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Table 4 Optimal Vancomycin and Daptomycin Dosing Regimens in Ten Home Hemodialysis settings

From: Vancomycin and daptomycin dosing recommendations in patients receiving home hemodialysis using Monte Carlo simulation

HHD Regimen

Vancomycin Dosing Regimen

Daptomycin Dosing Regimen

Duration

(Hours/

session)

Frequency

(Days/week)

Dialysate Volume (L/session)

Initial

Dosing Regimen

TDM strategy after the initial dosing regimen

3

5

(M-T-W-Th-F)

20

25–0-7.5–0-7.5 mg/kg

post-HHDa

1) Draw pre-HHD level prior to the last HHD of the week (i.e. Friday)

2) Adjust the dose using the equation below:

\(\text{New MD (mg/kg) = }\frac{\text{Previous MD x 24 mg/L}}{\text{Pre-HHD vancomycin conc.}}\)  

4 mg/kg post-HHD, with 2 mg/kg supplemental dose on the 3rd day of 3-day interdialytic period

30

25–0-10–0-10 mg/kg

post-HHDa

3¶

4

(M-T-Th-F)

30

25–5-5–7.5 mg/kg

post-HHD

40

50

7¶

5

(M-T-W-Th-F)

30

25–5-5–5-7.5 mg/kg

post-HHD

60

25–7.5–7.5–7.5–10 mg/kg

post-HHD

7

3.5

(M-W–F-Sun)

30

25 mg/kg, 7.5 mg/kg

post-HHD

6 mg/kg post-HHD

50

60

  1. HHD home hemodialysis, TDM Therapeutic drug monitoring, MD Maintenance dose
  2. aDoses given on M-W–F only; ¶For these HHD settings, add 30% to the newly calculated MD for any 3-day interdialytic period