Abstract
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate whether pretransplant tacrolimus (Tac) dose requirements of patients scheduled to undergo living donor kidney transplantation correlate with posttransplantation dose requirements. Methods: The predictive value of Tac dose requirements (defined as the ratio of the Tac predose concentration, C-0, divided by the total daily Tac dose, D) pretransplantation on this same parameter posttransplantation was assessed retrospectively in a cohort of 57 AB0-incompatible kidney transplant recipients. These patients started immunosuppressive therapy 14 days before transplant surgery. All patients were using a stable dose of glucocorticoids and were at steady-state Tac exposure before transplantation. Results: Tac dose requirements immediately before transplantation (C-0/D-before) explained 63% of the Tac dose requirements on day 3 after transplantation: r(2) = 0.633 [F (1, 44) = 75.97, P < 0.01]. No other clinical and demographic variables predicted Tac dose requirements early after transplantation. Conclusions: Steady-state Tac dose requirement before transplantation largely predicted posttransplantation Tac dose requirements in AB0-incompatible kidney transplant recipients. The importance of this finding is that the posttransplantation Tac dose can be individualized based on a patient's pretransplantation Tac concentration/dose ratio. Pretransplant Tac phenotyping therefore has the potential to improve transplantation outcomes.
| Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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| Pages (from-to) | 217-222 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Therapeutic Drug Monitoring |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |