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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Pharmacokinet. 2020 Dec;59(12):1575–1587. doi: 10.1007/s40262-020-00902-1

Table 6.

The probability of toxic exposures as predicted by MCS for each simulated regimen at various EMCO rates

Dosing regimen ECMO rate (mL/min) Probability of toxicity (%) (AUCtotal ≥ 550) (mean AUC mg*h/L, SD) Probability of toxicity (%) (AUC total ≥ 515) (mean AUC mg*h/L, SD)
1000 mg BID
3500 12 (452.05, SD: 114.21) 19.8 (452.05, SD: 114.21)
3820 11.9 (451.83, SD: 114.14) 19.6 (451.83, SD: 114.14)
4000 11.9 (451.73, SD: 114.11) 19.5 (451.73, SD: 114.11)
4500 11.8 (451.02, SD: 114.02) 19.4 (451.47, SD: 114.02)
5000 11.8 (451.26, SD: 113.95) 19.2 (451.26, SD: 113.95)
1500 mg BID
3500 82.4 (678.08, SD: 171.33) 92.1 (678.08, SD: 171.33)
3820 82.3 (677.75, SD: 171.21) 92.1 (677.75, SD: 171.21)
4000 82.2 (677.59, SD: 171.16) 92.1 (677.59, SD: 171.16)
4500 82.1 (677.2, SD: 171.03) 92.1 (677.2, SD: 171.03)
5000 82 (676.88, SD: 170.92) 92.1 (676.88, SD: 170.92)
2000 mg BID
3500 99.9 (904.1, SD: 228.43) 100 (904.1, SD: 228.43)
3820 99.9 (903.66, SD: 228.28) 100 (903.66, SD: 228.28)
4000 99.9 (903.44, SD: 228.21) 100 (903.44, SD: 228.21)
4500 99.9 (902.93, SD: 228.03) 100 (902.93, SD: 228.03)
5000 99.9 (902.51, SD: 227.89) 100 (902.51, SD: 227.89)

ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, BID twice a day, MCS Monte Carlo simulation, AUC area under the curve, SD standard deviation