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Ketek and QT interval prolongation

Result of checking the interaction of drug Ketek and disease QT interval prolongation for safety when used together.

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Ketek <> QT interval prolongation

Relevance: 23.07.2019 Reviewer: Shkutko P.M., M.D., in

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Telithromycin may prolong the QTc interval of the electrocardiogram in some patients. QTC prolongation has been associated with an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias including ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, and torsade de pointes. No cardiovascular morbidity or mortality attributable to QTc prolongation occurred with telithromycin treatment in nearly 5000 patients in clinical efficacy trials, including 204 patients who had a prolonged QTc interval at baseline. In addition, a pharmacokinetic study found no significant QT prolongation in 34 healthy volunteers at all heart rates tested following telithromycin administered as repeated doses of 800 mg or as single doses of up to 2400 mg. Nevertheless, therapy with telithromycin should be avoided in patients with preexisting arrhythmia or congenital prolongation of the QTc interval. It should also be avoided in the presence of proarrhythmic conditions such as uncorrected hypokalemia or hypomagnesemia; clinically significant bradycardia; or concomitant use of class IA or III antiarrhythmic drugs or other medications that are known to produce an increase in the QTc interval.

References:

Owens RC "QT Prolongation with Antimicrobial Agents : Understanding the Significance." Drugs 64 (2004): 1091-124
"Product Information. Ketek (telithromycin)." Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Bridgewater, NJ.
Iannini PB "Cardiotoxicity of macrolides, ketolides and fluoroquinolones that prolong the QTc interval." Expert Opin Drug Saf 1 (2002): 121-8
Demolis JL, Vacheron F, Cardus S, Funck-Brentano C "Effect of single and repeated oral doses of telithromycin on cardiac QT interval in healthy subjects." Clin Pharmacol Ther 73 (2003): 242-52

Ketek

Generic Name: telithromycin

Brand Name: Ketek

Synonyms: n.a.

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