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Association between in vitro susceptibility to natamycin and voriconazole and clinical outcomes in fungal keratitis.

Author(s): Sun CQ(1), Lalitha P(2), Prajna NV(2), Karpagam R(2), Geetha M(2), O'Brien KS(1), Oldenburg CE(1), Ray KJ(1), McLeod SD(3), Acharya NR(3), Lietman TM(4); Mycotic Ulcer Treatment Trial Group.

Affiliation(s): Author information: (1)F.I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. (2)Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai, India. (3)F.I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. (4)F.I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Electronic address: tom.lietman@ucsf.edu.

Publication date & source: 2014, Ophthalmology. , 121(8):1495-500

PURPOSE: To assess the association between minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and clinical outcomes in a fungal keratitis clinical trial. DESIGN: Experimental study using data from a randomized comparative trial. PARTICIPANTS: Of the 323 patients enrolled in the trial, we were able to obtain MIC values from 221 patients with monocular fungal keratitis. METHODS: The Mycotic Ulcer Treatment Trial I was a randomized, double-masked clinical trial comparing clinical outcomes of monotherapy with topical natamycin versus voriconazole for the treatment of fungal keratitis. Speciation and determination of MIC to natamycin and voriconazole were performed according to Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. The relationship between MIC and clinical outcome was assessed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome was 3-month best spectacle-corrected visual acuity. Secondary outcomes included 3-month infiltrate or scar size; corneal perforation and/or therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty; and time to re-epithelialization. RESULTS: A 2-fold increase in MIC was associated with a larger 3-month infiltrate or scar size (0.21 mm; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.10-0.31; P < 0.001) and increased odds of perforation (odds ratio, 1.32; 95% CI, 1.04-1.69; P = 0.02). No correlation was found between MIC and 3-month visual acuity. For natamycin-treated cases, an association was found between higher natamycin MIC with larger 3-month infiltrate or scar size (0.29 mm; 95% CI, 0.15-0.43; P < 0.001) and increased perforations (odds ratio, 2.41; 95% CI, 1.46-3.97; P < 0.001). Among voriconazole-treated cases, the voriconazole MIC did not correlate with any of the measured outcomes in the study. CONCLUSIONS: Decreased susceptibility to natamycin was associated with increased infiltrate or scar size and increased odds of perforation. There was no association between susceptibility to voriconazole and outcome.

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