- Known or suspected right-sided infective endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus: Cubicin 6 mg/kg is administered once every 24 hours. See below for dose adjustments in patients with renal impairment. The duration of therapy should be in accordance with available official recommendations.

Cubicin is administered intravenously in 0.9% sodium chloride (see section 6.6). Cubicin should not be used more frequently than once a day.
Renal impairment

Daptomycin is eliminated primarily by the kidney.

Due to limited clinical experience (see table and footnotes below) Cubicin should only be used in patients with any degree of renal impairment (CrCl < 80 ml/min) when it is considered that the expected clinical benefit outweighs the potential risk. The response to treatment, renal function and creatine phosphokinase (CPK) levels should be closely monitored in all patients with any degree of renal impairment (see also sections 4.4 and 5.2).
Dose adjustments in patients with renal impairment by indication and creatinine clearance
Indication for use
 Creatinine clearance
 Dose recommendation
 Comments
 
cSSTI without S. aureus bacteraemia
  30 ml/min
 4 mg/kg once daily
 See section 5.1
 
  < 30 ml/min
 4 mg/kg every 48 hours
 (1, 2)
 
RIE or cSSTI associated with S. aureus bacteraemia
  30 ml/min
 6 mg/kg once daily
 See section 5.1
 
  < 30 ml/min
 6 mg/kg every 48 hours
 (1, 2)
(1) The safety and efficacy of the dose interval adjustment have not been eva luated in controlled clinical trials and the recommendation is based on pharmacokinetic studies and modelling results (see sections 4.4 and 5.2).

(2) The same dose adjustments, which are based on pharmacokinetic data in volunteers including PK modelling results, are recommended for patients on haemodialysis (HD) or continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). Whenever possible, Cubicin should be administered following the completion of dialysis on dialysis days (see section 5.2).

Hepatic impairment

No dose adjustment is necessary when administering Cubicin to patients with mild or moderate hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Class B) (see section 5.2). No data are available in patients with severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh Class C). Therefore caution should be exercised if Cubicin is given to such patients.

Elderly patients

The recommended doses should be used in elderly patients except those with severe renal impairment (see above and section 4.4). However, there are limited data on the safety and efficacy of daptomycin in patients aged > 65 years and caution should be exercised if Cubicin is given to such patients.

Paediatric population

The safety and efficacy of Cubicin in children and adolescents below the age of 18 have not been established. Currently available data are described in section 5.2 but no recommendation on a posology can be made.

Method of administration

Cubicin is given by intravenous infusion (see section 6.6) and administered over a 30-minute period or by intravenous injection (see section 6.6) and administered over a 2-minute period.

4.3 Contraindications

 Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the exci