virus-infected Thai women, the median (range) LPV area under the concentration-time curve and maximum and minimum concentrations in plasma were 99.7 (66.1 to 180.5) microg x h/ml, 11.2 (8.0 to 17.5) microg/ml, and 4.6 (1.7 to 12.5) microg/ml, respectively, at 41 (12 to 74) h after delivery. All of the women attained adequate LPV levels through 30 days postpartum. No serious adverse events were reported.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Area Under Curve
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV Infections / virology
  • HIV Protease Inhibitors / administration & dosage
  • HIV Protease Inhibitors / pharmacokinetics*
  • HIV Protease Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • HIV-1 / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Lopinavir
  • Postpartum Period*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / drug therapy*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / virology
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Third
  • Pyrimidinones / administration & dosage
  • Pyrimidinones / pharmacokinetics*
  • Pyrimidinones / therapeutic use
  • Ritonavir / pharmacokinetics
  • Thailand
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • HIV Protease Inhibitors
  • Pyrimidinones
  • Lopinavir
  • Ritonavir