Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Multiple-Dose Intravenous and Oral Clindamycin in Obese Children

Evaluating the safety and pharmacokinetics of clindamycin, an antibiotic commonly used to treat MRSA infections, in children and adolescents who are overweight or obese.

Summary

This study aimed to determine the pharmacokinetics (PK) of intravenous and oral clindamycin in overweight and obese children and adolescents. Up to 32 children and adolescents ages 2 to <18 years with a body mass index (BMI) ≥85th percentile for age were enrolled to receive multiple doses of clindamycin over a maximum treatment period of 14 days.

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a leading cause of hospitalization among children and adolescents in the United States. Antimicrobial agents, such as clindamycin, have emerged as first-line therapies for the treatment of this disease: the use of clindamycin among children hospitalized with MRSA increased from 21% in 1999 to 63% in 2008.

In recent decades, rates of childhood obesity have also continued to rise. National data estimate that as many as 17% of children aged 2–19 years in the United States are obese (defined as a BMI ≥95th percentile), and 12.3% are morbidly obese (BMI ≥97th percentile). Unfortunately, obese patients are at increased risk of developing Staphylococcus aureus infections and have a greater likelihood of developing complications from such infections.

Typical clindamycin dosing guidelines based on patient weight may not be appropriate for obese children because of altered body composition, physiology, and resulting changes in drug distribution. Notably, variability in serum and tissue concentrations has been reported in obese adults. This study, completed in 2016, determined the PK of intravenous and oral clindamycin in obese pediatric patients and characterized the safety profile of clindamycin in overweight and obese children and adolescents.

View study data for clindamycin PK of antistaphylococcal antibiotics in infants on NICHD's Data and Specimen Hub (DASH).

Publications

  • Pharmacokinetics of Clindamycin in Obese and Nonobese Children
    Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy • March 2017. Smith MJ, Gonzalez D, Goldman JL, Yogev R, Sullivan JE, Reed MD, Anand R, Martz K, Berezny K, Benjamin DK Jr, Smith PB, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Watt K; Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act—Pediatric Trials Network Steering Committee. Although obesity is prevalent among children in the United States, pharmacokinetic (PK) data for ...

Presentations

Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, April 25-28, 2015

Pharmacokinetics of Multiple-Dose Intravenous Clindamycin in Obese Children
Smith MJ, Gonzalez D, Goldman JL, Yogev R, Sullivan JE, Reed MD, Anand R, Martz K, Berezny KY, Smith PB, Cohen-Wolkowiez M, Watt K, on behalf of the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act – Pediatric Trials Network

OVERVIEW

Status:
Completed; clinical study report submitted to FDA

ClinicalTrials.gov identifier:
NCT01744730

NICHD Data and Specimen Hub (DASH):
Clindamycin - PK of Antistaphylococcal Antibiotics in Infants

Principal Investigators:
P. Brian Smith, MD, MPH, MHS
Duke Health, Durham, NC

Michael J. Smith, MD, MSCE
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

NEWS

  • PTN study of clindamycin dosing in obese children enrolls first patients
    The University of Louisville in Kentucky and Children’s Mercy Hospital of Kansas City, Missouri, have enrolled the first two patients into the PTN study of the safety and pharmacokinetics of clindamycin in obese children. Principal investigators Michael Smith, MD, (Louisville) and Jen Goldman, MD, (Children’s Mercy) both enrolled their participants on August 8, marking the ...