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Daptomycin dose

Answer

FDA label for Daptomycin: Recommended dosage is for pediatric patients (1 to 17 years of age) with normal renal function. Trials with posted results tested 3 doses, most often 4 mg/kg, 6 mg/kg, 8 mg/kg.

Not dosing advice.

FDA LABEL

What the approved labels state

Daptomycin ANDA216413 · label of 2026-08-26 Regulator

Recommended dosage is for pediatric patients (1 to 17 years of age) with normal renal function.

Full label, section 2, on DailyMed

DAPZURA RT NDA213645 · label of 2022-01-25 Regulator

Recommended dosage is for pediatric patients (1 to 17 years of age) with normal renal function.

Full label, section 2, on DailyMed

IN TRIALS

Doses tested in 41 trials with posted results

Dose in the arm titleTrialsPeople on itPhases
4 mg/kg1883
6 mg/kg2632
8 mg/kg1242

Trial register Read from the titles of arms that received Daptomycin (n ≥ 20). An arm naming several doses counts under each; a schedule or escalation is on the trial record. All trials.

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