ReviewWorld journal of transplantation2016
Overview of extended release tacrolimus in solid organ transplantation.
Review in World journal of transplantation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- An Integrated Population Pharmacokinetic and Machine Learning Model for Predicting Tacrolimus Exposure in Adult Patients with Nephrotic Syndrome.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026Article
- Comparative bioequivalence of 1 mg and 4 mg tacrolimus extended-release tablets: randomized, open label, fully replicate, crossover trials in healthy adult subjects.Frontiers in nephrology · 2026Article
- New Immunosuppressants in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: What's in the Pipeline for Kids?Pediatric transplantation · 2025Review
- Beyond Immunosuppression: The Intricate Relationship Between Tacrolimus and Microangiopathy.Cureus · 2023Review
- Additive Manufacturing of an Extended-Release Tablet of Tacrolimus.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Risk Factors for Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in Patients with Preserved Renal Function.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Immunosuppressive strategies in lung transplantation.Annals of translational medicine · 2020Review
- Different Routes of Proton Pumps Inhibitors Co-Administration have Significant Impact on Mycophenolate Acid (MPA) Serum Levels in Heart Transplant Recipients.Annals of transplantation · 2020Article
- Clinical observation on the effect of Wuzhi soft capsule on FK506 concentration in membranous nephropathy patients.Medicine · 2019Article
- Immunosuppression for Lung Transplantation: Current and Future.Current transplantation reports · 2018Article
- Biopharmaceutical Evaluation and CMC Aspects of Oral Modified Release Formulations.The AAPS journal · 2017Article
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Abstract
Tacrolimus (Prograf(©), Astellas Pharma Europe Ltd, Staines, United Kingdom; referred to as tacrolimus-BID) is an immunosuppressive agent to prevent and treat allograft rejection in kidney transplant recipients in combination with mycophenolate mofetil, corticosteroids, with or without basiliximab induction. The drug has also been studied in liver, heart and lung transplant; however, these are currently off-label indications. An extended release tacrolimus formulation (Advagraf(©), Astagraf XL(©)) allows for once-daily dosing, with the potential to improve adherence. Extended release tacrolimus has similar absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion to tacrolimus-BID. Phase I pharmacokinetic trials comparing extended release tacrolimus and tacrolimus-BID have demonstrated a decreased maximum concentration (Cmax) and delayed time to maximum concentration (tmax) with the extended release formulation; however, AUC0-24 was comparable between formulations. Overall extended release tacrolimus has a very similar safety and efficacy profile to tacrolimus-BID. It is not recommended in the use of liver transplant patient's due to the increased risk of mortality in female recipients. There has been minimal data regarding the use of extended release tacrolimus in heart and lung transplant recipients. With the current data available for all organ groups the extended release tacrolimus should be dosed in a 1:1 fashion, the exception may be the cystic fibrosis population where their initial dose may need to be higher.
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