Drug pharmacokinetics of antimicrobial agents is significantly altered in the burn patients. Additionally, burn patient population exhibits a wide inter- and intrapatient variation in drug handling. Several investigations carried out in burn patients treated with e.g. fluconazole showed the requirement to increase daily dose in comparison with healthy volunteers. However, no pharmacokinetic data are available of caspofungin in the burn population. The aim of this investigation is to investigate pharmacokinetics of caspofungin in burn patients after a single usual dose (70 mg i.v.), in order to determine the optimal dose in this population.
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area under the curve of caspofungin plasma concentrations over 24 hours mean peak level and trough concentration (24 hours after dosing)
Timeframe: 18 months