One-month transplacental pharmacokinetics of raltegravir in a premature newborn after short-course treatment of the HIV-1-infected mother

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Dec;57(12):6393-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01349-13. Epub 2013 Sep 30.

Abstract

We describe the pharmacokinetics of raltegravir of a preterm newborn after short-course treatment of the mother tested HIV + the day of delivery. At age 1 month, the circulating concentration of raltegravir in the newborn was 29 ng/ml (the IC95 of RAL against HIV-1 is 15 ng/ml). Raltegravir should therefore be considered a potential transplacental postexposure prophylaxis for HIV-1 and an alternative to the use of boosted lopinavir in this context.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Maternal-Fetal Exchange
  • Mothers
  • Placenta / metabolism*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pyrrolidinones / administration & dosage
  • Pyrrolidinones / pharmacokinetics*
  • Pyrrolidinones / therapeutic use
  • Raltegravir Potassium

Substances

  • Pyrrolidinones
  • Raltegravir Potassium