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ArticleBMJ open2013

A Protocol for the Pharmacokinetics of Enteric Coated Mycophenolate Sodium in Lupus Nephritis (POEMSLUN): an open-label, randomised controlled trial.

Dwarakanathan Ranganathan, George T John, Helen Healy, Matthew J Roberts, Robert G Fassett, Jeffrey Lipman, Paul Kubler, Jacobus Ungerer, Brett C McWhinney, Aaron Lim and 3 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dwarakanathan RanganathanDepartment of Renal Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
George T John
Helen Healy
Matthew J Roberts
Robert G Fassett
Jeffrey Lipman
Paul Kubler
Jacobus Ungerer
Brett C McWhinney
Aaron Lim
Megan Purvey
Reza Reyaldeen
Jason A Roberts
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital · AUUniversity of Queensland · AUQueensland Health · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMycophenolate sodium, an enteric-coated tablet (EC-MPS), is as effective and safe as mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in preventing transplant rejection. EC-MPS and MMF improve the outcome of severe lupus nephritis (LN) and have fewer side effects than pulsed intravenous cyclophosphamide. Blood concentrations of mycophenolic acid (MPA), the active metabolite of EC-MPS, vary between participants despite fixed dosing. Interpatient variability has been studied in transplantation, but not well documented in LN. The relationship between MPA concentration and its clinical effect on LN has not been described. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This is a prospective, open-label, randomised controlled trial. -32 participants with LN who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be randomised into two groups: one receiving a fixed dose of EC-MPS and the second, a dosing regimen that is titrated with therapeutic drug monitoring. Included participants will have blood sampled over a period of 8-12 h on three different occasions. Pharmacokinetic parameters will be calculated using non-compartmental methods. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The Human Research and Ethics Committee of the Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital have approved this study. The study is registered with Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry-ACTRN12611000798965 We planned to present the de-identified information at conferences and publish the results in medical journals.

trial registrationACTRN12611000798965.

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Lupus NephritisMycophenolate SodiumPharmacokinetics

Identifiers

PMID23929919
PMCPMC3740249
OpenAlexW2140948943

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