Moricizine concentration to guide arrhythmia treatment: with attention to elderly patients

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
E G GiardinaR Sciacca

Abstract

To test the relationship between plasma moricizine concentration and the electrocardiogram (ECG) and arrhythmia suppression, 17 symptomatic cardiac patients with 30 or more ventricular premature complexes per hour were studied. Seven patients were mature adults, less than 60 years of age; and ten were elderly adults, more than 60 years of age. During steady-state moricizine therapy, patients had plasma moricizine concentration determined over a dosing interval, and had standard 12-lead ECG and a 24-hour ambulatory ECG recorded. The mean moricizine dose was 215 +/- 29 mg every 8 hours; mean maximal moricizine concentration was 1.4 +/- 0.84 micrograms/ml; and mean t1/2 beta was 1.5 +/- 0.7 hours. Baseline age-related differences were found, including prolonged electrocardiographic intervals (PR and QRS) (P < .05), increased ventricular arrhythmias (P < .05), and reduction in creatinine clearance (P < .05) in the elderly. Compared with pretreatment values, PR (P < .05) and QRS (P < .05) prolongation was observed, and was more marked in elderly patients. Over a dosing interval, there were dynamic changes on the ECG that paralleled plasma moricizine concentration; that is, peak and nadir intact moricizine concentration occurred simu...Continue Reading

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