TY - JOUR
T1 - Rapid inpatient titration of intravenous treprostinil for pulmonary arterial hypertension
T2 - Safe and tolerable
AU - El-Kersh, Karim
AU - Ruf, Kathryn M.
AU - Smith, J. Shaun
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
PY - 2018/3/18
Y1 - 2018/3/18
N2 - There is no standard protocol for intravenous treprostinil dose escalation. In most cases, slow uptitration is performed in the outpatient setting. However, rapid up-titration in an inpatient setting is an alternative that provides opportunity for aggressive treatment of common side effects experienced during dose escalation. In this study, we describe our experience with inpatient rapid uptitration of intravenous treprostinil. This was a single-center, retrospective study in which we reviewed the data of subjects with pulmonary arterial hypertension treated at our center who underwent inpatient rapid up-titration of intravenous treprostinil. Our treprostinil dose escalation protocol included initiation at 2 ng kg21 min21 with subsequent up-titration by 1 ng kg21 min21 every 6 to 8 hours as tolerated by side effects. A total of 16 subjects were identified. Thirteen subjects were treprostinil naive (naive group), and 3 subjects were receiving subcutaneous treprostinil but were hospitalized for further intravenous up-titration of treprostinil dose (nonnaive group). In the naive group, the median maximum dose achieved was 20 ng kg21 min21 with an interquartile range (IQR) of 20-23 ng kg21 min21. The median up-titration interval was 6 days (IQR: 4-9). In the nonnaive group, the median maximum dose achieved was 20 ng kg21 min21 (range: 17-30). The median up-titration interval was 8.5 days (range: 1.5-11). Overall, the median maximum dose achieved was 20 ng kg21 min21 (IQR: 20-23.5), and the median up-titration interval was 6 days (IQR: 4.6-9.25), with no reported significant adverse hemodynamic events. In patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, rapid inpatient titration of intravenous treprostinil is safe and tolerable.
AB - There is no standard protocol for intravenous treprostinil dose escalation. In most cases, slow uptitration is performed in the outpatient setting. However, rapid up-titration in an inpatient setting is an alternative that provides opportunity for aggressive treatment of common side effects experienced during dose escalation. In this study, we describe our experience with inpatient rapid uptitration of intravenous treprostinil. This was a single-center, retrospective study in which we reviewed the data of subjects with pulmonary arterial hypertension treated at our center who underwent inpatient rapid up-titration of intravenous treprostinil. Our treprostinil dose escalation protocol included initiation at 2 ng kg21 min21 with subsequent up-titration by 1 ng kg21 min21 every 6 to 8 hours as tolerated by side effects. A total of 16 subjects were identified. Thirteen subjects were treprostinil naive (naive group), and 3 subjects were receiving subcutaneous treprostinil but were hospitalized for further intravenous up-titration of treprostinil dose (nonnaive group). In the naive group, the median maximum dose achieved was 20 ng kg21 min21 with an interquartile range (IQR) of 20-23 ng kg21 min21. The median up-titration interval was 6 days (IQR: 4-9). In the nonnaive group, the median maximum dose achieved was 20 ng kg21 min21 (range: 17-30). The median up-titration interval was 8.5 days (range: 1.5-11). Overall, the median maximum dose achieved was 20 ng kg21 min21 (IQR: 20-23.5), and the median up-titration interval was 6 days (IQR: 4.6-9.25), with no reported significant adverse hemodynamic events. In patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, rapid inpatient titration of intravenous treprostinil is safe and tolerable.
KW - Intravenous treprostinil
KW - Pulmonary arterial hypertension
KW - Rapid titration of treprostinil
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U2 - 10.1097/MJT.0000000000000443
DO - 10.1097/MJT.0000000000000443
M3 - Article
C2 - 27003321
AN - SCOPUS:84961390129
SN - 1075-2765
VL - 25
SP - E213-E217
JO - American journal of therapeutics
JF - American journal of therapeutics
IS - 2
ER -