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A prospective, multicentre study of moxifloxacin concentrations in the sinus mucosa tissue of patients undergoing elective surgery of the sinus.

Abstract
A pharmacokinetic study was carried out to determine moxifloxacin concentrations in sinus tissue, after oral moxifloxacin 400 mg once daily for 5 days to patients with chronic sinusitis, undergoing elective sinus surgery. Patients were randomly allocated to one of seven treatment groups, in which tissues were sampled 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 24 or 36 h post-dose. A control group with non-infected nasal polyps was also included. Forty-eight patients (13 female, 35 male, mean age 47.1 years) were allocated to one of each active treatment group (n = 42) or to the control group (n = 6). Tissue and plasma samples were taken simultaneously and stored frozen until assayed by HPLC. Thirty-nine patients were fully valid for pharmacokinetic analysis. The geometric mean moxifloxacin plasma concentration increased from 2.32 mg/L at 2 h to a maximum of 3.37 mg/L at 4 h post-dose, decreasing to 0.37 mg/L at 36 h post-dose. The moxifloxacin concentration in sinus mucosa was consistently greater than that in plasma being 4.56-5.73 mg/kg from 2 to 6 h and 2.81-1.25 mg/kg from 12 to 36 h post-dose. The elimination rates in plasma and sinus tissues were similar. The tissue/plasma ratio was c. 200% between 2 and 6 h, and up to 328.9% at 36 h. Results were similar whatever the site of tissue sampling (maxillary sinus, anterior ethmoid sinus or nasal polyps). Tissue levels exceeded the MIC(90) of all pathogens commonly causing acute sinusitis (e.g. 5-30 x MIC for Streptococcus pneumoniae: 0.25 mg/L). These results sup-port the use of moxifloxacin 400 mg once daily as a regimen for the treatment of sinus infections.
AuthorsP Gehanno, S Darantière, C Dubreuil, J C Chobaut, S Bobin, J C Pages, G Renou, F Bobin, P Arvis, H Stass
JournalThe Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (J Antimicrob Chemother) Vol. 49 Issue 5 Pg. 821-6 (May 2002) ISSN: 0305-7453 [Print] England
PMID12003977 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Aza Compounds
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Quinolines
  • Moxifloxacin
Topics
  • Adult
  • Anti-Infective Agents (adverse effects, pharmacokinetics)
  • Aza Compounds
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Elective Surgical Procedures
  • Ethmoid Sinus (metabolism, surgery)
  • Female
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Maxillary Sinus (metabolism, surgery)
  • Moxifloxacin
  • Nasal Polyps (metabolism, surgery)
  • Paranasal Sinuses (metabolism, surgery)
  • Quinolines
  • Sinusitis (surgery)

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