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Relationships of tacrolimus pharmacokinetic measures and adverse outcomes in stable adult liver transplant recipients
Author(s) -
Dansirikul C.,
Staatz C. E.,
Duffull S. B.,
Taylor P. J.,
Lynch S. V.,
Tett S. E.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.622
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2710
pISSN - 0269-4727
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2006.00697.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tacrolimus , adverse effect , trough level , trough concentration , pharmacokinetics , area under the curve , nephrotoxicity , population , gastroenterology , pharmacology , urology , transplantation , toxicity , environmental health
Summary Background and objectives: Alternative measures to trough concentrations [non‐trough concentrations and limited area under the concentration–time curve (AUC)] have been shown to better predict tacrolimus AUC. The aim of this study was to determine if these are also better predictors of adverse outcomes in long term liver transplant recipients. Methods: The associations between tacrolimus trough concentrations ( C 0 ), non‐trough concentrations ( C 1 , C 2 , C 4 , C 6/8 ), and AUC 0−12 and the occurrence of hypertension, hyperkalaemia, hyperglycaemia and nephrotoxicity were assessed in 34 clinically stable liver transplant patients. Results and discussion: The most common adverse outcome was hypertension, prevalence of 36%. Hyperkalaemia and hyperglycaemia had a prevalence of 21% and 13%, respectively. A sequential population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic approach was implemented. No significant association between predicted C 0 , C 1 , C 2 , C 4 , C 6/8 or AUC 0−12 and adverse effects could be found. Tacrolimus concentrations and AUC measures were in the same range in patients with and without adverse effects. Conclusions: Measures reported to provide benefit, preventing graft rejection and minimizing acute adverse effects in the early post‐transplant period, were not able to predict adverse effects in stable adult liver recipients whose trough concentrations were maintained in the notional target range.